Woodlands Meed, in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, hosted a fundraising event for Little Acorns Day Care Centre in August. The aim was to educate their students about the culture and practices of Indian traditions whilst providing the students with a chance to contribute to a social action project and raise money for an important cause.
The India day was a huge success, which included an Indian buffet, cooked for the students by the students, talks from parents about their culture and traditions and an enrichment afternoon where students got to experience Indian pass times and practices such as cricket, Bollywood dance, Bollywood movies, block printing and weaving.
Little Acorns caters to the children of migrant construction workers. Tourism is the main source of income in this area and during the peak tourist season, people from the neighbouring states migrate to Goa in search of livelihood. The children accompanying them are often sent to work in the market or beg in the streets. Little Acorns instead provides these children with a safe place to learn, a hot meal and help to find them a place in local schools.
Little Acorns was in need of replacement windows and so money raised from this day has been donated to help with the purchase of windows.
A BIG thank you to all the students (and teachers) at Woodlands Meed for arranging this event, taking part and above all, fundraising for Little Acorns. You’ve all been amazing!