Education is not only about learning .. it's about caring

As part of the extracurricular activities done in my school , the student council and I decided to give the school a new meaning of caring and empathy. The student council members decided to start helping poor families by giving them specific amount of basic food needed for a family . For about 15 days all the grades in the school started bringing canned food , rice , sugar , salt , milk and other essentials. Student council members pass by the classes everyday and encouraged other students to participate more to make those families happy even for a while . They stayed after school everyday organizing the coming amounts of food . I was really impressed by their dedication to this cause . They were working having a smile on their faces and not a single one nagged about it . Students from outside the students council asked to help in organizing the work as well. At the end of the 15 days the students managed to prepare boxes for around 85 families. Students then divided themselves and went to each village and asked officials to get lists of families in need. They took a look on the size of the family and their situation as well. They started the give away by giving the 1st box to the school workers. Then the students and I went at night to the homes of the people knocked the doors and gave them the boxes. I can still remember the families smiles and the students smiles as well. One student started crying when seeing one old lady thanking him. I believe that all schools must try doing something like that . It plants passionate personalities in the souls of the students, and makes them interact with the world around them and see what's going on. Most of the students were shocked when we entered some of the houses and saw the deteriorating situation of some of the families. I call this event a very successful one because it achieved it's goal : putting a smile on a face of 85 families. Students really loved this activity and asked to make it an annual one. At the end this is what education is all about ; building a good character in the students.