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The need for love
Imagine 3,000 handicapped and underprivileged children clapping, dancing and singing to the beat of Urdu, Punjabi and English songs. This was the scene during the ‘Children’s Benefit Concert’ held recently, which was organized by a charity at the Karachi Parsi Institute.
The ‘chief guests’ were the special children, who had come from 40 different schools and institutions in and around metropolitan Karachi. To everyone’s amazement, by 9:45am most of the children had arrived and the concert actually began on time! The featured artists were Fuzon, Fakhir, Shariq Roomi, along with Heartbeat, an international show group that live and work in Karachi and are part of FESF, the organizers of the event. They sing and dance to popular Pakistani numbers and also perform their original songs that carry a message of love and peace.
As the artists sang, the crowd became a sea of dancing bodies and clapping hands. The children, being familiar with most of the songs, sang along and were thrilled to have the opportunity to be entertained by these top performers.
The special children were the first ones to get up and dance; the deaf children that were present also rocked along and the variety of the programme kept them entertained.
Before anyone could realize, three hours had passed and it was time to say goodbye. Each of the children received a gift pack and the heads of each attending school were presented with a library of educational audio-visual aids that teach many character building lessons. A beautiful day for everyone indeed.
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