Holi Celebration with Mandalpura Children - by Helps Foundation

Under the initiative to provide quality education to the underprivileged students from the villages, HelpsFoundation is working at Mandalpura village to deliver quality based education with the team of - Dr. Dhirendra Patel, Dr. Kajal Patel, Anjali, Meena, Karina and Me (Yashree). As per the schedule we reached there at 11’o clock. The students are quite aware of the routine so they were present on time. Like our routine, we started our day with the prayer to God.    

As all the children were in the mood for celebration of the festival of colors – Holi, we were also prepared for that but after the prayer we followed the schedule, we approached the students by their standards respectively and assigned them their work. Today all the volunteers were working on Mathematics. Basic sums and tables were being discussed. After the study time the celebration started. We served them Dhaani and Khajur (Popcorn and Dates) – specially consumed during Holi. It came to be a very good surprise for them, kids enjoyed the food with their friends. Dates were their favorite, they said it was delicious.  

And now it was the time for us to play Holi. The whole team was very excited to play Holi with the kids. We rubbed Gulal on each others faces and wished them ‘Happy Holi’. American educator David O. McKay Quoted, “True happiness comes only by making others happy.” Today I totally understood the meaning of this line. Children had a beautiful day with colors. Their innocence really made our day. Kids were very happy with Celebration and few of them invited us to join them on the day of Holi. The day ended with few safety instructions for the celebration and best wishes for the festival.