Gandhi Festival - Bapu ki God me 3 din

4^th - Gandhi Festival
“Bapu ki God Me Teen Din” - (Three days in Bapu’s lap)
Date - 30 Sept., 1 & 2 October, 2009
Supported by-Sarvodaya International Trust, Bangalore

“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., 2009

Participants

1. Bright Lands Girls School, Vaishali Nagar, Jaipur
2. Aryan’s Public School, Jhotwara, Jaipur
3. Tagore Public School, Shastri Nagar, Jaipur
4. Bhartiya Vidhya Bhavan’s Vidhyashram, Jaipur
5. Sanskar School, Jaipur
6. Disha School, Jaipur
7. Saras Bal Kendra, Khirni Phatak, Jaipur
8. Godawan Bal Kendra, Nehru Nagar, Jaipur
9. Individual members of Bal Bhavan Jaipur

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

Activities of Gandhi Festival

30 September, 2009- 1st session of the day
Discussion session :- Director Bal Bhavan Jaipur Mrs. Charan Jeet Dhillon
1. Inauguration of Photo Exhibition provided by National Gandhi Museum, New Delhi.
2. Books for sale & exhibiton based on Mahatma Gandhi.

2nd session of the day - Painting Session :-
* Children expressed their fealings about “Bapu“ through paintings.

1st October, 2009 – 1st session of the day
Skits Presentation by school children:-
* “Prerak Gandhi“ skit by Brightlands Girls School.
* “Three Monkeys of Gandhi“ skit presented by special children from Disha School, Jaipur.
* A mime skit “Sarvdharm Gandhi“ presented by slum kids from Saaras Bal Kendra.
* “Asahyog Andolan“ presented by Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan Vidyashrm.
Discussion session:-
* Mr. Ranbir Singh - Theatre person & drama writer.
* Dr. H.C. Bhartiya – Retd. Professer from Rajasthan University & Scientiest.
2nd session of the day -

Discussion session - Writer & Formar Doordharshan Kendra Jaipur Diretor Mr. NandBhardwaj told small stories from Bapu’s life and answered children’s Questions.

Writing Session – Children expressed themseleves through poems and stories.

2nd October,2009 –
1st session of the day -Sarv Dharam Prathna
Resource Persons:-
* Mr. Giriraj Balodiya – Musicun Retd. from Raj. University.
* Mr. Narendra Kumar
* Mr. Omprakash
* Mr. Pawan Kumar

Children enjoyed Bapu favorite sweet ’Sukhri’ as refreshment.

2nd session of the day - Creative Games
Resource Persons:-
* Dr. C.P. Singh, Udaipur * Dr. Seema Gujar, Udaipur
* Dr. Jogendra Singh, Udaipur * Mr. Rakesh Vyas, Jaipur

1. Children were first devided into four groups, names as
– Sabarmati, Dandi, Bapu, Mohandas Karmchand Gandhi.
2. 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.
• Banana Race based on co-opration.

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.