A Design for Change Presentation of a project undertaken by the students of Shindewadi Mumbai Public School

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• SHINDEWADI MUMBAI PUBLIC SCHOOL
• JOY OF GIVING
• DESIGN FOR CHANGE
• BAL ANAND- WORLD CHILDREN WELFARE TRUST INDIA
• WHAT WE FELT
• WHAT WE IMAGINED
• PLAN and EXECUTION – WHAT WE DID

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4. SHINDEWADI MUMBAI PUBLIC SCHOOL
Shindewadi Mumbai Public School started in April 2009. The school
has classes in Jr. KG through 6th grade.
Shindewadi Mumbai Public School offers a unique program where
children learn through multiple intelligences.
Teachers assess students regularly and then decide upon a course of
action basing on this assessment data.
In the last two years, the Shindewadi Public Schools has invested in
parents as equal stakeholders in the school through monthly
meetings, a parent-teacher association, and informative sessions with
the parents.
In Shindewadi, we believe in the holistic development of our children
and a form of teaching which does not restrict itself to just
textbooks .
Everyone comes together to ensure high student
achievement

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6. JOY OF GIVING
The Joy of Giving Week is India's "festival of giving"! Launched in 2009,
the festival is celebrated every year, in the week including Gandhi
Jayanti, i.e., October 2-8, and brings together Indians from all walks
of life, to celebrate "giving".
Millions of people give their time, money, resources or skills back to
society- by creating or participating in "events" of their choice. A
giving event could be as simple as a family taking out the maid's
children for an ice-cream party, or as large as the Design For
Change Contest that had 200,000+ school children across India
participating and volunteering to make a difference.
Joy of Giving Week is a volunteer driven project and their motto is
simply to spread some happiness encouraging millions across the
world to spare sometime from their lives and contribute to greater
good.
Shindewadi will be participating in Joy of Giving Week in our School by
participating a Design for Change Project.

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8. DESIGN FOR CHANGE
Design for Change is the largest global movement designed to give
children an opportunity to express their own ideas for a better world
and put them into action. Children and adults learn through the
Design for Change Challenge that “I Can” are the two most powerful
words a person can believe. It enables children to assume
responsibility from a very young age and help bring about a change
in society.
Our aim with this project is to sensitize our kids to issues around them
and teach them the importance of sharing no matter how little you
have.
We believe it is this thinking and approach which will one day transform
them into unique adults.
For the Shindewadi Design Project, we have decided to help Bal Anand:
World Children Welfare Trust India.

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10. BAL ANAND:WORLD CHILDREN WELFARE
TRUST INDIA
World Children Welfare Trust India is a licensed NGO registered under
Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950, Orphanages and other Charitable Homes
(Supervision and Controls) Act, 1960 and Juvenile Justice (Care and
Protection )Act, 2000.
It was set up in 1984 to receive shelter and rehabilitate orphaned,
abandoned and destitute minors by the way of adoption. First Children’s
Home- Bal Anand was commenced in 1984 with 8 children in residential
care. Additional centres, Bal Ashraya and Bal Uday Shishu Greh were set
up in Nagpur and Bhandara respectively. About 20 special children are
under care of Bal Anand.
It is an environment that provides the child warmth, care and material
comforts of a home and family until an adopting family is found. Though
it is nearly impossible to find an adoption family for the special needs
children. Many of these children are being schooled at special
institutions – Sulabha School for Mentally Retarded and National Centre
for Cerebral Palsy – now known as National Resource Centre for
Inclusion- India.

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But sadly love while most
important can’t replace
material needs.

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interesting movies and cartoons
with them and show them
dolphins and other fish. I will
give them dolls. I can help there
minds grow.
The children of Bal Anand Ashram Preeti, Grade 4-B
don't stay with their family
members. Their family does not care about them. So these children
were thrown in deserted areas. The Bal Anand Ashram takes care of
these children.
These children need food, medicines, clothes and toys. We are
feeling upset as the family members don't care about these children.

13. OUR TRIP TO BAL ANAND
Bal Anand utilises close to 1500 diapers in one day. They have a long
list of monthly medicinal needs and hygiene products. Certain
medicines are patient specific and others come under the category
of general everyday needs. Similarly, they cook 3 healthy meals a
day for 54 kids.
Additionally, the new born babies need specific baby food. There is also
an immense requirement of clothes, toys and stationery. In today’s
day and age where it is hard to raise one child Bal Anand is
providing for 54.

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H AT We spoke about the issue of
the kids at Bal Anand
W during circle time in school
and asked the students as
to what they imagined
about the issue. Here are
some of the responses from
the children about how they
wanted to go about the task
of giving joy to the
orphanage kids.

