LaFemme

Moi - member of a forum thats planning to "Pay back" to the society. The forum has arnd 5000 members across india. Some opine that "education" is the common chord that connects us. So, we should work on "education" related projects in all da cities - like teaching the underprivilaged, etc. I was of the opinion - we should let each city decide its own project. If people do not do what interests them, work cannot be sustained for too long. But then, no one frm nyother city seems to be taking ny initiative. So, now it looks rite that we start off with "education" as the theme across the nation. That would give other cities a direction to start their work. We can branch out in about 6 months time. After some initial chaos, a couple of guyz went to a meeting of NGOs. Got the first bouts of fruitfulness.

Yesterday was a big day. Met Ms. Shantha Sinha, Secretary Trustee, MV Foundation, a Ramon Magsaysay Award winner. Her passion for her work was awesome. She was speaking about child labour, full time education among children and other related things. She spoke some of the most sensible sentences I heard in the recent past.

Not poverty causes child labour but child labour causes poverty - quite convinced about that now.

She suggested we go on a field visit and see the camps where children that the foundation has withdrawn from child labour are put up. Prolly if we see some activities, we'll have a more clear picture and we'ld know how to proceed. However, there are a few issues to resolve - how would we maintain the identity of the forum if we tie-up?, how exactly can we initiate this kinda work in other cities? Seeing the way the whole "Community Service" thingie is unfolding, these mite not major issues afterall.

Excited abt the field visit thing the coming sunday. Quite content with last evening's meet.

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