As part of their NSS project, a group of students from Techno India, Salt Lake (including myself) visited SOS Children’s Village, located at Block-BK, Sector-II, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700091, and successfully organized a “Sit-and-Draw” Competition with 28 children of the orphanage on 15th November, 2010.
On the receipt of a letter from the Registrar of Techno India, we were permitted to work on the premises of SOS Children’s Village on 15th November, 2010 from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM by the Director of the orphanage. On the scheduled date, we reported at the office of the orphanage at 4:15 PM. However, the actual event could not be started before 5:00 PM as some of the children could not report in time. (The ones who had, had a playful time with some of the group members). The contest was originally supposed to be held with children of age group 6-14, but seeing the overwhelming enthusiasm from the children’s side, it needed to be revised to 6-17! Continue reading ““Sit-and-Draw” Competition at SOS Children’s Village”