In this blog I would like to share my experiences with the kids at Eijpura orphanage. We six members of Udhayam which includes Muthuselvan, Sridhar, Mathi, Karthick, Aarthi and Myself visited AET orphanage, Ejipura on Saturday 22-08-09. As we said in our previous blog, we felt that providing breakfast for the kids would be better. One of our Udhayam members contributed towards the expenses which incurred for the breakfast and fruits. We bought idly for the breakfast and fruits which includes apples and bananas.
We reached the orphanage at 8PM. Luckily we could be on time so that we could provide breakfast for all the kids. It was a holiday for the school going kids. The kids organized themselves for the breakfast. Few kids served water. we members served the kids with idly, sambar and two varieties of chutney. They had their breakfast after thanking the almighty.
Udhayam members serving food to the kids
We also provided them with bananas. It was a great feeling watching the kids having their breakfast. We could feel their happiness.
After having their breakfast two kids named Durga and Manjula cleaned the place by mopping. It is good to see that the kids cultivate the habit of doing the work on their own.
We then planned for some extracurricular activities. The kids were asked to recite poems. Few of them came forward and show casted their talents.
Later we organized drawing completion for them. Sridhar bought charts for the competition. Karthic and Mathi grouped the kids based on their age. There were around four groups. Each member took in charge of one group. Topics were assigned to them and they started the competition.
After the completion of the competition Muthu, Sridhar and Mathi evaluated the results. From each group three winners were selected and the winners were provided apples. The Participants also received the apples at the end. The kids felt very happy which could be seen in their eyes. We left the place with joy.
Winners with their apples. Four groups, with first prize kid in the middle, second prize kid in the left and third prize kid in the right.
Udhayam Members from left to right: Muthuselvan, Aarthi, Hema, Karthick, Mathi and Sridhar
~Hema
6 comments:
nam pani menmezhum sirakka enadhu vazthukkal..
very nice friends..u have spent your valuable time and more over enjoyed and shared the happiness of the children. keep the good work going on..
I got all the papers of the drawing competition.. Will scan/snap it and upload it to picasa and will share the link with you all... :)
In my group two boys don't know what to draw.with thier papers in hand they were simply sitting.when I asked them to draw draw some thing, they said they don't know to draw.
I told him to draw a square or circle or line.he looked at me skeptically and asked how to draw it?
That was one of the difficult questions I have faced in my life.
Understading that it will we very painfull for him and also to me to explain what a square is and make him to draw the same.I listed a few objects like book,pen,ball, no reaction from him. when I said sun he immediately draw a semicircle and put the lines around it for rays,Oh god you saved me!!!
Then I taught him to draw simpledrawings like fish,bird etc,
He did followed me.
We need to get back to the our childhood memories to interact them
:-)
Anbudan
Sri
You asked him to draw sun, and he knows it... Ultimately he painted "UDHAYAM".. :)
Keep up ur good work folks. Stay togather. Congratz to hema for her first blog activity :).
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