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Red Hat Party

Sandhya — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:39:17 +0000

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.

From now on, instead of conducting a party for all the children whose birthdays were during the month, we plan to give each of them a small gift on their actual birthdays. This will give them greater joy than having to wait for a party to be conducted at the end of the month, along with others.

Since it is the holiday season, there has been a lot of movement of visitors in and out of the wards. We have observed that many of these distribute bakery products, which has not gone down well with the doctors and the children’s diet. So, this time, we decided to bring about Fruit Awareness, and gave out moosambis to those in the ward instead.

We are also proud to say that one of our children, Ayesha, has been learning magic from the stage magician Nagendra, and will be on TV this week. She will also be performing for the other kids at Samiksha before she gets discharged this Saturday.

June 2010- biggest birthday party at Kapoor ward

Sandhya — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:53:01 +0000

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.

The family of Saraswathi and Ramesh , Sashi Venkat were guests at the celebrations and we are grateful for their contribution. After 2 hours we had to actually tell them to go back to the wards and get some rest.

The party was sponsored by Ms.Shashi Venkat and her mother. We really appreciate their gesture.

Everyone had a happy and peaceful afternoon!

May Celebrations

Sandhya — Sun, 09 May 2010 11:14:07 +0000

Six of the children in the ward at Kidwai had their birthdays celebrated with us on Saturday the 8th of May. We started off with our usual program, with Swami Yogaratna’s blessings, and then yoga and kirthan singing. Then, the storytellers from Kathalaya, Ambika and Manjula, took over with some interesting stories and origami activities that kept the children smiling throughout.

Stuffed toys and books were given as gifts to the children, who were born in April and May. They were: Santosh, aged 13; Kiran, who is now 7; 6 year old Latika, who came to the party with her IV drip, looking serene and calm; Lokesh, also aged 6, who was full of excitement; and Jeevan and Tilak, who turned 4 and seemed rather lost. Our new volunteer, Punith, helped out with the party and the program.

We also took this opportunity to distribute our new lot of school kits to the children, as most of the old students have left. At this time, we have also observed that more than 20 of the children are under the age of four, making it difficult to include them into the main education program with the older ones.

We look forward to good ideas and sponsorships for the June/July birthday party. Happy birthday once again to the six summer children!

May You Have A Happy Birthday!

Sandhya — Tue, 04 May 2010 17:21:31 +0000

On Saturday the 8th of May, we plan to have a birthday party for six of our children who have their birthdays in April and May. It will be from 2:30 pm onwards, immediately after the yoga and art class. Kathalaya will have a storytelling session with the children between 3 and 4 pm.

We request those who have recently expressed interest in the Foundation’s work to come and be a part of the celebration. We will also be distributing our next round of school kits on this day.

We would greatly appreciate sponsorships for this event as well as our other upcoming birthday celebrations.

Event Pictures!

Sandhya — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:20:08 +0000

Aryamaan, Sanjay and Sinchana celebrated their birthdays the 6th of Sept., at Kidwai Hospital Pediatric ward! Children and their caregivers had loads of fun and everyone had plenty of laughs with our Magician and his tricks. The people at Samiksha organised the event and Mrs.Tania Khosla, sponsored the Party celebrations.. Look at the pictures on Facebook!

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Happy Birthday!

Sandhya — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:19:32 +0000

Sunday morning the 6th Sept was a day of anticipation and great joy for the children. We celebrated the birthdays of Sanjay (10 years), Sinchana (6 years) and Aryaman (6 years) at KMIO Kapoor ward. Our parent sponsor Tania arranged for Magician Satish Kumar to entertain the children. We also had a prayer, some singing and shared gifts and toys with all children at the ward and the dharamshala. The best part was when most of the mothers also joined in and participated in the show. Everyone had a very fun time that morning with lots of laughs! Our Yoga teacher Swami Yogaratna wrapped up the event with some beautiful singing with the children.

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Birthday Party!

Sandhya — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:43:17 +0000

We will have a birthday party for all the children at Kidwai whose birthdays are in August. The party will be on the 6th of September (a Sunday) from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Kapoor Ward of Kidwai Hospital. Anyone willing to contribute (cash only) is welcome to do so. No food items please. For details please contact Manjari at the Foundation.

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