Children’s Day Celebrations with Pehel community

Childhood is about innocence and playfulness. It is about joy and freedom. November 14th celebrates this spirit of childhood. Yet the fact remains that only a section of the country’s children actually get an opportunity to celebrate their being. This Children’s day, the Somaiya Social Cell decided to take this spirit to our very own Pehel community.

The event kicked off after all the young and the older kids were assembled at their usual classroom area in the evening. The kids were taught to play “Passing the parcel” which they thoroughly enjoyed. After this ‘The Tom and Jerry Show’ was screened on the laptop for them. Though it was a tough job to quiet the kids to watch the cartoons, the essence of the event was ‘naughtiness unperturbed’ after all. Later the kids were given information about Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and the importance of this day. By the end of the event, many of the kids could rattle out whatever they were taught about it. Many of them also learnt to ‘drink fruity with a straw’ for the first time that day.

A child reciting

The event concluded with reciting the prayers. Thus here was a day of giving children their right to enjoy and grow into healthy and educated citizens of the country.
It was also about creating pleasant memories for the children about this day, which they could cherish for a long time for now.