NO PACKAGES PLEASE As Christmas approaches, we remind sponsors not to send packages to their sponsored friends. Packages cause unnecessary receiving costs and labor for our project staff and are often lost or stolen in transit. The best thing you can do is send a personal Christmas greeting to your sponsored friend and donate to our Christmas fund so that all sponsored members have a happy holiday. GIVE THANKS BY GIVING TO OTHERS Giving Tuesday is a time, following the Thanksgiving weekend, to share our blessings by supporting charitable causes we believe in. Please remember Unbound on Dec. 1 by sponsoring a child or contributing to our education initiative. Learn more at unbound.org/givingtuesday CULTURAL DIVERSITY (continued on back) OCTOBER 2015 IMPACT T he sounds of fireworks fill the air. Big booms accompany bursts of light against the sky. Smaller bursts sound off closer to the ground as children run about lighting fountains and firecrackers. Though a new moon hangs in the sky, the autumn night is lit by thousands of small clay lamps called diyas. For many in India, the noise and light signify one of their most important holidays. Diwali is a Hindu festival, also known as the festival of lights, and marks the Hindu New Year. Though the date changes each year, Diwali falls sometime between mid-October and mid-November. In southern India, the festival celebrates the victory of light over darkness as seen in the story of Lord Krishna’s wife Satyabhama, who defeated the evil Narakasura. According to Bhavana Jayanthi, correspondence coordinator for Unbound in Hyderabad, India, “Diwali upholds the spirit of the warrior in a woman, which can confront evil and conquer it for the good of the world.” Diwali is a multi-day festival, but most celebrations take place during the new moon. “The day starts with burning firecrackers around 4 a.m.,” Bhavana said, “followed by prayers, temple visits and eating delicious sweets the whole day. Then, in the evening as the sun sets, clay lamps are lit.” A LIGHT THROUGH THE DARKNESS Sponsored children and their families celebrate Diwali by lighting fountains and other fireworks.
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NO PACKAGES PLEASEAs Christmas approaches, we remind sponsors not to send packages to their sponsored friends. Packages cause unnecessary receiving costs and labor for our project staff and are often lost or stolen in transit. The best thing you can do is send a personal Christmas greeting to your sponsored friend and donate to our Christmas fund so that all sponsored members have a happy holiday.
GIVE THANKS BY GIVING TO OTHERSGiving Tuesday is a time, following the Thanksgiving weekend, to share our blessings by supporting charitable causes we believe in. Please remember Unbound on Dec. 1 by sponsoring a child or contributing to our education initiative. Learn more at unbound.org/givingtuesday
CULTURAL DIVERSITY
(continued on back)
OCTOBER 2015
IMPACT
The sounds of fireworks fill the air. Big booms accompany
bursts of light against the sky. Smaller bursts sound
off closer to the ground as children run about lighting
fountains and firecrackers. Though a new moon hangs in
the sky, the autumn night is lit by thousands of small clay
lamps called diyas.
For many in India, the noise and light signify one of
their most important holidays. Diwali is a Hindu festival,
also known as the festival of lights, and marks the Hindu
New Year. Though the date changes each year, Diwali falls
sometime between mid-October and mid-November. In
southern India, the festival celebrates the victory of light
over darkness as seen in the story of Lord Krishna’s wife
Satyabhama, who defeated the evil Narakasura.
According to Bhavana Jayanthi, correspondence
coordinator for Unbound in Hyderabad, India, “Diwali
upholds the spirit of the warrior in a woman, which can
confront evil and conquer it for the good of the world.”
Diwali is a multi-day festival, but most celebrations take
place during the new moon.
“The day starts with burning firecrackers around 4 a.m.,”
Bhavana said, “followed by prayers, temple visits and
eating delicious sweets the whole day. Then, in the
evening as the sun sets, clay lamps are lit.”
A LIGHT THROUGH THE DARKNESS
Sponsored children and their families celebrate Diwali by lighting fountains and other fireworks.