Toybank

Toy Bank ensures that children have access to toys – both educational and for leisure, thereby making certain that children's right to play is not violated. They also believe that toys are extremely significant for the holistic development of a child and therefore work towards providing toys and story books to the underprivileged children.

As representatives for the NGO, we were very excited for the CAS fete and creating our very own stall. We spent about two weeks of our sessions on Tuesdays and Fridays preparing for the fete. We worked as a team of 13, each taking up different responsibilities. Prisha, Naviya, Varsha and Anishka worked on decorations. They made vibrant posters for our stall games while other students helped making informative posters about Toybank’s vision and the work they have done. Mehek, Ojas and Aaditya worked on merchandise and set up a hairstyling counter as an additional interactive activity for the stall. Abhinav, Abhiviraj, Ojas, Harshwardhan, Aditya and Sachit worked on ideating for games. We finally settled on three: Pick the Duck, Cup Stakin' and Dizzy Penalties which ranged from prices between 30-50 rupees. On the day of the fete, we worked collectively to set up the stall and each person took turns running the games in the stall. Many children came to play our games, and some came multiple times to replay. Dizzy Penalties turned out to be a favourite amongst the visitors and ended up being our bestseller. Other games were also popular and people kept coming in to win prize tickets, so much so that we ran out and had to refill tickets multiple times. As representatives of the Toybank NGO, we enjoyed the experience of being able to raise funds to promote such a good cause.