Dear Readers, Hello! In this issue, we celebrate small, unheard of and unsung victories of inclusion and innovation. On 29th April, the government of Kerala organised the country’s first ever transgender sports meet, which was a runaway success. At least 130 athletes belonging to the third sex participated in the event that was well appreciated by a good crowd of onlookers at the central stadium in Cochin. This comes after the Rajya Sabha passed the The Rights of Transgender Persons bill in April 2015, which sought to end the discrimination faced by transgender people in India. We salute this wonderful initiative. To read more, please click here. As much as we grow as a society, parts of our country still faces acute water shortages and problems. Lack of hygenic drinking water is one, which leads to many untimely deaths and diseases. Fortunately, a research funded by India-Canada Centre for Innovative Multidisciplinary Partnerships to Accelerate Community Transformation and Sustainability or IC-IMPACTS has invented a new low-maintenance water filtration system. Its “backbone” is “ultra-filtration membranes” for water treatment, which is a very fine screen that removes not just particulate matter but also large molecules, like disinfectants or herbicides and pesticides. It’s also “very effective in removing contaminants from water such as microbial pathogens like protozoa and viruses and bacteria.” It offers 99.9% efficacy in removing contaminants in the water. To read more about this, click here. Many people and children in the near future will owe their lives to this cross-country innovation. Isn’t it wonderful what collaboration can achieve? Desh Apnayen is very proud to be spreading this message to children and teachers all across the country. We wish you a strong and collaborative month ahead! Aditi Mehta Editor FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK DESH APNAYEN NEWSLETTER 21 th Issue, April 2017 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PARTNER SCHOOLS The Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai, organised a wonderful program on Women empowerment in the school assembly on 7th April 2017. It started with children of seventh grade performing a unique play on how God created women to be equal, full of His best qualities and not second to any man. Then, the children took us on a walk through history, beginning from Medeival times, when women were treated very poorly, to now, in a changing, more equal society. Following this was a presentation on the government’s role and steps it has taken to empower women by banning child marriage, and dowry, making them illegal. The highlight of the show was a ‘Role Model Walk’, a unique fashion show where four girls dressed as P V Sindhu, Kalpana Chawla, Arunima Sinha and Kiran Bedi spoke about their lives and talked about their achievements against all odds. The children also gave a heart-warming performance on the song “Tu chal” form the movie PINK. The message shared by the students after the play was that fact that fighting to ‘empower women’ is unnecessary as women are already powerful. The worthy fight is for equal opportunities and respect. We celebrate the spirit of our partner school and wish them much success in the future. Keeping their commitment to keep the environment clean and ensuring that each student grows up to be a responsible citizen, teachers of Pawar Public School, Chandivali under the leadership of Principal Dr. Madhura Phadke took three green initiatives to benefit us all. Children of grades 5-8 participated whole-heartedly. BE KIND: REWIND FOR RESPONSIBILITY Lots of little things make up good behavior, such as rewinding rented movies, not littering, keeping quiet when people need to concentrate, and returning library books on time. Make a list of small responsibilities. Then try to think of a situation in which you fulfilled one of the small responsibilities. Think of another situation in which you did not fulfill a small responsibility. Are the "little" things really that important? Why or why not? IT TAKES GUTS Imagine you're playing basketball with a friend. Some kids come up and take your friend's basketball. Create more specific details about this kind of situation, and then describe what you would do. (Discuss and role-play based on the additional circumstances students describe in their writing. Note that sometimes a person needs courage to walk away from a situation.) FUN AND GAMES Citizenship ideals sometimes conflict with one another or with other values. What would you do when peer pressure -- the desire to make and keep friends at almost any cost -- competes with your other ideals? DESHAPNAYEN.ORG © 2016 | PRIVACY POLICY FOLLOW US DESH APNAYEN SAHAYOG FOUNDATION 801, Dalamal Tower, Free Press Journal Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400021. Tel: 022 - 66381800 / 66381825 [email protected] [email protected] CONTACT US E-Waste is the fastest growing waste stream in the society today and is potentially hazardous to the environment and human health if not handled in a sound manner. for the same, the School has placed two Eco Bins in the premises. E-Waste from children’s and teachers’ homes, like computer keyboards and mouse, mobiles, chargers, batteries, pen drives, CDs, cameras, cables, wires, switches can be disposed in these bins. An agency authorized by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board will arrange to dispose the E-Waste in a safe and eco-friendly manner. COLLECTION & SAFE DISPOSAL OF E-WASTE The only thing one cannot recycle is ‘wasted time’. The entire school community got together and decided to recycle everything else for a better tomorrow. to make things exciting, the school declared a competition wherein children had to collect plastic bottles to win points for their individual houses. 