Thursday, December 20, 2018
Hot Chocolate River
Fun and games out in the open can offer a far deeper and meaningful learning than being always stuck inside the classroom, as we recently reconfirmed. About 20 children from classes 3-5 were split up in two teams for this activity called "Hot Chocolate River".
Each team had to cross this boiling river of chocolate without letting any of their body parts touch it. Instead, they had some paper plates on which they could step on and navigate their way with the condition that each paper plate had to be in human contact at all times, failing which it would "dissolve" in the river, leaving the team one less plate and so making the crossing tougher. The real catch in all this is that any one member of the team failing to cross the river means the whole team loses.
The kids began in a predictable way, i.e. looking out only for themselves and not for their teammates. Some kids were seen celebrating upon 'crossing the river' and had to be reminded that it meant nothing if the all others are not able to do the same. Soon enough, after a few false starts, the kids began to grasp what was really going on- i.e. if one fails, then everybody fails. Then began the strategies, team-work, motivating each other, watching over their mates and so on. 30 minutes into the game, both teams were finally able to 'reach the other shore'.
Later on, we had a discussion on the the visible inter-connectedness and inter-relationships between all things and beings using simple examples. The hope is that the kids were able to think beyond the usual framework of competition, self-centeredness, envy etc. and perhaps catch a glimpse of the possibility of there being another way of living.
Fingers crossed!
Thursday, December 13, 2018
हौज़ निर्माण कार्य प्रारम्भ बानपुर
Uttarakhand Youth Policy workshop
दिनांक- 26 व 27
नवम्बर 2018 को युवा कल्याण विभाग उत्तराखण्ड द्वारा युवा नीति निर्माण हेतू एक दो
दिवसीय कार्यशाला का आयोजन किया गया। कार्यशाला मे उत्तराखण्ड से उन संस्थाओ के
पदाधिकारियो ने प्रतिभाग लिया जो संस्थाये युवाओ के विकास के लिये कार्य करती है।
कार्यशाला मे युवा नीति ड्राफ्ट 2011व 2014 के प्रस्तुतिकरण,के बाद ड्राफ्टो पर
चर्चा तथा युवा नीति के मूल ड्राफ्ट बनाने की पहल पर विचार विमर्श, किये गये।
कार्यशाला मे समता का प्रतिनिधित्व एस.एस.रावत ने किया।
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Fund Raising at big Bazaar
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Brain 'Brake'
Sometimes, we drop all that we are doing, no matter how "important" we think it is and just lie down with our eyes closed, breathing slowly and deeply, listening to the sounds all around us.
The zipping and zooming train called brain needs some rest too.
