1. Five 5th grade students from GPS MufeedUn Niswan School in Golconda, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh participated in a project called "Design for Giving" to educate their parents about properly using electricity.
2. The students went to their parents' homes and showed how electricity was being wasted, then invited their parents to the school where the children demonstrated how to properly use electricity.
3. After the demonstration at school, the parents agreed to use electricity more efficiently and change their habits around electricity usage.
The students at GPS Maclodguda school in Secundrabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh organized a rally to address dirty drainage water flowing in front of their school. The water was preventing students from easily entering the school and was breeding mosquitoes, causing health problems. The students explained the problem to the local community and gave a letter to the GHMC corporater requesting help. The corporater visited the area and said the municipal department would try to solve the issue so the school could have a cleaner entrance.
The student team prepared a first aid kit for their school in Tamil Nadu. The team collected Rs. 535 to purchase medicines for the kit after the existing supplies expired. They obtained a list of recommended medicines from a government doctor. The students have now placed the new first aid box with supplies in the school to help any students who suffer minor injuries in the future.
The students organized an awareness campaign in their local community about the harms of gutkha addiction. They surveyed 230 households and found that 40% had family members who chewed gutkha. The students held a rally and performed street plays to educate residents. After their efforts, they found that almost 50% of previous gutkha users had stopped chewing. The campaign opened the students' eyes to the widespread problem of gutkha addiction in their own families and neighborhood.
The document summarizes a school's efforts to improve its midday meal program. It notes that initially children were not using plates or spoons and much food was being wasted. The school then began monitoring the program, planning meal quantities better, and taking suggestions. As a result, children now receive meals in an organized way using plates and spoons, clean up afterwards, and waste less food, with both children and management pleased with the changes.
A group of 24 students from class 8th at The Riverside School conducted an anti-tobacco campaign called "Jaano Jaago Jagao" from September 23rd to 30th, 2010. They created awareness about the health effects of tobacco by putting up posters, performing street plays, and conducting surveys in their school, nearby neighborhoods, a blind school, and public areas like markets and parks. In total, they educated around 2,500 people, including students, staff, Basti residents, and visitors to the zoo. The students were trained to understand the socio-economic factors contributing to tobacco abuse and how to communicate effectively about its risks.
The document summarizes a project by students from Namiyampattu high School in Namiyampattu Village, Tiruvannamalai, India. The students, led by their mentor Ravichandran, implemented a project called "Employment through School Beautification" where they gave employment to a poor local lady to maintain the cleanliness and beautification of the school. They addressed the students about the importance of a neat and clean school. They collected Rs. 2 from each student every month as payment for the poor lady. Their project was successfully implemented.
1) Holy Mother English School in Mumbai organized a health awareness program called "A Healthy Nation is a Wealthy Nation" from September 20-26, 2010 in response to monsoon related sickness in their local slums.
2) Students created informative placards on topics like cleanliness, mosquitos, malaria, typhoid, dental care, hygiene and exercised that they presented at health awareness camps in their school and local slum.
3) Over 100 parents and 70-80 local residents attended the camps where the students explained the health issues and importance of prevention. The program helped increase the students' own health awareness and behaviors.
The students participated in a project to remove poisonous gases emitted from vehicles. They visited a vehicle smoke testing center, observed the smoke testing process, and measured carbon monoxide levels in different vehicles. They then held a procession with banners and slogans to raise awareness about the pollution and health effects of vehicle emissions. The students were able to check local vehicles and observe cleaner air as a result of their efforts to address air pollution through this project.
Students from a school in Hyderabad, India worked to stop child labor in their local area. They searched for children working and brought two children, a boy working in a cycle shop and a girl living in a hostel with no guardian, into their school. Within a week, they enrolled the two children and ensured they attended school regularly. Their efforts created awareness about child labor in the community.
This document summarizes a design contest held by children at GPS Anand Basti to raise awareness about the importance of education and stopping child labor. The children formed teams and created banners with slogans promoting education and discouraging child labor. They then visited shops and homes in their local slum area to explain to shop owners and parents the value of education and government schemes that support it, as well as laws against child labor. The children's goal was to educate migrated families in the area who did not understand education's value and often sent their kids to work instead of school.
The document summarizes the "Inclusion Project" carried out by students at APL Global School in Chennai, India. The project aimed to address the feelings of alienation experienced by some students. It involved several activities over different steps, including a silent hour to sensitize students to those with hearing impairments, having students get to know a randomly assigned partner, wearing badges highlighting positive characteristics, and painting a wall with handprints as a symbol of togetherness. Feedback showed the project had a positive impact on making students more tolerant and helping them make new friends.
1) A group of 7th grade students at Fountainhead School in Surat, India discussed major problems facing the world and chose to address plastic pollution for a school contest.
2) They came up with a plan to raise awareness by selling reusable bags and paper bags, with the funds going towards bicycle donations for village children's education.
3) Over the course of a week, they sold over 1000 reusable bags and 600 paper bags at various locations, raising Rs. 30,000 which was used to buy 20 bicycles for village children's school commute. The remaining Rs. 6000 from paper bag sales was donated to a special needs school.
