The morals and ethics imaprted by our education system is decreasing day by day and demands immediate attention. Though our system produces a lot of professionals and graduates, it has failed in its primary goal of making a person capable of thinking rationaly and not get influenced by popular notions.

Vidial was presented with an opportunity to address this situation by Shanti Ashram. Shanti Ashram wanted to conduct an Ethics and Values Workshop in association with Vidial.

We didn't want to miss this golden opportunity, since we believed these kind of ventures are extremely vital in improving the society. When we were pondering over where to conduct this workshop, the Mayiladuthurai beneficiary meet came into our mind. The enthusiasm, foresight and the hard work of Mr.Kumar (Vidial Facilitator for Mayiladuthurai zone) during the meet made us believe the best place to have the workshop is Mayiladuthurai.

On 20th of April at a hall in Mayiladuthurai, Mr.Parthiban and Miss.Dhivya from Shanti Ashram, Coimbatore along with Mr.Kumar conducted the workshop which was attended by around 50 students. The Workshop theme centered around 6 Topics : Respect, Responsibility, Reconciliation, Empathy, Reforming the world and Understanding People. The day started with 'Tamil Thai Valzthu' sung by 3 kids attending the workshop followed by a crisp welcome address from Mr.Kumar.

The first event of the day was a witty treasure hunt game. After a pulsating half an hour the kids found the final treasure which was the "Respect, Responsibility, Reconciliation, Empathy, reforming the world" (written in a small paper :-)). After the game, Mr.Parthiban spoke on Respect, Responsibility, Reconciliation, Empathy, reforming the world explaining it to the kids.

Then Kids were asked to paint on T shirts and towels and posed with their colorful Shirts. In the afternoon, several games including rope games, observational games were held to impart moral value in kids.

The beauty of the day's proceedings was reflected during the feedback session when a kid came forward and said " I learnt, Whatever maybe the problem, one should never cry, instead we should spend our time and effort to find a solution".

In the end Mr.Parthiban distributed charts on child rights to representatives of different schools. Shanti Ashram certificates were distributed to all students who participated in this workshop.

We are greatful to Mr.Kumar for organizing the workshop in a very short notice. The pain he took to gather students, arranging a hall and taking care of simple logistics like buying ballons, paints, snacks etc moved us a lot.

We would to convey our sincere thanks to Mr.Kumar, Mr.Parthiban & Miss.Dhivya for giving us such an opportunity to introduce good values to the kids. We plan to do more workshops of these kind in the coming years.