Meghalaya’s SPARK NGO celebrated R-Day with underprivileged children

Staff Reporter

Shillong, Jan 27: SPARK on Friday celebrated Republic Day with underprivileged children. More than 250 children who attended the programme from all the centres of SPARK namely Bara Bazaar slum, Mawlong Village, Mawlynrei Triashnong Village and Pongkung Village.

The highlights of the programme were the felicitation of Mother India followed by the singing of the National Anthem and a special cultural programme by the children expressing their love and respect for Mother India and pledging towards wellbeing, growth and development of the country and the Nation as a whole as well as to build unity and strength to fight against social evils and work together for the betterment of the Nation as well as bring rays of hope in the lives of the underprivileged children.

These children were reminded of the Constitution of India being enforced on this day highlighting the importance of the Constitution for each citizen and the Country as a whole.

The strong and active participation in this year’s Republic Day is believed to send a strong and clear message for the sincere effort required towards the protection and development of the children who are believed to be the ‘Future Citizens of the Nation’

The children participants consisted of rag pickers, domestic helpers, working children, street children, slum children, school drop-outs, cowboys, and other underprivileged children from East Khasi Hills District and Ri-Bhoi District.