For the benefit of everybody, I’d like to take this chance to explain what is Ramadhan Kindness Bucket about. It is a collaboration between myself, @projectforthesoul and @thebambinisg. Ain, the founder of @thebambinisg, had approached me for a collaboration and we were thinking of what we could do together. A programme of some sort; combining my cause of making others smile (through crafts and/or acts of kindness) and taking advantage of the upcoming month of Ramadhan.
Ramadhan is a month of fasting - abstaining from food/drinks from sunrise till sunset, religious observance, giving to the needy and self-reflection. (Note: While kindness should be an everday thing, doing acts of kindness during Ramadhan is doubly rewarding. 😉)
And we wanted to add an element that will attract kids and teach them about kindness in a fun way - this was Ain’s area of expertise as she had wanted something for the young ones as well. So I stumbled upon this book “Have You Filled A Bucket Today?”, a Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids written by Carol McCloud. It’s a wonderful book on how kids can make others (and themselves) happy by doing these good acts, which are essentially kind acts. And boom! The idea came together naturally and Ramadhan Kindness Bucket was born!
So we sat down, brainstormed, had coffee, discussed some more, had more coffee and voila! The Ramadhan Kindness Bucket donation drive and programme was finalised.
It is my first ever collaboration and it is exciting/anxious to see how well (or not 😖) the programme will take off. The donation drive on 1 May had gone better than we had expected, and we will be having another one on 6 May (the day of the programme itself).
I hope this helps all of you to better understand what Ramadhan Kindness Bucket is about and wish us luck for the programme this Sunday! #ramadhankindnessbucket2018
Till the next update...