Bay Area Youth Meet Nobel Peace Prize Winner Kailash Satyarthi
Vibha Bay Area Youth volunteers meet and discuss mission and work with Nobel Peace Prize Winner Kailash Satyarthi.
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Why do we do this again?
Every year, about 20 or 30 of us wake up at 5am on a weekend and assemble at the pavilion in Lake Phalen before sunrise. We organize a fantastic race. At the MN action center, we organize quite a lot of fundraising events- be it Bowling, Cricket, cultural shows and the like. And we often enjoy organizing these events. Sometimes I tend to forget the real joy that we are working for- and that is making a difference in the life of an underprivileged child. I chanced upon the following photo slide show at the website of The Hindu, one of India’s leading newspapers in a piece titled, ‘India’s Little Laborers’.
So…Why do I volunteer for Vibha
Underprivileged kids….the cause…the challenge…the satisfaction…the friends we made…or just plain old simple conscience? Reasons aplenty, I thought I’ll go down the path of soul searching and put down on paper why I volunteer for Vibha. About 4 years ago, I moved to the Bay Area and at that time my wife was (and still is)…
Child labor, or dignity?
A few years back, I was visiting Bombay on vacation. I was standing in front of the McDonalds waiting for a friend, for without Yahoo maps, I had no choice but to wait at a place that I knew well rather than move around in autos and taxis to places I didn’t know. I was…