Guru Poornima Celebration at Sarovar BB

Guru, the one who dispels the darkness of ignorance and guides us towards the light of knowledge. 

Recently we celebrated guru Vandana in sarovar balbharti. We invited three teachers in the neighborhood. Children made Gond art cards for the gurus and gave it to them while offering them flowers. They also did pranipaat to the teachers seeking their blessings. 

Swapna ji, yoga instructor in our neighborhood who conducts yoga classes as seva, spoke about the importance of yoga for children. She explained how it provides us energy and improves our health and concentration power. She also emphasised the importancw of daily practice. Then she did suryanamaskar lead and follow along with the shloka for suryanamaskar.

Sarita ji, a college professor and a voluntary teacher, spoke to the children about the importance of seva. She explained how seva can begin at home. Children can do seva at home not only by helping their parents in their chores but also by doing their own work responsibly which will be a seva to the parents. She also explained how children can do seva in school, in the neighborhood and also for our mother earth. 

Sheela ji, a voluntary teacher in an NGO, spoke to us about very interesting 'why do we do' practices. She explained the logic behind doing charansparsh, why we do rangoli with rice powder, why we apply oil on our head, why we wear flowers in our hair, etc. 

Interestingly, what all the three guest teachers spoke, very beautyfully connected with each other when the children participated in the discussion. 

Children very actively interacted with the guest teachers. The teachers mentioned that they felt very special and very happy today. 

After a formal introduction of the teachers to the bb parents, and after thanking them for spending time with our children telling them about important things, all the children did namaskar to all the elders present and gave them also cards since mothers are also their gurus. 

We ended today's small and beautiful guru vandana programme by distributing prasad.

 Below are few snapshots from there program:-

Sheela ji ---Volunteer at an NGO

Swapnaji-Teaching Yoga as Seva activity

Saritaji-Involve in various Seva activities

One for the BB Shikshikas

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Indepenence day celebration at Sarovar balbharti

Today Sarovar kishore bharti and Balbharti together celebrated Independence day. Parents and grandparents also attended the programme and enthusiastically participated in all the activities.
We began the programme with prayer followed by chandan hai is desh ki maati song by balbharti kids. Then everybody participated in a game which the parents also thoroughly enjoyed playing. After this we had a round of questions for all the balbharti and kishore bharti kids. They were asked questions like "what does independence mean to you?", "how are you contributing towards the betterment of your country?", "tell about a freedom fighter from your region". Children expressed their ideas and parents appreciated the kind of questions that the youngsters were asked.
What followed then was a craft activity where kishore bharti and blabharti kids formed teams of three each and so did the parents. They were shown a sample of a paper craft and were told to make it. The parents and grandparents were very happy doing the craft activity and so were the kids. Then the kishore bharti kids presented a song. After this sweets were distributed and the session closed with shanti mantra.

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Chote Kisan

The most important resources for all of us are Air, Water, Food and Nature that provides them to us. Making children aware of them, is not just important but also necessary.  There is no better way than learning by experience. With that in mind the Balabharati team at DJRC decided to introduce children to farming and effort it takes to  grow food that comes to our tables.

It was decided to grow vegetables in the neighborhood and Children were involved in all the activities - preparing the ground, tilling, manuring,  sowing seeds, watering regularly, taking out weeds.
Children although excited in this Journey, started realising it not very easy to grow food. It takes lot of hard work and patience to cultivate and understand its importance, which otherwise is taken for granted. When by the time first round of produce was ready, they were not just happy but also appreciative of the efforts. It will also make them sensitive to not waste food.

This will continue, from the produce, they will sell it to the residents, buy seeds and manure and go
for another round.


                                                                    
          
 
 
 
 
 
                                   

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