Thiruvananthapuram: The Christmas celebration at a Technopark firm has brought cheers to scores of children of the nearby special school and poor homes. Employees of QuEST Global organised the innovative Christmas celebration by fulfilling the wishes of nearly 150 children of Balabhavan and Balikabhavan poor homes near Manvila as well as the Sahajeevan school for special children at Kaniayapuram.
The employees collected the wishes of the children, kept it in separate stars and tied the stars to a Christmas tree at QuEST Global office at Technopark. The employees plucked the stars and purchased the item mentioned in the wishlist. The gifts were presented to the children on Thursday. “We have been engaged in charity activities earlier too. But it is for the first time that we are organising an event of this kind,” said a project manager at the firm, Abin Aliar.
All the gifts were in the price range of '500 to '700. Gifts were presented to 83 students of Sahajeevan school, 35 of Balikabhavan and 25 of Balabhavan. Some of the students made more than one wish. A total of 225 gifts were presented. “The students of Balikabhavan and Balabhavan prepared the wishes themselves. It included items like bags, watches, shoes and books. In the case of the special children at Sahajeevan school, the school gifted cakes and chocolates,” said Mr. Aliar.
