“Never doubt that a small group of
thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.”
This we
can see through the NGO: ‘Bhumi’ one of India’s largest
independent and youth volunteer non-profit organisations. Founded on August 15,
2006 by a small group of friends with a strong passion to change society and
build a better India for tomorrow. The organisation provides
youngsters a platform to serve the society and bridges the gap between the
educated and the uneducated by initiating a number of educational
activities especially for the underprivileged children as to
improve the self-confidence of children and to contribute to their holistic
development through promotion of extra-curricular activities.
As part of their annual national talent
festival ‘Nakshatra;’ Bhumi organised various competition in arts for children
from 12 different orphanages around Mumbai this year on 7th October.
Bosco Boys Home, Borivali was also invited to be part of this festive Oratory. Over 500 children participated this year.
This year the talent festival had an
array of competitive activities to ensure that children of all age groups from
children’s homes participated and gain immensely from competing against their
peers. The different competitions in arts included flower arrangement, pot
painting, clay modelling, elocution, dance, song, and storytelling, speak your
mind, poster making and skits which helped the children to bring forth their
talent to its telos (maximum purpose). The event was also peppered with
entertainment, games and workshops to keep the children busy even while they
were not competing.
Tejaswini Pillai, one of the Bhumi
who accompanied the Bosco Boys for the event shared, “To help build a more influential, equal and socially
conscious society. We drive social change by fostering an environment where
young adults and children learn, lead and thrive. Through ‘Nakshatra’, We aim to provide a platform for the children
to ‘Dream’, exhibit their talents, get competitive exposure, ‘Discover’ their
potential, ‘Dazzle’ in an atmosphere of healthy competition and enrich
themselves with much needed perspective about their inherent potentials. I am
happy that the boys of Bosco Boys Home were able to do this and as part of
Bhumi, I feel very happy and proud to see the joy and happiness it brought in
the faces of these boys. I thank the management of Bosco Boys Home for
accepting our invitation.”
Abbu Munugum, a boy from Bosco Boys who won the prize in
spell- bee competition said, “Thank you Bhumi for this wonderful event where I
was able to make so many new friends. I enjoyed myself and would definitely
come again next time and bring with me some more friends.”
It was such a lovely experience to meet the children from Bosco Boys Home at Nakshatra Mumbai. The passion they exhibited in various events made us believe more in what we already believed, 'Not all stars are found in the sky'. Thank you to all the children and the amazing management team at Bosco Boys Home. Special thanks to Datta Gade sir for all his efforts.
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