Bengaluru: Loyola College students bring joy of Christmas & NY to inmates of BESSO

Bellevision Media Network

Bengaluru, 15 Jan 2018: An outreach program was organized for the children of BESSO (Bethel Education Social Service Organization), by the students of Loyola College, here, on Friday, January 12, on the account of Christmas and New Year. The students’ Council of Loyola College brought out a message that it’s never too late to celebrate Christmas, a festival of Joy, Hope, Peace and Love.

 

A troupe of 66 children from the BESSO Foundation®, Hosur, here, were wholeheartedly welcomed to the program by the staff and students of Loyola College. Dignitaries such as Gilbert D’Souza (retired DTM of NABARD), Nagendra Reddy (son of Raj Gopal Reddy - renowned social worker), Ravi George of BESSO, and Fr Anil D’Mello SJ (rector of Mount St Josephs) presided the event.

 

 

Gilbert D’Souza addressed the gathering and spoke about the need for discipline and respect for the elders. Fr Anil D’Mello SJ reminded everyone present that this day was about the children and that it was vital to help keep a smile on their radiant faces and to love them unconditionally.

 

The student committee of Loyola put together a series of fun activities and games for the children. The organizers mesmerized the children with magic tricks, dance, mimes and Christmas carols. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves as they participated in various games. This was followed by simple yet scrumptious lunch for everyone present. The children thanked Fr Francis D’Almeida (principal of Loyola College) for his hospitality and for the parting gift of books and stationery.

 

BESSO is a registered Charitable Trust, founded by Sam Ganesh in 1991. The Trust’s primary focus is to provide education and shelter for orphaned children in the districts of Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu. Watching an abandoned child eat the leftovers from a banana leaf discarded by a hotel, stirred in Sam the urge to provide succor for such children.