Aashayein....I had just stumbled upon it while my friend was browsing through the net. As a volunteer, I would like to share my experience with all of you.
Going the slum area and teaching the children was a novel experience for me. I didn't think I could handle it all too well after the first time but then things changed and I realised my mistake. Those children were like any other children and all I had to do was be me.That was the best way to connect with them. I didn't have to change myself in any way because that is the way they loved me. That is one fundamental thing I learned in Aashayein. All of us are simple human beings with feelings..some are born in rich families while some are not. But that doesn't change the fact that we all need love and attention. So I decided to give them what I want myself. Love and attention.
We volunteers are not expert social workers. We are just like anyone else and it's not that we have done something great. All we have done is contribute in our own special way. It may not be much for many but it may mean the world to the children.
These children are at a very impressionable age and I would like to think our being there helps them. It may not make a monumental difference but as far as people are concerned, the smallest of changes can amount to a lot. And that is precisely why I am here.That is precisely why all of us are here.
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