ZOO Trip

Venue: DPEP School/Zoo

Members: Amardeep, Geetha, Sumanth and guests (V.Praveen, Pavan and O.Praveen)

Date: Dec 30th, 2007

The trip to the Zoo with the kids of the DPEP School finally happened!!

Geetha came up with the idea of taking the Kids on a Picnic about two months ago. It took a couple of months for the plan to materialize. She did all the ground work, right from planning the expenditure to arranging the bus. Some credit should also go to Amardeep for the arrangements. Few of my friends/colleagues (V. Praveen, Pavan and O.Praveen) gleefully agreed to take part as guest volunteers. By the time we went to the School; things were pretty much in place. Geetha was already there. There were around 70 kids and it was good to see them in their new school uniforms.

We started at around 10.00 a.m. at the school and reached the Zoo at around 11.30 a.m. By noon, we were ready to explore the Zoo after a much needed lunch break. We started with the Tortoise and a few species of Monkeys. We then followed it up with a few species of Birds, Reptiles, Lions, Tigers, Elephants, etc. The kids seemed to have taken an affinity towards certain species of birds. We kept having the mandatory head-count checks at regular intervals.

By 4.00 p.m., we were done with a major portion of the Zoo. We were exhausted and took a small snack break before starting on our return journey. We reached the School by 6.30 p.m. It was a good break not only for the kids, but also for all of us.

-Sumanth