12 December 2011 - Today we took on the role of Santa’s helpers to deliver an early Xmas gift to the kids at Padmasambhava Children Loving Association. About three months back, these kids expressed their wish to have new school bags for the new school year as their current school bags have served them well for some time already and most had succumbed to wear and tear.
“Santa” in the form of Hubby’s colleague, Mr Chandra, generously granted their wishes and 22 new school bags were thus packed in a big box, colourfully wrapped and tied with a gigantic red bow which was delivered by Hubby and yours truly. As soon as Hubby put down the big gift box, excited kids appeared and surrounded it, eagerly awaiting to peek at their gifts. Within seconds, the kids made short of unwrapping the gift box and were happily choosing their prefered bags. We hoped that each kid is able to find one that he or she likes. We had taken time and care in choosing the school bags, with these kids’ varying ages in mind. We didn’t want them all to end up with the same-looking bags which can be easily mixed up in their confusion when getting ready for school. Also, didn’t want a boy to end up carrying a girly-looking school bag and be made a laughing stock. Or the fashion-savvy teenager to go to school with a childish-looking bag. So with these considerations in mind and their name list as a guide, Hubby, sons and myself patiently selected the kind of bags we figure would appeal to them. The shop’s sales staff provided useful assistance and we completed our mission with ease. We got the younger kids the bags with the latest cartoon characters while the older ones get the latest design in vogue.
A BIG THANK YOU again to Mr. Chandra for bringing joy to the kids at this Home. My respect for this great man whom I have yet to have the blessing to meet is beyond words. He was also the same kind benefactor who had earlier contributed Deepavali money packets towards Project MADE’s Light Of Cheer Feeding Program in Mentakab. A great guy whose heart must be an enormous vault of love and compassion.
For this trip, we added our personal contribution of 500 exercise books. Their school apparel’s needs have already been taken care of by Project MADE’s sponsor last week.
These kids can now look forward to the new school year. Not only will they be clad in new uniforms and smartly shod, they will also be carrying new school bags… all these courtesy of people who care. Another testimony of the powerful kindness of human spirit.
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