compiled csa report 2019-2020 - christ university

Reports for the Academic Year 2019-20

CSA Annual Report

2019-2020

The Centre for Social Action is the development-action wing of CHRIST (Deemed to

be University). Operating on the principles of Sensitisation, Awareness and Empathy, the

volunteer-body is one of the 5 pillars of CSA. The volunteer body operates through 4 wings

and 1 project. These are: Activity Centre, Drishti, Prayatna and Media and Communication.

Activity Centre

Educate. Inculcate. Motivate

Activity Centre focuses on the overall development of the children in our project areas. AC

volunteers help the kids of our project areas have a better after-school experience filled with

learning and fun activities. The Activity Centre is not just a wing, but a place where you are a

sister, a brother, a mentor and a friend.

Drishti

Act. React. Impact

A wing that aims to sensitise people through visual and audio art-Drishti acts to impact.

Drishti spreads awareness through forms of theatre, primarily street theatre. What

differentiates Drishti from other theatre teams is that it is a non-competitive team, thus solely

focused on acting for a cause. The volunteers are introduced to theatre regardless of their

previous experience in the field and inculcates the skill of acting for social change in

volunteers. Sensitisation for Drishti takes place both inside and outside the circle as


volunteers first educate themselves on various issues and then build plays around them.

Drishti is a place where every person has a voice and every voice is heard.

Prayatna

Sensitise. Empower. Sustain

Prayatna, meaning effort, is an effort towards a more sustainable world. Volunteers are

engaged in nature walks, clean-up drives, visits to animal shelters and various other

campaigns. Further, they are actively involved in the Parivarthana Unit- the

waste-management unit on campus. By working closely with the women from our project

areas who work at Parivarthana, Prayatna also aims to promote women empowerment. It is a

wing that makes efforts towards sustainability- one step at a time

Media and Communication

Learn. Express. Reform

The Media and Communication wing of The Centre for Social Action is mainly involved

with the documentation of all events in CSA, through writing, photography and videography.

It is the link that connects all Christites, CSA volunteers and Social Work facilitators. We

create documentaries, publish magazines, and newsletters. We also take care of the CSA

website and various forms of Social Media. We hold discussions upon contemporary issues

and venture out on photo-walks around the city documenting the lives of people which is also


displayed in photo-exhibitions. We also organise story hunts to various locations in and

around Bangalore to explore culture and find stories. This year, we organised the first ever

flagship event of the Media and Communication wing, “Abhivyakti”, which celebrated the

role of media in social sensitisation. As a wing, we promote CSA and its activities inside

Christ University. It is the smallest wing consisting of a cohesive group of people who work

together in the background for all activities of CSA.

Project Matram

Awareness. Sustainability. Change

The main objective of this year was to contribute to the childrens holistic development by

making them more self-sufficient and confident and increasing their communication

skills.Another goal was to build a strong rapport between volunteers and kids. The focus was

on building stronger volunteer interaction and providing more visibility to the project.

Project Disha

Disha is a project initiated in CSA Kengeri Campus, will be working for undertaking one

socially relevant project in each semester. These projects will involve technical and design

aspects. Disha walks on steps namely O- Observe, R- Research, A- Analyze and, E- Execute.

Our efforts will be to make community Safer, Cleaner, and Healtheir. This year we are

working on projects related to domains like Sericulture,

automation of waste segregation and efficiency utilization of plastic wastes.


Overall Initiatives:

Leadership Camp:

It was a collaborative camp for the leaders of all the three campuses that took place on 1st

July 2019 till 2nd July 2019, in which the leaders’ team was trained by Mr. Jaikumar through

team building activities which helped them assess their strengths and weaknesses.

NGO Exposure Visits:

To sensitise the volunteers of CSA to the various social problems and issues prevalent in the

society, exposure visits to various NGOs are conducted. These visits not only pertain to the

cause that CSA works for but also helps the volunteers understand the various other

dimensions of issues that CSA does not work for. This year the volunteers visited Asvas

centre for the differently abled at Dharmaram College, Bannerghatta road on the 27th of July

2019 to server food for the people staying there.

Rural Exposure Camps:


The volunteers are taken on rural exposure camps on a bi-annual basis, that is once a

semester to introduce them to the experience of the simple lifestyle of the people living in

these areas. The volunteers live a minimalistic life intertwined with the hard work of labour

that the villagers live throughout the year. The first Rural Exposure Camp took place from the

14th to 16th of August 2019 at the Pragati Project Area, Yeldur, Kolar. In the second semester

there were two camps, on was a collaborative camp with the Bannerghatta campus to

Bagalkot and the other was to Christ College, situated in Mallur.

Talents Day:

Talents’ Day is a day for children to explore themselves beyond the classroom and to nurture

their talents and grow in a holistic manner. Talents’ Day 2019 had a variety of off-stage and

on-stage events for children from different age groups. It took place on 25th of August 2019.

This was a tri-campus collaboration.

Anikethana

We are proud to inform you that Centre for Social Action (CSA) has completed 20 years

since its inception in 1999. To commemorate and celebrate this joyous occasion the event

Anikethana was launched on the 8th and 9th of December 2019. Mr. Rajesh Tandon, one of the

founders of participatory research, was the chief guest for this event. As a part of our 20 years

celebration, we also had the release of a souvenir book, a poster presentation, impact

assessment presentations and an NGO panel discussion on the topic 'Social Innovation and

Sustainability', which featured eminent speakers from the field.


Milan

Milan is an event that occurs once in two years. It is a three-day event that started on the 6th

of December 2019 till 7th of December 2019 containing carnival, sports day and many other

events to help the children bring out the talents within them. This was also a tri-campus

collaboration.

Gracias

Gracias that took place on the 9th of December 2019, is the annual thanksgiving meet of CSA

where the children and Christites get together to celebrate and thank everyone who made the

journey of CSA possible. This is an opportunity for the sponsors of Child Sponsorship

Program to meet the children and enjoy a vibrant variety of performances put up by the

children.

Activity Centre:

I. Syllabus and Assessment Committee (SAC):


The syllabus committee, for this year, constantly aimed at designing suitable syllabus for

children at AC centres. The committee adopted a very activity-oriented approach that made

sure all lessons were interactive. Each lesson plan also included a life skill-oriented activity.

This was done in order to ensure greater engagement and attention on behalf of the children.

Each subject had a set of volunteers working on the syllabus. After the creation of the

syllabus, during the course of the semester, the committee kept a track of its execution

through feedback forms. The committee also designed assessments for the children in order

to evaluate them. The assessments were made in the form of activities so that the children

wouldn’t feel pressurized during the course of the evaluation. Based on the evaluation and

feedback from the first semester the committee changed its plan of operation slightly for the

following semester focusing more on vocabulary and audio-visual learning. The syllabus for

the even semester was also drafted over the session break by a new set of volunteers with

help from the previous committee. The feedback forms continued in this semester as well and

the assessments for this semester have been evaluated.

The outcome of the first assessment suggested that the children only imprinted the symbols of

the English language and number system without understanding their meaning. Even in

subjects like Social Studies and Science they answered questions on the basis of correlation

of terms and not because they understood the meaning behind it. In the assessment conducted

in the even semester, there was moderate level of improvement in their audio-visual

correlation of the symbols and even understood its meaning.

II. Daily Sessions:


From Monday to Friday on each day volunteers from the AC wing go to the Vriddhi Project

Area to engage the children through activity-based modules. The following is the weekly

routine for the sessions:

● Monday: Mathematics

● Tuesday: Science

● Wednesday: Social Studies

● Thursday: English

● Friday: Co-curricular sessions

The volunteers engage the children from 5 PM to 6 PM using the given syllabus for the day

which consists of a topic, a sub-topic, an activity and a life skill. Every Friday we have the

‘Fri-Yay’ sessions where the volunteers of all the wings of CSA can go for session to teach

them an extracurricular activity like drawing, theatre, creative writing et cetera.

III. Events:

1. Project Area Exposure:

Date: 20.06.19 to 21.06.19

The Project Area Exposure is conducted by the Activity Centre to sensitize the newly

recruited volunteers about the situation and ground reality of the area. The volunteers

were taken around the Vriddhi project area and were able to meet the children and get

a preview of the year.

2. Nanban:


Date: 24.06.19 to 01.07.19

The first AC event started with the Nanban sessions, where the new set of volunteers

that became a part of Activity Centre got first hand training from senior volunteers on

how to effectively handle AC sessions. At the end of Nanban, the new volunteers

were ready to go for AC sessions with their newly acquired Time management,

Lesson Planning and Behavioural Management skills.

2. Workshop on How to handle sessions:

Date: 17.08.2019 and 23.11.19

A workshop on how to handle sessions was conducted by Mr. Prineeth from the

organisation Teach for India. Also, another workshop was held in Bannerghatta

Campus in collaboration with the Kengeri and Bannerghatta Campus. This was the

first ever tri-campus collaboration that has happened and the workshop was well

received.

3. Career Guidance:

Date: Part 1- 18.07.19 to 19.07.19 | Part 2- 18.01.20

The first Career Guidance gave a deep insight to the children about the various

streams and courses they have after 10th grade. The second Career Guidance of the

Academic year included one on one sessions with the Children, by which the

volunteers were able to guide them in a better way.

4. Carnival:

Date: 14.09.19


An Event to educate the children from our project areas about the various fields

available in the current occupational world. It’s roughly equivalent to a career fair for

students from class 6-10 in which various departments from Christ (deemed to be

University) put up stalls to educate them about their respective field.

5. Children’s Day:

Date: 17.11.19

It aimed to celebrate and cherish the inner child inside all of us, the event Children’s

day was conducted on 17th of November 2019. The event commenced by various

engaging activities followed a humorous yet informative skit on waste management.

On this day everybody jointly took a pledge to respect our teachers, our elders and our

country. Overall, the event sufficed its motive of bringing out the inner child in all of

us.

5. Book and Stationary Drive:

Date: 11.11.19 to 15.11.19

The Book and Stationary drive were a huge success as we received a tremendous

contribution of books and stationary items from all Christites that facilitate the

learning process of the children. The collected items were sent to the flood affected

areas of Karnataka.


7. AC-Prayatna Collaboration:

Date: 10.09.19

Activity Centre, in collaborating with Prayatna organized clean up drives in the

project area where the volunteers visited the project area and helped to clean and paint

the walls.

8. AC-Drishti Collaboration:

Date: 01.02.20

Activity Centre also collaborated with DRISHTI and helped kids to put up a street

play in our project area to sensitize the area about the need for education. This was a

great platform for the project area kids to showcase their talents and express

themselves without any hesitation.