50 points were allotted per 1 kg collection. This step motivated the students from Nursery to Grade 10 to earn that extra point for their house and resulted in the collection of 73 kgs of old/used plastic /PET bottles. These bottles have been handed over to Bisleri India for recycling. COLLECTION AND RECYLING OF PLASTIC BOTTLES On the occasion of World Water Day on 22nd March, 385 students, from grade 5 to 8 and a team of 20 teachers, participated in a Walkathon, which started from Hiranandani Foundation School and ended at Heritage garden, Hiranandani. Students walked enthusiastically, carrying posters, banners and raising slogans to make people aware towards water conservation. A pledge was taken to use water wisely and judiciously. MARCHING FOR WATER Beautiful collaborative victories for both schools, don’t you think? THE CATHEDRAL AND JOHN CONNON SCHOOL, FORT, MUMBAI. PAWAR PUBLIC SCHOOL, CHANDIVALI, MUMBAI Read these hypothetical scenarios below, pick one and provide solutions. Write them to us on [email protected] Best responses will win a prize! TRUTH IN FRIENDSHIP Imagine that a friend is going to do a comedy act in a talent contest. He tells you the jokes from the act. The jokes are awful. Do your tell him? If so, how do you say it? TEST YOUR COMPASSION You find out that a friend had no time to study for a test because she had to help around the house when her mother was sick. So your friend cheats on the test. What do you say to her? What do you do? Do you tell the teacher? RESPECT Imagine that you live near an elderly couple. Two or three of your friends are visiting you and they see the two old people. Your friends start making fun of the elderly people behind their backs. What, if anything, do you say to your friends? What might happen if your neighbors overhear what is going on?
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Dear Readers,
Hello!
In this issue, we celebrate small, unheard of and unsung victories of inclusion and
innovation.
On 29th April, the government of Kerala organised the country’s first ever
transgender sports meet, which was a runaway success. At least 130 athletes
belonging to the third sex participated in the event that was well appreciated by a
good crowd of onlookers at the central stadium in Cochin. This comes after the
Rajya Sabha passed the The Rights of Transgender Persons bill in April 2015,
which sought to end the discrimination faced by transgender people in India. We
salute this wonderful initiative. To read more, please click here.
As much as we grow as a society, parts of our country still faces acute water
shortages and problems. Lack of hygenic drinking water is one, which leads to
many untimely deaths and diseases. Fortunately, a research funded by
India-Canada Centre for Innovative Multidisciplinary Partnerships to Accelerate
Community Transformation and Sustainability or IC-IMPACTS has invented a new
low-maintenance water filtration system. Its “backbone” is “ultra-filtration
membranes” for water treatment, which is a very fine screen that removes not just
particulate matter but also large molecules, like disinfectants or herbicides and
pesticides.
It’s also “very e�ective in removing contaminants from water such as microbial
pathogens like protozoa and viruses and bacteria.” It o�ers 99.9% e�cacy in
removing contaminants in the water. To read more about this, click here. Many
people and children in the near future will owe their lives to this cross-country
innovation.
Isn’t it wonderful what collaboration can achieve? Desh Apnayen is very proud to
be spreading this message to children and teachers all across the country.
We wish you a strong and collaborative month ahead!
Aditi Mehta
Editor
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK
DESH APNAYEN NEWSLETTER21th Issue, April 2017
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PARTNER SCHOOLS
The Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai, organised a wonderfulprogram on Women empowerment in the school assembly on 7th April 2017.
It started with children of seventh grade performing a unique play on how God created women to be equal, full of His best qualities and not second to any man. Then, the children took us on a walk through history, beginning from Medeival times, when women were treated very poorly, to now, in a changing, more equal society. Following this was a presentation on the government’s role and steps it has taken to empower women by banning child marriage, and dowry, making them illegal. The highlight of the show was a ‘Role Model Walk’, a unique fashion show where four girls dressed as P V Sindhu, Kalpana Chawla, Arunima Sinha and Kiran Bedi spoke about their lives and talked about their achievements against all odds. The children also gave a heart-warming performance on the song “Tu chal” form the movie PINK.
