Karuna Vihar

A few weeks ago was "Earth Day", and the school's C.A.R.E. program set up a bunch of activities for the junior high and elementary kids to do. I got to chaperone the trip to Karuna Vihar Vocational Center, a center which purposes to help physically and mentally handicapped students above the age of 13 to learn skills that will help them get jobs. So, we geared up and headed down to (the VERY HOT) Dehra Dun.

We spent a while walking around and just seeing what all the kids were doing...and then we jumped in and helped. I ended up spending most of my time with Lucky. We kind of just clicked, and had a blast!

We made paper beads and helped the students string the beads into necklaces.

Kathy read "The Giving Tree" at the end of the day.

The final event was a dance performance given by these four girls. It was so much fun!

It was a great day, and was really nice for our kids to spend time with students they don't normally interact with. And although it was SO HOT, it was definitely worth it. :)