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Facing the giants!!

To be honest, I’m not very good with children. In fact, I used to dislike spending any time with them at all. When I took up this internship, it was with a view to overcome my inhibitions as well as do something productive in the world and actually volunteer for some real and worthwhile work.
 
So when I ended up arriving before everyone else on the first day, I was obviously very lost because there were just children all around me. Finally, I quite worrying and approached them and had a really good conversation with them about where I was from. I found myself laughing and completely comfortable with these little children. Then of course, everyone came and the stalls were in full swing. I’m part of the dance stall and first we had only girls in our stall. I was surprised at how well behaved and respectful they were. I took a liking to all of them instantly and we had a lot of fun dancing to all sorts of fun dances. What made us move the most was the awesome Tamil music I played. We all went mad dancing and those girls really know how to shake it! They were teaching us how to dance by the end of it. Then after this, the boys came in because they got completely excited by the music and wanted to dance as well. But in order to calm them down, we had to play a couple of games first. By which point I observed the first fight between two boys among what I expect will be many. But they patched things up. It ended up getting late so we couldn’t continue with the dances and the day came to a close by each one of the kids coming to me and saying bye and shaking my hand and making me feel so good and content with the day’s activities.
 
This caravan has really taught me things about myself as well. I actually ended up being really good with these children. I felt that I really connected with some of them. What I loved most about them was the fact that you could just be so free and open with these children about who you are and they seem to accept you no matter what. The day was extremely fruitful and I remember I went to sleep at peace, knowing that I could contribute in some way. However big, however small. I am learning.
         — Apsara V

 

  • July, 24th, 2013
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My Hero for the Day!!

We didn’t have many kids at the stall initially. But slowly the kids started coming and super excited to learn how to make a bird. The language problem sort of gave me a little bump as I had to tell them how to fold and what to do exactly. But with help from other volunteers I was able to get through. And though the kids found a little hard to make it, the end product made up for all the hard work. Their faces were just full of awe. And at the end of the day almost all the kids had a bird in their hand. 

Also, almost all the kids came up to me after they finished painting to show me their end product. And Jeeva!!! Oh Jeeva literally blew my mind!! The variety of things he knows how to make! He actually ended up teaching us how to make a rose and all the kids wanted to make a rose. And at the end of the day, a couple of the kids whom I taught how to make birds were fighting to hold my hand. It felt nice to know that someone wants you to be their friend. A couple of the kids even made me some stuff, but the other kids were so amazed by it that they took it.

But I did get a rose from Jeeva 🙂

— Elizabeth Korah
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Birds, trees & children makes a perfect evening!!
Initially we started out with the art and craft stall by teaching children to make birds. We advertised to the children by showing the birds so that it would impress them. Then as children started to flock in, we found it really hard to teach every other child how to make the birds because we had start over the process all over again.

However, soon we had children coming to paint what they had made and it was very exciting. I personally sat with every child till they completed painting their birds and trees. Some of them also painted flowers for me. I was so happy seeing them, it moved me. Some children later came in again asking if they could paint another tree but I could not really give them another chance since there were others who had not got an opportunity to do it. Some children were asking my name and asked to come back again next week.

Towards the end, children came hugging us and touched our faces and thanked us. It was absolutely delightful. Nothing could have made me more happier than this.
— R. Moulya
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Little Tackle Indian Idol..

The day did start certainly on a challenging note. As very few kids turned up in the beginning. In the beginning with my broken Kannada i asked kids if they were interested in ‘haddu’, but none of them were willing to come to our stall. So to allure the kids I had to sing the song ‘Dil hai chota sa’ and then i get weird stares… but however we could kick start our stall. Then the fun began when we started playing ‘Antakhshari’. But I was deeply touched to see the kids interested to sing and their innocent expression of joy. We also had to choreograph a lullaby, where i could go really crazy with the kids getting back all my madness hidden within me. Finally I did learn that never underestimate kids with regard to anything as they knew many more songs than me.

—- Sabu John
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Feeling special on Saturdays.

It was the usual Saturday, I reached the caravan venue after 2 hours of intellectual torture. The weather was calm and cool, and soon the kids started coming in. We had a plan and materials set for them only for us to change it again, thanks to not knowing Kannada. So we ended up as a drawing stall. 
And it turns out the kids are incredibly talented and love drawing and coloring bright colors. We had about 27 kids(surprising) and they drew and gave their feedback on the leaves and left for other stalls.   
By almost the end of the evening 2 girls are pulling me along and asking me to dance and play and they would want to hold my hands or stand next to me(overwhelming, surprising). It made me feel special and the innocence of the kids is adorable.

—- Sara Fathima
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Dancing in the rain!!

It was a rainy day but it refused to dampen the spirits of any of the kids. They came in by the dozens but much lesser than before. Since the number was lesser we combined groups. They began to do the newspaper dance. In some rather hilarious positions, ranging from jumping on each other to carrying their partner. It was quite the spectacle. They then played a highly competitive game of Anthakshari. The songs ranged anywhere from a Hindi one to Why this kolaveri di.. 

