We are off for a 2 day trip to Chennai for some relief work.
Baby has been upset that we are leaving her behind. She wants to be a part of
it, but this weekend the kids are supposed to give compulsory attendance at
school as its field day for them. We have been dropping notes within our friend
circle to help us with relief material and generous donation. And the same I
shared with baby so she could share with her friends. The request she made
sounded so genuine and the message coming from a child in the way it was put
across…touched us totally. A simple message “do whatever you can” can sound so
powerful sometimes.
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Baby had been to a 3 day tour to Belur halebidu last week. Accomodation
in Hotel Ashhok Hassan. The idea behind the tour was to do some social service
in a Government school there.
So this is how it turned out I believe….1st day
of tour was about planning whats to be done next 2 days and then some group games.
2nd day of tour was visiting the government school, playing village
games like gilli danda with the school kids there, drinking Fresh tender coconut
water, cleaning the school premises, painting the classroom walls and ending
the day with some DJ and music. The 3rd day was a morning walk
towards the farms and village tour, milking the cow, planting saplings, guided
tour to Belur & Halebidu and bus back to Bangalore.
What amazed me was how baby could adjust so easily to the
village environment & activities done there. While I think that my 11yr old
still needs to learn a lot of things, it was nice to know that she was the only
one who thought of sharing the chocolates with the Government school kids which
she had actually carried for her school mates. She was one of the few who tried
their hand at milking the cow and again one of the few who dug up mother earth
to plant the sapling.
Learning in a child happens in different ways, or more
when they are taken through reality rather than nurturing & protecting them
under our care always. Real time Opportunities need to be provided to a child
for better learning and to make them better human beings.
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