Becoming more Human..!!

In 2009, I started helping one project where they teach underprivileged kids and help them with studies as well as extra-curricular activities. It was life changing experience, everything was new for me rather strange. I studied 7 years in my university and every time we had new technology for our betterment. My classrooms were full of laptops, projector and air conditioned. But this project was initiated for 32 kids and they were studying in 10x10 room which was 1/6th of my classroom size. In addition to that they had no fan in the room where you can smell garbage all the time as it was next to dumping zone.

I was sitting there quietly checking messages on my cell phone then one kid around 12 years old came to me smiling and said you have nice cell phone, how much it cost? I was taken aback as I didn't know what to say so I turned my back to another volunteer for answer. My friend smiled and hinted me to give honest answer. I told him the price of my cell phone and he said again with same smile that price is equal to my family's total income for 8 months. That was the moment when I thought change is needed here not in my university. Let's start helping not with money but with our knowledge which is far more valuable. I started working with them and teaching kids every day for two hours was part of my life.

My projects have been learning experience for me always, they teach me more then I teach my kids. Every day I was facing new challenges which was making my work more difficult, our kids from juvenile home and orphanage were shifted to another place, some old students of mine with new enrolled kids. Most difficult situation was to make understand 6 years old kid that why he is here without parents and why there is mother in every picture of my book but not in my life? Educating them in better way was my goal but their innocent questions were very difficult for me to face. But it was my dream to help them and I started taking up counseling myself and learned how to respond without hurting their emotions and make them feel home. I was studying their books every night so that I can teach them better way and tried to make learning process easy to learn faster and remember it forever.

Their unconditional love is my achievement and their dedication towards education is my happiness. Tell me what you will feel when one of your kids will come to you and say that, " One day I will be a big man like others and help needy kids like I am today, I will provide them good education." What will you say? I guess nothing. Tears will roll down and you can proudly stand in front of whole world holding hand of your kid who became little more HUMAN..!!