Children's Day!

Yes, 31st October turned out to be an amazing day for the HUGS volunteers, and I am positive it was atleast as much for the children at Royapuram Home, the photos seem to agree with me.






What did we learn : that we need more volunteers, and the volunteer:children ratio needs to be 1: 5 or less, that we need to have a rota system on paper for handing out toys so that all the children can have a go at all the toys. Most importantly, we learnt that a Dermatology camp is an immediate necessity. Since this would easily be considered an in house thing, that is what we are doing on the 14th November, at Royapuram. The morning would be a play learning session as was the last one, while the afternoon would be dedicated to the Dermatology camp. We have spoken to 3 medical companies - and they were happy to provide free sample drugs for the camp- I will put up the names once I have the confirmation on hard copy.

So what do we need?Loads of volunteers, some dermatologists - either made, or in the making, medical students, pharmacy students- for help with dispensing drugs, and I think that should get us a good day's job done on the 14th. Please confirm your support, by clicking on the event invite - or call me, Renita at 9894488797, Feroz at 9841441890, or Karthik at 9840919399, or write to us at hugsindia@gmail.comHonestly, the event link is the easiest way:)We are partial to people with multilingual skills considering there are many children in the home, who have not been able to communicate with anyone in their native tongue for months together.Looking forward to seeing a lot of action and fun on the 14th,Renita PS: confirmed volunteers will be taken through a short tutorial on how to play the games - and of course, any innovation is welcome:)

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