IV. Buddy Project:

This project was initiated with the aim to give the children of the Vriddhi Project Area

a mentor to help them deal with the issues that they faced in their community and

personal life. 15 children were chosen by the project area coordinator for the Buddy

project and the volunteers were chosen through two stages of application and one on

one interview sessions. The chosen volunteers were given extensive briefing about the

working of the project and was introduced to the children they were paired with in the

Vriddhi project area office. The expected outcome of the project was to ensure better


mental health among the children and also provide a helping hand for the individual

child to progress personally. Volunteers were required to go for sessions at least twice

a month to meet their child. The volunteers got a chance to have closer interactions

with the child they were paired with, gaining a further understanding of the issues that

the child deals with in a confidential setting and thus providing a temporary guidance

system for the children.

V. Parliament:

This year we had structured Parliament Sessions for representation of the students in

our project areas who helped us by regularly updating us with various feedbacks,

requirements and problems faced by the children there.

The following were the objectives achieved:

● The children were confident to take up responsibilities.

● The students were given a platform to learn and inculcate leadership qualities.

● We had a better understanding of the problems faced by the children and worked

on eliminating them.

Drishti:

Various initiatives taken by Drishti in the year 2019-20:

● Project Area

● Urban and Campus

● Workshops

● Mime

● Podcast


● Concept video

● Proscenium

Project Area Plays were conducted at:

1. Vriddhi: LR Nagar and Ambedkarnagar

2. 3D: Janakiram Layout

Prayatna:

Seed-ball Creation drive (09/06/19)

This was one of our first events in collaboration with Saytrees where we planted over 1 Lakh

seed-balls that will get deposited in the western ghats and for our volunteers to get a chance

to help the environment. We learnt about different seeds and its importance and how to create

a seed-ball and understand the necessity of forestation.

Nature-Walks

By conducting nature walks we try to sensitise our volunteers on the harm created in

naturally sustainable locations by human intervention. We hold discussions and try to find

solutions to the problems created. We conducted two nature walks -

1. Jakkur lake (07/07/19) in collaboration with Jala Poshan where we learnt about

different trees and its necessity and how as students we can help identifying and

helping nature. We met the only tree doctor in India who helped us understand what

the trees are and why they are an integral part of our ecosystem. We helped the people

who are in charge of the lake by doing Shramadhan which was to remove weeds and

smoothen the mud for planting more trees. We had 39 volunteers attend the event.


1. Bannerghatta Biological Park (19/01/2020) was the other “Nature camp” we

conducted where volunteers visited BNP and learnt why and how biological parks are a safe

space to preserve animals. We learnt about all the animals that are preserved and attended the

inauguration of the zoo club in BNP. They wanted us to sensitise the visitors on waste

segregation so we conducted a silent march with placards that helped spread messages on

waste segregation and reduce littering. We wanted to know why Zoo and National parks are

necessary and by the end had a clear idea on the same.

Animal Welfare Drives

With Animal Welfare Drives we try to sensitise volunteers on the need for treating and caring

for animals the same way as we do for humans. We conducted 2 Animal Welfare Drives -

1. People for Animals (23/06/19) is an animal shelter that rescues injured and abused

animals who were either in the show business or in an accident. They get them to their

hospital and the in-house specialised doctor treats the animals and are kept under

observation in their facility and are let back into their natural habitat after they

completely heal. As volunteers, we helped clean the shelter to provide a safe and

hygienic environment for the animals and attended a small talk from the staff about

the shelter to get a better understanding on how to help animals and care for them the

same way we do for humans. We had 40 volunteers attend this event.

2. Karuna animal shelter (18/08/19) was the other shelter we visited to engage with the

people and the animals of the shelter. We understood their method of helping animals

and got clarity by having a small discussion moderated by two of our volunteers on

helping and nurturing animals. We had 26 volunteers attend the event.


Clean-Up Drives

This is an initiative where we locate black spots and take the initiative to clean it and reduce

the harm caused to the environment and the people live in those areas. We Conducted 3

Clean-Up Drives -

1. Plog run (05/06/19) in collaboration with Robinhood Army and Bannerghatta

Campus CSA where we took two spots (Lalbhagh and Food street) and organised a

plog run which is a marathon and clean up combined. We had over 100 volunteers

who engaged in the same and helped us clean the two locations. Our theatre team

Drishti put up a street play in Lalbagh talking about waste disposal. Plog-man Mr.Raj

was key in organising the event and taught our volunteers this new way of making our

city cleaner and this event was promoted in different media outlets as well.

2. Roopantara(10/09/19) was our mega clean up drive in collaboration with LBTC and

SFD where we took up 6 spots - 2 in Vriddhi project area and 4 in Taverekere near

BCC. We had around 100 volunteers accompanying us including BGR and CPC. We

tried to sensitise shops, houses and people in those areas about why proper disposing

of waste is necessary and clean up blackspots in those areas. We also painted graffiti

on the walls to make it stand out and prevent further dumping of waste. We are

making constant follow up with those spots to keep a track on our impact.

Mega-events

These events are organised to give a better understanding of our wing to the volunteers and

the Chrisitites by talking about our main aspects.

We organised two mega-events -

1. Saadhana - Prayatna’s Mega event in the odd semester where we spoke about the

wing and its aspects by conducting debates on environmental concerns and had over


50 participants, Set up a food stall by our SHG women in our project areas to talk

about food is an essential resource and the sense of women empowerment by having

these women earn by selling these homemade food items, we set up our Parivarthana

stall to market our handmade and recycled paper products made by the Parivarthana

women to spread the word about Parivarthana and the people that work there to the

Christites. We had a publicity stunt which is a Flash and Pop where our volunteers

will try to gather students in a location and talk to them about the event and its agenda

and we conducted a Parivarthana march which spoke about waste segregation and had

around 100 volunteers who joined us for the same.

2. Sustainability Week is our mega event in the even semester where we have taken up

3 major aspects which are Food, Water and Plastic and have formed action-based

events to help sensitise and potentially reduce wastage. We will be talking to

departments about the water crisis on campus and challenge them to come up with an

interesting solution to stop the crisis. By banning plastic on one of the days we will

try to get solid data on how much plastic is used and wasted in campus on a daily

basis and provide a comparison and alternate solution to plastic usage. We will

collaborate with Asvas which is an NGO in the campus that provide food to people in

need and collect food grains from Christites to give it to an organisation that can do

some good with it. We have a promotion team that will have online and offline

promotions talking to people about sustainability and the United Nation’s

Sustainable Development Goals and spread awareness about the importance of the

same.

Parivarthana

Our in house waste segregation and management unit which is in close connection with

Prayatna helped the volunteers understand the power of our project area women and how


waste can be turned into Parivarthana Paper products. We held several Parivarthana

exposures to classes, Project area kids and different schools and colleges. We have sensitised

around 3000 students and kids about Parivarthana and the need for proper waste segregation.

We set up stalls on campus and outside campus in companies and fests to promote the

products and help Parivarthana women.

Environmental Soldiers

This was an initiative taken by us to monitor dustbins around campus and ensure the proper

disposal of waste by talking to people in the canteen and telling them about the right way to

dispose their waste as we realised the amount of mixed waste that we collect was increasing

and was causing a lot of trouble to the women who segregate the waste. This happened for

couple of weeks and our final outcome suggested that we reduced the amount of mixed waste

by 20%.

Project Saathi

This is our new initiative to break the barrier between volunteers and women and help create

a better relationship with the women. We cooked food and had lunch with the women to give

them a sense of equality and had a small discussion with them about their lifestyle and

Parivarthana. This helped the volunteers understand what the women do and are capable of

and we got to break the ice with the women. We are trying to make this a regular occurrence

by having volunteers help them finishing massive orders and to learn the art of making

Parivarthana products.

Parivarthana Sports day


We conducted sports day for Parivarthana women with our volunteers. Sports like three

legged race, lemon and spoon, running race Etc. The main objective was to promote the

volunteers and women connections and to have fun and to help the women overcome their

comfort level.

Women's Day Celebration

On the occasion of International women's day, we had Parivarthana women dance, fashion

show and volunteer performance. This event was conducted to empower them and appreciate

the work they do by them as well as CSA volunteers and faculty . The event was conducted

in the presence of Director Phinu Jose, Project Executive Parivarthana Simon ,Team leader

Victor Paul and CSA volunteers.

Media and Communication:

Flagship event: Abhivyakti

The Media and Communication wing organised the first ever flagship event ‘Abhivyakti’ in

January, 2020. The aim of the event was to celebrate the role of media in social sensitisation

and to empower students to use their skills for the same. The event spanned over three days

(January 16, 17 and 18), with each day dedicated to pixels (January 16), frames (January 17)

and words (January 18). Workshops and competitions were organised aligned to the

Sustainable Development Goals, through the theme ‘Education through Inclusivity’.

Story-hunts


Story-hunts aim to help people explore locations in and around Bangalore to explore the area,

interact with people, gain a better understanding of the culture of the area and use creative

means such as writing and photography to gather stories.

14 July, 2019 - Sugarcane fields and factories, Mandya - The intention was to understand the

process of agriculture and the working of alemanes (small-scale industries), as well as to

realise how these alemanes are under threat due to ‘urbanisation’ and public policies.

20 July, 2019 - Stories in Silence, Sign language Storyhunt, Kanteerava Indoor Stadium -

The intention was to interact with hearing-impaired people and listen to their stories, which

are not usually heard.

September 15, 2019 (Sunday) - K R Market - The intention was to explore local markets and

understand local culture and also realise the challenges.

November 16, 2019 (Saturday) - Weavers colony, Anekal - The intention was to explore a

hub of culture and interact with weavers and understand their profession and way of life.

December 1, 2019 - Ragi Kana - The intention was to visit a place which practises and

encourages sustainability and interact with such people. It was a platform for organic and

homemade products.

Photo walks

Photo walks are an opportunity to visit places with good scope for photography and stories.

Different locations are explored for the same and the walks help people hone their

photography skills and learn to be more observant.

September 19, 2019 (Thursday) - Church street - The intention was to explore the area and

get an opportunity to click good photographs.


Photo exhibitions

Photo-Exhibitions display the talent of CSA photographers and also allow other students to

see the work that CSA does. It also acts as a medium of publicity and encourages people to

join the organization. It is held for two days, usually in the middle of the week and involves

the use of photo stands and a board is put up for feedback from others. In all exhibitions, the

feedback was tremendous and highly positive. It motivated our photographers.

June 11, 2019 - CSA Promo Photo Exhibition - The intention was to present and promote

CSA to the fresh batch of Christites through photographs.

