This document describes a Design for Change project conducted by students at the Pratham school in Gomtipur, Ahmedabad, India. The students identified littering as a major problem in their community. Their solution was to create "Recycled Dustbins" out of old newspapers, glue, and colors to provide trash bins for their homes and classrooms. The students learned how to make the dustbins and then taught the technique to others. The project aimed to reduce waste in the streets while reusing materials to create trash bins in a low-cost, environmentally friendly way.

1. Design for Change
Name of school: Pratham
Address: Pratham Center, 1388/1, Moto Vankar vas, opp. Havada Rajpur, Gomtipur
Area: Gomtipur, Ahemdabad
School leader: Gauriben
Name: Sandeep solanki
Tel: 9558892089 Email: sandeep.solanki1987@gmail.com
Mentor teacher: Sandeep Solanki
Implementation Week: 25/09/10 to 02/10/10
Problem: Throwing wastes in streets and on road
Solution: Cleanliness Drive (Recycled Dustbin)
Student Team:
1. Patni sonal AGE : 1o years Grade: 5th
2. Patni Aarti AGE : 10 years Grade: 5th
3. Patni Vishal AGE : 1o years Grade: 4th

2. 4. Patni Sachin AGE : 11 years Grade: 6th
5. Patni Arun AGE : 1o years Grade: 5th
FEEL:
The students are asked to feel what the problems, they are facing from the time
they wake up till the time they go for sleep. They have defined many problems,
but the major problem was of throwing dust and wastes in streets and on road.
The people staying in street s and societies are throwing solid wastes out of home
on street or society road and even liquid wastes after lunch and dinner.
IMAGINE:
The students are then asked “how to solve this problem?” and then after
discussion with students, the solution has come to have dustbin at their
respective home. But as the program is basically focusing on implementing the
solution with minimum cost and resources, we, rather purchasing dustbin from
the market, we have decided to make “Recycled Dustbin” and make the students
to learn making such “Recycled Dustbin” and use this dustbins at home.
DO:
The students have been taught to make “Recycled Dustbins” with the help of old
newspapers, glue, water and some colors to make it look nice and colorful. After
learning to make “Recycled Dustbin” they have made such dustbin for their class
and dustbin for their respective home. After learning this, they have realized that
from simple things, they can solve very big problems. They have taught other
students and their friends to make such “Recycled Dustbins.” To make it work

3. further, we are planning to conduct workshop of making “Recycled Dustbin” in
streets where people can use such dustbins against plastic dustbins and can
march little toward saving environment from wastes and plastic use.