“I want to become India, because I love Hindustan”, this is what a seven year old mentioned; when he was asked what’s his ambition is! If anyone penetrates into the exact meaning of this one-liner by a seven year old Aslam from Madanpur Khadar, this may contain 100s of beautiful definitions, which may be a result of what Aslam saw from the day he came to his senses.
Aslam, was one among 114 who painted their dreams in “Ujjwal-let’s create wonders for them : A Day With Chotus” orchestrated by Helping Brainz’s Child Empowerment Team at EFRAH’s Center in Samosa Chowk, Madanpur Khadar Village, an event co-sponsored by HCL Foundations.
“Ujjwal-let’s create wonders for them: A Day with Chotus”, is a colourful event programmed by Helping Brainz, wherein a child is encouraged in dream, concrete their aim and ambitions.
114 beautiful Chotus aged between 6 to 14, from the underprivileged section of Madanpur Khadar, painted their dreams and enjoyed their day on 6/20/2015 at a colourful event orchestrated by Helping Brainz, supported by HCL Foundations and facilitated by EFRAH.
Event consisted of:-
– Introduction to the process of dreaming,
– A session on concreting the path towards to the one’s ambition,
– Paint your Dreams – event,
– School Stationary Donations ( A notebook, Pencil, Sharpener, Eraser and a Camlin Crayon to each child )
– Distribution of Sweets and Food,
– A session on health awareness, and community hygiene by Dr. Renu Verma.
Who don’t want to be with the kids, the people who volunteered where Dr.Renu Verma, Vibhesh Anand, Sanjeev Verma and Neha Agarwal from Ameriprise Financials, Gurgaon; Mohammed Danish, 1st year student, Department of Travel and Tourism from Jamia Milia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, Delhi; Hiba Siddiqui, an Intern with Helping Brainz (however 1st year student, Department of Psychology from Jamia Milia Islamia, Jamia Nagar, Delhi).
From Helping Brainz we had, Ravi PrakasH ( Thë) Yadav and Ritesh Sachdeva (Event Coordinators, Ujjwal) – both Project Leaders from Child Empowerment CampaignsHelpingBrainz.Org; Rupak Kashyap (Vice President of International Peace Operations at HelpingBrainz.Org; Gagan Walia (Project Leader, Environment and Elderly Care Projects) and Yedhu (Founder, HelpingBrainz.Org).
Specially to mention: Rajeev Thakur , Ravi, Ritesh and Rupak – ‘the 4Rs’ where the real Changemakers of yesterday’s event.