SVKM International School in Mumbai organized activities to promote cleanliness and recycling. Students were concerned about waste at beaches after religious festivals. They conducted a beach cleaning drive, collecting garbage from Juhu Beach themselves. The event was covered by CNBC TV18. Students also started a vermicomposting program to recycle kitchen waste from the school canteen by collecting food scraps and using worms to break them down into nutrient-rich compost. The goal was to educate the community about maintaining clean public areas and productively reusing waste.
The students of NML Kerala Public School collected unused plastic bottles from their homes to recycle them and reduce waste. They collected a large number of bottles. The bottles were then given to students from a nearby slum school to sell, providing income while ensuring the bottles were recycled. The school has a future plan to collect waste from surrounding areas, compost organic materials, and recycle non-biodegradables, providing work and income for slum students.
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.
A group of 24 students from class 8th at The Riverside School conducted an anti-tobacco campaign called "Jaano Jaago Jagao" from September 23rd to 30th, 2010. They created awareness about the health effects of tobacco by putting up posters, performing street plays, and conducting surveys in their school, nearby neighborhoods, a blind school, and public areas like markets and parks. In total, they educated around 2,500 people, including students, staff, Basti residents, and visitors to the zoo. The students were trained to understand the socio-economic factors contributing to tobacco abuse and how to communicate effectively about its risks.
The document summarizes a project by students from Namiyampattu high School in Namiyampattu Village, Tiruvannamalai, India. The students, led by their mentor Ravichandran, implemented a project called "Employment through School Beautification" where they gave employment to a poor local lady to maintain the cleanliness and beautification of the school. They addressed the students about the importance of a neat and clean school. They collected Rs. 2 from each student every month as payment for the poor lady. Their project was successfully implemented.
1) Holy Mother English School in Mumbai organized a health awareness program called "A Healthy Nation is a Wealthy Nation" from September 20-26, 2010 in response to monsoon related sickness in their local slums.
2) Students created informative placards on topics like cleanliness, mosquitos, malaria, typhoid, dental care, hygiene and exercised that they presented at health awareness camps in their school and local slum.
3) Over 100 parents and 70-80 local residents attended the camps where the students explained the health issues and importance of prevention. The program helped increase the students' own health awareness and behaviors.
The students participated in a project to remove poisonous gases emitted from vehicles. They visited a vehicle smoke testing center, observed the smoke testing process, and measured carbon monoxide levels in different vehicles. They then held a procession with banners and slogans to raise awareness about the pollution and health effects of vehicle emissions. The students were able to check local vehicles and observe cleaner air as a result of their efforts to address air pollution through this project.
Students from a school in Hyderabad, India worked to stop child labor in their local area. They searched for children working and brought two children, a boy working in a cycle shop and a girl living in a hostel with no guardian, into their school. Within a week, they enrolled the two children and ensured they attended school regularly. Their efforts created awareness about child labor in the community.
This document summarizes a design contest held by children at GPS Anand Basti to raise awareness about the importance of education and stopping child labor. The children formed teams and created banners with slogans promoting education and discouraging child labor. They then visited shops and homes in their local slum area to explain to shop owners and parents the value of education and government schemes that support it, as well as laws against child labor. The children's goal was to educate migrated families in the area who did not understand education's value and often sent their kids to work instead of school.
The document summarizes the "Inclusion Project" carried out by students at APL Global School in Chennai, India. The project aimed to address the feelings of alienation experienced by some students. It involved several activities over different steps, including a silent hour to sensitize students to those with hearing impairments, having students get to know a randomly assigned partner, wearing badges highlighting positive characteristics, and painting a wall with handprints as a symbol of togetherness. Feedback showed the project had a positive impact on making students more tolerant and helping them make new friends.
1) A group of 7th grade students at Fountainhead School in Surat, India discussed major problems facing the world and chose to address plastic pollution for a school contest.
2) They came up with a plan to raise awareness by selling reusable bags and paper bags, with the funds going towards bicycle donations for village children's education.
3) Over the course of a week, they sold over 1000 reusable bags and 600 paper bags at various locations, raising Rs. 30,000 which was used to buy 20 bicycles for village children's school commute. The remaining Rs. 6000 from paper bag sales was donated to a special needs school.
SVKM International School in Mumbai organized activities to promote cleanliness and recycling. Students were concerned about waste at beaches after religious festivals. They conducted a beach cleaning drive, collecting garbage from Juhu Beach themselves. The event was covered by CNBC TV18. Students also started a vermicomposting program to recycle kitchen waste from the school canteen by collecting food scraps and using worms to break them down into nutrient-rich compost. The goal was to educate the community about maintaining clean public areas and productively reusing waste.
The students of NML Kerala Public School collected unused plastic bottles from their homes to recycle them and reduce waste. They collected a large number of bottles. The bottles were then given to students from a nearby slum school to sell, providing income while ensuring the bottles were recycled. The school has a future plan to collect waste from surrounding areas, compost organic materials, and recycle non-biodegradables, providing work and income for slum students.
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 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.