Sports day at SRMAB

Sri Ramana Maharshi Academy for Blind(SRMAB)  (http://www.srmab.org.in/index.php) is a school and hostel for visually impaired kids.

Pic 1:  Sri Ramana Maharshi Academy for Blind(SRMAB)

I was very excited to be a part of this day and help as a volunteer to conduct the sports. I had to update office related work too on the same day before I could join the fun at Sports Day. It was supposed to start at 9am and I reached the venue at 10am after completing office work.

Kids were divided into groups depending upon which class they were studying in. I was made volunteer for a group of small kids since all other groups were already assigned to different volunteers. Kids were very excited and were happily participating in most of the events. Teachers instructed volunteers about the games’ rules etc. Volunteers were helping kids with games and instructing them about rules of the game. I had a camera too in my hands and I was enjoying clicking and captured different games.

High school kids played shotput, long jump, ball in the bucket, running race, gunny bag race, book balance to name few. Primary school kids played lemon and spoon, memory test etc.  Only boys were allowed to participate in shotput and long jump.

Pic 2: Shot put

Kids were allowed to practice the games before the actual ones started since they had to be aware about the distance they were supposed to cover and also about game rules. Few kids fell while playing gunny bag race but they had the enthusiasm to participate which kept them going and not quitting.

Pic 3: Lemon Spoon

It was memory test game and I had to tell kids to touch and feel the items and know what it is and they were supposed to remember all those names and tell it to a teacher.

Pic 4: Memory Test

Few kids were touching the camera and wanted to learn how to take pics. I could teach few of them and they were very excited about it and also were posing happily for the pics with their friends.

Pic 5: Kids trying their hand with photography

I had read somewhere that visually impaired can take up photography as a hobby, they can click pics based on sound. It looks interesting. Small kids were given biscuits and juice for eating game. Overall, It was a nice learning experience to see that even if we have some limitations, we can try whatever we wish to.

Pic 6: Friends

“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.”