Education is a sureshot path to progress and we are happy to be a part of this progress.
A Salute to Pradeep, Bharat, Roopa, Vicky, Priya, Barkha, Mukesh, Uma, Ruchi, Sanjeev, Amit, Anuj, Rahul, Kumudni, Charu... and the list keeps growing.
In January 2015, 3 blocks of ATS Indirapuram started the Raddi collection drive and now the year ends with the entire ATS Indirapuram joining hands to spread Sunshine. Today, multiple towers of ATS started the Raddi collection initiative to raise funds for the Sponsored Education Program(SEP).
Education is a sureshot path to progress and we are happy to be a part of this progress. A Salute to Pradeep, Bharat, Roopa, Vicky, Priya, Barkha, Mukesh, Uma, Ruchi, Sanjeev, Amit, Anuj, Rahul, Kumudni, Charu... and the list keeps growing. Sunshine Society, a NGO for children and senior citizens has been collecting Raddi door to door since October 2013. The funds generated by selling “Raddi” are utilized to sponsor children living in the nearby villages Barola and Hoshiyarpur. The children are also sponsored in the far off villages of Makanpur in Indirapuram and Tigri in Gautam Budh Nagar district.
There are six societies involved in Raddi/Cash Collection: Alok Vihar -2, Antriksha Greens, Overseas apartments, Alok Vihar 1, Mahagun Maestro in sector 50 and ATS in Indirapuram. Mahagun Maple also in sector 50 joins us in this initiative from the month of October and this takes the total to seven societies involved in educating children from the economically backward societies. The RWA of Mahagun Maple has been instrumental in starting the raddi collection in their society. Ms. Ritika Kakar along with the society’s president Mr. Piyush Dwivedi and members Mr. G.K. Jain, Mr. Dinesh Goel, Mr. Anand Singh, Mr. Sanjeev Badam and Mr. Manish Kuchal have started this drive. Sunshine Society hopes that there will be many more people and societies joining in this initiative and making a difference in the place where we live. Many thanks to all the residents who actively support us in this initiative and we look forward to many more joining in. People willing to volunteer for the causes that Sunshine Society is associated with may write a mail at sunshine.society11@gmail.com indicating their interest areas and we will get in touch with you. Visit our website www.sunshinesociety.in for regular updates.
Today the kids came closer to nature, one wee bit. They saw earthworms up close, touched them and saw various stages of the worms growth. They discussed the differences between earthworms and caterpillars. They did a simple experiment to see if the worms are blind and were awed by the ability of the worm to continue non chalantly when cut into two pieces. They heard stories about Charles Darwin's work with worms and the value of vermi-composting. Today the children handled the microscope and observed the different objects that are available around us, under the microscope. Blood cells, blood groups and general science was discussed and the children spent some time to fill in their recap sheet.
While day one's primary focus was Acid and Bases and pH factor, the children also set up an experiment to be observed after two days i.e today. The children had immersed eggs in four types of solutions: water(being the control), soap solution, cola and vinegar to understand their effect on the eggs. Today they realised that vinegar completely dissolved the outer shell and cola completely stained the egg and also induced major cracks in the shell. The soap solution left the egg with a soapy feel and the control of course was to show the relative effects of other solutions.
Day two's observatory experiment was set up to show how different types of bacteria multiply. So the children coughed, spat, made their thumb impressions and also gave their hair sample to understand the property of bacteria to rapidly multiply and also how different types of bacteria form different colonies. The multiplied bacteria and different colonies were observed today. The children also learnt the super absorbent gel present in baby diapers and how that type of gel can be used to make aquaponics. The focus objective of time was what the children mainly worked upon. they made a sand clock and a water clock and all on their own. The day unfolded with measurement and calibration as the focus. While the younger ones focused on measuring the gel salt and calibrating the saturation levels, the older ones got busy making the hour glass and understanding the principal behind the hour glass.
Dr. Beena Pillai, senior scientist, CSIR, started the science workshop with the children today. The week long workshop will have children performing experiments and understand the science behind the experiments.
The enthusiastic children got down to test the various substance found in homes to discover if they were acidic or basic or if they were indicators or buffers. The little hands grated, boiled, sieved and selected and tested the materials. Watch this space for daily updates. Sunshine Society is organising a science workshop for children of classes 2 to 12 from June 8 to 12. the classes will be conducted by Dr. Beena Pillai, senior scientist at CSIR, in two batches: Batch 1 - classes 6 to 12 from 9.00 am to 11.00 am and Batch2 - classes 2 to 5 from 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm. Hurry! as seats are filling up fast. please drop a mail to confirm your participation at sunshine.society11@gmail.com. Please see the photographs for the detailed program. The cost of the workshop is Rs. 2000.00 per child. The charges can be give by cheque/net-transfer/cash. details of the account are as follows:
Sunshine Society organised a Children's session at the community centre, Alok Vihar 1, Noida on 24th March 2015. The Tuesday saw the community hall of Alok Vihar 1 spread with Sunshine when the children with their happy faces enjoyed dancing, playing games and having fun. Sunshine Society's continuous effort to spread smiles brought a lot of excitement as children from Alok Vihar 1 enjoyed the session and were thoroughly engrossed in the dance moves, string games and solving the puzzles. Roli Srivastava counselled children on the benefits of healthy and nutritious eating and listed some options to switch to healthy food and to stay fit. Megha and Vanshika had everyone dancing to their moves and children did not want to stop. We all went back happy, energised and with a pledge to eat healthy and spread Sunshine. The efforts of Archana Chaturvedi, Archana Dixit, Meena Agarwal, Shalini Chauhan, Vasanthi Srinivasan and Vaishali Joshi Mehta to spread smiles were very successful. Some photos and videos for excerpts... 1st March, first Sunday of the month and Sunshine's Raddi collection day. Despite heavy rains the team continued the fundraising efforts and collected funds for the SEP. #untiring spirit
Sunshine Society's after school support program gets two new computers - Children's Day 14'14/11/2014 On the occasion of Children's day 2014, sunshine society received two computers for the after school support progrm.
The workshop was conducted for children for three age groups, age 3-6, age 7-12, and age 12- 15. Different age groups were enthralled with discussion on different topics like 'World In Your Hands' and 'Technology Today'.
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