Road trip to Piali Ashar Alo, a school for first generation learners in a village 2.5 hours outside of Calcutta.
Jennifer Heemstra
Piano
Kathryn Brown
Piano
Julia Schilz
Violin
April 2018: Lighthouse School for the Blind
Lighthouse School for the Blind is an education centre for the blind. These students are born of the parents who are mostly daily wage earners struggling to survive in the slums of Kolkata and remote village of West Bengal, as a result the guardians of them cannot bear the educational expenses for their sightless children.
Jennifer Heemstra
Piano
Kathryn Brown
Piano
Julia Schilz
Violin
5 July 2017: All That Jazz
Date: 5 July 2017
Venue: Hyatt Regency Kolkata
Performers: Jennnifer Heemstra (piano), Chelsea Coyne (voice)
3 July 2017: Broadway Bedazzles Bengal
Date: 3 July 2017
Venue: Kala Mandir Kolkata
Performers: Jennnifer Heemstra (piano), Chelsea Coyne (voice)
14 Nov 2017: Black Keys and a Cool Wind
Date: 14 November 2017
Venue: The Hyatt Regency Kolkata
Performers: Deborah Moriarty (piano), James Forger (saxophone), Jennnifer Heemstra (piano)
19 Nov 2017: Calling Calcutta with Love
Date: 19 November 2017
Venue: Kala Mandir Kolkata
Performers: Deborah Moriarty (piano), James Forger (saxophone), Jennnifer Heemstra (piano)
14 Jan 2018: Rhapsodic Reminiscence
Date: 14 January 2018
Venue: The Hyatt Regency Kolkata
Performers: Jennnifer Heemstra (piano), Dr. Carrie Mae Pierce (cello) and Mac Wyn (cello)
16 Jan 2018: Calcutta Rhapsody
Date: 16 January 2018
Venue: Goethe – Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata
Performers: Jennnifer Heemstra (piano), Dr. Carrie Mae Pierce (cello) and Mac Wyn (cello)
April 2018: Lice, Vitamins
Delicing medicine and Vitamins were distributed to 650 women and children from the trafficked and NGO community
NGOs in attendance:
Piali Ashar Alo, Keertika, Calcutta Rescue Clinic, St Teresa’s Secondary School, Turnstone Global, Star Welfare, Tomorrow’s Foundation, St Paul’s Day Care, Hope Foundation, Saujatya, Friends Of Calcutta, Apne Aap, New Light
Student Volunteers:
Interact Club of St. Tersa’s and KIWC
Performers:
Kathryn Brown, Jennifer Heemstra, Julia Schultz (intern)
Jan 2018 : Dental Check Up, Eye Camp & Homeopathy
Lion’s Club organised for Dental Check Up, Eye Camp and Homeopathy consultancy for 650 women and children from the trafficked and NGO community
NGOs in attendance:
Apne Aap Women Worldwide, New Light, Hope Foundation, Ritchie Park Sunday School, Saujatya, Flight of Hope, Future Hope, Durbar Mahila Samanyan, St. Paul’s Day School, Women’s Interlink and Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy
Student Volunteers:
Interact Club of St. Tersa’s and KIWC
Performers:
Carrie Pierce, Jennifer Heemstra and McCormack Wyn (intern)