Monthly Archives: June 2010

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Dream-2010

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It is our pleasure to announce that we have finally decided about the event DREAM-2010. The event will be organized in collaboration with Sewa Bharti, a nation wide NGO. Sapney team will be visiting one of their centers in North-West Delhi on 26th June, 2010.

The institute serves as a reservoir  of knowledge for little children, who comes  to learn skills of life. The institute imparts computer knowledge to young minds at nominal cost.

Our Plan: To celebrate childhood by helping kids learn better.

How can we contribute:

1.Please do come and share your love.

2. Computer accessories : Pen drives,  blank CD’s , speakers , educational games CD , Old mouse, keyboards or anything you feel. Just make sure whatever you give is working fine.

3.Books, stationary, blank notebooks, activity books

4. Toys for little kids. Please make sure that toys /games are in playable condition and are safe to play with.

5. We are anyways buying the stuff, so you can contribute financially as well.

Please do come and enjoy the pleasure of giving.

We will be very great ful if you can intimate us about your presence and plans for the event at the earliest.

Call us at 9811725067

Mail us at smilingbuds1@yahoo.co.in

or simply comment to this post.

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Enemy Theory explained through kindergarten game. Amazing!

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A kindergarten teacher decided to let her class play a game. The teacher told each child in the class to bring along a plastic bag containing a few potatoes. Each potato will be given a name of a person that the child hates, so the number of potatoes that a child will put in his/her plastic bag will depend on the number of people he/she hates.

So when the day came, every child brought some potatoes with the name of the people he/she hated. Some had 2 potatoes; some 3 while some up to 5 potatoes.

The teacher then told the children to carry with them the potatoes in the plastic bag wherever they go (even to the toilet) for one week. Days after days passed by, and the children started to complain due to the unpleasant smell let out by the rotten potatoes. Besides, those having 5 potatoes also had to carry heavier bags. After one week, the children were relieved because the game had finally ended.

The teacher asked: “How did you feel while carrying the potatoes with you for one week?” The children let out their frustrations and started complaining of the trouble that they had to go through having to carry the heavy and smelly potatoes wherever they go.

Then the teacher told them the hidden meaning behind the game. The teacher said: “This is exactly the situation when you carry your hatred for somebody inside your heart. The stench of hatred will contaminate your heart and you will carry it with you wherever you go. If you cannot tolerate the smell of rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine what is it like to have the stench of hatred in your heart for your lifetime???”

Throw away any hatred for anyone from your heart. Forgiving others is the best attitude to take!

source: Hare Krishna movement

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1098 Tele Helpline Model

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CHILDLINE stands for a friendly ‘didi’ or a sympathetic ‘bhaiya’ who is always there for vulnerable children 24 hours of the day, 365 days of the year. 17 million calls as off Dec. 2009 , 3 million children, 83 cities, 12 years.

A phone number that spells hope for millions of children across India, CHILDLINE is India’s first 24-hour, free, emergency phone service for children in need of aid and assistance. Whether you are a concerned adult or a child, you can dial 1098, the toll free number to access its services. It not only respond to the emergency needs of children but also link them to services for their long-term care and rehabilitation. It has, to date, reached out to over three million children across the nation through such calls.

CHILDLINE is a platform bringing together the Ministry for Women & Child Development, Government of India, Department of Telecommunications, street and community youth, non-profit organisations, academic institutions, the corporate sector and concerned individuals.

It works for the protection of the rights of all children in general. But its special focus is on all children in need of care and protection, especially the more vulnerable sections of the society.

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DREAMS -2010 -update

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This year we are planning to conduct the function with Sewa Bharti. Sewa Bharti is a nation-wide NGO  rigorously involved in enlightenment  of society.  We are in talks with the management  in regards to the venue and timings of the fuction.The function date is scheduled on 26th of this month.

Till then keep smiling 🙂

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Sapney Song – Dedicated to all the kids who wish to dream.

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Sapney Salone in nanhi munhi aankhon mein

Khel khilone in pyaari pyaari baaton mein

Sapney tumhare ab honge ye poore

Ab na rahenge ye sapney adhure.

Hooo…

Sapney Salone in nanhi munhi aankhon mein

Khel khilone in pyaari pyaari baaton mein…

Ab tum udoge aasman ko chu loge

taron ko nayi roshni tum hi doge.

saja do duniya ab apne hi rang mein.

jilo ab jeevan apne hi dhang mein

Sapney tumhare hum sachi-muchi kar denge

Palkon mein tumhari sapney hum bhar denge

Sapney Salone in nanhi munhi aankhon mein

Khel khilone in pyaari pyaari baaton mein

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Right to Education Act silent on child labours

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Ahmedabad/Kolkata: Central Government figures show that 12 million children are engaged in child labour and out of school. Starting April 1 education is the right of every child in India but the Right to Education Act has not made any specific provision to bring the child labours back into regular school.

Seven-year-old Anil Patel doesn’t go to school. He works with his parents on a small piece of land 70 kms from Ahmedabad. His parents say they could not afford the school fee.

“Even if I decide to teach him, where will I fund his expenses from?” asks Anil’s father Narsinh Patel.

After the sowing season is over, the Patels move to Ahmedabad as migrant labourers for six months and take Anil with them. The seven-year-old doesn’t know what he’s missing out on. Having spent most of his life away from school he says he doesn’t want to attend class.

“I don’t want to go to school. The teachers used to beat me up,” he says.

Like Anil, Kakali Baidya was also denied the right to education. The 14-year-old was studying in class 1 when her family moved to Kolkata for work. The shift cost Kakali her education and the city made her a domestic help.

The Right to Education Act which makes elementary education compulsory for 6-14 year old aims to better the lives of children. But what about those like Anil and Kakali and other children working as labourers, as domestic help?

“There needs to be special packages for them because RTE will be meaningful only if these children are brought into the fold of mainstream schooling,” says NGO’s Save the Child Programme Coordinator Biswaroop Banerjee.