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. 
Tag Archives: Celebration
Red Hat Party
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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May Celebrations
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.
May You Have A Happy Birthday!
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.
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Ugadi Celebrations with Playback Theatre
On Tuesday the 16th of March, we plan to celebrate Ugadi with our kids at Kidwai in sweeter way than OBOTTU, GUR . Our playback theatre group will return to entertain, share and draw out our kids and their parents toward a celebration of this traditional day.
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Happy New Year!
On the right side of this blog, take a look at the Wall of History, our archive of blog posts and announcements. Everything we have written about our work so far will soon be wrapped up into the 2009 folder, and a new one – 2010 – will be created.
Children’s Day Photos
Photos of our Children’s Day program at the ward are on Picasa. Click the link below to see them.
http://picasaweb.google.com/happinessquotient/ChildrenSDay2009#
A detailed description of the event is also present.
Rajyothsava Celebrations
Samiksha Foundation will be a part of the Rajyothsava Celebrations at Brigade Millenium, JP Nagar. This event which will be held on 21st November. Dr. Manjari Bhatnagar, Mrs. Vidyavathi and Mrs. Sandhya Sharad will be present ton promote the Foundation.
Children’s Day Celebrations
We were experiencing site difficulties, and so we could not post this earlier. Sorry.
Children’s Day was another landmark day for the Foundation and for the children at Samiksha.
We are now in collaboration with a Theatre in Education group named Script People’s Theatre. We had a wonderful afternoon of playback theatre with them during which they heard personal experiences or favourite stories of the children and enacted them on stage. Among the most hilarious and engaging themes played back were the story of the Hare and the Tortoise and actor Ramya’s visit to a child at the hospital ward.
Peace day at Kidwai hospital
On the 22nd September 2009, World Peace Day, we had ‘circle time’ with our children. About 20 children and mentors took the pledge to participate in world peace and good citizenship. We signed our names to be included in the Global Peace Games initiatives too.
