Celebrated School Entrance Festival

Grand Master Venerable Hsing Yun always emphases on primary education. As we all know that India has very much contradictory in between the Societies. There are many stands in Forbes Billionaires list and at the same time an estimated 250 million people are below the poverty line. Means they earn less than a Dollar a day. Thinking of their kids education is a dream for them. Governments trying to give them education free of cost but the quality of education are very poor. BLIA Saurashtra Central Gujarat Chapter has decided to motive such class of student so that they may attract to the school.

We had organized the functions in Government Schools where mostly very poor i.e., bellow poverty line students use to take admission. And the Admission in the First standard is very important. When they take admission in the school, they should feel secure and motivated that many people have concerns for them. Our chapter’s Surendranagar Unit has surveyed such isolated schools and organized programs to celebrate “School Entrance Festival”.

There were six (6) school’s 200 students of First Standard namely

1.     Kangasia Vasahat Primary School, Wadhawan City

2.     Dangasia Vasahat Primary School, Wadhawan City

3.     Gharshala Primary School, Wadhawan City

4.     Ganpatifatsar Primary School, Wadhawan City

5.     Primary School No. 7, Joravarnagar

6.     Primary School No. 9, Joravarnagar

During the School Entrance Festival Program, we had distributed a complete school – Kit includes a School Bag, Slat, Pencil, Sharpener, Eraser, Pen (for slat), Lunch Box, Compass Box and a Chocolate. This festival was celebrated for three days. On 27^th June, 29^th & 30^th June 2009.

All the School children had sung welcome songs as well as did welcome dance to welcome BLIA. We had invited most of the Government officers to witness our humanitarian activities. The guests were;

1.     Smt. Varshaben Doshi, Member of Legislative

2.     Mr. Baliya, Deputy Superintending of Police

3.     Mr. Oza, Social Welfare Officer (State)

4.     Mr. Vaghela, Social Welfare Officer (Rural)

5.     Mr. Vyas, Chief officer, Wadhawan Municipality,

6.     Mr. Khokhar, Circle Police Officer,

7.     Mr. Jadeja, Police Sub Inspector,

8.     Mr. Srimali, Deputy Executive Engineer, Gujarat Electricity Board

9.     Mr. Thakor, Revenue administrative officer, Wadhawan City

This function was not only the School Kit distribution but we have sent the message of Humanistic Buddhism to thousands of families whose children had witness the function. BLIA Saurashtra Central Gujarat Chapter would like to continue celebrate this festival every year. And the target for next year is to distribute 2000 School – Kits. We will welcome donors to come forward for this Nobel & humanitarian work.