Gandhi Utsav "Three days in Bapu’s lap"

"An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching."

- Mahatma Gandhi

Present situation of our society and increasing violence in the world force us to think that why Mahatma Gandhi (Father of our Nation) insistad on “Satya & Ahimsa“ (Truth & Nonviolance) ?

Duration

30 Sept. to 2nd Oct., 2010

Participants

1. Bright Lands Girls School, Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur
2. Aryan’s Public School, Jhotwara, Jaipur
3. Tagore Public School, Shastri Nagar Jaipur
4. Tagore Public School, Vaishali Nagar Jaipur
5. Bo-Peep Public Sr. Sec. School, Jhotwara Jaipur
6. Springdels Public School, Kalwar Road Jaipur
7. Saaras Bal Kendra, Amar Nagar Jaipur
8. Godavan Bal Kendra, Nehru Nagar, Jaipur
9. Individual members of Bal Bhavan Jaipur

Aims & Objectives

• To know Mahatma Gandhi – How a simple boy Mohan Became Mahatma.
• To know the importance of Truth & Non-violence.
• To know – how “Sarodaya“ is important for “sustainable development.“
• To know – how to “Be a change“.
• To know – our Bapu through creative games, music, drama, exhibition, poems, stories and paintings.

Activities of Gandhi Festival : 30 September, 2010

1st session of the day

• Discussion session with -Writer Dr. Hetu Bhardwaj
• Books & exhibition based on Mahatma Gandhi.

2nd session of the day

• Painting Session :- Children expressed their fealings about “Bapu“ through paintings.

1st October, 2010 – 1st session of the day

Skits Presentation by school children:-

• “Save Environment“ skit by Bright lands Girls School.

• “The Secular Gandhi“ skit presented by Tagore Public School, Shastri Nagar, Jaipur.

• “Gandhiji se Shikayat “ presented by slum kids from Saaras Bal Kendra.

• “Satmarg“ presented by T.P.School, Vaishali Nagar

2nd session of the day

• Discussion session - Writer Dr. Durga Prasad Agarwal told small stories from Bapu’s life and answered children’s Questions.
• Writing Session – Children expressed themselves through poems and stories.

2nd October,2010 – 1st session of the day

• Sarv Dharam Prathna - Resource Persons:- Ms. Namrata Sharma, Young Singar

2nd session of the day

Creative Games
Resource Persons:-

• Mr. Rakesh Vyas
• Mr. Chetanya Vyas
• Mr. Rajendra Singh Bhati

• Children were first devided into six groups, names as – Sabarmati, Dandi, Bapu, Satyagrah, Gandh, Kasturba Gandhi.
  
• Creative sport based on Gandhian values. With these games it was fun & easy learning about co-operation non-violation.
• Team Games –

† Aprigrah

† Water Race

† Respect Nature

† Puzzla on Non-Violence.

Result –

In the three day Gandhi Festival, we were successful in creating a wholesome and engaging environment conducive to learning Gandhian values. Through drama, creative sports, music and a host of other activities, the children got an opportunity to understand and appreciate how Mahatma Gandhi's teachings affect all our lives in ways both small and great. We hope that even if the participants took back a few lessons from this gala event, it would go very far in entrenching the basic tenet of unity in diversity. The participating children are now in a position to understand how small efforts on each of our parts can ensure not only harmonious co-existence between diverse people, but also how each of us has a stake in the collective phenomenon of sustainable development. The children gave beautiful expression to their ideas through paintings, stories and poems. We are hopeful that this material will be helpful in setting up exhibitions and will further inspire young minds to explore the true modern meaning of Satya and Ahimsa.