1) Jain Heritage School in Hyderabad organized a "Joy of Giving" week to help hearing impaired children from AshrayAkruti.
2) Over the course of a week, the students engaged in various activities with the children such as playing games, workshops on handwriting, and a drawing competition.
3) Interacting with the hearing impaired children helped Jain Heritage students realize how fortunate they are and feel empathy for the challenges faced by the disabled children.
The students and staff of Tarapore School wanted to raise awareness about reducing plastic waste. They taught the sub-staff how to make paper bags. The sub-staff then made over 700 paper bags during their free time. The students distributed the paper bags to local shops and requested they use them instead of plastic bags. Some shops agreed to buy the paper bags, while others refused. The students were not discouraged and found other shops willing to purchase the paper bags. Their efforts helped raise money for charity and spread awareness of reducing plastic in the neighborhood.
The document summarizes the activities of Sadhu Vaswani School in Rajkot, India to create awareness of social responsibility in their community.
The school coordinated with other local schools on a "Design for Change" contest to address various social issues. Students discussed major problems in society and conducted a survey where they encouraged members of the public to take a pledge to make changes like avoiding plastic bags, not littering, reducing tobacco and vehicle use, and celebrating birthdays with underprivileged children.
Over a week, 650 students went door-to-door and to local shops to conduct the survey and received over 2400 pledges from community members to implement the suggested changes. They followed up after a few
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 alleviate symptoms of mental illness and boost overall mental well-being.
This document summarizes a project by students from Bombay Scottish School to educate illiterate people about the environment. The students set up a stall to raise funds and then bought school supplies and taught environmental lessons to children at a local crèche. They taught the children about keeping their surroundings clean and conserving the environment. The children enjoyed their visits and helped identify others who were wasting water. The students thanked their principal and Design for Change for supporting the project.
Students from the Little Flower School in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand organized an outreach program to teach 100 underprivileged children lessons of compassion. Over a week in September 2010, the students collected supplies and put on a program of dances, songs and games. They also created posters on health, hygiene, and the environment. The experience of helping others in need brought the students joy and helped instill values of sharing and caring.
The document discusses a project by students to help improve conditions for people living in slum areas. The students felt compelled to help after questioning why the poor live in such dirty conditions and why more is not done to help them. They took action by creating banners about hygiene, collecting donated clothes and distributing them to the poor, and interviewing residents. The project resulted in cleaning up the slum area and greater involvement from other adults to assist the poor community. The students were pleased with the impact of their work.
1) Jain Heritage School in Hyderabad organized a "Joy of Giving" week to help hearing impaired children from AshrayAkruti.
2) Over the course of a week, the students engaged in various activities with the children such as playing games, workshops on handwriting, and a drawing competition.
3) Interacting with the hearing impaired children helped Jain Heritage students realize how fortunate they are and feel empathy for the challenges faced by the disabled children.
The students and staff of Tarapore School wanted to raise awareness about reducing plastic waste. They taught the sub-staff how to make paper bags. The sub-staff then made over 700 paper bags during their free time. The students distributed the paper bags to local shops and requested they use them instead of plastic bags. Some shops agreed to buy the paper bags, while others refused. The students were not discouraged and found other shops willing to purchase the paper bags. Their efforts helped raise money for charity and spread awareness of reducing plastic in the neighborhood.
The document summarizes the activities of Sadhu Vaswani School in Rajkot, India to create awareness of social responsibility in their community.
The school coordinated with other local schools on a "Design for Change" contest to address various social issues. Students discussed major problems in society and conducted a survey where they encouraged members of the public to take a pledge to make changes like avoiding plastic bags, not littering, reducing tobacco and vehicle use, and celebrating birthdays with underprivileged children.
Over a week, 650 students went door-to-door and to local shops to conduct the survey and received over 2400 pledges from community members to implement the suggested changes. They followed up after a few
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 alleviate symptoms of mental illness and boost overall mental well-being.
This document summarizes a project by students from Bombay Scottish School to educate illiterate people about the environment. The students set up a stall to raise funds and then bought school supplies and taught environmental lessons to children at a local crèche. They taught the children about keeping their surroundings clean and conserving the environment. The children enjoyed their visits and helped identify others who were wasting water. The students thanked their principal and Design for Change for supporting the project.
