Looking back I believe these are just two instances in a long list of moments where ABG proved “Big in my Life”. Taking inspiration from these small things that can play a big role in someone's life, I also had an instant where I tried to do something for the society.
At the time when I was doing my graduation, the area in which the campus was located had a flourishing Brick Kiln industry. Small children of the laborers working there used to pass their time roaming around and do some tricks in front of the campus to earn money while the grownups used to work in the Brick Kiln itself. A year or so passed by looking at them, with the feelings turning from getting irritated by their constant pestering to feeling pity for them. At that moment bunch of us realized that we should do something to provide at least basic education to these kids. With this thought in mind we started weekend school for these kids and arranging funds for the same was least of our problems.
The main issue was to convince the parents to let their children come to study and even if they agreed the participation ratio was way too low. So, we started with reading stories, providing food and clothes to those who come to attend the session so that we can generate their interests in the session. As there were children of every age group with different levels of education the next challenge was to segregate them according to their education level so that proper care can be provided. Our idea was to get them at a level so that they can be admitted in to main stream schools. For this we connected with several NGO’s that can fund their school related expenditure. And there came a time after close to 3 months when we stopped distributing chocolates and stuff but still the enrollment didn’t dip.
I feel really happy and proud whenever I think of this small contribution of mine towards society.
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