The message shared by the students after the play was that fact that fighting to ‘empower women’ is unnecessary as women are already powerful. The worthy fight is for equal opportunities and respect.
We celebrate the spirit of our partner school and wish them much success in the future.
Keeping their commitment to keep the environment clean and ensuring that each student grows up to be a responsible citizen, teachers of Pawar Public School, Chandivali under the leadership of Principal Dr. Madhura Phadke took three green initiatives to benefit us all. Children of grades 5-8 participated whole-heartedly.
BE KIND: REWIND FOR RESPONSIBILITY
Lots of little things make up good behavior, such as rewinding rented movies, not littering, keeping quiet when people need to concentrate, and returning library books on time. Make a list of small responsibilities. Then try to think of a situation in which you fulfilled one of the small responsibilities. Think of another situation in which you did not fulfill a small responsibility. Are the "little" things really that important? Why or why not?
IT TAKES GUTS
Imagine you're playing basketball with a friend. Some kids come up and take your friend's basketball. Create more specific details about this kind of situation, and then describe what you would do. (Discuss and role-play based on the additional circumstances students describe in their writing. Note that sometimes a person needs courage to walk away from a situation.)
FUN ANDGAMES
Citizenship ideals sometimes
conflict with one another or with
other values. What would you do
when peer pressure -- the desire
to make and keep friends at
almost any cost -- competes with
your other ideals?
DESHAPNAYEN.ORG © 2016 | PRIVACY POLICY
FOLLOW US
DESH APNAYEN SAHAYOG FOUNDATION
801, Dalamal Tower, Free Press Journal Marg,Nariman Point, Mumbai - 400021.Tel: 022 - 66381800 / 66381825
[email protected]@deshapnayen.org
CONTACT US
E-Waste is the fastest growing waste stream in the society today and is potentially hazardous to the environment and human health if not handled in a sound manner. for the same, the School has placed two Eco Bins in the premises. E-Waste from children’s and teachers’ homes, like computer keyboards and mouse, mobiles, chargers, batteries, pen drives, CDs, cameras, cables, wires, switches can be disposed in these bins. An agency authorized by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board will arrange to dispose the E-Waste in a safe and eco-friendly manner.
COLLECTION & SAFE DISPOSAL OF E-WASTE
The only thing one cannot recycle is ‘wasted time’. The entire school community got together and decided to recycle everything else for a better tomorrow. to make things exciting, the school declared a competition wherein children had to collect plastic bottles to win points for their individual houses. 50 points were allotted per 1 kg collection. This step motivated the students from Nursery to Grade 10 to earn that extra point for their house and resulted in the collection of 73 kgs of old/used plastic /PET bottles. These bottles have been handed over to Bisleri India for recycling.
COLLECTION AND RECYLING OF PLASTIC BOTTLES
On the occasion of World Water Day on 22nd March, 385 students, from grade 5 to 8 and a team of 20 teachers, participated in a Walkathon, which started from Hiranandani Foundation School and ended at Heritage garden, Hiranandani. Students walked enthusiastically, carrying posters, banners and raising slogans to make people aware towards water conservation. A pledge was taken to use water wisely and judiciously.
MARCHING FOR WATER
Beautiful collaborative victories for both schools, don’t you think?
THE CATHEDRAL AND JOHN CONNON SCHOOL, FORT, MUMBAI.
PAWAR PUBLIC SCHOOL, CHANDIVALI, MUMBAI
Read these hypothetical scenarios below, pick one and provide solutions. Write them to us on [email protected] responses will win a prize!
TRUTH IN FRIENDSHIP
Imagine that a friend is going to do a comedy act in a talent contest. He tells you the jokes from the act. The jokes are awful. Do your tell him? If so, how do you say it?
TEST YOUR COMPASSION
You find out that a friend had no time to study
for a test because she had to help around the
house when her mother was sick. So your
friend cheats on the test. What do you say to
her? What do you do? Do you tell the
teacher?
RESPECT
Imagine that you live near an elderly couple.
Two or three of your friends are visiting you
and they see the two old people. Your friends
start making fun of the elderly people behind
their backs. What, if anything, do you say to
your friends? What might happen if your
neighbors overhear what is going on?
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