KIDS ON COMPUTERS
Samparc Balgram, Bhaje
1st February 2020
Ruchika Club presented the children at Samparc Balram, with 10 brand new HP desktop
computers. The gift was well appreciated and being the latest version, programmed
with all the latest apps suitable for the children - they took to it, like a fish
to water!
On our visit to Bhaje for the Medical Camps we were taken to inaugurate the spanking
new Computer Lab. Though the machines were set up, the “light finishing touches
were yet to be given - because there were no tube lights fixed in the room.
The girls gathered outside to welcome all of us, the haldi-kumkum thali ready for
the inauguration & a welcome board pasted on the door with “Thank You Ruchika Club”.
It was very touching.
On a command by their teacher “Open your files”, the tiny tots opened their Paint
box files and started coloring the graphics, with bizarre imagination. There was
total concentration and pin drop silence, as they became engrossed in their task.
The seniors were next and then another lot.
We did a recee of the Balgram for the benefit of the first timers in Ruchika and
visited their houses. There are 10 girls living in one house, on bunk style double
beds, with their ‘Mother’ or ‘Ayee’ as they call her in Marathi. The place was sparkling
clean. Each child had a small cupboard space, to keep her possessions.
They proudly showed us around, posing for us, studying on their beds, because tests
and exams are a perennial part of their educational curriculum.
We peeped in again Into the Computer Lab and saw the Seniors being taught by their
teacher.
Finally, after lots of hugs and promises to visit them again soon, we returned to
the Medical Camps, a short distance away.
It was a very fulfilling visit, and a feel-good experience, knowing that we were
empowering the children.
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Samparc Balgram