July 26 - July 27, 2019 - Thriving Tradition - Mandya - The intention was to display

photographs shot during the Mandya Storyhunt and spread awareness about the place and its

culture.

November 13, 2019 - Second Promo Photo Exhibition - The intention was to promote CSA

once more in the second semester and encourage new volunteers to join. It displayed

narratives of all wings and major activities.

December 2 - 5 - Milan-Gracias promotion - The intention was to present photographs to

promote the upcoming mega events of CSA - Milan and Gracias.

End of year photo exhibition - To be conducted - The intention is to present CSA and its

activities and reflect on it.

Workshops


M&C believes in learning. In this light, various workshops are conducted regularly to help

volunteers engage in learning and also develop certain skills.

June 25, 2019 - Reporting and writing workshop - The intention was to equip volunteers with

the necessary skills for reporting and writing, especially in the context of CSA. It was

conducted by Anusha, a former M&C leader.

June 27, 2019 - Photography workshop -The intention was to learn the basics of photography

and gain a better understanding of the components required for good photography. The

session was conducted by Mr. Binny Viswanath, camera and editing-in charge, Centre for

Concept Design.

July 9, 2019 - Entry-level videography and video-editing workshop - The intention was to

enable students gain basic knowledge about videography and video-editing.

September 5, 2019 - Photography workshop and Steel wool experiment - The intention was

to help students get a better understanding of long exposure photography and experience

playing with depth and also learn through practical experience with the Steel wool

experiment. The session was conducted by Armaan Mishra.

July 11, 2019 - Stories in Silence workshop - in collaboration with Smileys Foundation - The

intention was to equip students with the basics of sign language and enable them to break

barriers of communication.

● Abhivyakti workshops


January 16, 2019 - Storytelling through Photography - The intention was to help people gain

an understanding of the potential of using photography for storytelling. The workshop was

conducted by Madappa P S.

January 17, 2019 - Video animation workshop - The intention was to introduce students to

video animation. The workshop was conducted by Mr. James, a former AC leader.

January 18, 2019 - Creative Expression through social sensitisation - The intention was to

enable students realise the potential of creative expression for social sensitisation. The

workshop was conducted by Mr. Anindya Misra.

Chat Over Coffee

Chat Over Coffee aims to give a safe platform for discussion and deliberation on a particular

topic of social relevance. It is mediated by volunteers.

July 30, 2019 - Cricket - A rightful symbol of national pride or an over-glorified sport?

August 29, 2019 - Media - A creator of popular culture or a reflection of it?

Newsletters

Newsletters aim to present the activities of CSA to a wider audience. A CSA Newsletter was

released after the first semester. Other newsletters include the Milan newsletter and

Abhivyakti newsletter.

Magazine


Members from the Media and Communication wing work on the annual magazine We Care,

which aims to help in spreading awareness on social issues and enabling sensitisation. This

year, it will come up with Volume 14, with the 2020 edition. The theme of the magazine will

centre around ‘Voices of Advocacy’.

Documentation

The Media and Communication wing is involved in documentation of all events of CSA,

through reports, photographs and videos. Newsletters and after-movies were presented

documenting major events. The wing was also involved in making a CSA documentary,

celebrating 20 years of CSA. Documentation is essential for keeping record of events and

also for impact assessment and spreading information about CSA to sponsors, the general

public and other parties.

Social media

The wing is responsible for handling the social media handles of CSA to present the

contribution of the wing and to spread awareness and spark interest about CSA to Christites

and the general public. A social media team was formed for the same. The wing primarily

handles Instagram. YouTube is also used to present after-movies, documentaries and other

videos. There is also a website and a blog handled.

Mātram

Sessions:


A total of 17 sessions on topics like goals, assertiveness, positivity, communication skills,

time management, stress management, team work, self-esteem and English communication

were conducted in the span of two semesters by a dedicated set of 33 volunteers who were

selected based on their dedication and commitment towards the cause. This year Mātram had

a well-developed content team with a team of dedicated 17 volunteers and 21 field

volunteers.

Events:

1. Content team exposure and workshops:

17 June-19 June 2019

The content team visited janakiram layout to get an overall view of the conditions and the

responses of the sponsored children. They were paired with field volunteers to observe the

impact of the module. In addition to that, workshops were conducted for both field and

content team to enhance their creativity and innovation. This in turn helps in creating

engaging activities and impactful modules.

2. Career Guidance:

Part 1-13 July

Part 2-18 January

The first part of career guidance was conducted for the children of ages 12 to 15 to give them

an exposure to different fields to pursue after tenth grade. There was an in-depth explanation


of each stream that they can choose. This also focussed on the scholarships available for

students. The second part of career guidance focussed on the career options after the

completion of high school. This was conducted to help students narrow down their goals and

set them on the track to focus on a particular goal and work towards it.This also focussed on

the importance of extra-curricular activities like sports which helps in their holistic

development and the importance of English.

3. Mātram over Coffee:

23 July 2019

This event was conducted to create more visibility amongst volunteers of CSA about the

origin of Mātram and the main causes and issues it focusses upon. It involved a fruitful

discussion on the various challenges faced in Janakiram layout and how volunteers could

relate these problems to their own life experiences. A lot of fresh perspectives were given on

ways to tackle the numerous issues prevalent in Janakiram.

4. Mātram camp:

14-15 December 2019

Mātram camp was a 2 day event conducted for the children to spark their interest in various

extra curricular activities and enhance their skills in activities other than academics. The first

day included ice breakers and a session on origami where the children were given colour

papers and taught some basic origami. The second day included teaching them yoga and

meditation.The children were also given the activity of managing a fashion show where all


the costumes were to be made only using newspaper thus promoting the cause of wealth out

of waste.

5. Plantation drive:

8 February 2020

The plantation drive was a collaboration with Prayatna. This was conducted to increase

awareness about planting trees. This initiative was taken to inculcate a sense of responsibility

in the children regarding the environment.

The children do not have anything to do after school and that leads them to wander off,

plantation drive is an attempt suggested by the SHG women to occupy the kids with some

activity which will help them in their holistic development.

6. SHG meeting:

20 March 2019

17 February 2020

The meeting with the SHG women is conducted once in a year. It is conducted to assess the

impact created by team Mātram by getting feedback from the women. They state the

problems faced by the community and it is followed by a discussion on the possible

solutions. They gave the suggestion of engaging the kids after school and also brought

attention to several issues that were not earlier concentrated upon. They also highly

appreciated the volunteers in bringing about positive behavioural changes amongst the

students and for creating a very friendly and open rapport with the students. The feedback,

suggestions and discussions are very vital and are implemented in our modules and events.

7. Movie Screening:


Movie screening is an event conducted to facilitate learning with the use of visual aids. It is a

tool used to engage the students through alternative teaching methods.

Research and Assessments:

1. Research Database:

February 2020

Research database is a collection of findings from all three years. The database will contain

all the discussions, findings and problems that were found out from the initiation of mātram

till now. This will help in further research for the next year. The research database will help in

narrowing down the problems and focus on one problem next year.

2. Self Esteem Assessment:

November 2019-March 2020

Self-esteem activities have also been incorporated into the modules to increase the

self-esteem of the children through simple activities of introspection.

Bannerghatta:

Name of the Event: Clean-up Drive

Organised by: Prayatna

Date: 2nd June, 2019

Number of Volunteers: 15


Venue: Doddanekundi Lake

Key Points:

● The volunteers first congregated in the Bannerghatta campus at around 7:30 AM,

following which they set out to the venue in Uber taxis.

● The volunteers reached the venue at 9 AM, and received a briefing from Hemant,

from Save Green, who headed the cleanup.

● The CSA volunteers first worked with the Save Green team, and volunteers from the

local neighbourhood, to remove the weeds and reinforce the saplings by inserting

supporting wooden sticks.

● They then worked on watering all the saplings, and reinforcing the soil around the

saplings.

● A few volunteers were also chosen to help weed out the unnecessary plants on the

lakeside, which would otherwise be hampering the growth of the so-called useful

plants, trees and saplings.

● All of the work was in preparation for the plantation drive that will be conducted on

14th June by Save Green

Positives

● We had a couple of first-time volunteers, who enjoyed working for the cause

● The decision of carrying the first aid kit was a good one, since it came of use

● In spite of the harsh working conditions - scorching heat, heavy tools and very tiring

work, no volunteer complained

● It was a collaboration with a new NGO, which could blossom into more events in the

future


● Doing an event during the holidays helped maintain the commitment of the volunteers

towards social work and CSA

Suggestions

● The event should have started earlier, since there was a lot to be done.

● It was more of a lake maintenance than it was a lake cleanup

● Considering the conditions, more potable water should have been brought by the

volunteers

● More communication between Save Green and CSA about the event, and the nature of

the work to be done, would have made work quicker

● Volunteers did not commit themselves fully, and took a few unnecessary breaks

● There should have been more tools made available for the volunteers, to ensure work

was smoother and volunteers did not have to waste time switching tools

Reflections

● Volunteers really learnt the value of the hard work which goes into farming, gardening

and maintenance

● Volunteers learnt about the lake issue in Bangalore- 98% of lakes in Bangalore are

encroached, and 90% polluted. They were also incentivised to contribute to lake

cleanups and maintenance, in Bangalore.

● The day started off with all volunteers assembling in the Bannerghatta Road Campus

at 6:15 a.m. Soon after, the assembled volunteers set off for Lal Bagh in a BMTC bus.


● The volunteers from Hosur Road Campus had reached Lal Bagh and had already been

briefed by Mr. Raj, from the Robin Hood Army. This was followed by a small

orientation and pledge-taking for volunteers from BGR campus at around 7:30 a.m.

The pledge included an apology to Mother Nature, along with a stance towards

refusing,

reducing, reusing, recycling, removing unwanted plastic and subsequently rejoicing

our

consolidated efforts.

● This segment of the event had media coverage from media partners like Times Now,

Doordarshan, and ET Mirror.

● The volunteers from Hosur Road Campus had already set off on their work, donning

masks and gloves, and equipped large sacks for which waste was supposed to be

dumped in.

● The Drishti volunteers from both campuses also set off for their practise.

● As the remaining set of volunteers from Bannerghatta Road Campus set off to VV

Puram, for the Plogging activity there, Hosur Road Campus volunteers performed a

play on waste and its segregation, while volunteers from Bannerghatta road campus

performed a play on Waste Disposal, and Plastic Pollution. This was the first time

Drishti from both campuses performed together in a single play.

