At Samiksha, much of the work is done by volunteers. Saturdays are the days when many working people and students from colleges and schools come in and tutor our kids and spend time with them. Among some of the most dedicated in these last months have been coming in from companies like Cognizant, National Instruments, Oracle,and the Youth for Seva. Saturdays are the days when some of our own are able to take a break from the weekly routine because of these volunteers who keep the programs running. Saturdays are also the days that the moms and caregivers at the ward are able to sit around and chat and not worry about their kids,as they are busy at Samiksha.
This November birthday party at the ward was different. Instead of us organising the event and calling resource people for magic show or storytelling, the children at Samiksha themselves decided to showcase their talent on this day. We had an afternoon full of dancing to latest kannada songs played on a mobile and solo dialogue performance, some recitation, singing by the kids . I had never seen them with such great attitude! ( They are always joyful, but this was really entertaining! I hope they were not too tired, ( they didnt seem like it), but we enjoyed ourselves a lot that afternoon. Thank you kids for the nice show and the happiness you spread around!
The following will be our schedule for the next 3 months. It is a continuation of our work at the Kapoor ward, Pediatric oncology unit at Bangalore’s largest government hospital for cancer treatment, where we care for 52 children in one ward.
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A highly enthusiastic group of Infoscions from Retail Reach (Corporate Social Responsibility team of Retail, CPG, Logistics and Life Sciences Unit of Infosys Ltd) joined hands with Samiksha Foundation to share smiles with the kids undergoing cancer treatment at Kidwai Hospital. They volunteered their time and energy and were fuelled by the generous contributions from their colleagues.
