2. The village School at KESROL…..we believe…. If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it. ‘ I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor? ‘ Mother Teresa ……..we reached out to our neighbor.. The school at village KESROL..
3. DARK class rooms Drinking Water Area !!!!!!! Dark Classroom Overgrown Compound Our children visited the village school at KESROL on International Literacy Day to gift Guajarati Story Books to the children……..what they saw moved them… They came back….sat silent for a while and said…. What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other ?......groups were made..plans written on the last page of English, S.St. any note book… Village School to be made such that children feel like rushing to it every morning…..drinking area v. v. dirty, light in rooms insufficient, no writing boards, no utensils to eat their mid day meals, curriculum and school v. BORING….. Adityans at village school… Overgrown School Compound
4. Circulars printed…. 30/ only gifted by each child, Students asked their parents to get involved in this task( got cement, tiles , fans &paint), collected old newspaper ( money utilized to buy thalis ), cleaned the compound with the help of villagers, painted the compound wall guided by Art Teachers, students performed Art, Science & Reading activities for the children Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something……
5. “ Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. “ We can do no great things, only small things with great love…Difficult to believe ? …see the magic of love….School compound transformed ….. With the help of villagers… This is the SCHOOL… As we saw it on day one…
6. Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something… Compound Walls. .Dirty & Moss Covered…..A touch of love and we had happy pictures ..on clean walls. .and it made the SCHOOL a happy place where the children would want to come….
7. Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give… Drinking Water area… Before…. After….
8. The entrance designed to say.. WELCOME CHILDREN… I am your School… I LOVE YOU.. Life is about giving, and the rest is taken care of. ~
9. The change is not thanks to Microsoft Picture Manager… Light improved in classes… as CFC bulbs of higher Watts were provided. “ Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. ” Before… After…
10. Students looking totally changed.. Happier, Smarter and confident in their NEW UNIFORMS….. Before… After…
11. It was a difficult task to task trying to motivate the children to ‘let themselves go’ and ‘loosen themselves’.
12. “ The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention” This session was not about painting…it was introducing them to fun of learning. .teamwork.. pride in work. .and that ‘ I CAN “
13. “ Our idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects…” Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance. ” Our students are explaining to the village school students, how to detect common adulterants in daily used food items.
14. All our students enthusiastically brought old newspapers, books and old magazines. The money from the sale, was used to buy steel plates.
15. It was very clear … “Go the extra mile. It's never crowded. ” We experienced the miracle that: “the more we share the more we have …..and last but not the least…….we have understood how fortunate we are and at time we take all that we have for granted without being grateful for it.….So… How do you say "thank you" for sunshine or health...for clear days or gentle rains...for happiness, joy or love? You say it by sharing what you have. You say it by making the world a better place in which to live.“ We understood….There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life -- happiness, freedom, and peace of mind -- are always attained by giving them to someone else.“
16. As a person who was very closely associated with this project…there is one picture which is imprinted on my mind forever (which I saw on the very first day) …. On one side our children entering the village School.. and this special child sitting on the WALL on the other side…..The task of transforming INDIA is huge….and bridging the GAP between the “two INDIAS” is difficult…..but the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step…..that step has been taken…and now WE can only move forward…..
17. The Team: Students of classes VII & VIII..all our Staff Members…. Administrative Staff..Project Coordinator: Rashmi Misra..and …. Our team leader..our Principal Ms. Nirupama Kapoor. We touched the lives of 200 children of the Village School at Kesrol.. The team of about 60 children to conduct activities… The entire School..of about 1350 involved … In collecting old newspaper , mobilizing financial and material help from parents, Organizing, collecting, distribution etc. of this huge task in a short span of a WEEK. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.
18. “ Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need our hearts to love them. So, spread your love everywhere you go. “ This is what we learnt… We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop. Mother Teresa.