● The Plogging was conducted in VV Puram, near a local temple, which stood opposite

a park in the vicinity. The streets around the park were all cleaned up by volunteers,

and then the park was also cleaned too.

● During this cleaning up, media reporters interviewed our volunteers, and the residents

from the neighbourhood reached out to wish us for our efforts.


● Around 13 sacks of waste were collected in the end, and we were served breakfast

near the place of our clean up.

● The event was organised mainly by The Robin Hood Army, with help from their

partners like The Plogging Party, The Swedish Alumni Network, Watsons, and

volunteers of Centre for Social Action (CSA), on account of World Environment Day.

Positives:

● Volunteers were successful in gathering a huge amount of waste, from a very small

area (which was near a school, temple and a park - showing how much waste piles up

in the places where we usually reside in).

● There was a huge turnout of volunteers.

● There was a huge amount of media coverage, which helps to create more awareness.

● The people who stayed in the nearby houses, shops and passers-by appreciated the

work of our volunteers.

● The traffic police were very cooperative.

● The play performed together by Drishti volunteers from both campuses was the first

● of its kind, and in light of the short notice provided, it was fairly well executed.

● Members of The Swedish Alumni Network have agreed to stay in touch with CSA

and

● look forward to further collaborations.

● Successfully conducted an event within three days off of the start of the semester.

Suggestions:


● As the volunteers were walking from Lal Bagh to VV Puram, as it was a long distance

that had to be covered, we could have held charts or sign-boards which would have

helped create awareness amongst the vehicles commuting.

● Coordinators (from CSA) should know the exact, and proper location of the venue of

the event, so that time is not wasted, and energy is not wasted on walking.

● Not all volunteers were wearing their ID Cards, despite having been instructed to.

● Some people dropped their gloves and masks in the waste sacks itself, despite being

told not to by Mr. Raj, of The Robin Hood Army.

● 'Plogging' did not happen, as we did not jog, yet ended up walking and picking up

waste.

● Some volunteers were not comfortable with the media coverage as they felt it

defeated the purpose of our work, when the media reporters asked us to repeat an

action (of cleaning up etc.) for the sake of good visual content

● As usual, the waste we had to clean up, was mixed up, but we, as volunteers, did not

make too great of an effort to segregate it afterwards, and suggested that this needs an

immediate plan as this has been a constant problem in Clean Up drives.

● The Drishti play could have been organised first to generate more public interest and

involvement for the cleanup at Lal Bagh.

● Hosur road campus MnC volunteers suggested teaching basic campaigning jingles

to these volunteers as well, to have more effective Drishti campaigning.

● There could have been better communication between the CSA wings of both

campuses.

Reflections:


● As the area of our clean up in VV Puram was situated very near to a temple, a school,

and a residential area (with a park), volunteers expected less waste yet around 13

sacks were accumulated. This made us realise how much waste is present in cities in

India.

● Volunteers really learnt how people tend to be careless with their plastic. Lal Bagh,

which has a strict no-plastic policy, was littered with plastic bottle caps, and

wrappers.

● Plogging, as a type of social activity, is a great way to raise awareness, and

subsequently get more people involved, and sensitised. Hence, CSA should also have

similar ingenuity in our activities, campaigns and events, in order to maximise the

awareness we aim to create.

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Name of the Event: Drishti Play

Organised By : Drishti, in collaboration with WWF

Date: 8th June, 2019


Venue: Madiwala Lake

Key Points-

● The team left campus by 3:30pm.

● The volunteers began the face paint began at 4:20pm.

● Drishti arrived at the location by 4:30pm.


● Mrs. Shashikana Iyer , the senior manager- wetlands river, wetlands and water policy

division directed the team to the location of the play.

● A few last minute instructions were given by the leaders regarding formations and

location.

● The team sang the prayer and a verbal rehearsal of the play was conducted.

● The belongings of the performers were kept at the location of the play.

● The play focused on the negative impacts of pollution and the harmful usage of

plastic.

● The 1st performance began at 5:00pm and ended by 5:15pm.

● A quick meeting was conducted on how to improve the play for the next performance

and all jingles were practiced.

● Mrs. Shashikana’s daughter was inspired by the performance and helped the team

campaign for the second performance at 5:30pm.

● After the performance, the team met with Dr Harshavardhan, Deputy Officer who

spoke a few words.

● Mrs. Shashikana thanked Drishti for the performance and appreciated the volunteers.

● Pictures were taken with the team.

● A post-play survey was conducted amongst the audience.

Suggestions-

● Jingles need to be learned better and be more coordinated.

● Signals given by the leaders were not well interpreted by the team and caused

confusion amongst the volunteers.

● The volunteer performing could move closer to the audience if not loud enough.

● Narrations need to be pre- rehearsed.


Positives-

● The audience showed their appreciation for the performance by clapping which lifted

the spirits of the volunteers.

● As the play progressed, the size of the audience increased.

● Dialogues were loud and the formations were new and creative.

● Some team members were appreciated for their exceptional performance.

● Members of the audience approached the team after the play and appreciated the

performance and the cause.

Reflections-

● The play was the start of a fruitful collaboration with an esteemed organisation -

WWF

● The play really struck a chord with the audience at Madiwala Lake, who engaged with

the performance

● The volunteers enjoyed performing the play at a new and exciting venue

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Name of the Event: Seedball Creation Drive

Date: 9 June 2018

Organised by: Prayatna in collaboration with SayTrees

Number of volunteers: 46

Venue: Kendriya Vidyalaya ground, KR Puram

Key points:


● On the first Sunday after college reopened, 14 CSA volunteers from Prayatna and 31

from the Hosur Road campus set off to KR puram for a Seedball Creation Drive.

● After reaching the grounds , the volunteers were briefed by one of the members of

Saytrees, which was the organization mainly behind this event.

● There were many other NGOs, schools, colleges, companies and even individual

families who had gathered there to contribute to the cause. All in all, there were

approximately 600 people who had come together for the greater good.

● The seedballs are made by putting the seeds inside a ball of compost.

● The compost is made from panchagavya, red soil, and porous sand.

● There were numerous varieties of seeds including Arjuna, Peepal, Banyan, Shibula

and so on. There were almost 11 such local varieties.

● The species of seeds were of local variety which will be easier to grow in the local

weather.

● After enough seedballs were made, the seedballs were to be tossed in the Western

Ghats, in the jungles which had depleted considerably in recent times.

● The aim was to make at least 1.5 lac seedballs so that with a 50% survival rate, at

least 75000 trees would grow out of the seedballs.

Volunteer Feedback:

Suggestions:

● The volunteers should be more punctual and report at the informed time.

● Volunteers should adhere to the basic CSA rules.

● We should have more collaborations between the two campuses.

Positives:

● The volunteers from both the campuses bonded well.


● All the volunteers were busy and engaged throughout the event.

Reflections:

● We were able to contribute positively towards a very pressing current issue and create

first hand impact.

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___Name of the Event: Parivarthana Stall

Date: 10/06/2019 to 13/06/2019


Venue: Audi Block entrance, Quadrangle

Key Points

● The Parivarthana Stall was put up on account of the arrival of the freshers.

● The stall helped in promoting Centre for Social Action and its contributions to the

society.

● The volunteers in the stall oriented the customers regarding the work of CSA.

● The targeted customers were first year students and their parents.

Positives

● As the stall was put up near the entrance on the first day when the induction

programme was conducted the volunteers were able to reach the parents too.

● Volunteers also explained the process behind the making of these products,

● The sale was good as most of the first years were fascinated about the products and

also CSA’s work.

● The registration desk was put up near the stall and it served as an added advantage to

the stall and also to increase the registration.


Suggestions:

● New products were not available so the sales among second and third years were

less as they had most of the products.

● The volunteers could have been more involved in promoting the waste segregation

which is one of the important parts of the Parivarthana and its work.

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Name of the Event: Photo Exhibition

Dates: 11th to 14th June

Organised by: Media and Communications

Venue: Quadrangle

Key Points

● During the period of registration, a Photo Exhibition was held to highlight some of

CSA’s activities, achievements and experiences through the lens of our talented

volunteers

● A staircase-esque structure was built using cardboard boxes and painted

black-and-gold, and photos were stuck on 1 side wing-wise to display our activities

● This structure was placed in the quadrangle for a period of 4 days

Suggestions

● The structure could not stand alone, which made maintenance difficult

● The photographs were not stuck keeping in mind the 3-dimensional aspect of the

structure


Positives

● Unique way to organise a photo exhibition

● Great dedication shown by the volunteers in artwork and preparation

● Selection of Photos helped display the various dimensions of CSA

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Name of the Event: Promo Play

Organized by: Drishti

Date: 13 June 2019

Venue: Quadrangle, Christ (Deemed to be University), BGR Campus

Key Points:

● Drishti staged a play in the quadrangle during the lunch hour with the aim of

announcing their call for auditions for the benefit of the first years and those who may

wish to join the team.

● The play consisted of numerous Drishti volunteers who put up an energetic

performance in their usual stunning manner.

● The play focused on the troubles and struggles that a student may go through at

school when they witness constant domestic abuse and violence at home.

● The play focused on the kind of situation at home that may prove to be detrimental to

a child in their learning and how it may contribute to their mental state.


● The ultimate message that the play wanted to send out was for parents to create a

nurturing environment at home for the proper growth and development of a child in

their learning.

● The ending of the play called for the volunteers to announce their auditions which

were to occur on the 18, 19 and 20 June and urged the students to try their hand at the

deeds engaged in by Drishti.

Positives:

● The energy of the performance brought everyone’s attention to the play which helped

the volunteers to get their messages across.

● The volunteers put their best forward which prompted admiration for the spectators

and also helped convince students to try out for the group.

● Drishti, in its full form with all the glory of their costumes and significant colors,

allowed the students a glimpse into their work and the impact it can have on those

who may take time to watch the play, thus allowing them to receive the message being

put forward.

Suggestions:

● The play was supposed to begin earlier, during the prime time at lunch which would

allow for more spectators to gather.

● The volunteers during the play were adequately loud. But during the announcement of

the auditions, their voice fell short because of which many students weren’t able to

hear the details very clearly.

Reflections:


● Drishti rarely performs plays at college owing to their function and duty of educating

the local population on the various social issues. But seeing a play of theirs put up in

college allowed the students to see the kind of impact Drishti usually makes and how

well prepared and efficient they are.

