Design for ChangeDesign for Change Participants profile:Participants profile: Our SchoolOur School : Panchayat union Middle : Panchayat union Middle

School School Village Village : Vellur: Vellur Taluk Taluk : Polur: Polur District : Tiruvannamalai District : Tiruvannamalai State /Country : Tamil Nadu, India State /Country : Tamil Nadu, India Our Mentor : Govindharaj (HM)Our Mentor : Govindharaj (HM) Our Team : S.Baskaran – VIIIth STDOur Team : S.Baskaran – VIIIth STD

M.Kavitha - VIIth STDM.Kavitha - VIIth STD S.ChitraS.Chitra - VIth STD - VIth STD M.Magendran – Vth STDM.Magendran – Vth STD C.Viji - IVth STDC.Viji - IVth STD

We feelWe feelour project:our project:

Tree PlantationTree PlantationWe the students plan to We the students plan to

take part in eco-system take part in eco-system development. As a part of development. As a part of contribution from us we contribution from us we plan to mobilize near by plan to mobilize near by families to plant at least families to plant at least one tree per family. one tree per family. Because we found there is Because we found there is not much trees found in not much trees found in the village and villagers the village and villagers also not aware of the also not aware of the importance of trees and importance of trees and tree plantation. tree plantation.

ImagineImagine

• Plan to get self awareness and Plan to get self awareness and knowledge about importance of knowledge about importance of trees and tree plantationtrees and tree plantation

• Plan to gather required available Plan to gather required available support from relevant department support from relevant department

• Plan to mobilize villager support, at-Plan to mobilize villager support, at-least a family should plant and grow least a family should plant and grow one treeone tree

ImplementationImplementation• Some of our friends gather Some of our friends gather

information from information from agriculture department agriculture department regarding importance of regarding importance of trees and tree plantations trees and tree plantations and we shared among and we shared among ourselvesourselves

• Our mentor gave us a Our mentor gave us a announcement about a announcement about a scheme released by forest scheme released by forest department, that is department, that is government is giving government is giving sapling trees at free of cost sapling trees at free of cost and maintenance cost for 3 and maintenance cost for 3 yearsyears

Implementation ……..Implementation ……..

We all went into the We all went into the village and told to village and told to people about the people about the scheme and its benefits scheme and its benefits to each and every doorto each and every door

Implementation ……..Implementation ……..

• We took this We took this information to information to Local women self Local women self help groups and help groups and reached 5 groups reached 5 groups covering 62 covering 62 families in our families in our village.village.

ResultsResults

We plan to motivate a family We plan to motivate a family should plant and grow a tree at should plant and grow a tree at -least but what happen ? ……-least but what happen ? ……

Results ……Results ……• Out off 62 families 41 families came forward Out off 62 families 41 families came forward

and planted the 9850 trees in their own land.and planted the 9850 trees in their own land.• Now other people and people from next Now other people and people from next

villages also started availing this scheme and villages also started availing this scheme and doing the plantation. doing the plantation.

THANK YOUTHANK YOU

Grow more trees and prevent Grow more trees and prevent ozone from pollution to make ozone from pollution to make

better environment better environment