The document summarizes efforts by the Rural Institute for Community Education's Adopting Village Program to make Kariyanapalyam village in India tobacco-free and more hygienic. Through street plays, poster exhibitions, pamphlet distributions, and village cleanings, the program aimed to raise awareness of tobacco's health risks and promote cleaner living. It worked to change villagers' mindsets about using tobacco and cleanliness, and helped participants understand how to remain tobacco-free and move to action on quitting. The collaborative efforts of the institute and villagers, through various awareness campaigns and cleanups, successfully transformed the community.

1. Rural Institute for Community Education
Mathagondapalli Model School
Inclusion -“Expanding boundaries”
Adopting Village –Kariyanapalyam
Adopting a Village Program

2. •Changed the mentality of the people
not to use tobacco
• Changed the mentality of the people to
live in neat and hygienic environment

3. •Prepared the participants to identify their own best
ways to quit using tobacco
•Transformed participants to move forward in action
stage of quitting tobacco

4. •Made the participants to understand how to remain
tobacco free

5. We feel to make a change to
that community by making the
village a tobacco free village.

6. We feel to make a change to
that community by making the
village a tobacco free village.

7. Also the people where living in a
non hygienic environment
where there are more
possibility for spreading of
contagious diseases

8. We did street play to make an
awareness program on the risk of
usage of tobacco. We displayed
posters and pamphlet of the people
who suffer with the usage of tobacco
and exhibit to the villagers

9. Posters and pamphlet the villagers were directly conscious
on the risk of tobacco usage.

10. Organized a health camp with the help of NGO’s RICE
and TdH-NL Vidyaniketan

11. Cleaning the village the villagers offered their brooms, spade
other cleaning materials and they also volunteered to help

12. The change was possible by the street play, poster exhibition, pamphlet
distribution, cleaning of the village premises and more over the kind and
benevolent approach.