| Education is the best gift that a parent can give | | | | needs to be filled up. |
| to his/her child because it will enable the child to | | | | A civil society must work towards up-liftment of |
| carve a future for him/herself. The child will have | | | | such kids who are denied the gift of education |
| the power in his/her hands to decide his or her | | | | because of cruel circumstances. But that should |
| future. In other words, educating the children | | | | not be done through gimmick charity works like |
| means empowering them. | | | | distributing clothes, free food etc on occasions to |
| Those of us who are lucky enough to complete | | | | commemorate something. Something substantial |
| our education, not only school education but | | | | needs to be done. Charity works like these are |
| college as well, don’t realize, how lucky we | | | | kind of providing a blanket to have protection for |
| are. How much power do we have in our hands? | | | | sometime. Charity organizations need to work for |
| We choose which professional field to work in or | | | | child welfare programs which work towards |
| in other words decide our future for ourselves. | | | | providing quality education to poor children who will |
| One can add various arguments like we too fall in | | | | remain uneducated otherwise. Providing the school |
| the rat race to earn a living, in order to be alive | | | | will not be enough to bring them to school as |
| we fulfill the basic need, that’s why we study | | | | they won’t be able to bear the other |
| hard and choose a profession and other | | | | expenses for books stationary, travel. So other |
| arguments. But the question that such people | | | | facilities like these needs to be provided for free, |
| raising such questions need to ask is: what is the | | | | along with free education. |
| difference between a kid going to school and a | | | | Envisioning this mission in mind, Baba Amar Singhji |
| kid working at food stall or begging? | | | | opened, Guru Nanak Garib Niwaj Education |
| When one starts analyzing from this point of view | | | | Society in 2006. This society works towards |
| then will one understand that the kid going to | | | | developing child development programs to provide |
| school is on his/her way to lead a life of dignity as | | | | free education and all other facilities like stationery, |
| a grown up person whereas the circumstances | | | | medicinal facilities, free bus service etc. to poor |
| has not allowed the kid working at footstall or | | | | children to support them in their education. Make |
| begging other than this. That kid had no choice to | | | | your contributions in this noble work started by |
| choose a living; he/she had to do this to keep on | | | | this society to provide a life of dignity to the poor |
| living, to support the family in meeting both the | | | | children who may not get to enjoy the gift of |
| ends meet. That’s the big difference that | | | | education otherwise. |