What counts more in life is what you do to others

Parivartana means a positive change. This is an apt name for the “Home for street children and child labor”. It is situated in a calm and quiet place of Kakinada (Pensioneers Paradise) in Andhra Pradhesh.
I feel lucky for having associated with the kids there. It is actually an orphanage but once one enters the home and associates with the kids staying there, one can understand what it really means. If I am asked to tell what it is, I say that it is a “Home for happiness”, home of peace, innocence, smiles and so on.

I got to visit the home once by chance and kids there are so affectionate, I visited it often on weekends, holidays, festivals and so on. I visited many such homes but Parivartana is unique. Kids there are guided towards their own goals with freedom to choose their own path and are trained in the fields they are interested in, without a trace of compulsion.
Besides providing the basic needs like food, shelter and clothes to the kids, the home also provides good education, encouragement and confidence to the kids. There are kids who study very well, sing well, paint well, etc. A pinch of love and smile is what I gave to the kids and loads and loads of love and smiles is what I got from them.

After a hectic week at college with lectures, seminars, projects and labs once when I enter the premises of Parivartana the smile and a big hai from the kids refreshes a lot. That smile is priceless and matters a lot. That smile reminds me the proverb, “What counts more in life is what you do to others”.

I wish that I will be able to associate with Parivartana though I am away from it and that Parivartana will be able to flourish to accommodate even more kids.