Visit to old age home 3

Today the day was really a fun day. As last time I was with grandfathers (Nanas) I promised them to show the movie they asked for but unfortunately this time I was selected for Nani ward. As I had planned for a movie I started to setup. It was amazing experience to see all grandmothers (Nanis) to see them so happy. Their faces were literally glowing up when I took out my laptop and asked them to sit around and be comfortable. I asked them which movie they want to see and one of the grandmothers asked me which movie I have and will be showing to them. I told them that as I have came in Nani ward (section of grandmothers) first time I have the latest movie “Ajab Prem Ki Gajab Kahani”. They asked me about the background and the actors. I answered all their questions and started the movie. I asked them if there was any problem in watching or sound system but there was no problem. They were so interested that they didn’t even distract for a second. Sometimes they were unable to make out the word spoken in movie so I helped them and told them the script. Few new terms and things which were spoken and shown in movie were new to them so I helped them in understanding it. If happiness is considered as the global issue and is really necessary for all then I think I was successful.

Preparation of walkathon

While discussing about the best athletes of the world, it came in our mind that we should also conduct some athletic events. First, we all agreed to mini-marathon of 5-6 km but then we concluded that it will be very difficult for children of junior classes. We decided to plan for a walkathon. After consulting with our supervisor, Mukul became the in charge of the distributing the responsibilities. He made list as follows:

Task	Students, who will arrange for the things
Fliers	Kaustubh
First aid box (3 sets)	From school
Ambulance
Glucose	Agam, Mukul
Water	Agam, Mukul (From school)
Juice
Doctors	Trisha
Disposable glasses	Agam, Mukul (From school)
Tables	Agam, Mukul (From school)
Circular	Kaustubh
Signals for direction	Chinmay, Nishad
Volunteers (teachers)	Dasom, Hyunju
Judges (teachers)	Dasom, Hyunju
Route map	Chinmay, Nishad
Tissue papers	Aditi (From school)
Cameraman (teachers)	Agam, Mukul

My first job was to make route for walkathon and Nishad was with me. I went to Google maps and started searching for our school. It was very difficult for me to search because of low network and I was not getting proper internet signals. After trying for a long time I succeeded in getting it. With the help of screen snap shot I took its snap and found the route around school.

Gardening 3

Wow! Each time I come here and these incredible plants amaze me more and more. This time when we came here they were full of vegetables and flowers. There were chilies and lady fingers hanging in the branches. It really felt great watching them grow. Now, I can imagine what a mother feels watching her child grow. We all worked as a team and the result of our hard work and idea was in front of us. Mihan is a developing area and here we have very less trees, this was our small try to reduce the deforestation problem and pollution problem. This will not end and soon I will be starting a new project. May be on under CAS but it’s for life long.

Visit to old age home 2

“Happiness spreads happiness” this statement is true because if one is happy then he/she radiates positive energy which makes all happy. We went to Old age home where we were divided into 2 groups. One was Nishad, Mukul, Agam, Hyunju and and the other was me (Chinmay), Kaustubh, and Dasom. 1^st group went to ladies section and we went to gents. We started with introduction and found that very few were interested in interacting with us. I found difficulty when Raja Babu (one of the old) was chatting but was not as involved as I wanted him to be. He was playing card with his mate and was not paying any attention on me. I tried many times with many people but maximum times failed. I helped Dasom in interacting with many as she was finding a little difficult to communicate in Hindi. In all 48 males only 1 was there who knew English. Dasom started interacting with him. I found a group of 4 who were really interested in talking about their life and knowing about mine. We started chatting about their favorite movies and I found few like “SEEMA, DO AANKHE BARAH HANTH, and many more”. I promised them to bring my laptop and show them 1 of the movies they want. I learnt many new things and understood that life is not as easy as it seems. Way of chatting with them was really important; it should be non-aggressive and non-comic as it can hurt someone’s sentiments. I found that my personal problems were nothing in front of their. This activity is a way to encourage them to come up with new things and make them happy. I am trying to give them happiness so that they show interested in doing new things and have fun.

Gardening 2

Amazing!! The growth rate of plants is really very high than human growth rate. Within a short period of time all the plants came out of the buried seeds. All the plants were near about the 3-4 inches tall. All were happy to see that because it was the result of collective effort put by all of us. Our supervisor is really knowledgeable about the plants and their growth. I learnt many new techniques of planting and taking their care. I also learnt new important details of planting. We watered the plants after loosening the soil around the plant so that water easily seeps into it and can be absorbed by roots easily. I dug around the plants and also pour some the manure so that plant can grow well.

Gardening 1

From the beginning of my life I had a special interest in gardening that may be because of my mother because she is very much interested in plants and flowers. When, while talking the idea of gardening came forward and after a long discussion we decided to take this challenge. It was an amazing idea to show up and prove many things. We proposed this and started working on garden. Our first job was to make a place where we can work and most important that it should contain path in between to work. We all got together designed a garden and started our work. I was really tiring to keep big stones in place and built a fence. Our supervisor Miss. Vijyalakshmi brought seeds and equipments for us to work. I got to dig and make space for seeds in ground. After putting seeds in ground and covering them back we all were seeking permission to sprinkle water over them and I was one of them.

Visit to old age home 1

It is funny how everyone wants to live long but no one wants to grow old. Old age is viewed as an unavoidable, undesirable, problem-ridden phase of life that we all are compelled to live, marking time until our final exit from life itself. Parents work throughout our lives hoping that our later age will be good. They sacrifice our numerous things from their lives and many a times they also shatter their dreams just for the sake of their child’s well. Life shows them many bad and good days which count as their experience of life.

Human is a social creature and obviously a bit selfish. Each and every person thinks for himself first and then about the people or society. But, parents are exceptions. They never think for anything in return from their children. They only want that their children should be happy but, at least they deserve to live happily and peacefully. They also want someone to take care of them or at least they can enjoy their last days with their children and grandchildren.

This is true that all are not so lucky that they get whatever they deserve. Sometimes they were pushed out of the house by their own children just her/his husband/wife doesn’t want them to live with them. Sometimes when they beg their own children to take them back or they refuse to go. They are brutally beaten and thrown out of the house.

Today we started on our new plan of taking care and making happy to handicap and old age people. We visited an active old age home for old and handicap. Their sister Maria discussed all the details of the old age home. We met many people including old men, small children, and old women. We had little chat with many of them; we introduced ourselves to them and promised them that we will be back soon. There was a man named Narendra Roy. He was tailor in his youth and is now also making cloths for x-mas for under privileged ones. He started his work from 1977 (in Bombay) and shifted to Nagpur 3 years back. He came here because he doesn’t have anybody in his life now. His wife and son died and he was alone in this world. As, I told you earlier human is a social animal and wants someone to hear him. So, he came here and new friends and is happily living here. Due to time bondage we were unable to spend more time but we made them happy in such a small period.

After, seeing small children in that position I was speechless and learnt life is not as easy as it seems. Now, I have started to plan for my next visit. This new task is real and I hope to be successful in it. In this activity we all will be helping each other and try to make maximum people aware about the situation.