My NGO works in the area of child education and during such a stressful period of my life, I got a chance to see those cute, joyous faces and play with innocent children. The enormous amount of love that you get there makes you believe that it were you and not them who needed that affection. I met students who are a living inspiration for all of us, kids who in situations as hard as not getting even one meal to eat for 2-3 days, not having a roof to stay, cracked IIT-JEE or scored above 90% marks in boards or for that matter had me in awe with their outstanding painting, dancing, cooking and other skills which I always had dream of just trying my luck on.
I also had the opportunity to visit these kids’ homes, distributing warm clothes among them on roads, meeting trans-genders and getting to know their problems. The more I introspected, the more I felt ashamed of myself for every time I had complained to parents/ friends or even God about trifle issues in my life. The happiness with which they faced such tough situations and the gratitude that they had for everyone who helped them forced me to reflect hard about my view on life. All these poor kids never got an opportunity to live their dreams for no fault of their own, only because they‘re born in a poor family! Isn't this very unfair on them?
Isn't becoming a better human being really important to all of us? I believe I have changed for the better after my internship with "Aarohan. Here I would like to express my gratitude to IIFT for including an NGO course in their curriculum and my NGO, Aarohan for letting me be a part of them.
I would request everyone reading this to take care of at least one poor child or support any NGO serving a good cause. It would cover the needs of one child for a year at about the same cost of one party that we give to our friends.
People always say we should do charity in different ways and here, after getting so much knowledge, experience, happiness, sensitivity and change in my life, I wonder who was doing the "charity".
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Sanjeev Kumar is a First year student at IIFT and wishes to pursue his career in Risk management. Before joining IIFT he had worked for 30 months in HSBC. He is an avid novel reader and also has active interest in Indian politics.
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