Students from the Little Flower School in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand organized an outreach program to teach 100 underprivileged children lessons of compassion. Over a week in September 2010, the students collected supplies and put on a program of dances, songs and games. They also created posters on health, hygiene, and the environment. The experience of helping others in need brought the students joy and helped instill values of sharing and caring.
The document discusses a project by students to help improve conditions for people living in slum areas. The students felt compelled to help after questioning why the poor live in such dirty conditions and why more is not done to help them. They took action by creating banners about hygiene, collecting donated clothes and distributing them to the poor, and interviewing residents. The project resulted in cleaning up the slum area and greater involvement from other adults to assist the poor community. The students were pleased with the impact of their work.
This document summarizes a school project to raise awareness about addiction in their local community. [1] Students at KRS school in Madurai, India felt it was important to address rising alcoholism in nearby suburbs. [2] They organized an awareness campaign with activities at their school and in a nearby village, including rallies, plays, and speeches. [3] The campaign successfully educated over 200 people and the village president welcomed future programs, showing it created a positive impact.
1) Students went around their school collecting toys and clothes to donate to children at the Anganwadi center.
2) On the second day, students made posters and banners about literacy awareness to bring to the center.
3) Students visited the Anganwadi center with four teacher chaperones, donated the collected toys, clothes, and food, and sang nursery rhymes which made the children happy.
The document discusses a scheme launched by a government higher secondary school in Madhagondapalli, Tamil Nadu to instill a habit of savings in its students. The school motivated its higher secondary class students to join the scheme. 315 children out of 851 enrolled in the school joined the initiative, which aims to teach students the value of their parents' hard work and help ensure a happy future through savings. The school hopes to get full participation of all students.
DAV Public School organized an event to join hands with visually impaired students. The school arranged various activities and games to help visually impaired students experience and participate in different activities. This helped in promoting inclusion and sensitivity towards the differently abled.
The students felt sympathy for the poor conditions of stray cows in their community that were abandoned and neglected. They organized several awareness efforts, including a peace march with slogans about caring for stray cows, performing plays in public areas like markets and train stations, and collecting food to feed the cows. The document emphasizes that real change requires determination and a strong will to make changes in one's own life rather than just waiting and hoping for others to enact change.
The document discusses a project undertaken by students to raise awareness about abuse against women and female molestation. They visited a rescue foundation housing 75 abused women and children, which shocked them deeply. To spread awareness, they proposed a multi-pronged campaign using social media, websites, posters, pamphlets, badges, emails, SMS, and traditional media. The goal was to effectively educate the masses about this important issue through far-reaching means that could impact society.
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.
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.
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 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 document summarizes a school project to raise awareness about addiction in their local community. [1] Students at KRS school in Madurai, India felt it was important to address rising alcoholism in nearby suburbs. [2] They organized an awareness campaign with activities at their school and in a nearby village, including rallies, plays, and speeches. [3] The campaign successfully educated over 200 people and the village president welcomed future programs, showing it created a positive impact.
1) Students went around their school collecting toys and clothes to donate to children at the Anganwadi center.
2) On the second day, students made posters and banners about literacy awareness to bring to the center.
3) Students visited the Anganwadi center with four teacher chaperones, donated the collected toys, clothes, and food, and sang nursery rhymes which made the children happy.
The document discusses a scheme launched by a government higher secondary school in Madhagondapalli, Tamil Nadu to instill a habit of savings in its students. The school motivated its higher secondary class students to join the scheme. 315 children out of 851 enrolled in the school joined the initiative, which aims to teach students the value of their parents' hard work and help ensure a happy future through savings. The school hopes to get full participation of all students.
DAV Public School organized an event to join hands with visually impaired students. The school arranged various activities and games to help visually impaired students experience and participate in different activities. This helped in promoting inclusion and sensitivity towards the differently abled.
The students felt sympathy for the poor conditions of stray cows in their community that were abandoned and neglected. They organized several awareness efforts, including a peace march with slogans about caring for stray cows, performing plays in public areas like markets and train stations, and collecting food to feed the cows. The document emphasizes that real change requires determination and a strong will to make changes in one's own life rather than just waiting and hoping for others to enact change.
The document discusses a project undertaken by students to raise awareness about abuse against women and female molestation. They visited a rescue foundation housing 75 abused women and children, which shocked them deeply. To spread awareness, they proposed a multi-pronged campaign using social media, websites, posters, pamphlets, badges, emails, SMS, and traditional media. The goal was to effectively educate the masses about this important issue through far-reaching means that could impact society.
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.
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.
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 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.