On February 4th, Sonu and Rachel organised a sports day with the kids in Bandal Dalit Community. The Dalit Community originated from the ‘untouchable’ caste of the Hindu religion and are now subject to segregation and discrimination in its lowest forms. The kids, about 50 in total, were put into four teams: yellow, green, red or blue each with two team leaders (one UK and one Bangladeshi volunteer.) Events on the day included an egg and spoon race, a sack race, penalty shoot-outs and tug of war.
All the kids and volunteers were enthusiastic, and the day was good fun, especially for the yellow team who totalled the highest number of points and won a small trophy to display. All of the children received a small prize at the end of the day, and all seemed to enjoy their first sports day. Hopefully the event set an example for how simple it would be to run similar days in the future and to encourage this, funds went towards purchasing badminton equipment and goal posts for the community.
