Stationary Scarcity....
(A story from Boisar, Mumbai )
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This is the first Design For Change story that we are posting and it gives us immense pleasure to bring to you this amazing story from Maharashtra. The way these children made sure that all the supplies were there on time and stacked to an adequate amount is what inspired us immensely. The children had to have a strong base of their academics also since this project involved a lot of math!!! I hope you enjoy reading this story as much as we did and do send us feedback on - mn13dfcworld@gmail.com
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It all started with the group project that had been given to children of Chinmaya Vidyalaya in Boisar.They wanted to come up with a great project and they did have a lot of ideas, but they lacked something extremely important. Can you guess what I am talking about? Well - stationary!!! You can have the world's best ideas and the most skilled people working on your team, but until and unless you do not have the correct equipment you cannot go about completing you masterpiece.Children usually have something that a lot of adults don't. It's the will. The will to do and reach excellence every single time and that, is what kept the kids going! The kids thought a lot about it and even interacted with students across the grades to find out if this problem was a common one. Brainstorming and coming up with solutions was the next step. They approached their teacher with the idea of setting up a stationary shop in school itself! The idea was taken into consideration by the teachers and the principal with a lot of enthusiasm and they were given permission with the condition that they would have to clean the space and set it up themselves... The trio set to work and roped in students from all the grades to help in setting up the shop.They went to take surveys from different classes regarding what material did they need and began stacking all of it up!!! Finally the D-Day arrived.Their principal had come for the inauguration and was really happy with the amount of work that had been put in by the children! The pride on the student's face was a reward enough for their teacher....They never expected this amount of turnout.All the students came to the shop to buy stationary for their project and congratulated their peers on the amazing work done by them.The shop was a huge success and the children had a sense of belonging and pride towards their school!
This is the first Design For Change story that we are posting and it gives us immense pleasure to bring to you this amazing story from Maharashtra. The way these children made sure that all the supplies were there on time and stacked to an adequate amount is what inspired us immensely. The children had to have a strong base of their academics also since this project involved a lot of math!!! I hope you enjoy reading this story as much as we did and do send us feedback on - mn13dfcworld@gmail.com
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It all started with the group project that had been given to children of Chinmaya Vidyalaya in Boisar.They wanted to come up with a great project and they did have a lot of ideas, but they lacked something extremely important. Can you guess what I am talking about? Well - stationary!!! You can have the world's best ideas and the most skilled people working on your team, but until and unless you do not have the correct equipment you cannot go about completing you masterpiece.Children usually have something that a lot of adults don't. It's the will. The will to do and reach excellence every single time and that, is what kept the kids going! The kids thought a lot about it and even interacted with students across the grades to find out if this problem was a common one. Brainstorming and coming up with solutions was the next step. They approached their teacher with the idea of setting up a stationary shop in school itself! The idea was taken into consideration by the teachers and the principal with a lot of enthusiasm and they were given permission with the condition that they would have to clean the space and set it up themselves... The trio set to work and roped in students from all the grades to help in setting up the shop.They went to take surveys from different classes regarding what material did they need and began stacking all of it up!!! Finally the D-Day arrived.Their principal had come for the inauguration and was really happy with the amount of work that had been put in by the children! The pride on the student's face was a reward enough for their teacher....They never expected this amount of turnout.All the students came to the shop to buy stationary for their project and congratulated their peers on the amazing work done by them.The shop was a huge success and the children had a sense of belonging and pride towards their school!
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