The month of November began with a surprise for the children at Ekadaksha.Yes!! A surprise "Halloween party" was arranged at the center on the 1st of November by the class XI students of MCTM International School,Chennai.The boys and girls decorated the center with "Halloween theme".Games like - Hit the target,Throw rings on caps,Basket ball were arranged in different rooms.There was a photo booth arranged with different halloween props and a tatoo corner where children can choose to put tatoo on their hands or opt for face painting.

The students of MCTM School decked up Ekadaksha center so colorfully with the Halloween theme with hanging bats,spiders,balloons,colorful posters,hanging ghosts etc that,as children of Ekadaksha entered the center at 10.30am they were taken up by surprise to see the lovely and warm welcome by the MCTM team.

Each class of Ekadaksha were given two student volunteers from MCTM School.The student volunteers introduced themselves to the class children and they started interacting with them.The volunteers assisted their class throughout,helped the children in playing games,taking them around to different rooms,taking selfie's and pictures with props and assisting them to the tatoo corner.

In every game room,the MCTM team encouraged and motivated the children of Ekadaksha- they explained the rules,gave a demo and then cheered the children to play the game.They also gave gifts to the winners.After the game time,photoshoot and drawing tatoos,the students of MCTM gave a peppy dance performance which was so much enjoyable.Children of Ekadaksha too joined the dance and it was so much fun.At the end,there was a soothing music performance to which everyone sat and listened with a feeling of calmness filling the air.

The event ended with a vote of thanks given by a student of MCTM followed by Ms.Archana Joshi,Founder of ELC,thanking everyone for making this wonderful event happen at Ekadaksha.The MCTM school gave lovely goodie bags to the staffs and children of Ekadaksha too.

This event was one of a kind where our children had the opportunity to interact and enjoy with outside people of their age group.It was very touching to see the children interacting with each other,inclusion happening in a casual manner where children of Ekadaksha felt so much at ease to interact and get along with MCTM students.The students and teachers of MCTM gave so much of a comfortable feel for our children,they understood our children well and gave inputs accordingly in a way our children could process and understand.

This kind of inclusion and opportunity is what we strive for.It was a wonderful opportunity and exposure for the children of Ekadaksha and all of them enjoyed the event whole heartedly.

Click here to see the wonderful pictures of the Halloween event.