On Friday, Nov. 14, 2013, SRC (Social Responsible Cell) of
XIMB (Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar) visited Asha Kiran Orphanage
to celebrate the Children’s Day. The groundwork for the visit was already done
by some few days back when they visited the place and collected wishes of the inhabitants
of that place. The members floated the idea of the Wishtree Project under the
UMEED vertical of SRC with a huge response from the college students. Not only
were all the gifts sponsored by the students of the college but also the fund
flow was big enough to sponsor some extra gifts to the 21 girls of the
orphanages aged from 5-13.
On 14th Nov, 2013 a big group of college
students of XIMB including the SRC members and non-members visited the place
with all the gifts neatly packed along with some more surprises. The girls
smiled with curious and sparkling eyes as the students walked passed them. In
contrary to the expectations of a sad and dusty place the visitors received a
warm and heartwarming welcome from the girls of Asha Kiran Orphanage. The
students started distributing the gifts among the girls and they could not
resist opening them at the same time. The little angels were thrilled to get
their wishes fulfilled. The gifts included their daily items of use as well as
some of the food products that obviously included their much coveted snack of
“Maggi”. As the distribution was going on the children lost their reservations
of meeting the new people and started mingling with the XIMBians like people
they know from a long time.
This
was not the end. There was an element of surprise for the children. The
XIMBians were very particular about the details about the students and this
helped them to identify the birthday of the beautiful girl Lakshmi. On the very
eventful day the XIMBians celebrated by cutting a big cake which they had ordered. The students of XIMB were very contended with their effort
and were happy to see such happy and lively children. The experience was,
without shadow of a doubt, one of the most rewarding and fulfilling one. Getting
to know these wonderful children was in a sense a feeling of great achievement.
The
realization was heart full that sometimes we are so bothered about the external
complexities of life that we do not give heed to the small things which make
our life even more special.
Last
but not least, a special thanks to all the seniors and juniors who made this
event a huge success.
