Mother Teresa has touched the lives of millions through her presence and acts of charity. She left us with enduring wisdom to inspire our faith. In her words and especially in her actions, we see a life of love. Her zeal and dedication to the people she loved and helped showed her humanitarian quality to the world. To inculcate this quality in students, what occasion can be better than the Birth Anniversary of Mother Teresa when Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, the best cbse school in Visakhapatnam organised a visit to an old age home.
The present world is a materialistic world and it is highly important in this world to exhibit and create experiences which establish the fact that sharing and caring make a person happy. It is said that not all can do great things but small things can be done with great love. The giver is as happy as the receiver and to bring this joy of giving and caring, students were willing to share. They brought articles such as fruits, bed sheets, towels and toiletries to be given to the inmates of Sadhguru Sai Ashram at Bheemunipatnam.
Few children along with the teachers visited the ashram, participated in the prayer at Sai Baba Temple in the premises before they personally gifted the items brought fondly by them. The students were touched by the gesture they received from the elders and they could also feel their happiness. The elders were glad to have spent their time with the children and they advised the students to study sincerely, love their family and respect them.
The students understood the importance of family and their presences in life. The act of charity evoked a noteworthy feeling of peace and calmness in them. They realised that happiness cannot be gained by receiving but by giving.
I feel good to be a part of this charity as it gave me a new outlook towards life. I have never been to oldage home and also never shared anything with others, other than my family and friends. Seeing them smile while they received the articles melted my heart. They gave me blessings and wished me to be happy and prosperous in future. I felt so relieved and it was a new experience for me. – G. Lakshya, VII
I was sad to see how people could leave their elders alone to survive. They had no relatives to talk to them and were not taken care of by their children as well. But at the same time I also felt relieved that atleast there is some organisation that is looking after them and giving them food and shelter. They had built a strong bonding among them and also they do have extra activities to keep themselves engaged. I had great experience visiting them. – Aratrik Pal, VIII
I went to oldage home on the occasion of Birth Anniversary of Mother Teresa with my schoolmates. I interacted with elders residing there and they blessed us when we gave them fruits and toiletries. I was surprised to see that they have trained a dog to live with them and everyone loved that dog very much. The dog was like a friend to them and they said that he also takes care of them. I was happy to see that other than the elders they also took care of animals and made it a part of their life. – Shaurya Shekhar, VII