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99 SAN KAM - Kaleidescope - 2019-20 Aug 2019

Sadbavana Divas or Harmony Day - 20.08.2019

Sadbavana Divas or Harmony Day was the theme taken up by Class
IIIB students. It is celebrated in the remembrance of birth commemoration
of the youngest Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi. Students prepared
various charts to explain his role and contribution to our motherland.
Students along with teachers carved the inner meaning of Sadbavana divas -
Means having good feelings for other’s.

Jal Sakthi Abhiyan - 22.08.2019

In a talk given by a Middle School Teacher, she addressed the importance of the objectives of JAL SAKTHI
ABHIYAN. The talk started with a small interactive session where students were asked the use of water and water
resources. The children were even asked why the mammoth water storage in the sea/ocean is not usable. Next the
focus shifted to the major 5 aspects – water conservation and rainwater harvesting; renovation of traditional and
other water bodies; reuse of water and recharging of structures; watershed development; and intensive afforestation.

After having faced an acute water shortage during summer, the students were able to relate to the information
being shared. The fact that though 70% of Earth is made up of water, only 2.5 of them is fresh and only a fraction
of this is available for human use was explained to the students. Ideas on how they could save potable water and
spread awareness to near and dear ones were discussed. Towards the end the speaker enlightened the children
regarding the crisis faced by Cape Town and urged the students to preserve the water bodies so that Chennai do not
travel the same path.

Women’s Equality Day - 26.08.2019

A gender-equal society would be one where the word ‘gender’ does
not exist: where everyone can be themselves.
Women’s Equality Day commemorates 26th August 1920 when votes
to women officially became part of the US constitution. This day marks a
turning point in the history of the struggle for equal treatment of women
and women’s rights. As it was believed that woman’s inferior status in society
was completely logical and reasonable; women were ‘beautiful’ and ‘not fit
for serious employment’, was seriously believed, it took tremendous effort
of great women to prove that these views are wrong.
Students of Class IXA presented a very thought provoking thematic
assembly by asserting that women were indeed capable of great deeds and
they deserve to be treated as an equal to man in all fields and purposes, if
not better. Achievements of several women were talked about the necessity
to provide women across the globe with equal opportunities to education
and employment highlighted. Their debate on – Do women have equal pay
like men? – exhibited the in depth research they had done on the topic.
At the end of the day the students realized that discrimination and
stereotyping of women needs to be curtailed and it is essential to think about
treating people (men and women) as equals. It is critical that supporting
women’s empowerment projects in developing countries is given a big boost.