Independence Day celebrations at AID-Aashayen

Independence Day celebrations at AID-Aashayen

At the stroke of midnight when the whole world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom...-Nehru
With the trust that the children of today would hold the baton of the future with confidence and ability we heralded the 60th year of Country's freedom.
The Independence Day Celebrations at AID-Aashayen was an exciting event with all the kids at Timarpur gathered in the MCD godown. All the volunteers present there made it a point to make the kids aware of the significance of the day as most of the kids knew it to be the "Jhanda Diwas" and nothing beyond so our volunteer Preeti made a small presentation of about 5 minutes telling the kids about the India's struggle for freedom and also told them the names of prominent freedom fighters. We held a quiz for the kids which was a learning experience for all of us ,while the kids struggled to memorise the names of freedom fighters and also to deal with stage fright, we the volunteers learnt to handle them with patience.Sweets and flags were distributed after the national anthem was sung.
All of us made it a point to teach the kids in every small way we could, like wrapping the candies in paper bags and insinuating the fact that eco-friendly products should be used by them or for that matter ensuring that the Indian Flag is not manhandled by them while distributing it among the kids.