Center News

A hectic quarter at the centre with corporates training on the different elements & plantation of trees commencing..!!

January to April 2006

CENTRE NEWS

Plantation of 5000 trees commences at the centre..!!

In summer the Magic Bus land at the Karjat Centre becomes hot and dry due to lack of trees. We have begun with our plan of planting around 5000 evergreen, flowering & shady trees around the Magic Bus Centre. Matthew planted the first plant, Thiwetia (whitish green flower plant), at the Dinning Hall on March 22, 2006. Being an eco- friendly organisation, organic compost will be used for trees and we are working closely with Bombay Natural History Society in the documentation and preserving of ecology in our area.
Considering the Centre as a children's world, we have chosen plenty of fruit trees, shady trees and flowering plants to add colour and beauty to the centre. Mango, Jamun, Tamarind, Jackfruit, Sita Ashok, Karanj, Neem, Champa, Powder Puff flower, Madhumalti, Jasmine, Rose, Jaswand are some of the many plants that will be planted at the centre.
The children coming to our centre will have loads to explore the flora and fauna in and around the centre during their s. We hope that with so many different trees, the Magic Bus Centre will be a veritable green paradise for our children in the near future.s

Beginning of Corporate Training at the Magic Bus Centre!!

Magic Bus achieved another small milestone on its road to become self-sustainable, as the Magic Bus Centre has started being utilised by corporates for their trainings. Web Access Pvt Ltd and Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. (courtesy Outbound Training Pvt. Ltd.) teams conducted their training sessions on our centre.
The Centre has fully equipped Ropes course, Jacob's ladder and Climbing Tower with a zip wire. The combination of Low and High Ropes Courses enable participants to grow at the team and individual levels, exploring risk, leadership, communication, problem-solving, and coaching.

Each moment was rich with discoveries for our trainers as well as for trainees as they grappled the challenges presented to them individually and as a team. As Claudian Fernandes from WebAccess commented later, "Awesome. Amazing. Thrilling. Fun. All this and more while learning. These are just a few of the words that come to mind in trying to describe an experience that is not easily describable". And according to Stephen Lobo from Webaccess," it was an awesome adventure for the 8 of us from Web Access. Different ages. Guys and Gals. And what was fascinating was that we all enjoyed it equally. Some of us overcame our fears of heights and did things we never thought we could. At the end of it, the 1 question all had, when are we coming back?"

We couldn't agree more with you guys!!!

Adventure Ropes Plc. expert trains our staff ...!!!

The beginning of 2006 heralded some intensive capacity building efforts for our programme staff. From 29th January to 2nd February, 12 staff underwent intensive 5-day training in the High & Low Rope Course at theMagic Bus Centre, Karjat by Mr. C K Chan.

"CK", as he is commonly known, is an expert in the field of Rope Course design and facilitation. He is the Managing Director of Adventure Rope (Asia) and also holds past and present positions with The Hong Kong Institute of Adventure Counselling, Hong Kong Society of Sport and Exercise Psychology etc. The staff were trained in all the various elements of the course. Experiential Learning is one of the core values of Magic Bus and the staff got hands on experience on teamwork, communication, decision making, accepting differences during these activities. The team completed their training with flying colors!!!

Bravo....!!!

An Appeal for donations

As you all know that our children's centre is getting geared up to start its operations in the near future. There are several things, which we need in order to make it fully functional and running.

Need…..
A tree for shade! Sponsor a tree - the Magic Bus plantation programme will include hundreds of trees that you can sponsor and see grow over the years! Donate a tree @ Rs.500/-.

A place to lay their small heads!! Sponsor a mattress - Magic Bus needs 60 mattresses. For each mattress you can donate Rs.750/-

To donate please follow the donation instructions on the website and email info@magicbusindia.org and let us know the name you would like to place by the tree!

All the donations will be exempted from income tax and donors will be provided with 80G certificates.