It was the day scheduled to take all the sponsored children from the Naxal Deaf School to the zoo just like last year! Last minute confirmation required a change in plans to have a little party at the deaf hostel instead since they had to study for exams and the kids' parents could only allow 2 hours for the event.
So we stopped at Batt Bathini department store and loaded up on games and sports equipment so we could have fun playing at the hostel! Rob and Balram ordered snacks for lunch + drinks + oranges and we were in business!
All the other hostel kids had to wait until we videotaped the sponsored kids for their requisite video message to their sponsors. Then they all filed in to participate in all sorts of games we brought. It felt like carnival day at our kid's grade school minus the cake walk game =).
We had a soccer ball, table tennis, badminton, racket ball, cricket, golf, jump rope and hoola hoops! See the photos and it says it all! I didn't even need to learn sign language!
Sita came along with us as our guide and translator! Rakesh came along with us! He is the young adult who had been kept home due to his disability and who now lives at NDA and goes to school at class 5. He had suffered from brittle bone decease and is this tiny guy in a tiny wheel chair! He was overwhelmed and realized he was not alone.
Everyone got along! I was busy braiding the friendship bracelets that were in those beany baby give away baggies! I finally got to tie a square knot correctly!
Enjoy the pics when they get posted!
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