Visit to 'New Life' Charitable Trust

On December 2^nd Samarthan team along with students from IFMR visited The New life charitable trust

This event was all about spending time with the forgotten and abandoned Grandmothers , Grandfathers and also the young ones. With the help of donations given by both students and faculties of IFMR we were also able to take with us groceries for them ,sufficient for a month ,and also donate a small amount for the charity.

On reaching New Life we first we met with the elders, had a good interaction with them and saw their living space and condition ,some of them were very happy and poured their hearts out to us and we were all ears to their stories  .The experience was heart touching and for many of us a first-hand experience of knowing them personally .Hopefully we have been of some help in alleviating their pain.

Now it was time to meet the children ,as always they were vibrant enthusiastic  and full of life ,we had a brief interaction and  then the bell for lunch was sounded .Many of us joined in serving the food and everyone including us had lunch ,the food was divine!!.

After a good meal it was time for “fun and games” organized for children. Games like musical chair ,passing the ball and “races with some twist” was conducted  this also gave opportunity for the children to showcase their talents and they did it by singing and dancing .Prizes and gifts were given away to the winners.

It was almost the end of our visit ,we were also shown the cattle shed they maintain, the trust is self-sufficient in milk and milk products because of this .

It was almost 6.00 pm and time for us to leave ,we had accomplished our goal of giving whatever we could to the these less privileged brothers and sisters  but in return we had got much more , the life experience of many elderly and learning to enjoy the small things in life. The experience was priceless and we left their place with a smile on our face and tinge of pain in our heart and a strong desire to contribute even more!!