On 26th January, India celebrates its Republic Day - the day on which our constitution came into force and hence we became a Republic. Although, every Republic day brings with it the spirit of patriotism and harmony but this Republic day was a special one for me.
At AID( Association for India's Development) PRAYAS, we organized the Republic day celebrations for the community kids at Noida. The two months effort which involved preparing kids for songs and dances finally materialized into a very cute and heart warming performance. The junior most kids (EUREKA BATCH) put a smile on everyone's face by singing NANNA MUNNA RAHI HUN and EK CHIDYA AANEK CHIDYA. The dance performance by senior batch on the beats of JAI HO spell bound the audience. Then a play performed by the kids send across the message 'Education is not a privilege, it is a necessity'.
The most heartening experience was when parents of the community children came on the stage and spoke about the difference created by PRAYAS. They talked about the importance of education, cleanliness, tolerance and family planning that has been instilled in the community through efforts of PRAYAS. I personally feel, these first hand account by the community members really encourage other parents to send their kids to PRAYAS. We had more than 80 new registrations and the peculiar thing was every parent asked what PRAYAS is charging for teaching the kids. We had a hard time explaining them there is no fee and we prepare kids to attain a certain minimum level so that they can get admission in good schools.
Overall, the whole idea of the celebration is to convey the importance of education and increase the confidence of kids by giving them a platform to perform in public. And I believe, we were able to do just that.
VANDE MATARAM
At AID( Association for India's Development) PRAYAS, we organized the Republic day celebrations for the community kids at Noida. The two months effort which involved preparing kids for songs and dances finally materialized into a very cute and heart warming performance. The junior most kids (EUREKA BATCH) put a smile on everyone's face by singing NANNA MUNNA RAHI HUN and EK CHIDYA AANEK CHIDYA. The dance performance by senior batch on the beats of JAI HO spell bound the audience. Then a play performed by the kids send across the message 'Education is not a privilege, it is a necessity'.
The most heartening experience was when parents of the community children came on the stage and spoke about the difference created by PRAYAS. They talked about the importance of education, cleanliness, tolerance and family planning that has been instilled in the community through efforts of PRAYAS. I personally feel, these first hand account by the community members really encourage other parents to send their kids to PRAYAS. We had more than 80 new registrations and the peculiar thing was every parent asked what PRAYAS is charging for teaching the kids. We had a hard time explaining them there is no fee and we prepare kids to attain a certain minimum level so that they can get admission in good schools.
Overall, the whole idea of the celebration is to convey the importance of education and increase the confidence of kids by giving them a platform to perform in public. And I believe, we were able to do just that.
VANDE MATARAM
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