All’s well that ends well

All good things come to an end. So did the summer camp that was organized by CRY for the students of Chattarpati Rajayshree Shahu Maharaj Vidyalaya. Guess who joined the students on the last day. Their parents! The parents and students seemed to eagerly wait to find out what was in store for them on the last day.

After welcoming the parents, Amey started the ice-breaking session. He made a few students stand in a row and asked them to switch between emotions at the snap of his fingers. One moment the students roared with laughter, snap and then they were hysterically sobbing, of course just pretending to sob. It got even more interesting when the parents were randomly chosen to do the same. One parent had to make the sound of a pressure cooker whistle, while another had to stick out their tongue and say oh ai, all this to the cue of students’ “Lights, camera, action!”

Next came Modern Melody’s session on singing. After 3 sessions of practicing, it was time for the students to flaunt their musical skills in front of their parents. The students faced their parents and filled the room with Aashayeinand Mera bhi toh adhikaar hai in their booming voices. The parents were overjoyed at their kids belting out the songs with confidence.

Summer camp is not just about fun, but also about learning. Sticking to that agenda, CRY volunteer Suman and Kush informed the audience about adulteration and its ill effects. The presentation began with fun interaction with the kids and the parents. They were shown fake toffees and real ones and were asked to differentiate between the two. The chocolate experts easily recognised the fake ones. They were also told about milk, pulses and other common food items that are adulterated; and were given pointers to avoid buying such adulterated products.

Children and Parents are looking at samples of chocolates and tofees and identifying asli and nakli

 

 

 

Towards the end of the event, the principal of the school expressed her gratitude towards CRY for organizing the camp for the students.

 

A peppy video presentation on the summer camp followed the principal’s speech. From the crafts session to the singing session, everything that was covered in the four weekend classes was highlighted in the presentation. The kids cheered and applauded at the end of the presentation.

The event came to an end with the distribution of organic holi colours and (Funskool’s) Lego blocks to all the students.

Prapti’s mother expressed, “It was an innovative camp. The children have hugely benefitted from it. When it is difficult to acquire skills such as quilling without spending significantly, CRY gave an opportunity to learn it without the worry of burning our pockets. ” She even added that this camp should be conducted every year. Mahadevi’s mother said, “My daughter enjoyed attending the camp. It was very convenient to have the camps on Saturday. Thank you, CRY.”

Arti Kate gleefully said, “I loved this camp. I loved all tais and dadas. They helped me make beautiful kandils.” Nagesh frankly added, “Before attending the camp, I thought it will be boring but it wasn’t boring! We would love to come again.”

The students who had become quite attached to the bhaiyas and didis came up to them and thanked them individually before leaving.