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Shake a leg this season as students of Oberoi International School (OIS) Goregaon have come forward to help the 'Going Home Project' which helps underprivileged children realise their dancing dreams.

Students from Class IX to XII arranged plays and collected funds to help underprivileged kids get scholarships to learn dance across India. "All the world's a stage" – the phrase came alive at The DREAM Project, a theatre festival, organized by an all-student team at Oberoi International School (OIS) on Saturday, November 1, 2014. The event took place on Saturday and was addressed by ace choreographer Ashley Lobo who is the face behind the Going Home Project.

The project, initiated by Lobo, provides scholarships to young students across India to fulfil their dream of dancing .The project takes care of the dancers' food and accommodation. At present, the project supports 10 students and the number is set to rise. The amount collected by the school for the cause was Rs60,000.

"It's my way of giving back to society. Going Home basically means going back to yourself and knowing who you really are," Lobo said, urging students to reach out to aspiring underprivileged dancers to join the project.

Talking to dna, he said, "I came up with this idea when I saw that there were kids who really wanted to dance but had to leave dancing due to monetary problems. So, I started giving scholarships to such students. When you see someone sleeping at a construction site and the next day, that student comes to attend classes at 8am, it gives me immense enthusiasm and happiness to teach them."

The student head and the director of one of the plays named 'noises off' Vijita Kamath, a class XII student, said, "The response has been great and though it is our first year, our juniors are enthusiastic about taking it forward. There are 150 students involved and we have been preparing for this day since August,"

Dr Jennifer Gray with the faculty for theatre at OIS, says, "It's a first for the school but the response from the student body has been huge."

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