We landed in the beautiful God's Own Country - Kerala, on Saturday in July 2011. As per the well laid out schedule for our vacation, first on our agenda was to meet Prince, a little five year old from the SOS Village in the small town of Trichur. SOS Village established in 1983 by some kind souls, is a home for approximately 200 orphaned children of all ages. Let me re-emphasize....it is not an orphanage in the conventional outlook, it is a HOME for those children in the literal sense. The "SOS Village" true to its name is a village which accommodates around 15 to 20 individual houses. Each house is a Home to 15 orphaned children ranging from a tender age of 5 to 16 years. Each Home has an Amma (Mother) who has dedicated her life to mothering these children. She takes care of them, cooks with them, teaches them to keep a clean home, screams at them, laughs with them as they all lovingly call out to their Amma. Sunday morning as we chose to visit the Ho...
Beena...best wishes to you on this new initiative and decision to pen and express your thoughts and bring out a smile in the face of others. We are in that era of life today wherein we have all forgotten to smile and with technology taking over , you hardly see people smiling or laughing out loud and from the heart. I am confident the viewers and readers would find this medium of communication interesting and they too would have a platform now to express their views and share their individual feelungs . This would definitely help the budding youngsters, friends and elders who go through tremendous stress everyday and find solace to regain and recoup thru difficult times. Thank You and Good luck . Jayakrishnan Menon
ReplyDeleteThank you Jayan for such beautiful and inspiring words. Such motivation really means a lot.
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