Every year on the 21st of November, Aru’s birthday, we strive to launch our new programs with various partners. This year, we are proud to announce that we have launched the ‘Safety Ambassadors’ program with Shishu Mandir.
Shishu Mandir (www.shishumandir.org) and my family go back 12 years when we shifted to our house in Ulsoor. Looking out of our balcony, we would see tiny tots running around on the lanes behind our house, merrily playing with young European Students. Curiosity aroused, Aru and I made inquiries to find out that it was a home for sick and poor children from not so fortunate families. There were orphans being cared for too. We learnt that Shishu Mandir was founded by Ms Hella Mundra, a German, married to Dr D. D Mundra who ran Ashok Nursing Home. Shishu Mandir now operates from its beautiful facilities at Virgonagar.
My awareness talk on Safer Roads, Safer India- Our dream for the Future on the 21st was attended by students from Standards 5 to 10. As always, we seek to make improvements in our sessions. This time, we introduced several pictures which had both safe and risky behaviours. The session was interactive and hence the children learnt a lot more. They were curious and sharp. I was impressed and amazed by their knowledge and awareness about Road Safety.
The children have experienced personal losses and there were at least seven children in the audience who had lost near and dear ones in road accidents.
As it was Aru’s birthday, the session which is always a challenge, proved to be even more difficult. But I It was even more important to me to reach people that day because, she could not celebrate her birthday only because of the accident.
The lunch was sponsored by the Foundation and it gave me solace to see that all the children in the school could eat lunch to celebrate Aru’s birthday.
The next day, the teachers followed up and asked the children to jot down what they had learnt – very briefly. It was extremely heartening to see the teachers and children respond in this manner. I will be sharing the narrative of one of the students who lost two brothers in accidents.
Kudos to the Founders, Mr Anand and the teachers for doing a fantastic job. Thank you Ms Stella for co-ordination and Principal Ms Rani Tandon for organising the event. Moreover, to the children of Shishu Mandir you are all very inspiring.
At Shishu Mandir , Liberation is indeed Awakening.
Sharing a few pictures of the event !
Thank you for taking such a amazing and inspiring session .I would like to have more sessions and Learn about it more and teach my family members and my friends who have not attended this session. to be save on the road.
Thank you Arundhati Foundatioun
I was also one of the member in this program.
I learnt many which I now and did not follow, This section inspired me to follow the traffic rules.
I was inspired the way how did the docter explain us about the road safty.
It was very interesting and gained a lot of knowledge about road safety.I learnt how to follow the traffic rules.It inspired me a lot to follow the rules and how people lose their lives on road accidents.People have to be more careful when they are on the roads.We should not drink and drive but I still find many drinking and driving and at losing their lives. Atleast if people attend this session they will know the importance of their life.I feel the session which I attended was very useful to me.After the session, as I went home I shared about the session we had to my brother and my neighbours. I learnt how to be safe on roads,.I was also shocked to hear that people die on Indian highways. Arundhathi foundation which was started in her memory I would also like to be a part of the foundation. Thank you for the wonderful session and the commitment to tell us about road safety.
It was very interesting class and we learnt
more things and I liked and i will never forget
in my life and thank you for sharing so many things
with us and we will follow the traffic rules and we were
curious to learn many more thing in the session
and i pray that let safer India and let there be safer roads.
Thank you so much Arundhati foundation
This session was very interesting and useful to all of us.We learnt how to be safe on road.We gained a lot of knowledge.I was shocked to hear that so many people and children die everyday on Indian roads.I thank the people who came to Shishu Mandir and thought us on road safety.People should learn to follow traffic rules.People should learn basic rules to be followed on road.