what next?
what next?? there is a group of children and adults that i have been working with from the past 3 months...this group earn their living either by begging or by polishing shoes...i mainly started working with the children but slowly their elders joined the group...we would get together and learn to read/write, tell stories, play games or paint. the objective was to give them love and acceptance and get to know them and then bring about a need based change if required...the result was that in a short period of time, we all got to know each other well...i gave them my cell phone number and started getting 4-5 calls everyday...the calls were either just to say "hello" or seeking advise or seeking help if caught by the police (very common problem). some of the elders have taken up to learn stitching and tailoring...there are a total of 12 enrolled out of which 8 show up regularly....rest of the crowd continues to come to the rose garden...i have also found a very dedicated volunte...