Time when you helped someone cue card

 Cue Card-14. 

Q. When you helped someone.

• What was the situation?

• Who was the person?

• How you helped him/her?

• Explain how you felt after helping the person?

1. I helped a poor woman and her baby in an evening when it was raining heavily.

2. They were strangers to me; I saw them near my house. 

3. I provided them food, some warm clothes and shelter.

4. I felt happy and content that I was of use to someone. 

Man is a social animal and we cannot live alone. We should always help everyone we can. There have been many instances when I helped people but I am about to relate one which happened not too long ago. It was a friday evening when it was raining cats and dogs that I saw a woman carrying a little baby and shivering in the cold. She had covered her baby with a torn shawl and the child was howling. This situation depressed me and I felt a deep urge to help. I directed her towards my house and made them comfortable in a room that we had for our helpers. I handed over some clothes to the woman and gave her tea to warm her body and milk for the body. Later, that night after everyone had dinner, my mother and I spoke to the poor woman that the woman was a parent and was abandoned by her husband. We decided to keep them with us to help in household chores and we could give them shelter, food and also send the girl to school. When my mother proposed this to the lady, she had tears in her eyes and a smile on her face. That moment made me realise now a helping hand gives rise to such emotions in humans. I felt so thankful for all. I have and realised how tough life can be for certain people. I felt very happy and joyful that I was able to help a person and her daughter. It gave me contentment and also taught me a lesson to help the needy in any possible manner. 

Follow ups:

1. Do you like helping others? (Yes, my parents and teachers have taught me that we must help others.)

2. In your view should children be taught to help others? (In my opinion, children should be taught to help others keeping in mind that they may also need someone’s help in future.)

3. How can we encourage children to help others? (Children can be encouraged to extend help by asking them to help their parents in daily chores, helping old people by bringing things for them etcetera.)

4. Do you think people are less willing to help others these days? (These days we have become materialistic and self-centred and as compared to the past people are more hesitant in extending help to others.)

5. How can charitable organizations help people? (Charitable organizations can help people by raising funds for food, education, shelter, clothing, medicine etcetera.)

6. What are some examples of such organizations in your country? (The examples of charitable organizations in India are Missionaries of charity, MAD (Make a difference), Retract.