[www.keralites.net] When 13-year-old Nikhiya Shamsher donated her school bag to her housemaid’s daughter, she received a thank you note in return [3 Attachments]

 

When 13-year-old Nikhiya Shamsher, a student of Greenwood High School, Bangalore, donated her school bag to her housemaid's daughter, she received a thank you note in return. This note, written by Roja, a 4th grade student, inspired Nikhiya to look at the world differently. 

Roja, whose happiness on receiving the bag knew no bounds, wrote in her note that up until now, she had never owned a school bag. She had always carried her books and stationary in a poly bag.

"This incident got me thinking that there would be many more people like her [Roja], and my friends and I should donate our bags to them. So I called some of my friends and together we donated some of our bags and books to people who needed them. After this, I thought, why not include my entire school in this," says Nikhiya.

And this is how the project Bags, Books and Blessings came into existence. Nikhiya's school principal, Mr. D'Mello, helped her get started by sending out emails to parents, allowing her to put posters around her school, and by writing to different organizations to help spread the word. All her teachers were very supportive as well.

"By the end of the year I had collected many many bags and books. I think there were around 2,500 books, about 150 bags, water bottles, a lot of stationery and stuff like that", says Nikhiya exultantly.

Out went Nikhiya with some of her best friends and volunteers to spread joy in a school and an orphanage in Bangalore.

Her day concluded with joy on the faces of the kids receiving books, bags, blessings, and more – it was a day full of smiles, fun and even some exciting magic shows.

- See more at: http://www.thebetterindia.com/27180/books-bags-and-blessings-in-bangalore/#sthash.n8VRxoGr.dpuf

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