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Our story of Change fromSatya Bharti School, Bawrala, Jodhpur, Rajasthan,

Bharti Foundation

Problem being attempted to change:

Plantation (Save Environment)

• Bharti Foundation

– Bharti Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Bharti Group Companies.

– The prime objective is to bridge the existing education divide and make quality education accessible to underprivileged children in rural India.

– The Foundation aims to help underprivileged children and young people of our country realize their potential.

• Satya Bharti School Program

– The Satya Bharti School Program is the flagship program of Bharti Foundation.

– It aims to deliver free quality education to underprivileged children, with special focus on the girl child across rural India.

– Present Operational Status:

• Number of Schools Operational: 236

• States of Operation: Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh & Tamil Nadu

• Number of Students Enrolled: Over 30,000

Introduction

About the Community

• Geographical Location: 30 Kms. Away from Jodhpur city. Bawrala village have uneven land, somewhere sand dunes, hard land and somewhere only sand.

• Cultural Background: Bawrala village is mainly formed by Rajput & Vishnoi community. Animal husbandry & farming is the main occupation of the villagers.

• Role of Satya Bharti School in the Village: Satya Bharti School is providing quality education to the children of this village from 2007. The school proved itself as a great “Change Maker” in the field of education. The Satya Bharti School, Bawrala is providing free education to those students who are underprivileged & can not afford hi-tech education. In this school, there is no discrimination of caste, colour & religion and all students are equal on a same platform.

• Participation in ‘Design for Change’ School Contest: SBS Bawrala participated in “Design for Change” contest and put an idea to “Save Environment” through ‘Plantation’ in front of the community.

• Greenery is very less in the village.

• Every year government disburse a lot of money for Plantation, but there is no one to care for these plants.

• Community is not well aware about the “Global Warming”.

We ‘Felt’:

We ‘Imagined’:

• Talk to community leaders like – Sarpanch, Ward Panch & Old aged people.

• Meeting at village Chaupal.• Make some responsible person from village.• Make a rally with the help of students.• Prepare some slogans.• Prepare banners & role play. • Prepare V class students to plant and he will

be fully responsible for this plant.

We ‘Did’:

• We prepared 4 groups of all students for rally.• First group handled the School banner and rest

of were have slogans, charts & pictures of plants.• All students went at village Chaupal from the

school.• Class V students presented a song of plants in

front of the community.• Around 30 members were present at the village

Chaupal.• Class V students presented a role play of ‘Amrita

Devi” in front of community.• Students messaged to community that Why the

plantation is necessary & what is Global Warming.

• After completion of role play students & teachers plant 12 trees with the help of community members in the village.

• When students returned at school, they plant 6 trees with the help of teachers.

Impact on Community:

• Some of the community members came on Chaupal & signed the oath letter and promised to take care of those plants which are planted during the campaign.

• Community members were happy & amazed to see the role play of “Amrita Devi” who sacrificed herself to save the “Khejdi (Prosopis Sinerariya)” by the class V students.

• Community accepted that this was the first time that any school took great initiative to promote plantation drive in the village.

Impact on Us:

• Students promised to save plants.• Students enjoyed role play, rally & slogans, because they did it first

time.• All school staff planted trees in school campus with the help of

students.• All teachers & students make themselves responsible to take care

of these plants and rearing of saplings.

The Road Ahead…..(in the next 3 months)

• Door to door home survey for aware the community about Global Warming & plant more saplings around the village.

• Regular contact with parents.• Regular meetings with community.• Signing on more oath letters.

Students Participating in the Contest:

State District SchoolNo. of Students

ParticipatingName of Student Class

Rajasthan Jodhpur

 SBS Bawrala  15 Santosh  V

   Sarla Vijay Singh  V

  Sunil  Heera Ram  V

  Sonu  Gulab  V

  Anil  Trilok  V

  Ganesh  Govind  V

    Ashok  V

Ramdayal V

Rakesh I V

Rakesh II V

• School Staff– Mr. Bhagwan Sen (Head Teacher)

– Mr. Sampat Devra

– Mr. Bhupendra Seervi

– Mr. Devi Lal

– Mr. Prakash

• State Team– Mr. Narendra Singh Chauhan (Cluster Coordinator)

– Mr. Sandeep Sarda (Programme Coordinator)

Team Responsible:

Thank you