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Showing posts with label Initiative. Show all posts
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Light a Lamp

Posted In: , . By Srik

India, with all its vastness, richness, cultural vibrancy, geographical varieties, famed democratic living, bears the brunt of evils those have become a part of living here, over the age.

The evils that haunt the country are caste system, racial differences, linguistic divide, corruption, bureaucracy, crime against women, the ever growing rich-poor differences, communal violence, notoriety of terrorism, unhygienic living, child labour, female feticide, unemployment and most importantly people driven to terrorist and anti-national activities due to lack of opportunities.

Amidst all these happening, an average Indian is getting more aware of the ill-effects of these evils, and he actually acknowledges that there is only one solution to all of these. The solution is educating each and every child of the land, and that basic education will ensure at least the coming generations will live in harmony and bring glory to the country.

Education is that basic commodity which is very important order of the day today and is unattainable to many children. In spite of free offer and much effort by the Governments, we have many children who are dragged out of the school. Whenever we see children around the traffic signals in cities begging for money/food or selling ear buds/ balloons, one’s heart boils and tears with the question where the country is heading. The children who are offered jobs at hotels as plate cleaners and in mechanic shops as assistants, etc are fast growing into adolescent with no particular job in hands and are vulnerable to lucrative business of suicide bombings.

Such a danger on our hands, we are dreaming slowly of making India a super power. Is that possible with half of its population not knowing how to read and write? Is the education offered in the Government schools of good quality that helps realize the goal of India rising? Instead of asking just the questions, Dhwani tries to find answers to them as well.

With a dream of seeing educated India, crime free India, literate India, self sustained India, Dhwani, a raising voice, works towards empowering schools to provide quality education, being magnetic to the children as well.

A child getting quality education will be an asset to the nation, and will generate the flame of knowledge to many more. It flows continuous. Dhwani believes in sharing of knowledge, time, energy, effort and material for such divine task.

We invite everyone to take part in the drive and help us help India better.

Schools identified for the purpose:

  1. Maruthi Primary School, near Kanakapura Road, Bangalore.
  2. Govt. Primary school, Gangapura, near Kolar.

Events to be organised:

  1. Distribution of note books, stationery, uniforms
  2. Organising awareness camps on hygienic environs
  3. Organising free health checkup camps for the children
  4. Conducting classes on various chapters, including computer basics, spoken English, crafts, arts etc
  5. Conducting seminars, debates, and sports and acknowledging the students of their talents and what they can be to the society
  6. Planting saplings around the school premises and educating the children to adopt a close to environment life.

You are free to add and help us implement more points to the events to be conducted.

What you can do to turn the dream into reality:

  1. Donate generously to team Dhwani. Visit Dhwani site at http://teamdhwani.blogspot.com/ or drop in a mail to dhwani dot org at gmail dot com for more details.
  2. Be a member volunteer of Dhwani and take part in all of the events organised.
  3. Be a moral support to the school management by devoting time towards executing the mentioned programmes.

Team Dhwani.

"The trees come up to my window like the yearning voice of the dumb earth" ~ Rabindranath Tagore
Trees, a major entity that keeps life afloat on this wonderful planet, and as Rabindranath Tagore puts it, trees are the messengers of Mother Earth. A tree can nest thousands of birds, shade hundreds of people from the harsh Sun, feed countless number of animals. A tree can host many animals like squirrels and monkeys, can feed millions of insects with its floral nectar. Fruits grown here were the saviors for over an age in human history. Brings rain — "The elixir of life".

Such a part of our lives, the most cherished friends of our neighborhood, are a whisker away from getting out of sink with the brimming artificialities. Man is cutting them in order to build a space for him to survive, build roads over their gory, carving them to make fashionable furniture to his vanity living rooms.

Papers we use, gum we utilize, bags that we carry, carpets that we walk on, beds that we sleep on… clothes those we wear. All come from trees!

Remember, Trees ask very little from us but gives plenty in return.

What it is asking right now is to not to fell them, to grow them in abundance for the humanity to cherish on earth. What is required today is a green avenue, rather than an AC room. What we need is a plant in front of a house than a garage for a car that is seldom used.

What makes us happy when we sit lonely is a cuckoo’s voice from the window, smell of a lovely flower from just besides the house. For this sheer joy, we need trees. Let’s grow them.

Yes, friends, we need to grow them in abundance to give life another chance to survive on Earth, give another chance to Earth to evolve. I invite you to join hands in this great drive of planting trees in and around Bangalore this World Environment Day.

Dhwani, a raising voice, an NGO committed for a greener and peaceful Bangalore, is organizing a massive tree plantation drive to plant 10,000 trees in various locations in and around Bangalore starting 1st of June, 2008. Dhwani invites each and every one of you to come forward, be a part of this initiative, and feel blessed by Mother Nature.

Details of the Programme:

Project : Green drive.
Date : Starting June 1st 2008.
Time : 9.00 am
Venue : Jadigenahalli
Landmark : Near Hosakote circle.
Directions : Take Old madras road (towards kolar)

In phase one - this June 1st, we are planning to plant at least 500 plants to grow and branch out with an idea of providing shelter and food to many local birds and mammals. We will plant fruit bearing, flower bearing and big trees for birds to nest.

PFA & Dhwani
PFA Bangalore has come forward to give place to at least 500 plants to grow and branch out with an idea of providing shelter and food to many local birds and mammals. PFA will plant fruit bearing, flower bearing and big trees for birds to nest. Trees will display a sign board of the one who adopts, be it an individual, company, Family, school or college.
PFA will issue a certificate to the volunteer for adopting the trees. The amount paid by volunteers will be used to pay for watering the plants in summer/Manure/Pesticide/Wages for the Gardener.

How one can contribute:

* Come join us & be part of the team
* Adopt a tree in PFA by paying 160 Rs towards PFA. Cheque/DD in favor of People for Animals, Bangalore.
* You can also donate and adopt the plants through Team Dhwani.
For more details drop in a line to - dhwani dot mail at gmail dot com.

~ Srikanth Prabhakar

Photo courtesy: Prashanth M

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