● The play gave the audience much to think about regarding the message it conveyed

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Event: CSA Inauguration

Organised by : Centre for Social Action (CSA)

Date: 15 June 2019

Venue: Main Auditorium, Bannerghatta Road Campus, Christ (Deemed to be University)

Key points

● Centre for Social Action (CSA) invited its new members to its Inauguration for the

year 2019- 2020, on June 15, at 1pm in the main Auditorium. But before the

Inauguration took place at the appointed venue, the CSA Volunteers from II and III

years with their special flash mob performance, invited the students, gathered in the

Quadrangle for joining them in the Auditorium for the special short event prepared by

them.

● After the flash mob, the CSA volunteers immediately left for their respective duties

allotted by the Heads. Crowd was properly managed by the volunteers and was

ensured that the doors were closed on time.


● A number was written on each hand of the new member by the volunteers as a part it

was a part of the upcoming Ice-breaking sessions which were held after the

Inauguration was done.

● Everyone was welcomed present at the venue by Riya Shah and Dr. Suja Mol John by

their kind words.

● The students were given an introduction about CSA, its aims, mission and vision by

the student volunteers.

● Later on, the new students were told about the different groups which come under

CSA that is, about the Activity Centre, Prayatna, Drishti and Media and

Communication by their respective Heads.

● The students were told about ‘the Story Hunt’, an event for the ones who registered

for Media and communication which is to be held the next day on 16 June 2019.

● At last, Harsiddhi Thakral, with her few words thanked the audience for showing up

for the day and especially the volunteers, who made the day possible with their hard

work.

● Action songs was taught to the new CSA members and the day ended with Ice

Breaking Sessions which were conducted by the volunteers.

Positives

● The new volunteers enjoyed a lot during the time when action songs were taught.

● During ice breaking session, the students got to know each other and actively

participated in it.

● The students had an informal discussion after the ice breaking sessions with the senior

volunteers.


● The students learned the importance of team spirit, especially while spending time

with the volunteers.

● Crowd Management was done smoothly.

● Team spirit among the CSA volunteers who arranged the event, was seen.

Suggestions

● As per the appointed time, the CSA volunteers performed the flash mob at 12:30 pm,

but the event started at around 1:30pm, which was a bit late. The appointed time was

1pm for everyone to be seated in the Auditorium.

● The inauguration ended at around 3 pm. So, the ice-breaking sessions started at

around 3:15pm.

Reflections

● The new volunteers learned the importance of team spirit and hard work.

● Also, how a social work for a social cause can bring light into someone’s life.

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Name of the Event: Story Hunt

Organized by: Media & Communication



Venue: Mahabodhi Society

Key Points:


● The volunteers first assembled in the Bannerghatta Road Campus at around 6:30 am,

after which they were divided into two groups and set off in their respective buses to

the venue

● The volunteers reached the venue at around 9 AM, and were welcomed with tea and

snacks which was generously provided to them by the manager, Mr. Vish…

● The volunteers were then divided into groups of eight and headed out for the campus

tour

● Mr. Vish.. showed them the stupas in which various relics along with the Buddha’s

teachings were preserved

● The volunteers got to know about the history of the organization which was

established in 1956 by Acharya Buddharakkhita with the main objective of reviving

the precious and compassionate teachings of Buddha

● The volunteers interacted with a monk who explained to them the significance of the

Bodhi tree and also gave them some general information related to the ideology of

Buddhism

● After the interactive campus tour, the volunteers participated in an extremely

insightful meditation session where they got to know more about the precious

teachings of Buddha

● The session was geared towards being self-aware and acquiring Sila, Samadhi and

Panya- moral upliftment, mental purity and deeper wisdom through selfless, spiritual,

educational, medical and other humanitarian services to bring universal peace,

harmony, happiness and progress.

● The volunteers practiced meditation for two hours and had several inner reflections

during the same


● After the meditation session, the volunteers had lunch and then they headed towards

Freedom Park, which was just fifty meters away

● The volunteers got a chance to explore the previously called Central Jail and different

areas of the park

● Various icebreaking activities were conducted for the volunteers and since the event

was the first event conducted after the new volunteers came in; the activities proved to

be immensely exciting and entertaining

Positives:

● The purpose of the Story Hunt was perfectly fulfilled and for the first time the

volunteers could figure out a difference between a Nature Walk and a Story Hunt

● The first year volunteers felt that the senior volunteers were very welcoming and they

got to learn a lot about the college from them

● The food provided by the host organization was delicious

● The volunteers felt that the place was very peaceful and the meditation session was

insightful

● The icebreaking games were extremely entertaining and challenging as well

Suggestions:

● The volunteers felt that the reporting time should have been a bit late as the buses

took a while to reach

● Some people were using phones during the meditation session and this was

disrespectful behavior on our part


● The host society was not segregating waste and we could have done something for

that

● Personal interaction amongst volunteers should have been more

● There should have been proper arrangement for water

Reflections:

● A volunteer pointed out that in search for happiness, one should not lose his

happiness.

● Volunteers understood the importance of meditation and how it was really important

in today’s fragile and unstable world

● The visit to the Central Jail in Freedom Park turned out to be exciting and a place like

jail turned out to be mesmerizingly beautiful

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Name of the Event: 1st Day of Activity Centre classes at Tilaknagar

Organized by: Activity Centre

Date: 17 June 2019


Venue: Tilaknagar

Key Points

● The volunteers reached the place by 4:45PM and as the kids were in the mood in to

study. So, we skipped the meet & greet session and started teaching the kids.


● Even though the volunteers are teaching the kids for the first time they were able to

communicate well with the kids and were able to teach them well.

Positives

● All the volunteers felt very contented and satisfied after interacting with the kids.

● They really liked the fact that the kids weren’t that shy and became comfortable with

them.

● They also observed this thing that the kids were pretty focused and competitive.

Suggestions

● All the suggestions were mostly the structural suggestions.

● One of them was improving the lighting of the room.

● The volunteers also suggested if we could clean and decorate the room.

Reflections

● The volunteers bonded with the kids very well.

● It was an unexpectedly amazing experience where they made friends and felt satisfied

and very happy after meeting the kids for the first time.

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Name of the Event: Clean-up Drive and Graffiti


Date: June 23, 2019


Venue: BTM Layout, Near Madiwala Lake


Key Points:

● At 6:30 a.m. sharp, 44 CSA volunteers assembled in the Banerghatta campus, to set

out for the venue in buses in two different groups.

● The volunteers reached the spot at 8:15 am and were addressed by the senior

volunteers and distributed masks and gloves to ensure hygiene.

● The CSA volunteers enthusiastically started cleaning up the entire area, removing

plastic waste and separating glass from recyclable waste.

● Thereafter, they worked on collecting the biodegradable collected by both the groups

at the same spot so that it could be loaded for recycling.

● Right after this at 9:30 a.m. few volunteers started painting the wall that was selected

to create awareness for cleanliness in the city.

● The graffiti turned out to be very attractive and the locals were curious about it.

Positives:

● Since the venue was the beautiful Madiwala Lake, the first time volunteers enjoyed

the view.

● None of the volunteers, whether new or old hesitated to pick up the waste or

complained despite of tiring work and scorching heat.

● The local kids were so happy to see the painted walls that they came up to seek

permission for helping the volunteers do it and had fun.

● After the event was over, the place looked cleaner and had prettier and colourful

walls.

● It turned out to be a productive Sunday for everyone.


Suggestions:

● There should have been more brushes for painting and shovels for cleanliness

available for the volunteers, to ensure a faster way for completion of work.

● It would have been more convenient if the buses were provided by university.

● Usage of plastic mattress for paint so we don’t dirty the footpath next time.

● The volunteers should have spread awareness before commencing so that the locals

could have helped too.

● Those volunteers who are responsible for making the wall paint need space and so the

volunteers need not gather around them.

Reflections:

● We cleaned the waste ourselves so we have a responsibility towards using the garbage

bins at all times.

● We would also reduce the usage of plastic as now, we know how badly plastic

accumulates.

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MAJOR EVENT: Waste Segregation Days

DATES: 27-29 JUNE, 2019

ORGANISED BY: PRAYATNA

Name of the Event: Waste Segregation Week


Organized by: Prayatna



Venue: Quadrangle, BGR Campus

Key Points:

● The volunteers set up the games in the quadrangle by 12:30 p.m and there were

majorly six activities that aimed at promoting Waste Segregation.

● The activities were fun-filled and challenged the psychological and physiological

aspects of the participants

● Activity 1- Fish the Bottle: The participants had to use their knowledge about which

kind of waste blue and green represent and had to use a fish hook made of tape and

stick to hook the neck of the painted bottle according to the instructions of the

designated volunteer.

● Activity 2- Pictionary: The participants are divided into two teams / individuals out

of whom one has to draw an image or illustration that would aid the other team to

guess the word. The words assigned included recycle, noise pollution, air pollution

etc.


● Activity 3- Chose the bin: The participants need to throw the newspaper balls which

have the name of a waste item written on them (Eg- Wrapper) and throw them from a

distance into the bin that they belong to while being disposed. (Blue and Green)

● Activity 4- Foot bowling: The painted bottles filled with water were arranged and the

participants had to make the maximum number of them collapse by kicking a ball

with their foot.

● Activity 5- Flip the Cups: There were two teams who had to compete against each

other in flipping the cups that were placed on a table and had the name of a waste item

written on them.

● Activity 6- Trash talk: The participants could write messages to anyone in the

campus that would be sent along with a trash item to the respective receiver (Eg- on a

Water bottle, paper cup etc)

● Activity 7- Memory Game: The participants were given 20 seconds to memorize the

various items kept on the table (Eg- Banana peel, Plastic Toy, Almonds etc) and the

participant had to recollect every item present while also classifying them into wet

and dry waste.

Positives:

● The message of waste segregation was conveyed rightly


● The follow up workshop on the same topic turned out to gain more audience because

of the events in the quadrangle

● The participants found the games to be innovative and gone mads indeed did put

smiles on their faces

● The initiative by CSA to write on every paper cup and other such items in the canteen

about which bin they belonged to was a creative idea and also it served the purpose.

● The first years enjoyed the exposure they received and also got to mingle with the rest

of the CSA family

Suggestions:

● The canteen bins were sometimes loaded with garbage till the brim thus leaving no

scope of segregation.

Name of the Event: Workshop

Organised by: Prayatna and Media and Communication


Number of Volunteers: 80 volunteers

Venue: Seminar Hall

Key Points:

● - Abhishek B, founder of Millet Mama was present at our campus to brief the students

about the importance of zero waste living.

● - He stressed on how acute water shortage in his hometown prompted him to come up

with this business idea.


