The children of GPS Mustaidpura felt that smoking cigarettes and gutka was harmful and causing diseases like cancer. They made display cards and codes to educate the community about avoiding smoking. The children went around the streets and shops to talk to people and shop owners about the dangers of smoking and selling tobacco products. They shared their awareness efforts with other children and felt happy that they could educate people in their community about keeping healthy and not smoking.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The document discusses the cleaning of the Mushartoli locality by Radiant International School. Students and teachers from the school participated in cleaning streets and alleys in the area to remove garbage and debris. The cleaning initiative aimed to improve sanitation and hygiene in the locality for residents.
Students at Kerala Public School in Burmamines organized a drive to help people suffering from leprosy. They felt compelled to help after learning about the difficulties faced by those with the disease. The students collected old clothes, medicines, and other useful items from classmates. They then donated these items to Hind Ashram, which provides support to those with leprosy. Both the leprosy patients and their families were grateful for the students' assistance. The principal praised the students for bringing smiles through their kind act of caring for others.
The document summarizes a case study conducted by students from Alpine Public School in Nalagarh, India from September 30th to October 6th, 2010 on disease prevention. The students spoke with villagers about common ways to prevent diseases like viral fever, jaundice, eye flu, dengue, and malaria by keeping their houses, roads, and drains clean, growing more vegetables and trees, and stopping waste from accumulating. They distributed pamphlets and raised awareness about cleanliness and sanitation practices to prevent the spread of diseases.
There was a large garbage bin in front of a school that was not being cleaned regularly. This caused foul smells and hygiene issues for the students and teachers. A rally was organized with 120 students, teachers, and volunteers to march from the school to the local government office holding signs and chanting slogans to raise awareness about the issue and request that the bin be cleaned regularly or removed.
The children of GPS Mustaidpura felt that smoking cigarettes and gutka was harmful and causing diseases like cancer. They made display cards and codes to educate the community about avoiding smoking. The children went around the streets and shops to talk to people and shop owners about the dangers of smoking and selling tobacco products. They shared their awareness efforts with other children and felt happy that they could educate people in their community about keeping healthy and not smoking.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The document discusses the cleaning of the Mushartoli locality by Radiant International School. Students and teachers from the school participated in cleaning streets and alleys in the area to remove garbage and debris. The cleaning initiative aimed to improve sanitation and hygiene in the locality for residents.
Students at Kerala Public School in Burmamines organized a drive to help people suffering from leprosy. They felt compelled to help after learning about the difficulties faced by those with the disease. The students collected old clothes, medicines, and other useful items from classmates. They then donated these items to Hind Ashram, which provides support to those with leprosy. Both the leprosy patients and their families were grateful for the students' assistance. The principal praised the students for bringing smiles through their kind act of caring for others.
The document summarizes a case study conducted by students from Alpine Public School in Nalagarh, India from September 30th to October 6th, 2010 on disease prevention. The students spoke with villagers about common ways to prevent diseases like viral fever, jaundice, eye flu, dengue, and malaria by keeping their houses, roads, and drains clean, growing more vegetables and trees, and stopping waste from accumulating. They distributed pamphlets and raised awareness about cleanliness and sanitation practices to prevent the spread of diseases.
There was a large garbage bin in front of a school that was not being cleaned regularly. This caused foul smells and hygiene issues for the students and teachers. A rally was organized with 120 students, teachers, and volunteers to march from the school to the local government office holding signs and chanting slogans to raise awareness about the issue and request that the bin be cleaned regularly or removed.
The Book Donation Team organized a free English library at a government Tamil medium school to help students improve their English skills. They collected English books through donations and videos to stock the new library. Students were given house points as incentives for donating books. Over the course of a week, team members and volunteers worked one-on-one with students, telling stories, explaining words, and having conversations to boost the students' English abilities and interest. By the end of the week, students showed significant improvement in their English speaking skills like introducing themselves confidently in English.
The Energy Saving Team presents on their project to replace incandescent light bulbs with more environmentally friendly CFL bulbs in a village. They discussed the project among team members and volunteers, surveyed how many bulbs were in each house, educated residents on the advantages of CFLs, and offered free installation. On the second day, with the help of volunteers, they changed all the incandescent bulbs to CFL bulbs in every house in the village.
The document summarizes a contest held by children at GPS Mewatipura school in Hyderabad, India to address the issue of child labor. The children identified that many local children in their neighborhood were working in nearby carpentry shops instead of attending school. To raise awareness about the problem, the children organized a rally where they visited carpentry shops and explained to owners and parents about laws prohibiting child labor and entitlements to free education. After their efforts, more children started regularly attending school again. The contest submission documents the children's experience with identifying the problem, planning activities to address it, taking action, and sharing the results of their work.
1) A group of 4th grade girls at GPS Narsireddy Nagar school organized a cleanliness drive at their school on September 23rd, 2010.
2) Seeing how unclean the school premises had become, the girls took it upon themselves to clean up their classrooms and the surrounding areas.
