Design for Change is a program at Montessori High School in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India. The program encourages students to identify issues in their community and work to address them through creative solutions. Students are empowered to enact positive change through collaborative projects that improve lives.
The students at KPS MANGO decided to donate saplings to local residents to make the area greener and help the environment. They surveyed the nearby area and found few trees, so the students collected used milk packets to prepare soil and grew saplings. The students donated and helped plant the saplings, educating residents on care. This allowed the students to play an active role in environmental issues and gain confidence in contributing to change.
This document summarizes a week-long campaign organized by students of the Golden Sun Sankalp school to raise awareness about learning disabilities. The students shared their experiences with learning disabilities through presentations, posters, and pamphlets with other students, parents, teachers and the local community. They aimed to reduce the stigma and discrimination faced by those with learning disabilities. Through this campaign, the students gained a better understanding of themselves and learning disabilities. They also felt more confident after receiving positive feedback, especially from teachers and parents of other children with special needs.
The document summarizes a project by children at the Govt. Primary school Siddique nagar-2 to raise awareness about the harms of tobacco in their community. The children were concerned about tobacco addiction among families and wanted to educate their parents and relatives. They collected information on tobacco's health effects, prepared charts and photos, and gave presentations at home and on the street. Some parents realized their mistakes and assured the children they would quit tobacco, making the children happy their efforts created positive change.
Design for Change is a program at Montessori High School in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India. The program encourages students to identify issues in their community and work to address them through creative solutions. Students are empowered to enact positive change through collaborative projects that improve lives.
The students at KPS MANGO decided to donate saplings to local residents to make the area greener and help the environment. They surveyed the nearby area and found few trees, so the students collected used milk packets to prepare soil and grew saplings. The students donated and helped plant the saplings, educating residents on care. This allowed the students to play an active role in environmental issues and gain confidence in contributing to change.
This document summarizes a week-long campaign organized by students of the Golden Sun Sankalp school to raise awareness about learning disabilities. The students shared their experiences with learning disabilities through presentations, posters, and pamphlets with other students, parents, teachers and the local community. They aimed to reduce the stigma and discrimination faced by those with learning disabilities. Through this campaign, the students gained a better understanding of themselves and learning disabilities. They also felt more confident after receiving positive feedback, especially from teachers and parents of other children with special needs.
The document summarizes a project by children at the Govt. Primary school Siddique nagar-2 to raise awareness about the harms of tobacco in their community. The children were concerned about tobacco addiction among families and wanted to educate their parents and relatives. They collected information on tobacco's health effects, prepared charts and photos, and gave presentations at home and on the street. Some parents realized their mistakes and assured the children they would quit tobacco, making the children happy their efforts created positive change.
1) The document discusses a student project to address problems at a local temple in Tamil Nadu, India such as leftover camphor, oil spills, and kumkum thrown around.
2) Over 5 days, the students hung warning signs, cleaned camphor deposits from walls and floors, and recruited volunteers to help keep the temple clean and tidy.
3) By addressing these small nuisance problems, the temple's purity and appearance were restored for the benefit of visitors and future generations.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The document summarizes a school cleaning event at GHS Chandrayangutta school in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. The local community helped clean the school's water tank and campus. The community has committed to regularly maintaining the school's cleanliness. Five students participated in the cleaning: K. Rani, Maha Devi, Soundarya, M. Kirthi, and MahaDevi. The summary emphasizes teaching children the importance of cleanliness and maintaining the school's property.
The document discusses banning plastic bags and promoting the use of paper bags instead. It argues that plastic bags spread diseases when animals eat them, but paper bags are harmless and decay naturally. Students and teachers formed groups to raise awareness about the harms of plastic and benefits of paper bags through a rally and demonstrations at local stores, which led some people to start using paper and other alternative bags.
The student team prepared a first aid kit for their school in Tamil Nadu. The team collected Rs. 535 to purchase medicines for the kit after the existing supplies expired. They obtained a list of recommended medicines from a government doctor. The students have now placed the new first aid box with supplies in the school to help any students who suffer minor injuries in the future.