● - Millet Mama aims at sustainable living and reducing the carbon footprint in cities

where the importance of proper waste disposal is being stressed upon

● - Millet Mama has also proved to be extremely important for the local economy since

it works in cooperation with local farmers and restaurants for its own operations to be

conducted smoothly

● - Through use of ACRA net boxes instead of plastic containers to deliver food, it

promotes eco consciousness and raises awareness about the amount of waste

generated by using options which aren’t bio degradable

● - His company seeks to address and find solutions for issues which contribute to a

decline in the quality of life of people.

● - Millet Mama provides healthier alternatives to junk food by making food sourced

from the whole grains by local farmers.

● - It uses plate banks and edible spoons to reduce the expenditure on buying cutlery . It

also promotes a sense of responsibility by using resources that are cost effective and

long term as opposed to those which are short term and which increase the amount of

waste produced

● - It has also succeeded in cooperating with the government for various events that

require catering to a large number of visitors and has helped in creating job

opportunities for women and men in the area.

● - By including local delicacies in their menu, they are promoting the growth in

popularity of the cuisine of that area and helping in popularising dishes that have been

a part of the tradition and culture of Mandya for a long time.

● - It wants to sustain a minimalistic lifestyle instead of one which is based on needs

and wants of humans where nature is increasingly commodified


Positives:

● Millet Mama was a noble venture with a host of benefits - Creation of job

opportunities, Promotion of an eco friendly lifestyle, Creating an environment where

work ethics and eco consciousness contribute to the welfare of society as a whole,

Maintenance of a healthy lifestyle and diet for families that are looking into options

where less preservatives are used in food.

● He spoke about the risks and losses he faced at Millet Mama - The cost incurred in

transportation and regular back and forth between Millet Mama’s branch in

Basavanagudi and plate banks, Loss of cutlery in transit in an incident where a large

scale event they were catering to turned into a huge loss

● The speaker came from a humble background and his views were incredibly

down-to-earth and not idealistic

● His venture was awe-inspiring and really put a smile on the audience’s faces

● His views of starting small and local really hit home

Negatives:

● Some of the volunteers got quite bored during the talk

● The speaker did not make an effort to engage with the audience

● Registrations were held hastily, and even the workshop was planned the day before

Reflections:

● Even though Millet Mama was a recent development in bringing about consciousness

and awareness, it is a huge step forward when it comes to our responsibility as part of

an increasingly anthropocentric society.

● Our needs have only multiplied over the years which is why we do not consider the

damage that is a result of our doing.


● - While the challenges faced by a company which focuses on production of no waste

are immense, their main emphasis is not on profit but on environmental protection.

● - It goes on to prove that initiatives that look specifically into aspects that deal with

reciprocal benefits have a better chance of going a long way in terms of their business

because of the work ethic they follow.

● - In an environment where Climate change emergency should be declared, the need

for more start ups like Millet Mama should be encouraged to promote healthier living

Name of the Event: Chat Over Coffee

Date: 27 June 2019

Organised by: Media and Communication


Venue: 4th Floor, BGR Campus

Key Points

● Chat over coffee was another successful event organised by CSA which saw

volunteers brainstorming over the issue of “How to incentivise people to care about

waste segregation”.

● The event started with senior volunteers showing the new volunteers clips of BBMP’s

waste segregation drive and making them think over what were the reasons behind the

failure of previous awareness programs.

● The volunteers discussed in depth about the lack of motivation and incentive among

people to clean their surroundings and what counter measures can be taken to

incentivise these people. They also got to know about the problems faced by the

recycling unit at the Main Campus due to lack of proper waste segregation.


● Few possible solutions of this issue were to use monetary rewards for people helping

in the waste segregation and to impose fines on the offenders. Public and social media

appreciation was another solution to this issue.

● Some volunteers also suggested Drishti plays and awareness drives in the dirty areas.

An interesting aspect of this was how the volunteers moved from discussing the

cleanliness methods in various developed countries to cleaning up the local areas near

Bannerghatta Road.

● Volunteers also found out how the problem of waste segregation was demographic

and how to appeal our cause to people of various age groups.

● There was also an activity in which groups of 4-5 volunteers were made and these

groups had to make their own jingle to spread awareness about the need for waste

segregation.

● The event ended with a session of review of the positives and negatives and a session

of reflections which gave us highly valuable feedback for our future Chat over Coffee

sessions.

Positives

● The volunteers discussed the nitty-gritties of the issue and delved deep into its

nuances

● All those present had many contrasting opinions which became known to all, and

made for a lively discussion

● The discussion’s length and depth showed the volunteers’ awareness of the problem

● It gave volunteers a chance to really voice themselves at CSA

Suggestions

● The event started a bit late

● Next time onwards, ideas should be documented so they can be acted upon


● The event should have been better planned, so as not to clash with other college

events

● There needs to be a move from discussion to action

● More local topics will make it more relatable to volunteers and therefore easier to

discuss

Reflections

● Every small action starts from home.

● Change is a process and not an action, and that needs to be recognised.

● Awareness should no longer be the goal (as the majority of the people are aware of the

harmful repercussions of environmental degradation), however, what we should strive

for should be Sensitisation.

● A certain demographical delineation on how to tackle the three major age groups was

discussed and agreed upon, as we concluded that for in order to sensitise children, our

approach should through something that is 'fun, and/or funny'; to adults, we should

keep their Convenience in mind; while for the youth, we would have to make it 'cool,

or trendy' to be environmentally responsible citizens. (For example, through online

campaigns)

● The volunteers agreed on the point that 'habit' is equal to sustainability; that we should

adopt a bottom-up approach i.e. from children, to adults!

● Where to draw line, on incentivising and penalising, were two problems which were

discussed upon at length.

Name of the Event : WASTE SEGREGATION WEEK Quadrangle Activities

Organised by : Prayatna

Date : 29 June


Venue : Quadrangle

Key Points :

● The events started after 12:30 in the Quadrangle.

● The volunteers used waste and recyclable material for all the events.

● Most activities involved the understanding of segregation of waste into dry and wet.

● The music played in the Quadrangle during the event attracted a huge audience.

● The events namely Send waste to your friend,

● Memory game, Flip the cup, Pictionary, Fish the bottle, Choose the bin, Foot bowling

creatively incorporated fun and knowledge to make the program interesting.

Positives :

● The volunteers were well-aware of waste-segregation and easy to approach.

● It was a zero waste event since only waste material and recyclable stuff were used.

● The events were diverse and involved group activities which kept the audience

interested.

Suggestions:

● The event should have started earlier.

● The loud music made it difficult for the volunteers to communicate with the players

and also left limited space for the events to occur.

Reflections


● Really helped gamify the concept of Waste Segregation, in order to reach a larger

audience.

Name of the Event: Movie screening


Date: 28th June 2019

Venue: Room No. 201

Key Points:-

● Narrated by David Attenborough

● Insights from multiple scientists from all over the world.

● Screening started around 4:00pm.

● Mainly focused on the consequences of global warming.

● Detailed description of the effects that are occurring around the world as a

consequence of rising temperatures.

● Narrative used science as a method to completely explain effects.

● The screening was part of the second day of the Waste Segregation Week aimed at

sensitising the volunteers and other students about environmental damage, importance

of waste segregation and other effects.

● Leader explained that BBC had released a report about Chennai running about

groundwater

Positives

● A chance to learn about the effects of climate change.

● A new sort of event organised by CSA at the campus

● Very informative documentary

Suggestions


● The venue change was very sudden and announced quite late

● The turnout was rather low

Reflections

● Informative

● Scary, in terms of the prospects posed by the movie

● Inspirational- Greta thunderberg

● Technology should not only be a luxury, it should also be used for uses of

environmental concern.

Name of the Event: Parivarthana Unit Visit




Venue: Christ (deemed to be university), Hosur Road Campus

Key points:

● The volunteers assembled in the Bannerghatta Road Campus at 1 o’clock and were

briefed about the visit by the Prayatna heads Induja and Tanish

● The volunteers left the campus at 1:15 p.m and reached the venue at 2:10 p.m

● The volunteers were then divided into two groups

● Then the volunteers received a briefing by the heads of Prayatna of the Hosur Road

Campus, M Anirudh and Pranshu Trivedi


● One group of volunteers were taken to the Biomethanation plant and explained its

working

● The second group was taken to Parivarthana handmade paper unit and then the

reverse was done

● They were explained how Parivarthana products are made from paper waste

● A total of thirteen women work under Parivarthana and students help to market the

products

● Some volunteers then helped in painting the recycled paper for further use

● The volunteers were then taken to the Dharmaram College Campus to see the working

of the water treatment plant

● They were then explained the working of the septic tank

Positives:

● The volunteers appreciated the work done by the women in Parivarthana

● Appreciated the zero waste campus

Suggestions:

● No talking in Hindi or regional languages

● Try talking to everyone and not get involved in any kind of groupism

Reflections:

● Try waste segregation ourselves

● Sensitise everyone

● Attend more CSA events

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Report of Events for the month of July 2019

Name of the Event: Nature walk


Date: 30th June 2019

No. of volunteers: 46

Venue: Ramanagara Hills

Key points:

● The volunteers first congregated in the Bannerghatta campus at around 6:45

AM, and all were ready to go around 7:15 am.

● The Christ University bus was all set to go with volunteers filled with passion

and jolly.

● Everything was going precise as it made-up to be, and the CSA volunteers

immobile at an eatery i.e., Hotel Kadamba Veg, to eat breakfast.

● The volunteers reached the scene at 9:15 AM, and received a briefing from

Prayatna leaders.

● Prayatna leaders gave a briefing about the place and what to do and what not to

do and about the numerous activities that groups must accomplish.

● It was a ragged place, so all volunteers were constantly taking rest after a

certain point of stint.

● The happenings include many agreeable things like depictions of where man

and nature meet and pics of some inimitable places and story behind those

places and the easiest part was the group selfies.

● All CSA volunteers performed all the events with full team essence.


● After all the goings-on, there was a fun sitting where everyone shared their

interpretations and chance was given to every group to share what they have

done.

● Every group was inventive in its own way.

● There were fun tasks after this session like not to smile and other fun games.

POSITIVES

● We had some first-time volunteers, who adored trekking and particularly the view

from the Ramanagara knolls.

● The senior volunteers were very supportive

● There was a slide in the way to the temple of Shiva and the hills, that was the best part

of this nature walk.

● It gives a chance for CSA volunteers to bond and socialise, that was really very good.

● Activities were made in a very good way to search the mistakes of man in nature.

● We came to know about the urban nature concept, it is something that man wants

nature to be, that the human decides where to plant trees and human wants nature to

fit in his way of exploring things.

SUGGESTIONS

● CSA seniors should let the volunteers know about the occasion more in advance.