3) They divided cleaning responsibilities among themselves, sweeping classrooms, washing floors with detergent, and collecting and disposing of garbage, leaving the school clean and hygienic.
1) Students at Genesis International School had issues safely crossing a nearby national highway to get to and from school due to heavy traffic.
2) The students conducted a survey that showed a zebra crossing would help with road safety.
3) Over four days, the students measured and painted a zebra crossing on the highway with permission from traffic police. They completed the project despite heat and pollution.
The school celebrated a week of joy focused on environmental protection. As part of the peace club, students adopted elderly neighbors and help meet their needs. The school also educated students on biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste by installing three types of dustbins and teaching students to sort waste appropriately.
Students from a school in India visited a village school on International Literacy Day and were moved by its poor conditions. Dark classrooms, an overgrown compound, and dirty drinking areas needed improvement. Students organized efforts to clean the school, add lighting, paint murals, and donate books, uniforms and supplies. These small acts of service, done with love and teamwork, transformed the village school into a brighter, happier place where children wanted to learn.
The document describes a contest entry that outlines a school's efforts to promote healthy eating habits among students. The school distributed circulars banning junk food and implementing a daily snack schedule. Students created posters on healthy and junk foods. They campaigned around the school and gave assembly presentations on the harms of junk food. As a result, students started bringing healthier snacks and cakes to school. Parents also reported their children were eating less junk food at home. The school plans a food fair and guest lecture to further promote nutrition.
The document discusses the importance of cleanliness, both intrinsic cleanliness of one's own body through practices like personal hygiene as well as extrinsic cleanliness of one's environment, in order to prevent the spread of contagious diseases and epidemics. Maintaining cleanliness of both oneself and one's surroundings through habits like avoiding dirt and maintaining hygiene can protect health and the rights of living in a clean environment for all.
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.
The Book Donation Team organized a free English library at a government Tamil medium school to help students improve their English skills. They collected English books through donations and videos to stock the new library. Students were given house points as incentives for donating books. Over the course of a week, team members and volunteers worked one-on-one with students, telling stories, explaining words, and having conversations to boost the students' English abilities and interest. By the end of the week, students showed significant improvement in their English speaking skills like introducing themselves confidently in English.
The Energy Saving Team presents on their project to replace incandescent light bulbs with more environmentally friendly CFL bulbs in a village. They discussed the project among team members and volunteers, surveyed how many bulbs were in each house, educated residents on the advantages of CFLs, and offered free installation. On the second day, with the help of volunteers, they changed all the incandescent bulbs to CFL bulbs in every house in the village.
The document summarizes a contest held by children at GPS Mewatipura school in Hyderabad, India to address the issue of child labor. The children identified that many local children in their neighborhood were working in nearby carpentry shops instead of attending school. To raise awareness about the problem, the children organized a rally where they visited carpentry shops and explained to owners and parents about laws prohibiting child labor and entitlements to free education. After their efforts, more children started regularly attending school again. The contest submission documents the children's experience with identifying the problem, planning activities to address it, taking action, and sharing the results of their work.
1) A group of 4th grade girls at GPS Narsireddy Nagar school organized a cleanliness drive at their school on September 23rd, 2010.
2) Seeing how unclean the school premises had become, the girls took it upon themselves to clean up their classrooms and the surrounding areas.
3) They divided cleaning responsibilities among themselves, sweeping classrooms, washing floors with detergent, and collecting and disposing of garbage, leaving the school clean and hygienic.
1) Students at Genesis International School had issues safely crossing a nearby national highway to get to and from school due to heavy traffic.
2) The students conducted a survey that showed a zebra crossing would help with road safety.
3) Over four days, the students measured and painted a zebra crossing on the highway with permission from traffic police. They completed the project despite heat and pollution.
The school celebrated a week of joy focused on environmental protection. As part of the peace club, students adopted elderly neighbors and help meet their needs. The school also educated students on biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste by installing three types of dustbins and teaching students to sort waste appropriately.
Students from a school in India visited a village school on International Literacy Day and were moved by its poor conditions. Dark classrooms, an overgrown compound, and dirty drinking areas needed improvement. Students organized efforts to clean the school, add lighting, paint murals, and donate books, uniforms and supplies. These small acts of service, done with love and teamwork, transformed the village school into a brighter, happier place where children wanted to learn.
The document describes a contest entry that outlines a school's efforts to promote healthy eating habits among students. The school distributed circulars banning junk food and implementing a daily snack schedule. Students created posters on healthy and junk foods. They campaigned around the school and gave assembly presentations on the harms of junk food. As a result, students started bringing healthier snacks and cakes to school. Parents also reported their children were eating less junk food at home. The school plans a food fair and guest lecture to further promote nutrition.
The document discusses the importance of cleanliness, both intrinsic cleanliness of one's own body through practices like personal hygiene as well as extrinsic cleanliness of one's environment, in order to prevent the spread of contagious diseases and epidemics. Maintaining cleanliness of both oneself and one's surroundings through habits like avoiding dirt and maintaining hygiene can protect health and the rights of living in a clean environment for all.
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.