This document summarizes a project by students at Panchayat Union Middle School in Thundalkazhani, Tamil Nadu to promote self-cleanliness in their village. The students identified that many villagers got sick frequently due to lack of cleanliness. They created placards with 10 cleanliness rules and performed a street play. They held a rally through the village to educate residents on the rules. The villagers responded positively and the students saw changes like more children bringing boiled water and washed clothes to school. The students felt they changed lives and were transformed themselves by the experience of helping others.

1. TOPIC : SELF CLEANLINES
SCHOOL NAME : PANCHAYAT UNION MIDDLE SCHOOL,
THUNDALKAZHANI,KANCHEEPURAM, TAMILNADU.
STUDENTS PARTICIPATED: ANITA, YAMUNA, UMAPATHY,
THYAGARAJAN AND MEGHANATHAN
MENTOR TEACHER : Mrs. RACHEL SANTHAKUMAR.
STEP 1: FEEL
* THE PROBLEM WHICH TROUBLED US WAS PEOPLE IN OUR VILLAGE GET SICK
FREQUENTLY. THAT EVEN OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN TAKE LEAVE REGULARLY.
* TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND THIS PROBLEM WE WENT TO EACH HOME IN OUR
VILLAGE. WE ASKED THEM THAT ANYBODY IN THEIR HOME GET SICK REGULARLY.
* THEN WE FOUND THAT SELF CLEANLINESS IS REQUIRED FOR EACH ONE OF
THEM.
STEP 2: IMAGINE
* WE DISCUSSED TO PREPARE FOR A RALLY HOLDING SOME
PLACARDS AND TO PUT UP A STREET PLAY.

2. * WE CREATED 10 PLACARDS.
1. BRUSH YOUR TEETH MORNING AND NIGHT.
2. USE SOAP TO BATH.
3. CUT YOUR NAILS REGULARLY.
4. USE SOAP TO WASH YOUR HANDS AFTER USING TOILET.
5. WEAR CHAPPALS OR SHOES WHEN YOU GO OUT.
6. DRINK BOILED WATER.
7. WEAR WASHED CLOTHES.
8. HAVE AT LEAST 8 Hrs OF SLEEP AT NIGHT.
9. WASH UR HANDS BEFORE AND AFTER EATING.
10. KEEP THE FOOD ITEMS IN CLOSED CONTAINERS.
* WE ALSO PREPARED A PLAY ABOUT SELF CLEANLINESS. THAT A
BOY WHO IS NOT CLEAN GETS INFECTED IMMEDIATELY AND TAKES
LEAVE FOR SCHOOL VERY OFTEN AND A CLEAN BOY WHO FOLLOWS
THE ABOVE 10 RULES IS FIT AND NEVER MISSES HIS CLASSES.
STEP 3: DO
* WE STARTED THE RALLY ONE MORNING TO ALL THE STREETS IN
OUR VILLAGE, SHOUTING THE SLOGANS WRITTEN IN OUR PLACARDS.

3. * HEARING US PEOPLE CAME OUT OF THEIR HOME AND STARTED TO
LISTEN US. AS CROWD INCREASED WE PLANNED TO GATHER THE
PEOPLE TO SIT AROUND.
* ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBER ANITHA STARTED TO EXPLAIN WHY
WE HAVE COME. SHE TOLD MANY OF US GET FEVER, DYSENTRY
FREQUENTLY AND THE REASON IS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW 10
RULES TO OVERCOME THESE HYGEINIC PROBLEM. SHE
ELABORATED THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 10 RULES. AND WE ALL SANG A
SONG
" WE SHALL OVERCOME WE SHALL OVERCOME
WE SHALL OVERCOME SOMEDAY
OH DEEP IN OUR HEARTS
WE DO BELIEVE THAT
WE SHALL OVERCOME SOMEDAY."
MEGANATHAN EXPLAINS THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY OVERCOME
THIS PROBLEM SOON. AS WE START LIVING BY THESE 10 RULES.
* WE ENDED THE SHOW BY PUTTING UP THE SHORT PLAY.
* PARENTS GATHERED THERE CHEERED US AND THEY ALSO
PROMISED US THAT THEY WILL FOLLOW THIS RULES.
* WITHIN A DAY OR TWO WE FELT THE CHANGE THAT OUR SCHOOL
BOYS AND GIRLS OF THE VILLAGE BROUGHT BOILED WATER WITH
THEM INDIVIDUALLY.

4. * EVEN IN THEIR POOR CONDITION MOST OF THE STUDENTS HAD
NEW CHAPPALS.
* THEIR DRESSES WERE WASHED PROPERLY THAN BEFORE. WE USED
TO CHECK EVERY STUDENTS NAIL WHETHER THEY HAVE CUT.
*THEY DONT BUY THINGS WHICH ARE SOLD KEPT OPEN.
* WE ALSO HOPE THE PARENTS OF THESE CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOL
HAVE ALSO CHANGED.
* We really did it!! At first we couldn’t believe it. But thanks
to the support of our mentor teacher and our school, we
changed lives.
* If we could change 4 lives in one night, imagine what we
could do in a week.
* How we were ‘Changed’
* Though we were going to ‘change’ others lives but we
were transformed by this experience.
* we learnt that there is nothing more powerful than to use
one’s abilities for the good of others.