Here is how some of the YOU members decided to Pay It Forward…and spread many smiles

“I had attended the class on Saturday. I had helped my friend. My friend was absent for 2-3 days. She needed the notes as there was a test this week. So I brought my book and helped her write the notes. I felt really nice to help her.”
- Sharanya Narayan aged 12

“I helped someone who struggling to learn a few hard steps at my dance class.”
- Bhavna Ludhani, aged 15

“My friend had fever and she came to school. She was feeling giddy and weak so after school I held her hand and took her to the bus. We are in the same bus so I sat next to her and made her feel comfortable.”
- Tanya Awtani, aged 10, Indian High School

“I helped my friend with her homework and helped her study for a test.”
- Aachal Ailani, aged 14

“One of my friend’s was experiencing some family problems which led her towards very low self-esteem. I could see she was disturbed and needed to talk or something, so I went up to her and tried to talk to her about it. I tried to understand her problem and after figuring it out we ended up laughing about it.”
- Amrit Shivlani, aged 17

“I helped a classmate in French.”
- Puja Shivlani, aged 14

“There is this boy in my grade and I usually pass him and occasionally will say hi or greet him. I always notice how sad he is though. Yesterday, I asked him to smile and asked him why is he always so sad. And he told me his problems, how he is lonely, and was bullied. I tried to make him laugh and tried to give him some advice to me more cheerful. And accompanied him the entire lunch time and when we went to class, he actually smiled and said bye.”
- Meghna Harjani, aged 15

“I have been doing many acts of kindness these days thanks to YOU. This is one of them. I had to go for issuing my license after University so I asked the University bus to drop me there. When I was done, I didn’t have transport to go back home. It was boiling hot and I walked till the bus stop and waited for a cab for half an hour. I didn’t find a cab but thankfully a public bus stopped. When I got in, I realized the air-conditioning was not working and all the passengers were drenched in sweat, so I prepared myself for a 20 minute ride in the heat. Just as I was taking out my bottle of water to quench my thirst, I heard a kid nearby wailing and telling his mom he's thirsty. So I gave mine to him, thinking I can always control my thirst till I reach home!”
- Divya Galani, aged 19

“I helped my mother to hang out the clothes to dry, cut vegetables/fruits and make some food.”
- Aarushi Gupta, aged 12

“Since its the time for navratris...my friends and I had decided to go shopping for our dandiya outifits…but one of my friends is a bit bigger (or fat as you may call it) and didn’t want to come as she didn’t find anything that suited her...so I took her to city centre with me...along with those papers from ms. rana saab..and she came up with a beautiful outfit easily because she had gone through those papers in the car...:) so I’m very happy that she has found something she liked and this is HOW I paid it forward :)”
- Mamta Kalwani, aged 15

“A boy had Missed School for a month as he was very sick, I helped him in completing his Notes!”
- Nikhil Hardasani, aged 14

“The list of those whom I have helped are:
1. My school friends in their homework
2. My mother in cleaning the room
3. Filled everybody's bottle
4. Removed the blankets for everybody
5. Helping my sister cross the road
6. Helped my neighbors in their studies “
- Mamik Menghrajani, aged 10

“I helped my mother put songs into her mobile two weeks ago and I also did some charity work in my school for the Kasa Award.”
- Kashyap Sajnani, aged 14

“I helped my classmade she had her work in the class. I gave her my book to complete her work.”
- Sakshi Menghrajani, aged 9

“ My friend did not bring her pencil pouch and there was an exam and nobody was giving her .I had an extra pen .I gave it to her. After the exam she thanked me and said "if you did\'t give me the pen I wouldn't be able to write the paper". I felt very happy!”
- Rashi Tolani, aged 10

“My friend who lives in Sharjah her father went to Australia for job and her mother went to India for some emergency. So aunty told me to take care of my friend and tell her to complete her work. I used to talk to her everyday and tell her to complete her work and used to help her if she had any problem. I told her to complete her work before her mother comes to make her mother happy. When her mother came back she was so happy to see that my friend had completed her work and she thanked me for this.”
- Tanya Awtani, aged 10

“Recently i have been doing many good deeds since i have taken the pledge. One of the many good deeds i have done is when i helped my classmate finish his uncompleted work before our maam entered the class as he is a slow writer.”
-Yash Adnani, aged 10