Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Sanomee mark her first birth day @ an orphanage


To mark the first birth day of our daughter , we decided to pay a visit to an orphanage and provide an alms giving to them.

It was indeed a fantastic feeling when you see those children enjoyed the occasion.And you felt that you have done something very very important to bring a smile to their faces.

It was a small place, well organized and taking care of 27 children.All of them are bellow the age of 15 years and all are girls.

As we finished preparing the dining room, the bell was rang by a child and then came all the children and was in a queue in front of the door.

Then one by one entered in to the room and took their respective seats.After having the meal they return to the main area.

There were lots of things in my mind when I noticed their behavior.

Most of them were very shy and reluctant to make eye contact with us.That showed the state of the mind they were in.Must have felt alone and neglected by their parents for what ever reason for that matter.I was felt really sorry for them.In a way they are lucky, they have been raised in this orphanage.Unless otherwise they are no more in this world in my opinion.I had no clue what might have gone in their mind.It must be very complicated to them.

Finally one of the children delivered a speech.She did thank us for what we did for them and made well wishes to my daughter to be a strong one in this society.

It was a very touchy one for me to listen.I was wondering how she made her composure while delivering that speech. She must have had so many things in her mind.It may have been a common thing to her, to deliver such speech to the people who comes to visit them in such occasions.I can still feel what I felt at bottom of my heart at that time.

Thought of sharing this with you all and if we can help such people in any means that really help them to live another day with a great smile in their faces.

4 comments:

Hasith Yaggahavita said...

good work ayya... as always

Indika Rathnasekara said...

Thanks Hasith, at least we should try to do something useful to others who really need it.

Unknown said...

I have got to know recently that it's even better if we could prevent a child from being end up in an orphanage. i.e To keep helping a child on a monthly basis, may be for her education.

Indika Rathnasekara said...

Yes it is true, there are children who are not in orphanages but still need the help of others just to continue the education.But most of the children who are in orphanages don't have their parents or they have been left behind due to various reasons.That's why they are end up in those places in the first place.In my opinion it will take some doing to prevent those scenarios.If we do manage to do that , then of course we don't need orphanages anymore.