"Saturday is the day of freedom, because it is weekend to us Nepalese." I told one of my classmates when she asked about my presence at the exam hall without proper uniform.
Yes, the day turned into the day of freedom. If not for me, for our girls of Dream Centre. (Please read my previous post to know the context).
I have been involving to Dream Centre since last year March. It is a project of an Australian NGO, helping Nepalese girls to do better in their education. You can further know about it on http://www.mitrataa.org/projects/dream_centres.htm.
Totally, 32 girls were participated in the picnic. We were just to facilitate them. However, it was also extremely joyful for us. We accompanied the girls to sing, dance and play. The girls were accompanied by some girls of an Australian school. The Australian girls shared their talents. Our girls were also not less, a couple of our girls taught them on how to dance in the popular Nepali Child's song, "Leka ka hami ketaketi…" Then, the girls visited the Botanical Garden, took many of photographs and chatted this and that. I think, this is their expression of freedom. The girls, compared to the boys, feel in their home s and school, that they are not, granted freedom much. Therefore, they don't find proper environment to enjoy in this settings. This program particularly for the Dream Centre girls provided an excellent opportunity to express themselves.
Really, Saturday was the day of freedom for me in the past, it is now and it will be the same in the future. However, I am not sure about their past, but it made today The Day of Freedom to those girls, and also motivated them to make the same in the future.
(When I get some photographs, I will add to it.)
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