Though the rain continued we sang and danced together. Passing the parcel resulted in some spectacular feats.
 
Nothing can compare to the fun we had today. Even though the weather fought against us every step of the way.

—Anahita Bhandari
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Children are always better teachers.

The Caravan session started off with heavy rains and not many kids in the beginning. Moreover there weren’t many kids coming to our stall so we decided to make paper birds and show them around to grasp the interest of the kids. It worked as soon we had lots of kids willing to learn. We started by making paper birds and butterflies and clubbed with the painting group so that the animals could be painted once made. 

Soon, however a boy named Jeeva came to the stall and he asked for paper but didn’t want to learn how to make a bird. I gave him paper and let him do his own thing and when I looked back at him I was surprised to see that he had made a beautiful rose from the paper. I then asked him if he could teach me and I was pleasantly surprised to see that he was a patient teacher as he taught me the art. By then all the other kids wanted to try their hands at the rose- making so I began teaching them that while the others continued with the bird making. Jeeva, meanwhile made various other cutouts and figures using origami and after speaking to him I realize d that his father was involved in making paper crafts as his profession. Jeeva helps his father and that is how he knew how to make such wonderful things. 

Later as the kids began to clear out it was great to see most of them carrying colorful birds or roses in their hands as we ended the day with the usual chicken dance!

—- Pooja Agarwal

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The perfect stress buster…

I was a little tensed because i reached the venue a bit late. I din’t know how many children would turn up but was hugely surprised to see around 150 kids bustling with energy and enthusiasm. We started with a 3-legged race, which the kids seemed to love. That’s when they started getting inquisitive about us and wanted to be with us. 

We divided ourselves into stalls, and a lot of boys were enthusiastic about games and sports. They decided on what games they wanted to play- Kabaddi, and taught us the rules of the game. They were really happy that they could teach us. 

While playing chain kho, the energy of 7 kids pulled me to the ground and I fell down with a thud. That was the funniest moment of the day. By the end of two hours I was exhausted and panting for breath, while the children were still energetic. Wow. 

It was such a stress buster and felt so nice when these kids were around me. The girls were sweethearts and they were refusing to let go of me. One tiny girl came  up to me and gave me a flower as well. the boys kept goofing around till the end of the day and that was simply adorable. A very memorable day indeed

— Kruthika Swaminathan
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The Crazy boys..

For the first time in my life i never got irritated even for a moment despite such chaos and naughty kids. may be because i was expecting it. Got my childhood back when i danced (Ganpathi dance) crazy with the kids. Happy and emotional when i had 5 of them clinging on to my shoulders and head. 3 guys Rafeeq , Munniswammy and Abdul were really special to me. The rowdy Rathore Munniswammy who was so sarcastic to talk to me at first by the end of the caravan promised to dance next week to a Tamil song of superstar Vijay and asked me to get it downloaded.

— A. Sabu John

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Its crazy but its fun, its chaotic but its worthwhile…..

I arrived at the school at 2 in the afternoon feeling anxious and excited at the same time. I first thing I noticed when I entered was that there were a large number of children who had turned up. The second thing I realized was that it was going to be a lot of fun and I wasn’t wrong!…We began by gathering the kids in a circle and Vinay played a game with them. Since he was talking in Kannada everything was being translated for me by the young girl next to me. She seemed very happy to explain everything to me!. Then we divided the kids and played the three-legged race…all of them were so excited and enthusiastic!. We then had the different stalls and my group began to make newspaper hats with the kids. The kids were extremely enthusiastic to learn and so till four I was moving from one place to another helping the kids make hats. The kids seemed to have really enjoyed the activity. Some of them were quick learners while some others needed a little help but it was an amazing feeling to see the kids try on their hats and show them to me with huge smiles on their faces :). 

I didn’t have enough time to look around and see what the other stalls were doing but I could hear lots of laughter, dancing, singing and playing.  The mood was infectious!…soon though it was to time to pack up and we cleared everything up, danced to the chicken dance and then bid farewell to the kids.

The experience was absolutely amazing…I was anxious when I came because I didn’t know how it would go and whether it would be easy to connect with the kids but as soon as everything began the enthusiasm and energy of the kids were so infectious that I forgot all of my hesitations! I had some nice conversations with some kids…all of them were so cooperative with me even though i don’t know Kannada. One girl who was there with her three younger siblings even helped translate things for me. I even spoke to some kids who knew Telugu as i know it too. So the language was not a problem and the kids were really cooperative.

I loved how crazy and chaotic the whole thing was and at the same time everything went smoothly. My major concern coming in had been whether this is going to be worth my time and energy and when I left yesterday I knew without a doubt that it would be one of the most worthwhile things I’ll do each week for the next six months 🙂

— Pooja Agarwal

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