For the past four years, we have been observing and celebrating 'Valentine's Day' at the Hope House but not in the same way the world around us does it. We do it on the same premise (expression of love) but in a different style and for a different purpose.
In India, 10th and 12th grade exams are crucial one's and that students goes through tremendous amount of stress. There are research studies indicating that this stress drives some vulnerable students to resort to extreme measures. As many of our students do come from backgrounds where the laying of early academic foundation was not so strong, we take a preemptive measure to talk about it openly and reassure them of our support irrespective of their results.
So the Hope House Director and his wife takes the 10th and 12th graders out to a restaurant for special treat. Name of the restaurant is kept under the wraps to keep the excitement alive till the last minute.
This year, we had eight girls totally and we chose a restaurant and one of our German volunteer's family wanted to sponsor the restaurant expense for the girls. We took them to GRT Sameera in Vellore where they have buffet (Western/ Indian/ Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian). Just the ambiance took them by surprise and to see variety of foods served was unbelievable. They tried all kinds of foods to their hearts desire especially different kinds of desserts.
Then, our director addressed them all about the exams. They were reassured of Hope House's support irrespective of their results and helped them to understand about the exams and what they are supposed to mean to de-stress them. Girls looked happy at the end of the day with tummy full of food and heart full of assurances to succeed.
We want to say a big thank you to the Baum family of Germany who sponsored the dinner for the girls. Want to support our girls future? Click here. Want to write a comment, do so below.
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