The document provides 3 steps to improve mental health through meditation:
Step 1 is to feel present emotions and notice tension in the body without judgment.
Step 2 is to imagine positive scenarios and how meditation could help reduce stress.
Step 3 recommends practicing meditation daily, focusing on breathing and letting distracting thoughts pass, in order to benefit from meditation's stress-reducing effects.
The participants from Russia organized an anti-drug campaign to warn young people in their small town about the dangers of drug abuse. They prepared a lecture and created posters and leaflets with information obtained from the Red Cross. They presented their campaign in their school, where students listened attentively. They hope to prevent drug addiction among youth and are proud of their work addressing this important issue in their community.
This document summarizes a student project called "Project Help Me Go Home" carried out from August 9-15, 2010. The project involved raising awareness and funds to help patients with Vertigo-Associated Injuries (VAI) through activities like selling pins and holding a charity car wash. Volunteers said the project taught them about making a difference and helping those in need. The students worked as a team, learned about their community's needs, and gained real-world experience through challenging yet fulfilling work.
Fifth grade students at G Ross Elementary School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania created a project to address the lack of safe bike paths in their city. They went through a four step process of feeling the problem, imagining solutions, taking action, and sharing their project. The students met with city officials, created a petition and letter of support, and planned a Bike Rodeo community event to raise awareness of the need for designated bike paths. Their goal is to encourage the development of bike paths in a new urban parkway to promote exercise and bike safety for children in their community.
This document summarizes a student project called "Project Help Me Go Home" carried out from August 9-15, 2010. The project involved raising awareness and funds to help patients with Vertigo-Associated Injuries (VAI) through activities like selling pins and holding a charity car wash. Volunteers said the project taught them about making a difference and helping those in need. The students worked as a team, learned about their community's needs, and gained real-world experience through challenging yet fulfilling work.
1. A small school in Siberia wanted to connect with the wider world but felt isolated due to its remote location.
2. The students came up with the idea to partner with a school in Britain to build international friendship and learn English in order to communicate globally.
3. Through initiatives like performing in song contests, writing letters to elderly homes, and online cultural exchanges, the students worked to make connections and help others while gaining confidence in themselves.
The students at School N1 in Birobidzhan, Russia worked to make their new school greener by planting flowers and plants with encouragement from their teachers. They grew window plants that made their classrooms nicer and the students from the 5th A form planted violets as gifts for their mothers.
This 3 minute YouTube video shows a man demonstrating how to tie a basic square knot. He explains that the square knot is useful for tying two ropes together of similar thickness. The man holds up two ropes and clearly shows how to tie the knot by first passing one rope over and then under the other rope, then repeating the process with the other rope to complete the square knot.
This 3 minute YouTube video shows a timelapse of construction of a large apartment building over the course of a year. Workers are seen excavating the site, pouring concrete and erecting steel beams to form the building's structure. Floors are then added one by one until the finished 14 story building is complete at the end of the timelapse.
This 3 minute YouTube video provides an overview of the key events in the life of Martin Luther King Jr., including his role as a leader in the American civil rights movement from the 1950s through the 1960s. It highlights Dr. King's advocacy for nonviolent protest and civil disobedience, as well as his most famous speeches including the "I Have a Dream" speech delivered at the 1963 March on Washington. The video concludes by noting Dr. King's assassination in 1968 and his legacy as one of the most influential leaders of the civil rights movement.
This 3 minute YouTube video provides a tutorial on how to tie a tie knot. It shows step-by-step instructions with illustrations and descriptions for making a basic four-in-hand knot, considered the easiest and most common tie knot. Viewers learn how to place the tie around the neck, pass the small end through the neck loop from front to back, and then cross and tighten the knot for a proper fit.
1) The document discusses a student project to address problems at a local temple in Tamil Nadu, India such as leftover camphor, oil spills, and kumkum thrown around.
2) Over 5 days, the students hung warning signs, cleaned camphor deposits from walls and floors, and recruited volunteers to help keep the temple clean and tidy.
