This November birthday party at the ward was different. Instead of us organising the event and calling resource people for magic show or storytelling, the children at Samiksha themselves decided to showcase their talent on this day. We had an afternoon full of dancing to latest kannada songs played on a mobile and solo dialogue performance, some recitation, singing by the kids . I had never seen them with such great attitude! ( They are always joyful, but this was really entertaining! I hope they were not too tired, ( they didnt seem like it), but we enjoyed ourselves a lot that afternoon. Thank you kids for the nice show and the happiness you spread around!
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Birthday Party for Cancer Kids with Samiksha Foundation: Infosys Retail reach team
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A highly enthusiastic group of Infoscions from Retail Reach (Corporate Social Responsibility team of Retail, CPG, Logistics and Life Sciences Unit of Infosys Ltd) joined hands with Samiksha Foundation to share smiles with the kids undergoing cancer treatment at Kidwai Hospital. They volunteered their time and energy and were fuelled by the generous contributions from their colleagues.
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Creative Projects in 2011
Since January 2011, we have been doing many creative projects with the children at Samiksha. Ms. Bina, an architect, conducted pottery workshops, where they made animals, pots and other figures with clay. Students from Mallya Aditi International School, under the supervision of their teacher Ms. Jhanavi Mohan, have been regularly conducting origami and other craft-related activities.
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Nov 20th Library Upgrade
We had another fun day at the childrens ward on Nov.20th. 6 volunteers from IBM ( from a single team) visited us. They had gotten together and contributed toward upgrading our library facilities at Kapoor ward. They have also supplied us with enormous amount of stationery that will keep our classes going for the next few months.
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Cleanathon Drive at Kidwai Memorial – Oct 2010
23rd Oct 2010.
A group of volunteers from Oracle lead by our very own Punith B, came in to the children’s ward area at 8.30 am and started a massive clean-a-thon drive. They were equipped with Mamutti, hats, gloves, garbage bags, and a great attitude. Punith and his team helped the Samiksha Team clean up the environment around the Pediatric ward and the Dharamashala. After cleaning out the weeds and rubbish outside, they went on to do an awareness program on cleanliness to the children and their caregivers. This was done as an entertainment show with songs, mimicry and other question answer sessions in many languages.
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Red Hat Party
On Thursday, August 26, we organised a party for six children in the ward whose birthdays were in August. This was a quiet affair, as many of the children were quite sick. However, the party did go off well, with plenty of singing and some games. I had my shiny red sequined hat on, which was much sought after by the children. 
June 2010- biggest birthday party at Kapoor ward
This june, we had 12 children celebrate their birthdays. With kids ranging from 6 years to 14, it was an amazing day. We had our usual singing, storytelling and gift exchange. (This is always the best part for them). However, this time it was different. The batch was very mature and well behaved inspite of the celebrations. They participated without getting hyper. For Samiksha foundation it was a time to celebrate our teachers at Kapoor ward who had completed one year working there. When the children were asked to thank their teachers, they spontaneously broke into a huge cresendo of singing , welcoming our teachers- Vidyawathi and Parvathi. When felicitating our Yoga teacher – Swami Yogaratna, they sang all the songs that she had taught them without any prompting and it was an emotional moment for us. Everyone shared hugs and small stories about themselves.
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Celebrity Visit: Mukesh Rishi
On Thursday, June 3, actor Mukesh Rishi visited the children at the paediatric ward in the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology as a guest of the Samiksha Foundation. He spent around 40 minutes interacting with them and looking at the work they had done under the auspices of the Foundation. The children showed him their schoolwork and drawings, and also treated him to a couple of songs.
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