One Nation. One World is a proposed national movement in India that brings the country together for social good. It will organize challenges three times a year to improve the environment, reduce poverty, and boost education. Celebrities will motivate participation and the challenges will involve tasks like installing clean water taps in slums. The movement aims to eventually expand across India and involve global celebrities to unite citizens worldwide in working towards social causes.

1. Members: Mary Ann Issac Chandni Alwani Avishikta Banerjee ONE NATION. ONE WORLD

2. ‘ One Nation. One World’ envisions a national movement which brings India together for the common good. This fits perfectly into the mould of ‘Fun’ and ‘Meaning’, as the community is coming together to support their city and their favourite celebrity, while helping to improve the lives of the disadvantaged.

3. Meet our Mascot ZUMBA!

4. ONE NATION. ONE WORLD. We start with a NATION And by 2030, the WORLD .

5. ‘ One Nation. One World’ will organize challenges thrice a year that aim to improve the environment, decrease poverty, and increase education. We involve CELEBRITIES to be the FACE of the various teams! What’s different?

6. Why involve celebrities? In fact numerous people in the community will be motivated to take part due to their presence. The y add a great sense of excitement Promotion of our events in the media

7. ONE NATION India will be a super power by 2030 BUT…. India is still plagued with poverty and illiteracy.

8. ONE WORLD WE START OUR JOURNEY FROM INDIA

9. One week of FUN! Thrice a year! Numerous teams will compete to complete tasks that will involve making a difference. These challenges will aim to : Preserve the environment, Decrease poverty, and Increase literacy JOY OF GIVING WEEK [email_address] -> Fun educational challenges [email_address] -> Environment Challenges [email_address] -> Various challenges focusing on eradicating poverty EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT POVERTY

10. The challenges for the project will be carried out in a few cities in the first year. KOLKATA MUMBAI BANGALORE DELHI Once the tasks are carried out in certain cities we shall The following are the main cities we have chosen for our Project: Visit the same cities again next year And expand in other cities And hence achieve sustainability

11. First challenge in ‘ Joy of Giving Week’ TO TARGET POVERTY! WHAT CAN WE DO TO TARGET POVERTY? ->People living in a country like India do not have ACCESS to clean water. How can One Nation. One World help?

12. One Nation. One World can… -> Raise awareness about benefits of clean water during Joy Of Giving Week. -> A challenge shall be held where engineering students from all over India help in installing water pipes in the slums of the cities we have targeted for the first year. Who is participating? Each team will have 15 members 10 engineering students,5 from other disciplines What do they have to do? In 24hrs install as many clean water taps as they can. In 12 hrs make and deliver a presentation explaining benefits of using clean water to as many people possible. Getting as many signatures possible stating they have understood the presentation.

13. Second Challenge: Environment To help PRESERVE the environment we came up with a very SIMPLE plan. SO WHATS THE PLAN? Answer: To PLANT more trees!

14. What happens during this challenge? Teams consist of 15 people. Challenge lasts for 12 hours each for two days. During this challenge the team has to: -> plant saplings on designated road dividers and roadsides HOW DOES THIS HELP? ->This will also help reduce noise pollution . -> Increase the release of oxygen onto the busy and polluted roads of India’s many cities. &

15. Third Challenge: Increase literacy WHAT ARE WE DOING? A grand talent night will be organized across selected privileged schools. Money will be raised during the event by charging for entry , selling raffle tickets , and conducting a bake sale Every selected school will choose 4 students to compete for each area, making a total of 12 students : Debating: 4 students Singing: 4 student Dancing: 4 students WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE MONEY RAISED? The money raised by the night will be invested in installing virtual classrooms for the underprivileged and donating bicycles to girls in villages.

16. Recently we had the privilege to interview Mohit Lalwani ( a noted singer in Bollywood) First steps in making our project a Getting celebrities involved! We wanted to know if celebrities would be interested in our project. Therefore we asked him “If this were a real life scenario, would you be willing to support us as a celebrity?” His answer: “ Of course, I’d love to be a part of this project I am known to be part of projects like this.” We wanted to know if our idea is viable so we asked? “ Do you think more celebrities would want to get involved in such a project?” His answer: “ Many celebrities are taking part in such projects now, so it will not be a problem signing celebrities on for your project.” REALITY!

17. Stars can help us attract sponsors! As movie stars are associated with many different brands , it will be easier for us to get sponsorship for the different teams.

18. Many Bollywood stars have been heavily involved with different charities over the past few years. The famous actor Abhay Deol vouches for four NGO's, Video Volunteers, Butterflies, The Climate Project and Wildlife SOS. Young upcoming superstar Ranbir Kapoor was part of the NDTV Toyota Greenathon 2010 that helped raise money to provide solar power to 160 villages across the nation. Katrina Kaif is probably one of the few Bollywood stars to initiate brands into tying up with charitable trusts.

19. Celebrities lending a helping hand…. BEING HUMAN The Foundation is a registered charitable trust set up by Bollywood super star Salman Khan for helping the cause of the underprivileged . More examples of projects where stars have been involved before ….

20. NDTV Toyota Greenathon 2010 helped raise money to provide solar power to 160 villages across the nation. It aimed at creating awareness about environmental issues by involving the people of our country and celebrities to make a difference . The NDTV Greenathon Marathon Actress Preity Zinta helping cleaning up the beach in Mumbai Famous starlet Priyanka Chopra recently became the brand ambassador for this project.

21. FOR SPONSORS! We narrowed it down to 10 sponsors and contacted them individually via phone calls. After that we were called for a formal meeting With 4 of our sponsors. At the meeting we made a presentation for them outlining the main points of our project. RESEARCH THROUGH NEWSPAPER MEDIA INTERNET

22. People who agreed to sponsor us! Ms. Nanda Khanwani, director of Blue Fire Jeans in Germany agreed to sponsor our project..

23. Getting celebrity on-board Another actor who is known for his charitable side is John Abraham who strongly supports NGO Habitat for Humanity India, that runs a campaign for affordable housing. We were very privileged to get in contact with an actor of his stature. ‘ I love to be a part of the project because it is a great idea and initiative’. He concluded saying that we would face some hardships for sure but that overall he found our project fun and meaningful and that it should definitely be implemented . FIRST STEP TO REALITY!

24. In the interview with actor John Abraham , he had also mentioned that : “ …. genuine support from the political system would be a great advantage in converting your project into reality.” SO WHAT WAS OUR NEXT MOVE? TO GO INTERVIEW ONE OF THE POLITICIANS IN INDIA AND ASK FOR HIS VIEW Enters RAJEEV PRATAP RUDY the spokesperson for Bharatiya Janta Party political party in India. He agreed that it was a good idea to start on a ‘micro level’ first and then expand to more cities due to the obstacles we might face in every city in dealing especially with poverty. He also supported out main concept , which is about the youth making a difference. He concluded that he would support our project.

25. HOW WILL THE GRAND PRIZE MONEY BE USED? The Grand Prize money will help us start our project by giving us the financial freedom to Advertise Travel to meet sponsors and celebrities Set up office Support all other administrative expenses that we may incur. CONLUSION We aim at starting the project small by supporting the education campaign the whole year. In 5 years we will be able to support the education, poverty, and environment campaigns for the whole year. This project can be transported to any part of the world. This idea of getting the community involved with allure of celebrities can be applied the world over. Hollywood actors like Angelina Jolie and Demi Moore are known for their charitable interests. By the year 2030, we will have A-list Hollywood celebrities involved in our project, and then we will be able to keep to our namesake; ‘One Nation. One World.’