● There should be a little more enrichment in the goings-on.

● Knowledge and insights given and earned through the experience should be more.

● Folks should not communicate in their regional language.

● Volunteers shouldn’t be feeling left out.

● Breakfast place should be cheaper.

REFLECTIONS


● Volunteers learnt about the headship values and how to work in squads and with new

folks.

● Volunteers learnt about the cultural and religious values and how humans are

distressing the flora unknowingly.

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Name of the Event: Street Play

Organised by: Drishti

Date: 6th July, 2019


Venue: Tilak Nagar

Key points:

● The volunteers first congregated in the Bannerghatta campus at approximately 1 PM,

and after a few run-throughs and instructions given to the team, they set out via bus

for the play location.

● After all preparations like make-up had been done with, the team reached Tilaknagar

at 3:15 PM.

● The team was then divided into two, with each team performing in different venues

twice simultaneously.

● The play was based on education, to sensitise the residents about Activity Centre.

● After campaigning to attract nearby audiences, and reaching their first venue, the

teams performed their play there, to audiences consisting majorly of children and

women.


● Children, especially, poured out of their houses to watch the play.

● The team performed in Kannada at the first venue, but at the second venue, where the

majority of the audience understood Hindi, the play was performed in the same.

● By around 4 PM, the performances were done and the teams re-assembled at St.

Anthony Church, where, after a feedback session, the teams headed back to campus.

● All in all, the performances were well-appreciated and impactful.

Positives:

● Considering that it was the first Drishti play of the academic year, and that many of

the actors were performing a street play for the first time, the success of the play was

even more phenomenal.

● Most of the volunteers were non-Kannada speakers, but still managed to speak

Kannada dialogues efficiently.

● The theme of the play resounded well with the audience, who listened and even

interacted with the teams.

● The actors could adapt easily and performed in Hindi when the crowd in the second

venue did not understand Kannada.

● The team itself acted in a spirit of sportsmanship, showing teamwork and presence of

mind in covering up for the actors who forgot their dialogues.

● In spite of severe heat, traffic congestion and noise made by the audience, the

message of the play got across and people promised to send their kids to school.

Suggestions

● Technical issues resulted in the team reaching Tilaknagar later than what was

originally planned, and this could have been avoided.


● The actors were having difficulties in remembering their positions and dialogues,

especially the Kannada jingles, and more practice with using Kannada could have

been useful.

● The traffic was being held up as it was a one-way lane and, in the future, this could be

avoided by barricades or better location scouting.

● The crowd was quite noisy at times, making hearing difficult.

Reflections

● The volunteers learnt the value of perseverance and team-spirt.

● It was a learning experience for all of the first-timers, who were also exposed to

ground reality and the impact that their work could have.

● It helped inculcate the motto of ‘act to impact’ in everyone present.

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Name of the Event: Carnival


Organised by: Activity Centre

Venue: Christ University, BGR Campus


Number of Children: 49

Key Points

● The children were brought to the campus from the Subhashnagar centre at around 10

:00 AM.

● Each crowd volunteer was assigned three children.


● The children were then taken to the college canteen (Indian Coffee House) for

breakfast where they were served with an energizing plate of food so that they can

jump around and enjoy themselves at the Carnival for the day.

● After finishing their breakfast, they were taken to the Bird’s Park where various game

stalls were set up by the volunteers.

● The children played the games in each stall while having fun and being supervised by

their assigned volunteer.

● There were games like paper toss, den of stories, magic tricks, foot bowling, origami,

lemon in the spoon, etc. that the children enjoyed playing very much.

● They were then taken to the Mini Auditorium where they watched the movie ' The

Gruffalo'.

● The true excitement flourished when the dance party began. The CSA volunteers and

the children together danced to songs while jumping around with much joy. And the

session ended with CSA’s very own Banana Song routine.

● The children were then taken back to the canteen to have their lunch where they had a

fulfilling and hearty meal.

● After lunch, each child was taken to a class where the students of that class let them

cut a cake, danced with them and entertained them by playing games with them.

● After this, all the children were made to assemble and brought outside, in front of the

Audi Block where they played games like Jump In Jump Out, Statue etc. while

squealing with joy along with the volunteers.

● The children were then made to board the bus that they arrived in to be taken back to

the Centre while being accompanied by a couple of CSA volunteers.

Positives


● The kids enjoyed a lot and were excited all throughout.

● It brought joy to the volunteers to see the wide smiles on the faces of the children.

● They loved the games that were arranged for them and played them as many times as

they could.

● The CSA volunteers were active and efficient and strictly followed the CPP.

● All of the kids were happy by the rewards, balloons and toffees they got won while

playing the games.

● They liked and enjoyed eating the food.

● Most importantly, they were comfortable throughout the day.

● The carnival revealed and gave space for the different talents and potential of every

kid.

Suggestions

● More number of CSA volunteers can be assigned for such events involving the

children so that all of them are taken care of at all times.

● Many classes did not have a volunteer present with the kid to overlook the class

activities as they weren’t enough volunteers that could be assigned for all kids.

● Some classes deterred from following the CPP. The classes must be thoroughly

explained about the CPP and emphasis must be put on following it.

● The volunteers must keep a more rigid watch on classes so that they don’t give

anything in particular to their kid (as a gift) separately which would make other kids

feel less special.

● There must be more clarity in giving out instructions to the volunteers so that they are

clear with their duties and the itinerary.


Reflections

● The children enjoyed a lot and had as much fun as they could which was clearly

evident in their wide smiles and their never - ending energy and this is what matters at

the end of the day. It means that the volunteers were successful in hosting the

children.

● Such carnivals should be organised for children of all centres for their enjoyment.

● We are perhaps more humbled after seeing the children with the bright smiles on their

faces.

● It strikes us suddenly how privileged we are and how we can use that position of

privilege to provide and facilitate others. Seeing the children so happy made the

volunteers wish that they could do more to keep them happier.

● The sense of oneness came up among the volunteers when taking care of the children

and protecting them.

● Acts of kindness such as these are ultimately committed not for the deliberate

satisfaction of the one committing the act, but for the joy and contentment that comes

upon those towards whom such an act is being committed towards.

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Name of the Event: General Meeting

Organised by: Centre for Social Action

Date: 13 July 2019

Venue: Conference Room, BGR Campus

Key Points

● This was the first general meeting held for the academic year.


● Every Wing spoke about their past events, and their upcoming ones - in the order of

Activity Centre, Drishti, Media and Communication and Prayatna.

● Following this, the Student Council Representative conducted the Open Forum and

the Gender Forum as well

● The newest unit of CSA, Prabhav, was also announced to the volunteers - as the

Impact Assessment Team

● Then, the upcoming new event- Photo Walk, was announced by the M&C and

Prayatna Leaders, so volunteers could gear up for a fun Sunday

Positives

● Very good turnout of volunteers

● Good excitement and enthusiasm throughout

● Productive meeting - important points discussed throughout

Suggestions

● Avoid technical issues - the Carnival Aftermovie could not be played and this caused

some chaos

● Frequent changes in venue caused a bit of confusion for volunteers

● The meeting had been postponed once before, which had also caused some confusion

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Photo Walk

Organised by: M&C and Prayatna (collab)

Date:14 July 2019

No of volunteers: 42

Venue: Turahalli Forest


Key points

● Volunteers first reported at Christ Bannerghatta campus around 6:45am.

● We left the campus at around 7:15 in a private bus to Turahalli forest which is

around 45 minutes from the campus.

● We stopped at a wonderful restaurant for breakfast which all of us really enjoyed.

● We made it up to the forest by 9:00am

● The main part of the forest had been closed as it was reserved.

● From there we were divided into 5 groups and were given tasks to do.

● Task 1: We were given a photo from which we had to build up a story based on

what we see there and explain it through pictures . Which had proved the purpose

of the event.

● After this we went to a Gazebo where we could discuss the stories and take in the

beauty of the surroundings.

● We played a few games in order to get to know each other better.

● Task 2: As a part of leaving the forest we had a treasure hunt, Where we were given

a picture of something there and we had to find that place and recreate the photo.

● After the treasure hunt got over we assembled in front gate and left the place by

11:30 AM

● We reached back at campus by around 12:30 PM

Positives:

● We had a lot of first year students as well as first-time volunteers who found this as

a great opportunity to socialise .

● We had great games which had fulfilled its purpose completely.

● We found the place really beautiful and relaxing.


● All the First year volunteers found all the seniors really welcoming and filled with

positive energy.

Suggestions:

● The event seemed more like a Story hunt and less of a Photo walk because of the

Tasks we were given.

● We could have carried more Water with us there was a lot of walking.

● We could have learned more about the place and could have spent more time there

for the same

● There were times during the games where many of the volunteers were so much

into winning it where they lost the purpose of the activities.

● We could have had breakfast in a cheap place.

Reflections:

● We can find a story anywhere if we want to .

● Nature is extremely beautiful on its own.

● All of us where unique in differences habits.

● Attending such events help us to meet a lot of new people who are unique as well

as cherish old relationships

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Photo Exhibition

Name of the Event: Photo Exhibition


Date: 16 July, 2019


Venue: Quadrangle

Key Points

● This was done for promoting the ongoing Child Sponsorship Program

● A great array of pictures from various Activity Centre events, including Carnival, was

used

● Made on the theme, of school, a lot of nostalgic and quirky artwork accompanied the

display

Positives

● Wonderful selection of pictures from the events

● The artwork really enhanced the display

● The photographers were many and equally impressive, and all of their work was

recognised and appreciated

Suggestions

● More promotion could be done for the same

● A better venue could have been chosen, for greater viewership

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Name of the Event: Street Play

Organized by: Drishti, in collaboration with Vimochana


Venue: St. Joseph's college


Key points


● At 3:50pm, the Drishti volunteers gathered in front of the audi block.They were then

briefed by the Drishti Leaders about the venue and the safety precautions that were to

be taken.

● By 4:00pm, the Drishti team left the college in a bus.The participants’ faces were

painted in the bus.

● At around 5:00pm, we reached our destination and then we moved to the hall for the

performance.

● The play focused on honor killings and mob lynching, two very hot topics in India at

the moment.

● By 5:20pm, the performance started and lasted for 20 minutes.The performance got a

great appreciation from the audience and Mrs.Koreen invited us to Vimochana(NGO).

● By 6:05pm, the Drishti team headed back for college. On the way back, the team was

bubbling with positivity. They reached college by 7:15 PM. The members dispersed

after sharing a light moment.

Positives

● The teamwork was amazing. The team improvised very well in the space constraints.

● The leadership was amazing. The heads were giving us useful inputs as and when

required.

