On the 24th of October, the Leo Club of SMK Assunta paid a visit to the Agathian’s Shelter. It is an orphanage for boys. The Light for Hope project was organized to help the shelter get ready for the upcoming Deepavali celebration. A total of eleven Leos took part in this project.
The Leos were gathered in school by 8.30 and we left for Agathian’s Shelter. At 9, we started off with an ice breaking game. All the children were told to stand in a circle with the Leos and introduce themselves. Leo Azarelle who was holding a rolled up newspaper passed it to one of the boys. Then, she would scream the name of another boy as the boy in the middle would try to hit his leg. It was an interesting game and everyone had fun.
After everyone had their turn, we moved upstairs to start decorating the home. The Leos had prepared block letters reading ‘Happy Deepavali’ and more. All the children gathered together and coloured the letters with crayons and colour pencils that the leos provided. A few of the older children even drew their own illustrations and put it up on the walls.
Once the children were done with the colouring, we asked them to design a ‘koolam’. ‘Koolam’ is an Indian decoration out of coloured rice symbolizing happiness and joy. The older children drew out a huge pattern and then helped the younger ones to decorate it with the coloured rice we had brought. All the Leos were amazed by the creativity of the boys. They had drawn and coloured the ‘koolam’ all by themselves. With the extra rice, a group of five boys made another ‘koolam’.
All in all it was a great day. Everyone had fun and we really bonded with the kids although most of them could only speak in Tamil. We were glad that we took part in the project because we had made the kids very happy.
Report by,
Leo Dhivyaa Mailvaganam
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