3) By addressing these small nuisance problems, the temple's purity and appearance were restored for the benefit of visitors and future generations.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The document summarizes a school cleaning event at GHS Chandrayangutta school in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. The local community helped clean the school's water tank and campus. The community has committed to regularly maintaining the school's cleanliness. Five students participated in the cleaning: K. Rani, Maha Devi, Soundarya, M. Kirthi, and MahaDevi. The summary emphasizes teaching children the importance of cleanliness and maintaining the school's property.
The document discusses banning plastic bags and promoting the use of paper bags instead. It argues that plastic bags spread diseases when animals eat them, but paper bags are harmless and decay naturally. Students and teachers formed groups to raise awareness about the harms of plastic and benefits of paper bags through a rally and demonstrations at local stores, which led some people to start using paper and other alternative bags.
The student team prepared a first aid kit for their school in Tamil Nadu. The team collected Rs. 535 to purchase medicines for the kit after the existing supplies expired. They obtained a list of recommended medicines from a government doctor. The students have now placed the new first aid box with supplies in the school to help any students who suffer minor injuries in the future.
The document provides 3 steps to improve mental health through meditation:
Step 1 is to feel present emotions and notice tension in the body without judgment.
Step 2 is to imagine positive scenarios and how meditation could help reduce stress.
Step 3 recommends practicing meditation daily, focusing on breathing and letting distracting thoughts pass, in order to benefit from meditation's stress-reducing effects.
The participants from Russia organized an anti-drug campaign to warn young people in their small town about the dangers of drug abuse. They prepared a lecture and created posters and leaflets with information obtained from the Red Cross. They presented their campaign in their school, where students listened attentively. They hope to prevent drug addiction among youth and are proud of their work addressing this important issue in their community.
This document summarizes a student project called "Project Help Me Go Home" carried out from August 9-15, 2010. The project involved raising awareness and funds to help patients with Vertigo-Associated Injuries (VAI) through activities like selling pins and holding a charity car wash. Volunteers said the project taught them about making a difference and helping those in need. The students worked as a team, learned about their community's needs, and gained real-world experience through challenging yet fulfilling work.
Fifth grade students at G Ross Elementary School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania created a project to address the lack of safe bike paths in their city. They went through a four step process of feeling the problem, imagining solutions, taking action, and sharing their project. The students met with city officials, created a petition and letter of support, and planned a Bike Rodeo community event to raise awareness of the need for designated bike paths. Their goal is to encourage the development of bike paths in a new urban parkway to promote exercise and bike safety for children in their community.
This document summarizes a student project called "Project Help Me Go Home" carried out from August 9-15, 2010. The project involved raising awareness and funds to help patients with Vertigo-Associated Injuries (VAI) through activities like selling pins and holding a charity car wash. Volunteers said the project taught them about making a difference and helping those in need. The students worked as a team, learned about their community's needs, and gained real-world experience through challenging yet fulfilling work.
1. A small school in Siberia wanted to connect with the wider world but felt isolated due to its remote location.
2. The students came up with the idea to partner with a school in Britain to build international friendship and learn English in order to communicate globally.
3. Through initiatives like performing in song contests, writing letters to elderly homes, and online cultural exchanges, the students worked to make connections and help others while gaining confidence in themselves.
The students at School N1 in Birobidzhan, Russia worked to make their new school greener by planting flowers and plants with encouragement from their teachers. They grew window plants that made their classrooms nicer and the students from the 5th A form planted violets as gifts for their mothers.
This 3 minute YouTube video shows a man demonstrating how to tie a basic square knot. He explains that the square knot is useful for tying two ropes together of similar thickness. The man holds up two ropes and clearly shows how to tie the knot by first passing one rope over and then under the other rope, then repeating the process with the other rope to complete the square knot.
This 3 minute YouTube video shows a timelapse of construction of a large apartment building over the course of a year. Workers are seen excavating the site, pouring concrete and erecting steel beams to form the building's structure. Floors are then added one by one until the finished 14 story building is complete at the end of the timelapse.
