Staff :)

Have known Mubin, Daisy Aunty, Sarbani, Kusuma and Leela for years now....It has always been fun working with them and seeing them do amazing work with the kids at Bubbles. Wat drives them is the passion to make a difference. The amount of effort and energy they put into the tasks, their commitment in serving the purpose is noteworthy!!

This time for the trip, gotto meet a few more staff members ...Vidya, Parvathy, Pamela and Pallavi.

V played antakshari in d bus, with Vidya, Mubin, Daisy Aunty and other volunteers on one side and with Parvathy, volunteer trio(Praveena, Shilpa n Me) and Pamela on d other team.

Now Daisy Aunty can sing songs from the 40s till date....huge repository she is...n Praveena will b d only other person in d bus, who can second her songs, making us wonder how Praveena knows them :)

Vidya n Mubin r good, but how much v enjoyed cheating n getting onto their nerves by giving them so many "ha" se starting songs...tat they very quickly ran short of memory of them...giving us an edge....all d time :)

Mubin was d 1st person, who very bravely took Deepthi(a kid at Bubbles) down a flight of stairs with so much confidence n care, it was a path tat v volunteers ourselves were slightly wary of..But thr was no stopping Mubin....she led from d front...cing her do tat..inspired d rest of us to take d stairs..

Its not very easy to work with kids, who have difficulties expressing their problems..but what I gotto c n observe during d trip is tat they know what problems to anticipate.....although the 17 kids who came, had 17 varying issues...they know how to work with each one of them n to put them at ease...

Parvathy was another person who impressed me big time, imagine singing bhajans for antakshari :) ...her enthusiasm towards d activities :) ..or her presence whenever any kid needed help!!

Pamela n Mubin were officially trained on d famous "kollata" dance by the village girls. Next time d kids in Bubbles hold sticks in their hands, u know whr tat came from!!

I still remember Pamela, Vidya n Parvathy giving me those empathizing n encouraging looks, when Pratinav kept running away :)....thank u so much ppal...It really did keep me going or rather running!!!

When v played 3-legged race with the children, I remember Mubin n Kusuma volunteering to have a demo run..as these kids rely a lot on visual aids to help them understand things.

N some1 holding it all together was Sarbani...be it d way she was in control of d situation, planning activities, helping the kids have food, most kids r told ki..."beta ..have food....or else Sarbani will come :)"..n then they quickly finish their food :)She simplifies life so much...tat u c kids do amazing stuff and having fun at it :)...She is one committed woman, who is so passionate about ensuring tat the kids at Bubbles lead independent lives!!