Our special thank you to the volunteers (Mohan from HP; Megan, Rithi, Roshini, Tharindri, Sania & Sonika from Mount Carmel College) who have joined last Saturday (Feb. 20) for helping student particpation at the third edition of Hoo’s Tales (a carnival of stories) organized by Hippocampus Reading Foundation (HRF) at Bal Bhavan, Cubbon Park.
In total, 11 volunteers & staff accompanied the 81 Students from the ILP Community Libraries at Akkiyappa Garden & Sunnadagoodu. We left the Mohana Kumara Nagar at 1pm in the afternoon and reached the venue at 2pm. We attended 3 story sessions by different story tellers in addition to a Puppet show.
By about 3:30pm, Mr. Mohan from HP had joined us with snacks Cake & Banana. Our gratitude to him for consistently sponsoring the food for all the ILP participants at this event for the last 3 years. After having the snacks and participating in the ending session of “Yakshagana”, all the children & volunteers went on joy ride in the toy train. The children also enjoyed playing in the park and returned home by 6:30 pm.
Please find some photos of the trip at: http://picasaweb.google.co.in/ilpindia/HooSTales2010ACarnivalOfStories#
Trip Expenses:
Bus(SRS Travels) Rs. 3850
Bal Bhavan Train fee: Rs. 700 (Sponsored by Kiran Kumar)
Snacks( Cake, Banana & Water) - (Sponsored By Mohan)
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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Child labor is eating up the world from inside and we are not even noticing.
We have been blessed to have had a good education-thanks to our parents..
But then again there are some children in this country who can not even write their own names. Is it not then up to us to make sure that these children also get the education that they deserve.
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