This 3 minute YouTube video provides an overview of the key events in the life of Martin Luther King Jr., including his role as a leader in the American civil rights movement from the 1950s through the 1960s. It highlights Dr. King's advocacy for nonviolent protest and civil disobedience, as well as his most famous speeches including the "I Have a Dream" speech delivered at the 1963 March on Washington. The video concludes by noting Dr. King's assassination in 1968 and his legacy as one of the most influential leaders of the civil rights movement.
This 3 minute YouTube video provides a tutorial on how to tie a tie knot. It shows step-by-step instructions with illustrations and descriptions for making a basic four-in-hand knot, considered the easiest and most common tie knot. Viewers learn how to place the tie around the neck, pass the small end through the neck loop from front to back, and then cross and tighten the knot for a proper fit.
This 3 minute YouTube video provides a tutorial on how to make homemade pizza dough. It shows how to mix flour, yeast, salt, olive oil and water together to form the dough. The dough is then kneaded, shaped into balls, and allowed to rise before being topped and baked.
The children of Virinchipuram village took up the issue of cleaning the area around their learning center, Eureka Superkidz Centre, which was located in an unclean area with thorns, bushes and garbage. When their petition to the village panchayat did not receive a proper response, the children, with the help of their teacher, took the initiative to clean the area themselves. The document outlines the objectives of encouraging children's participation in community issues and debates, the issue the children addressed of cleaning around their learning center, and the action they took when the panchayat did not respond by cleaning the area themselves.
Children from AID INDIA Superkidz Centers in Vellore, Cuddaore, Kanchipuram, Krishnagiri, and Dharmapuri participated in cleaning up waste dumped near their school campus in Vempalli Village, Krishnagiri District. The children cleaned the area around the school, and insisted that people stop dumping waste there. As a result, the local community is now more mindful about not littering near the school.
Children from 66 AID INDIA Eureka Superkidz Centers participated in a Design for Change contest. In the village of Palavathimmanapalli in Krishnagiri District, children created awareness among parents about the importance of saving water by closing taps immediately after use to prevent wastage. As a result of the children's efforts, the villagers gradually started conserving water by following this instruction. The project was facilitated by AID INDIA.
The children of Manjakollai village in Cuddalore District participated in cleaning the local water canal. The canal was a secondary source of water for the village but had become polluted with weeds and plants, limiting its usage. When the village council did not adequately address their petition, the children took matters into their own hands and cleared the weeds and plants from the canal to improve water access for the community.
Children from AID INDIA centers in Krishnagiri District participated in a design contest to solve the problem of lack of electricity at the SHG building in Imadinayakanapalli village. The children petitioned the local panchayat about the issue since it was difficult for them to study at night. A team of 5 children - Nandhini, Lalithkumar, Bavani, Sathish and Kasthuri - worked with AID India representative Nagaraj and volunteer Poolakshmi on a solution to bring electricity to the building.
Children from villages in Vellore, Cuddaore, Kanchipuram, Krishnagiri, and Dharmapuri districts identified issues their villages faced due to a lack of proper street lighting. They determined which streets needed lights most urgently based on traffic. The children then prepared a petition signed by village members requesting the installation of new street lights, which they submitted to their local village council.
Children from rural villages in Tamil Nadu participated in a design contest to address issues in their communities. They identified that many children were dropping out of school in Kalingavaram Village. After investigating, they found the main causes of dropout were lack of motivation, inability to afford school, family responsibilities, and not understanding the importance of education. The children then visited the homes of dropouts to explain the value of schooling to parents and children. They provided incentives like books, slates and bags to motivate dropouts to re-enroll in school. The goal was to give children a voice in local issues and help develop their village through education.
Children from AID INDIA centers participated in a design for change contest to address the issue of scarce drinking water in Nedusalai village. They identified that the availability of drinking water was less than what was needed and people had to travel long distances to collect water. The children submitted a petition to the village panchayat during a gramasabha meeting highlighting the issue and importance of access to drinking water for health and daily activities. The team that worked on this included children Pavin Kumar, Saranya, Kalaivani, Ponnusamy, and Praveen, along with an AID INDIA representative.