Diwali Celebration – Festival of Light and Joy with more than 100,000 Rural Govt. School Children in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states – Oct 2022
This Diwali, Sri Sathya Sai Annapoorna Trust collaborated with ITC Aashirvaad, to celebrate and share joy and festive cheer with more than 100,000 rural government school children across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
‘Happiness doubles when shared.’ Diwali is a festival of lights, love and joy, which is celebrated with much fervour and cheer. It is all about lighting up lives of people. Collaborating with ITC Aashirvaad, sweet and delicious Gulab Jamuns were served to more than one lakh rural school children, many of who may not be able to celebrate the festival like us. These sweet and delicious Gulab Jamuns are nothing but our love for the children, made tangible and tasty. The sparkle in their eyes was hard to miss as they received the sweet!
The materials to prepare the sweet, ITC Aashirvaad Gulab Jamun packets, oil and sugar, were supplied to the Annapoorna Morning Nutrition beneficiary schools with the support of education department and Annapoorna Trust in Markapuram, Yerragondapalem, Nellore, Tirupati, Giddaluru, Addanki districts in Andhra Pradesh and Nizamabad, Yadadri Bhongir, Rajanna Sircilla, Jagtiala, Siddipet, Karimnagar, Champapet districts in Telangana.
On this happy occasion, below is a message by Sadguru Sri Madhusudan Sai, Philanthropist, Humanitarian and Founder, Sri Sathya Sai Annapoorna Trust:
”Happiness doubles, when shared, whereas sorrows are halved. The best way to share our lives is to share our joys and sorrows as “One World One Family”, or “vasudhaiva kutumbakam”. This Diwali at Sri Sathya Sai Annapoorna Trust, we are sharing our sweet joy of the festival with One Lakh rural school children, many of who may not be able to celebrate the festival like us, and we are doing this with Aashirvaad Gulab Jamun Mix turned into sweet and delicious gulab jamuns which are nothing but our love for the children made tangible and tasty.
Join us in celebrating childhood during not just this Diwali, but all days of the year by providing morning nutrition to over One Million children across the country every day. After all, the sound of their satisfied bellies is more dear to us than the Diwali crackers!”
Below is the video testimonial of children, teachers & headmaster sharing the joy in school:
It was a festive atmosphere in these schools, which witnessed the teachers, cooks and the children as well, working together in preparing the sweet. The children were under the assumption until then, that they would be receiving Morning nutrition in the form of SaiSure Health mix or Ragi Cereals Health Drink. But this Gulab Jamun sweet distribution came as a pleasant celebration, bringing smiles on the faces of all the children making this festive occasion an unforgettable one!
Mentioned is another video testimonial of children, teachers & headmaster sharing the joy in school:
We thank ITC Aashirvaad for this wonderful idea and initiative making a visible difference by bringing smile and happiness to the rural children.
