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School Name:RACHANA SCHOOL,

4. Project Title: LET”S INVEST IN SANITATION

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• To make our school free of litter & garbage.

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1. Name: SAHIL BOHRA 2. Team members names: Swastishree Bajpai, Ansh Ajmera, Kahan Shah, Isheen Agarwal

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Short summary of project • To teach the students abou• To teach them about the mportance of sanitation. • To bring about behavioural change in the stud

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rces of i ormation Yes/N Name some

Internet YES MAINLY MAIL AND GOOGLE People/Experts YES •

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jibhai slum, • school helpers

Municipal commssioner-mr.g.p.mahopatra, msolanki, dy.health officer,ahmedabad, mr.devendra bhai parikh of environmental sanitation instisugadh,

• Residents of kan

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People involved in the action project:

How many? How did they help?

Myself

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• PLANNING • IMPLEMENT• EXECUTION

Friends Team ys • Helped in doing surve• Spreading awareness • Holding different competions

Parents All • Permitting us to do the project Teachers All

urvey during class • Guidance • Permission for doing s

School Management All Allowing us to do the survey Others School

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elping and guiding us

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7. Ways in which messages were communicated

Means Yes/No About what? om the audience.

Remarks/Commentsfr

Write ups/stories (MS YES Documenting the results Word) Power point YES condition of

ool They were sad. Unhygienic

the schModel NO ------- -------- Artwork YES

compitition

Very enthusiastic Drawing compitition,slogan writing

Exhibition/conferences No ------- ------- Newspaper and other YES Mainly internet Very excited mass media Cleanliness drive Yes Cleaning school campus Very spirited

ealing with garbage and how to keep our surr n topics were:-

8. Linkages to studies in school this year Garbage in, garbage out, class-6,science text book In th l taught about dis esson we were mainly

ou dings clean. The main

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• Dealing with garbage • Composting and vermicomposting

garbage

• Plastics – boon or a curse

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e other bin is green in color used for collecting kitchen and other plant or animal wastes.

• ermicomposting”. In this we were told to supply

compost to plants so that the grow well.

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Our teacher also told about the importance of sanitation and hygiene in our daily lives.

• ht that paper is a

recyclable substance and can be recycled to obtain useful products.

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hen tics excessively. These include health problems such as cancer and other

problems.

ation mong people and that’s why decided to take up this project.{let’s invest in

sanitation}

The im

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• ing responsible citizens with

good habits and values which is helping in nation building.

• Think and then throw• Recycling of paper

The first topic was “dealing with garbage”. In this topic, we were taught about landfill and how to deal with some of the useful components of garbage.we were told about two separate dustbins provided by municipalities to collect different types of garbage.usuaone is colored blue used for collecting reusable materials such as plastics, metals and glass. Th

The second topic was “composting and v

The third topic was “think and then throw garbage”. In this topic, we came across varioutype of questions like “how much of garbage do you think, is thrown out by your house everyday?” “do you keep your surroundings clean?” “do you throw waste in dustbins?”

The fourth topic was “recycling of paper”. In this topic we were taug

The last topic was “plastics – boon or a curse”. In this topic we were taught that we should limit the usage of plastics and other non-biodegradable materials. They are very harmful to our nature and create a big problem in garbage disposal. Problems arise wwe use plas

All these aspects were discussed in this lesson which made us aware about lack of sanitawareness a

9. Environmental and social impacts of the project

pacts of my project are:- • There is a permanent behavioral change in the students.

The problem of sanitation and pollution has been solved in the school and the neighboring slum area which has helped in maintaining good health and clean and healthy environment.

• Sensitivity towards the environment has developed in the students and other people. As we students are doing this action project, our families and communities are realizing the impact of their action on the environment and are becom

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10. Global issues the project relates to. Do we think the project has any effect in addressing this issue?

