Hyderabad: Youngistaan regales deprived children

Hyderabad: Youngistaan Foundation held the 8th Edition of its Grand Annual Carnival at 3 different venues, providing an unforgettable experience for 260 children belonging to the underprivileged communities. The children enthusiastically played an interesting series of games conducted by Issac and Sundeep.

Every year the organisers introduce a new art form to the children. This year, they invited Vimal (Train Door Storytellers) and Megha (accompanied by her sons/actors), two professional storytellers, who engaged the young audience with their exceptional skill and left them with important life lessons on hard work, perseverance, and contentment.

In addition, actors from one of India's largest theatre groups, Samahaara, were also invited. The children were awestruck with their versatile performance and were sad to see the play end. Humanity triumphed over money and riches in the play, a valuable lesson for the young audience. Afterwards, children grooved to music and had a ball learning dance moves with professional choreographers, Akshay and Sandeep.

The day concluded with a delicious plate of home-baked cupcakes, and Ikea-sponsored blueberry danish and croissants provided by the Foundation.

The founder of Youngistaan Foundation, Arun Daniel Yellamaty, said, "Due to COVID-19 pandemic, we were worried whether we would be able to organise our carnival this year at all. Fortunately, with an amazing volunteer team, we were able to follow a proper sanitisation process at each location. All of us were so happy to see the joy in every child's face."