Project IEmpower

Theme: “Let it go"

Volunteers:
Vyushti Bhattacharya
Vridhi sharma
Sanya Lakhotia
Tanvi Rattan

Writing included listening to music which carried various emotions and then the girls were asked to interpret these emotions by pointing them out. They were then asked to write about one of these emotions by putting them in a personal incident that involved them feeling one of these motions. We were happy to motivate the to write about their feelings. While most wrote in Hindi, a few tried to use English and impressed the Writing Volunteers.
In the Dance Department, 80 girls performed zealously on ‘Kala chashma’ (a Punjabi song). The sight of all of them performing this song together was breathtaking and over the entire two hour long visit, they were taught the full song. They got divided into three groups where they were taught the steps by three different volunteers and then finally, they performed it together. The school that these kids study in is a government owned school and the main focus is on their academics and not extracurriculars, hence they tend to be very shy and reserved. Activities like these helped the girls let go of emotions of fear, anger and sadness (these were also the emotions depicted in the music clipets). It was visible that they opened up a lot more after the dancing sessions, to us at least who to them were a little more than strangers and a little less than acquaintances. We believe that this will eventually help them to come out of their shell and evolve. It gives us extreme pleasure to help them inculcate a life skill within themselves. These girls are meant to show the world the talent they posses and we are just acting as catalysts in this process

By Aditi Bali (Article Writing Volunteer)