This was our way of celebrating Womanhood. We loved their response to our small act of kindness. Their smiles truly made our day. They all have been with us for more than 10 years, taken care of us.

LO1: Identify your own strengths and develop areas for personal growth: Volunteering contributes to personal development by providing self-satisfaction and a sense of fulfilment by assisting someone. These practises provide a reprieve from our hectic schedules and lifestyles, allowing us to improve our mental and physical health.

LO3: Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience: We five pals were in our Visual Art class, remembering how our Didis used to support and assist us in resolving out our problems in all of our daily schoolwork and on the bus. In honour of Women’s Day, we decided to send a card and a flower to thank them for all of the hard work they do on a regular basis.

LO5: Demonstrate the skills and recognise the benefits of working collaboratively: We were able to do this task together; otherwise, it would have taken nearly two days. We wrote around 50 cards in Hindi so Didis can understand them. We gathered these flowers near the jungle gym and distributed them to all Didis wandering throughout the school.

LO7: Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions: The action we’ve taken has had a beneficial impact on us, providing us a sense of accomplishment and relief from what we have taken thus far. It’s also a message to society to say thanks to all those people who are a part of our everyday lives, who support us, and who assist us in going forward.

-Arjun Agarwal