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Indoor hall with a bare concrete floor where many children and several adults sit on the floor crafting with newspaper and cardboard. Sheets of printed newspaper and flat brown cardboard boards are spread across the ground, with small piles of white paste or rice-like material and scattered colourful cutouts. A boy in an orange shirt leans over a board in the foreground, a girl in a pink patterned top and red skirt with a name badge kneels nearby, and a woman in a white sari with a yellow border works beside children. Stacked white plastic chairs line the back wall under hanging banners, and a few adults in white and saffron-coloured clothing move about the room.

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A large hall with a polished concrete floor where thirty or more children sit and kneel on newspapers, making craft pieces on cardboard backing. Many are gluing small grains, seeds or beads and arranging them into patterns. Several girls wear orange and salmon salwar kameez, and a boy in a dark shirt works in the center. A standing adult in white clothes, with a clipboard, supervises the room. Stacks of newspaper and loose craft pieces cover the floor, and white plastic chairs and a red-draped table are visible at the back.2008-05-15A photograph of children and young women seated on a concrete floor, working on craft projects amid scattered newspaper pages. Brown cardboard sheets are laid out, some decorated with rice grains and paper strips. A girl in a white top and red skirt with blue trim works at left, a young woman in an orange and pink sari sits at upper right, and a young woman in a patterned salwar kameez works at lower right. Boys in white shirts sit in the foreground, one gluing or threading strips on cardboard. No a person candidate is visible.2008-05-15A photograph of many children seated on a concrete floor at a Little Anandas program, working on craft projects made from newspaper and magazine clippings. Scattered newspapers, cut-out pictures, glue and cardboard boards cover the floor. Several children wear white shirts with orange sashes or orange-trimmed clothing, one girl in an orange and yellow outfit with an identification badge, and a boy in a navy shirt and khaki shorts is prominent in the foreground. Others wear pink, blue and red clothing. A standing child in a green shirt stands at the left edge. The scene is a hall with a dim, plain interior.2008-05-15A photograph of children seated cross-legged on a bare floor covered with newspaper, making craft collages on brown cardboard squares. In the foreground a boy in a white shirt and blue trousers gestures with his hand while others work nearby: a boy in an orange shirt with a name badge arranges rice grains, a girl in a mustard top and cream trousers presses materials down, and a girl in a red top and black skirt works beside a girl in a white top with blue paisley-patterned skirt. The cardboard boards hold scattered rice, sticks, beads and cut-out pictures. A white cup sits on the newspaper. Several other children are partly visible at the edges.2008-05-15A photograph of children and young women seated cross-legged on a bare concrete floor, working on craft projects with newspaper, cardboard sheets, paper strips, scissors and small white pieces of material scattered around them. The woman at left wears a cream top, red-and-blue skirt and a rudraksha-style bead necklace, and holds a thin stick. A girl in a red floral dress with a white pinafore sits centre-left, concentrating on her work. A young woman in an orange and pink sari reads a newspaper spread on the floor at right. Other children in orange, teal and white clothing work in the background, and a boy in white sits in the foreground.2008-05-15A photograph of a large hall with a light-coloured floor where many children are seated on the ground working on craft activities, pasting and arranging paper cut-outs and printed pictures on cardboard sheets. Newspaper and magazine pages are scattered across the floor. Several children wear white kurtas or white t-shirts, others wear orange, yellow and blue clothing. Two adults stand in the room: one in a white shirt with a white mala-style necklace, and one woman in an orange shawl over white clothing. White plastic chairs line the walls beneath hanging decorative banners and bamboo blinds.2008-05-15Photograph of children seated cross-legged on a bare floor doing craft work with newspapers, cardboard sheets and scattered paper pieces. A boy in a striped polo and jeans on the left shields his eyes, a girl in a dark top reads an open newspaper, and a girl in an orange top and black skirt cuts paper. Other children in white tops and a yellow outfit work nearby among torn newspaper pages, glue, and cut-out photos.2008-05-15A photograph of children seated on the floor of a large hall on striped woven mats in red, blue, green and yellow. Around twenty children in yellow, red, orange and pink clothing sit in rows, several holding folded newspapers and printed sheets. A woman in an orange sari sits at the left edge, and a woman in white and yellow stands near a small shrine with a deity murti at the top left. Stacks of white plastic chairs line the back wall, and scaffolding is visible at the right. Scattered papers lie on the floor.2008-05-14A large hall with a bare concrete floor and white-washed walls hosts a children's gathering. Thirty to forty children sit cross-legged on the floor in rows, many wearing white or colourful shirts, skirts and salwar, and some holding small papers. Yellow floor lines divide the space. At the back, several adults sit on white plastic chairs, including women in yellow and white saris. Two standing figures in white clothing face the children near a table draped with a red cloth. A microphone stand and white banners frame the room.2008-05-13A photograph of children seated on an orange-tiled floor in a hall, drawing and colouring on white paper with crayons and markers. Plastic bins of coloured pencils and crayons sit among them. Several children wear white, one wears a bright pink top with blue trousers, and a woman in a pink-and-white salwar sits at left watching. Striped mats and cushions line the floor in the background, with a figure in orange near a stage at the upper right.2010-12-06A photograph inside a large hall with white tent-like ceiling, white pillars and yellow-and-blue decorative banners. Thirty or more children sit cross-legged on colourful striped mats marked by yellow floor lines, many holding paper and cut-out pieces scattered on the floor. In the foreground a woman in a yellow sari holds a microphone and speaks to the children, beside a bald man in an orange-saffron robe and a grey-haired woman in white. At the right edge a speaker in white clothes with an orange shawl stands behind a microphone stand. Other adults in white and green sit near a table draped in red cloth in the background.2008-05-14A photograph of a large plain hall with a corrugated metal roof, exposed steel trusses, pale block walls and white plastic chairs along the left side. Many children sit cross-legged on woven striped mats on a concrete floor, several writing on loose paper sheets. Some wear white kurta-style clothes and rudraksha-style beaded necklaces, while others wear yellow, green or orange shirts. A few adults in white and an older man in a yellow shirt stand among them. Speakers hang high on the walls and a cable runs across the floor.2007-05-04