Independence Day - The day free India came into existence. Asra came forward to ensure that everyone at the All God's Children (AGC) Hostel - an orphanage run by an old lady with noble intentions enjoy the day.
The hostel is home to children aged between 2-16yrs deprived of luxury and parental care. A couple of visits by Asra members to the orphanage brought lots of joy to the young minds. We had a great time with the innocent souls and ended up knowing each other well. Their innocence and straight-forwardness floored us. The students practise self help. They carry out their work without depending on anyone. Apart from studying they cook their food, clean the utensils, and keep the hostel clean. We decided to host a lunch at
the hostel on the eve of the independence day.The members of Asra went to AGC Hostel in the morning and then the preparations for the lunch began. The students helped us in cooking right from cutting the vegetables to mixing the spices. The cooking of vegetarian food was supervised by Sweta Padma and Lavanya while the non-vegetarian food was handled by Mamata ( a 6th class student in the hostel ). All the people went ga-ga over Mamata's talent of cooking.
While the food wa
s being prepared Bhanu, Preneeth and Yasaswi had a wonderful time playing with the children and listening to their experiences. The best moment of the day was when everyone sat down for having lunch. We shared our experiences ( both happy and sad) and finally took some snaps as fond memories. Sharma, Nikhil, Prashanth, Mahesh, Tarun and Deepak joined us for lunch.The day was very emotional for most of us and we couldn't just leave the place. By the end of the day the children opined that they enjoyed the day and how they were happy that there were people who cared for them. We had a feeling of achieving something but thats what the motive and ambition of Asra is and we would like to carry forward the work and ensure that it reaches the right people at the right time.More pics of the memorable day AGC Independence Day
