Deusi Bhailo. The Experience of a Fellow Interactor

As we all know the main motto of the interact club is Service above Self, which basically means you do more for others and towards the welfare of the society, than you do to yourself, which includes sacrificing a lot and dealing with many opportunity costs in your life.  Being a part of the interact club has shown different flying colors in my life and has given me the chance to explore myself more and more each day.

My most remarkable experience includes performing during Tihar (a five-day-long festival celebrated in Nepal that comes soon after Dashain. Among the Newars, it is popularly known as Deepawali or Swanti.) This was when the Interact club hosted small performances in different houses around the valley, where we sang different songs and also danced in groups, this was a splendid opportunity for me to showcase my talent and experience what it feels like to perform in front of a big crowd. This gave me a great chance to know the culture and “Interact” with people in the society; I guess this is what the club is really good at doing, “Interacting” with people to experience their rich culture, and helping them when they are in need. We collected a lot of money from this event and donated to a charity. Overall it was very exciting to be a part of the Interact club and I suggest all of you to join it.

-Kewalin Aryal

Firefly's Children Home

Firefly is a home for the children whose parents are in prison. Last year, ICRB had served Firefly in various occasions. We visited Firefly multiple times last year to interact with those children and also refresh them with fun games and other activities like singing , dancing , drawing etc.

ART WORKSHOP

In regards to World Interact Week 2015, the Interact Club of Rato Bangala conducted an Arts Workshop at Firefly Children’s Home. The main objective of the Art project was to establish a basic connection with the children of the children’s home, engage them in interactive learning and help enhance their positive thinking. This was done through several activities pertaining to arts and crafts.

First of all, we made the children take part in a hand prints painting. They dipped their hands in colourful acrylic paints and stamped them on a cloth. All their handprints combined to form a tree. This activity increased unity and a feeling of togetherness while also being enjoyable. Secondly, we used colourful papers and taught the children how to make origami. Some of them already knew how to make several objects such as a camera or a rose and we taught them further by teaching them how to make cranes or boxes. We then collected these origamis and arranged them in a mobile which is used to hang in a room. Lastly, we made them take part in an activity where they saw stimulating words such as “Ambition,” “Hope,” “Peace,” written on a chart paper and wrote the first thing that came to their minds. They discussed things that brought them peace or gave them hope. They talked about the future that they hoped they would have.

After a fun and interactive session with the children, where we spent several hours doing creative activities, we ended our workshop on positive notes.

STATIONARY DRIVE AND CHRISTMAS GIFT GIVING

One of those were at the time of Christmas, when we decided to distribute gifts to the children. As “secret santa” we hid socks with chocolates inside it and made them look for it, just to make it more exciting and give some vibes of Christmas.

We also had a stationary drive. We collected some notebooks and old books and distributed to the children. We also distributed some medicines as it was the time of winter and they were vulnerable to flu, cough, cold etc.