16. OUR STUDENTS’ GOALS TOWARDS THE PROJECT
In the orphanage there are 54 children. Bal Anand is a place for children who have
In the orphanage 20 children are lost their parents. It is an orphanage. In Bal
mentally challenged. There are small Anand there are 54 kids. Bal Anand is in
babies who are born and their parents Chembur. They need Dettol Bottles, diapers,
leave them alone. There was a girl who food and medicines. We can save and
was thrown in a dustbin and all rats bit collect money and give it to the owner of
her. Her name is Pari and she is very Baal Anand. We can tell good things to
beautiful. There are 2 boys whose children in Bal Anand and help them.
parents left them alone. They are
brothers. Aditya, 4-B
We are helping Bal Anand in Chembur. They
need love, friends, parents, toys, medicines,
They need many medicines, clothes and fruits and vegetables. They need our help.
all other important things. We can help There are big people who take care f the 54
them by giving them handwash, clothes, children. It is so difficult to cook for so
medicines and food and we can get the many children. They need money to bring
money by collecting it. We can ask big things for the children of Bal Anand. We are
company managers to help us. going o collect this money.
Afreen Sheikh, 4-B Simraan Rathod, 4-A

17. OUR STUDENTS’ GOALS TOWARDS THE PROJECT
Joy of Giving makes us and the person Some kids at Bal Anand don't speak, some
who is getting feel very happy. cannot see and some can't walk. Their
There is an orphanage named Bal parents have left them in dustbins. People
Anand.It is for those children whose who see them crying bring them to the Bal
parents Anand Ashram which is an orphanage.
have left them in dustbins or on Joy of giving happens on 2nd October which
streets.Bal Anand takes care of these is Gandhi Jayanti. So on this day we want to
children.These children are facing help them by giving them good food.
different problems.
Some are physically challenged,some are Purvi Grade 6
blind.There is a girl named Pari who is We are from Akanksha Shindewadi
very beautiful but she was bitten by Mumbai Public School and want to
rats.Let us do something good for them help kids at Bal Anand Ashram
on our National Father (Gandhiji's) children at Bal Anand Ashram don't
birthday. have their own family. They were
thrown
Priyanka Grade 6 away and there was no one to take
care of them. One of them Pari, was
thrown in a dustbin. They need good
food. They don't have what we have.I
think we should help them.
I want them to be healthy.
Sejal - Grade 6

18. WE CAME UP WITH A LIST OF THINGS THAT BAL ANAND NEEDED…
Book
Book Medicin
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Toys
Toys
Stationa
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Hygiene
Hygiene Diapers
Diapers Baby
Baby
Products
Products Food
Food

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20. EXECUTION
TO EXECUTE OUR PROJECT WE:
1. WE APPROACHED VARIOUS CORPORATES, SCHOOLS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH A
PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTING THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF BAL ANAND SUCH AS –
- MEDICINES
- DIAPERS AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS
- BOOKS, TOYS AND STATIONARY
- FOOD AND BABY FOOD
2. IN ORDER TO COMPILE THIS PRESENTATION, WE ENCOURAGED OUR CHILDREN
TO WRITE LETTERS FOR THE SAME. OUT OF A POOL OF LETTERS, THE BEST ONES
WERE CHOSEN AND INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION.
3. THE CHILDREN TOOK THE INITIATIVE TO INVOLVE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY FOR
COLLECTING THE VARIOUS ITEMS REQUIRED.
(Many students spoke to their parents about the issue, some of them sacrificed their
toys to collect money for the lesser privileged kids.)

21. OUR RESULTS
1. VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY CONTRIBUTED
GENEROUSLY TOWARDS OUR CAUSE, AND WITH THE EFFORTS OF
OUR CHILDREN, WE RAISED A TOTAL OF INR 40,000.
2. AMONGST THE CORPORATES, KENITH AND LAW DECIDED TO
SUPPORT US IMMENSELY AND COLLECTED FROM ALL OF THEIR
EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT “The Joy of Giving” WEEK, AND ENABLED
US TO DONATE TO BAL ANAND IN KIND.
3. THE CHILDREN COLLECTED INR 208 FROM THEIR LOCAL
COMMUNITY.
THE FAMILY OF TWO OF THE STUDENTS CANCELLED A TRIP TO A
FAIR, AND CHOSE TO DONATE THE MONEY FOR DIAPERS IN STEAD.
4. TO THE EXCITEMENT OF ALL OF OUR KIDS, WE FINALLY BROUGHT
THIS PROJECT TO AN END BY SPENDING A DAY AT BAL ANAND.
THE LUNCH FOR THIS DAY WAS ALSO SPONSORED BY ONE OF OUR
KIND DONORS. IT WAS INDEED THE PERFECT END TO MAKE OUR
CHILDREN UNDERSTAND THE JOY OF GIVING.

26. HOW WE FELT POST DFC – STUDENTS VIEW
While on our way back home from Bal-Anand our students had
a transformed self. Here are some of the views of the
students.
Rohit ,a grade 6 student was very upset seeing kids being
abandoned by parents and felt that some strict measures
need to be taken
Sejal ,a grade 6 student felt it was disappointing to see the
girl-child being left by their parents, she also wanted to
celebrate her birthday with the kids.
Avantika, a grade 4 student too felt that we all need to share
joy with the kids and spend time with them.
Afreen, a grade 4 student wanted to celebrate her special
moments with the orphanage kids.

27. THANK YOU
ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT:
SHAMAYITA CHOUDHURY
EMAIL- shamayita.choudhury2012@teachforindia.org
Phone- 9930303735
NAMRATA SHARMA
EMAIL- namrata.sharma2012@teachforindia.org
Phone- 9930148397
CHANDRIKA SHENOY
EMAIL- chandrika.shenoy2012@teachforindia.org
Phone- 9479846965