1. ‘DESIGN FOR CHANGE’
LET’S UNITE TO HELP

2. A COMMUNITY PROJECT
Class 5 children of
Hari Shree Vidyalayam
take up the
„Design for Change‟
challenge as their
community project for
the year 2011-12

3. SEPTEMBER 01,2011
Children are oriented to the
project and are encouraged to
look around to identify a
problem faced by the
community which they would
want to see solved

4. STEP 1 : IDENTIFYING THE PROBLEM
Hari Shree Vidyalayam shares a compound
wall on the eastern side with a Government
School, Sigapi Ramaswamy Primary School.
HSV children notice that the children seem to
be undernourished and underfed.
HSV children want to bring about a change….

5. BRAINSTORMING…
Having identified the problem, the 90 children of class 5 come
together to brainstorm and find practical solutions.
Innumerous ideas and suggestions come up..
They realise that all suggestions are not practical and so they
come up with the following guidelines:
Look for
 Workable simple solutions
 Sustainable and practical solutions
 Ideas which do not take up too much time and effort

6. CHILDREN CAME UP WITH MANY IDEAS…
 Host fund raisers
 Grow a kitchen garden
 Collect old newspapers and sell them
 Donation drive
 Collect a handful of rice/dal every week from all the students of HSV
 Engage in art/craft to create interesting items which can be auctioned
 Host carnivals / Fun-fairs
 Visit corporates and look for sponsorship
 Share food with the children on special days like birthdays
 Khari- kamaii or doing odd jobs to earn a few rupees
 Creating greeting cards for special occasions and selling them
 Making paper bags and selling them

7. MAIL SENT TO PARENTS….8TH SEPT
Dear Parent,
As part of the community project, the class V children will be participating in an inter school
challenge, Design for Change – a movement of change where children are designing solutions
for a better future.
This challenge is designed to give children opportunity to express their own ideas for a better
world and put them into action. Children and adults learn that “I Can” are the two most powerful
words a person can believe. The challenge asks students to do four very simple things:
Feel
Imagine
Do
Share
We have identified a problem in the school nearby. Most children in the neighbouring Govt.
primary school come from a meager background. Though most children come under the noon
meal scheme, it has been noticed that the children often come to school without a proper
breakfast. Most children are sent to school on an empty stomach and the noon meal that is
served at 12.30 pm seems to be the only meal for the day. Some children have to even skip
dinner.
Hunger pangs in the morning show up as a deterrent to any learning that is expected in school.
Hari Shree has been sponsoring breakfast for 51 children for the time being. Since this cannot be
sustained for a longer period, we are looking for a long term solution for atleast a year.
We are planning to orient the children as soon as they return from their vacation.
Looking forward to finding a lasting solution.
Warm Regards
Class 5 Teachers

8. POSTER MAKING… 12TH SEPT
Children prepared posters to
create awareness on the issue.
These posters were displayed
around the school.

9. A sample
poster….

10. STEP 2 : FEEL
HSV children visit Sigappi Primary School
and interact with the children.
Post-visit discussion in HSV:
 Noon meals sponsored by the Govt, cooked
and served in school
 Breakfast/ lack of breakfast in most children
 Presence/ absence of hunger

12. The noon
meal
served at
Sigappi
at 12
noon
everyday

13. HSV CHILDREN OBSERVE…
 A few children get to eat only the noon meal
served at school for the whole day.
 Many children looked underfed and
undernourished
 Almost all children looked contented
 Many children said they would be happy if
they got to drink gruel in the morning

15. HSV CHILDREN WITH THE HEAD MISTRESS OF
SIGAPPI PRIMARY SCHOOL

16. HSV CHILDREN CHART OUT AN ACTION PLAN
 Each of them would contribute or collect in
their own might/ way…an awareness drive
 90 students divided themselves into 20
groups
 Each group to identify corporates / business
houses, whom they would meet personally
and try to get sponsorships.
 Host a Christmas carnival and have a yard
sale, as a fund raiser

17. EACH CHILD CHARTS OUT
HIS/HER OWN ACTION PLAN

18. KAVYA DISTRIBUTES THE PENS SHE COLLECTED
AT HER CLUB TO CLASS 5 STUDENTS OF SIGAPPI

19. SIGAPPI STUDENTS EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE

21. CHILDREN VISIT CORPORATES / BUSINESS
HOUSES AND SEEK AN AUDIENCE…

22. GRAPH SHOWS THEIR INVOLVEMENT
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23. What the children
say about their
project……

24. A parent writes…

25. The sky is the limit
when it comes from
the heart…..