Visit to Arun Shanti Nivas

Today i went to Arun Shanti Nivas today. It was a pleasant area, it was a small building with a garden and a drive way. As i entered the building i was approached by small children. They seemed to be shy. I was told that i would be escorted by the manager of the place, he explained the whole place and how it worked. There was a worship place where they had all 3 gods, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism. Followed by that were 2 dormitories and 1 dinning hall with a joint kitchen, and a class room.

There were a tot

al of 16 children, all boys. I was escorted to the class

room where all the kids got their books out and sat in a disciplined manner, and waited me to start. This was my first time teaching and i was a bit nervous, because the original plan that i had devised was, not working because there were children of all ages, some knew more English than the others, some were just starting to learn. I still went on and told

them to write 5 lines about themselves. All they could all write was:

1. Their hobby (to play cricket)
2. How old they were
3. Which school they went to
4. That, they were happy.
5. Their names

It was good to see that, they could for a sentence with less difficulties.

After they had all written their list, i thought that i should have some fun time with them, so i told the manager to ge

t the caro

m board, we all took a chance at it. Some were really good, and some had just started. I also took part, but i was too bad at it, that i lost the game.

This is when we played Carom.

This is when i was teaching them and classroom.

This the praying area.

This is their dormitory.

These children have really touched my heart, so to make them happier i decided to call them over to play cricket at my house this Saturday. Since all of them expressed the wish to play cricket, i thought that they would have a good time playing cricket and eating food. Every bit that we do will affect their life in some way. It really got me thinking, what would my life be without my parents? I don't know the pain of not having 1 parent let alone both. I really wish that we put all efforts into making them feel that they are wanted and have a bright future in front of them.