Today morning I went to Pudiyador center at Vannathurai and I was pretty happy to look at the enthusiasm of the kids.
One of the activities of Deepam include enlightening the kids everyweek about one great leader or statesman to inspire them by explaining about their achievements and ideologies. This week one of the volunteer spoke about Nelson Mandela and the kids were really inspired when they learnt that Mr. Mandela did his law in correspondence and wrote his auto biography during his stay in prison. At the end they were asking questions ranging from apartheid to his life in the jail to what he is doing at present.
When they were told that Mr. Mandela is from South Africa, one of the kid quickly pointed out that Chennai Superkings player Morkel is also from the same country. When they were told that he was born in 1918, one kid quickly did the math and came up with the current age of Mandela. Smart kids I say!!
I was really amazed to see them abreast with current affairs ranging from MJ's death to his second autospy results.
A Sunday morning well spent and happy that I met a couple of guys from my alma mater at the center.
One of the activities of Deepam include enlightening the kids everyweek about one great leader or statesman to inspire them by explaining about their achievements and ideologies. This week one of the volunteer spoke about Nelson Mandela and the kids were really inspired when they learnt that Mr. Mandela did his law in correspondence and wrote his auto biography during his stay in prison. At the end they were asking questions ranging from apartheid to his life in the jail to what he is doing at present.
When they were told that Mr. Mandela is from South Africa, one of the kid quickly pointed out that Chennai Superkings player Morkel is also from the same country. When they were told that he was born in 1918, one kid quickly did the math and came up with the current age of Mandela. Smart kids I say!!
I was really amazed to see them abreast with current affairs ranging from MJ's death to his second autospy results.
A Sunday morning well spent and happy that I met a couple of guys from my alma mater at the center.
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