The global issue that our project relates to is about sanitation and hygiene. It relates the global issue because as we spread garbage and don’t maintain cleanliness in our environment .this global issue is affecting many people not only in one or two countries but lot more than that. When we saw the students of our school littering the school, then we thought that school is our temple and we should maintain cleanliness in our school. That is why we decided to take up this project and first of all we did the survey of sanitation condition of school and the neighborhood area. As per the survey, we planned strategies. According to the strategies, we prepared and then presented charts and skits on sanitation. Then we organized drawing and essay writing competition on the topic “Need for investing} in Sanitation. We also organized cleanliness drive once in a week. Then we presented PPTs on issues related to Sanitation. We provided counseling to the students and created a group on Face book named “Rachana School Sanitation Club” so that we can make students aware about our actions.We also organized a visit of the team members and students of class 5 along with some teachers to the Environmental Sanitation Institute { ESI } [[ SUGHAD]]. We also organized an expert talk in the school by an AMC Official and ESI in charge. All the things that we did as a part of our project effected in addressing this issue. What do you wish you had spent more time on or done differently?

We spent more time on counseling the people of the slum and making them aware about the importance of sanitation and hygiene. When we first went to the slum for having a look and talking to the people of the slum about the sanitation condition of that area, we felt very bad and nervous. The people were hesitating but when we went again to the slum for the survey, we were more confident. The people of the slum were interactive during the survey and told many things about their condition in the slum. We got inspired by them because they were happy though they were living six to seven people in one room with bad sanitation facilities. That is why from that inspiration, we thought we need to do something much important for improvement in that area. That’s why we have sent a requesting mail to an municipal commissioner for making the sanitation facilities in the slum better.

11. Top successes or positive parts of the project The in th gs that we have considered to be our top success are that:-

• There is a permanent behavioral change in the students of our school. • The problem of Sanitation and Pollution has been solved in the school and the

neighboring slum area which has helped in maintaining good health and clean and healthy environment.

veloped in the students and other people. • Sensitivity towards the environment has de• The people of the slum interacted with us. • We could help the people of the slum by telling municipal commissioner about slum area

problems.

12. And also the most challenging parts. The mo ere to st challenging parts of our project w

• Counsel higher class students.

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• A few elder people of the slum area.

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ave done or we would do this pro t

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yself before teaching it to anyone.

to their castes. lems.

Last but not least I will help others.

Annexure 1:

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lass:-_____________ Date

. If a group of students had to do the exact same study what changes would wesuggest to them?

If a group of students have to do the exact same study that we hjec over again, then the changes would be the following:- • We would suggest to take societies of team leaders too. • And also other two neighboring society of each team leader. • We would also suggest to take around three to four more slum areas.

14. other life situations. Things we learnt that we will use in ng I learnt doing this project that I will be able to use in other situations a

irty. • I will not make my environment d• I will first begin everything with m• I will maintain personal hygiene. • I will be happy with what I have.

ording • I shall never discriminate people acc I will understand other people’s prob••

SURVE

ame:-___________________________ NC :-_____________

SAMPLE SURVEY SHEET 1. hat will be your reaction when you find someone not flushing after using the toilet? 

2. What will you do to keep your school clean? 

3. hat are your views on importance of cleanliness? Express with an example. 

4.  If you buy packet food, then what will you do with the wrappers? 

5.  you find anybody throwing the wrapper, what will be your reaction? 

6. If you bring food wrapped in aluminium foil, then what will you do with it?  

 7. xplain the term “Cleanliness is next to Godliness”. 

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 8. hat are your views on personal hygiene? 

9. Do you know what happens to the garbage after you dispose it? What?  

Annexure 2:

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Pre Campaign Survey 

chosen randomly } Number of students surveyed 32 students {

Aware about Sanitation but didn’t practice it 20 out of 32Students practising sanitation 8 out of 32 Poor Sanitation Knowledge 4 out of 32  

Post Campaign Survey  

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Post survey of the Sanitation Awareness among students

Great Sanitation knowledgeand practice it

Aware about Sanitation butdon't practice it

Poor Sanitation Knowledge

Number of students surveyed 32 students { same students of pre-survey } Aware about Sanitation but didn’t practice it 28 out of 32 Students practicing sanitation 2 out of 32 Poor Sanitation Knowledge 2 out of 32

 

STUDENTS FILLING THE SURVEY SHEET

DRAWING, SLOGAN AND ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION

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PRESENTING SKITS

HANDMADE DUSTBINS

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STUDENTS TAKING PLEDGE

CONSELLING STUDENTS

COUNSELLING SLUM PEOPLE

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DUSTBINS IN OUR SCHOOL

CLEANLINESS DURING THE UVA FEST {DECEMBER 2013}

OUR CLEAN CAMPUS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT

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