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This quarter we continued with the serious business of Fun Learning. But this quarter is also interspersed by many festivals. This period is a period of celebration in our country and of people exchanging gifts and having parties.

However, for the under-privileged, there is not much to celebrate. Thus was born, a few years back, the “Joy of Giving Week”, which is now called “Daan Utsav”, to have a more inclusive effect. The week starts very appropriately, from the birth date of Mahatma Gandhi on 2^nd October.

We at OBLF, use this opportunity to give toys to the under-privileged rural children in our program. This year we distributed toys to all the 1500+ children in the new 28 Rural Government Primary schools which we have adopted in our Program for the first time. Most of the time donors generously give for the education that we provide. But we feel that kids need to experience the sheer joy of getting something which is not always connected to education. And the unadulterated pleasures and smiles we see on their faces justify our belief.

Of course our rural ladies, as always, rose to the occasion, and happily sorted out and labelled the toys for each child!

We are extremely grateful to the employees of many corporates who put up Wish Trees for our kids and donated so generously to this cause.