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.
