cake. It was a fun activity. Then Mani showed us a dance, which we really appreciated. Then Mani showed us a certificate that he was given by the Special Olympics on his achievement in one of the events.

Dar-ul-Sukoon has people from all age groups. An older woman, Polly, was very social because she knew everyone at the school and was very nice with us as well. She helped us in distributing food. Another person named Mehwish was very friendly with us. There were little kids there who were very cute and were trying to learn new games from us. The girls being called "Baji" (sister) and boys being called "Bhaai" (brother) gave us the feeling of appreciation and eternal joy that can only be gotten by doing a good deed.

We all participated during the visit. Arshela, Nazish and Tauqeer Fazal were taking care of some of the kids. Syed Mehdi, Mahad Hamza, Fahad Ishtiaq and Sehrish Khan helped in distributing the foodstuff. Syed YasirHussain blew up the balloons. I was the photographer.

Later in afternoon we returned from Dar-ul-sukoon. It was a very good way to start our community work in Karachi. We will try to visit some more places like that which will help us experience different organizations and their efforts for humanity in our society.

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