● The performance was well-coordinated and very energetic. The audience loved it.

Suggestions

● Due to Time Constraints, lack of practice, the dialogues clashed and were not clear.

● The main problem that the M&C team faced was that,there was no proper lights.The

lack of space and crowd management was another major concern.

Reflections

● The volunteers learnt a lot about a hot topic - mob lynching


● They improvised and adapted, an important part of theatre

● They worked very well as a team

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Name of the Event: Child Sponsorship Program - Promotional Activities

Date: 17th - 24th July


Venue: Christ BGR Campus

Key Points

● On 17th July, an Open Mic was held in the Quadrangle, where a whole host of

talented Christites performed in front of a large and enthusiastic audience.

● Many talented singers, and musicians took to the stage and performed to bring

awareness to CSA and its flagship Child Sponsorship Program.

● A board and a stall for donation was also organised in the quadrangle.

● On 18th July, some game stalls were also set up in the quadrangle, to bring back

nostalgic school memories and introduce people to the theme of education. This

included Story Designer, Quotationary, Photo Hunt and Caption Maker.

● After this, a flash mob was planned to promote the Child Sponsorship Program. Three

first year volunteers were put in charge, and practice duly started on 22nd July

● On 24th July, at 12:30 PM, the volunteers assembled in the quadrangle and performed

groovy steps to some of the catchiest songs - attracting and enticing the audience.

Positives


● It helped get the word out about CSA as well as the Child Sponsorship Program -

donations increased exponentially after this

● The activities were well co-ordinated by the volunteers

● They helped people empathise with the cause, and incentivised them to donate

● Audience numbers for these activities was pretty good

Suggestions

● Planning could have been done more in advance

● Greater promotion for these activities could have been done, had there been better

planning

● The effort and the outcome were disproportionate - did not hit hard and hit home with

the actions

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Name of the Event: NGO Exposure

Organised by: CSA

Date: 19th July


Venue:Samarthan Trust for the Disabled

Key Points:

● The volunteers Congregated in front of Audi block around 1 PM following which we

left for the venue in the CSA bus around 1:15 PM


● The Volunteers reached the venue around 1:55 PM and received a briefing about the

NGO.

● The volunteers were divided into groups and were shown around the campus with the

help of the volunteers of the NGO.

● The volunteers got to know about different learning methods for the disabled and how

they are helped using different assistive technologies.

● Most of the people in the NGO are prepared to do be able to do a job in the future and

have their own identity

● We again assembled in a class and were divided into groups.Each group went to each

class from 1st std to 6th std and interacted with the students.

● We then left the NGO at 4 PM and reached back around 5:30 PM

Positives:

● Volunteers were cooperative and very disciplined

● Even after knowing everything we brought a smile to the children we listened to the

people to the kids we were good listeners

● The children were happy with the dance and activities they wanted more from us

● The kids knew sign language and enjoyed seeing us so did the volunteers enjoyed

spending time with the children.

Suggestions:

● Longer time should be given to volunteers so that they can explore fully

● Proper planning proper time management should be done by the heads.

● More moral learning activities for the kids in the classes

● More games should be planned for the sessions for volunteers and for people they are

interacting with

● More planning would have been more smooth for the volunteers.


● Lot more Kannada speakers should be included for better communication during these

visits to ensure smooth communication.

● Junior volunteers should interact more with the kids

Reflections:

● Not giving up hope despite what we face.We saw a fighting spirit in those kids and

the people over there for a better life and we were really happy to be able to see

something like that.

● We are not grateful for what we have seeing those kids we realised that we don't

appreciate the things we have and complain.

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Event: Drishti Play

Date: 21st July 2019

Venue: Dharmaram Ground

Organised By: Drishti


Key Points:

● Drishti from the Banerghatta Road Campus performed a play on account of the

“Pulse” 10 Km run organised by the NCC and SWO.

● The Drishti volunteers reached the Main Campus at 8:15 a.m. The Drishti play began

at 8:35 a.m, and ended at 8:45 a.m.

● First, the volunteers went around Dharmaram ground chanting “Nataka Nataka” to

gather an audience, and campaigning around college.


● The theme of the play was Water Conservation.

● The play used props (poles) and formations to increase their visual appeal

Positives

● The performance involved complex formations and props to enhance the visual appeal

● Great coordination amongst the team members

● Hard-hitting dialogues and jingles

Suggestions:

● Despite there being a large crowd at the Dharmaram Ground, the audience for the

Drishti play was less in number. It improved a little as the play continued, but the

attitude towards Drishti shown by the people at the Ground was largely flippant

because at the time of the play, they were either collecting their participation

certificates for Pulse, or having refreshments.

● On their own, Drishti was having a hard time trying to get people’s attention whilst

campaigning and performing the play, primarily due to the reasons mentioned above.

● The play itself, while being conceptually sound, did not seem like it was optimally

executed, which could be due to very little practice time for the Drishti Volunteers.

However, the usage of props in their play was done to good effect.

Reflections

● Considering Bangalore’s acute water crisis, the Pulse 10K run was a great initiative,

and the Drishti Play helped drive home the catastrophic issue of water scarcity and

certainly enlightened the audience and perhaps even changed the way they think and

act.

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Name of the Event: Reflections


Date: 21st July 2019

Venue: Basavanagudi


Key Points

● The Theme of this Reflections - New Age Heritage, to reflect Bangalore’s complex

culture, being a city built from humble beginnings, but known to most as today’s tech

hub and India’s most modern city. The volunteers were tasked with artistically

juxtaposing the 2 - The Old, and The New.

● The volunteers reported to college at 6:30, and they departed from college via a

BMTC Bus to KR Market, from where they switched the bus to reach the first venue

● The first venue was Kempambuddhi Kere, one of the city’s major sources of water

during the rule of Kempe Gowda

● Then the volunteers walked through the streets and alleys of Chamarajpet, and passed

through Bugle Rock - a park imbued with history.

● They then headed to the Big Bull Temple (Dodda Basavana Gudi), where the leaders

told them about the story and they were given some time to explore the place

● Following this, the volunteers had breakfast at a nearby South Indian joint, and were

then given a chance to explore one of Basavanagudi’s hubs - Gandhi Bazaar

● After 1 hour of exploring, the group rejoined to discuss their findings and insights

● Following this, the volunteers headed back to campus and reached by 2 PM

● After this the volunteers were asked to produce creative content based on the theme

and the visit

Positives


● Good volunteer bonding, since it was a smaller group. Senior and junior volunteers

intermingled and bonded well over the course of the morning.

● Better in a smaller group, since the explorations and experience became more fruitful

● Learnt a lot of history about the place, and the different points visited, thanks to the

leaders

● It was a very productive way to spend a Sunday morning, exploring Bangalore

● It afforded all the M&C volunteers the artistic freedom to interpret the theme and the

place

● Everyone really enjoyed the theme

Suggestions

● More time should have been given to volunteers to discuss and deliberate, so they can

create content

● Different people walked at different paces, and that wasn’t taken into account,

resulting in disjointed groups and lags

● Bus routes should have been organised

● A greater emphasis should have been placed in exploring a single spot, rather than

attempting multiple spots in quick succession

Reflections

● Everyone could truly explore their emotions and stop being as deliberate and

calculated as we generally are, as a species and a race

● It was a much needed tri for volunteers to explore their creative side, and both hone

and develop their skills

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Name of the Event: CSP Play



Date: 26th July 2019

Venue: Quadrangle

Key Points:

● The objective of the street play was to raise awareness for the Child sponsorship

programme ( CSP) so that more students on the campus would contribute for the

cause.

● The play was witnessed by Poonam Bagai who is one of speakers for Social Action

Summit (SAS).

● The Volunteers entered from ICH to campaign for the cause and then went on to the

quadrangle to perform.

● Languages used in the play were Kannada, Hindi and English.

Positives:

● There were more people in the crowd due to the campaigning that happened in ICH.

● There was a very good response received from the audience.

● The plot was written nicely and message was delivered with conviction

● The formations were well coordinated and impactful.

● The monologues were loud and clear and the expressions were strong.

Suggestions:

● Volume could have been louder and coherent as it was a comparatively big space.

● The jingles could have been delivered with more coordination.


● The practice sessions were in a smaller space than quadrangle, therefore it was

difficult to come into formations in lesser time. If the practices also happen in a larger

space, it would be beneficial to the volunteers.

● The eye contact of the volunteers with each other and the audience can be improved.

● On spot changes could have been understood and executed smoothly.

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Name of the Event: Social Action Summit


Date: 27th July 2019

Venue: Main Auditorium, BGR Campus

Number of Attendees: All First Year Students of BGR + 50 Representatives from other

Colleges, NGOs + 45 CSA Volunteers (From both BGR and Hosur Road Campuses)

Key Points

● Social action summit (SAS) second edition was conducted by Centre for Social

Action (CSA) on 27th July 2019.

● The main objective was to sensitize the youth towards social actions.

● The registrations for the different committee volunteers for the SAS was open from

June 28, 2019.

● On July 7th, heads of the committees started briefing the volunteers on their roles.

● SAS promotions and other background work were on its full swing by 22nd July.


● All volunteers assembled at 6:00 a.m on the day of the event for the registration of

attendance and collection of volunteer badge.

● General guidelines and proceedings of the day were briefed to all the volunteers.

● All the speakers were brought to ICH for breakfast around 7:00 a.m

● It happened to be a huge turnout compared to that of last year.

● Audience included CSA volunteers, Christites from all the campuses, students from

other schools and colleges and also people from NGOs.

● Ms. Phinu Jose, the Director of CSA also addressed the gathering

● The chief guest of the event was Mr. Anand Malligavad, one of the most prominent

social activists of Karnataka.

● Speakers of the day included Anshu Gupta, Poonam Bagai, Onkar K Khullar, Harish

Iyer, Maneesha Ramakrishnan and Shifa Anjum.

● All the speakers had diverse topics and engaged the audience throughout with their

experiences.

● Every speaker was personally received by the senior volunteers from the airport and

also made a short preview.

● It was the first time in the history of Christ to have a guest representing the

LGBTQA+ community on stage.

● Shifa Anjum, one of the greatest success stories of CSA made the event more special

for the volunteers.

● The event started at 8:30 a.m and precisely ended at 12:30 p.m

● The guests were served lunch sponsored by La Arabia.

● Audience were informed about the Child Sponsorship Program and its working

through the video.


Positives

● Effort of the art team was highly appreciated.

● There was a high level of dedication and hardwork by the first year volunteers

● The planning and execution of the core team was commendable

● Mega structure of SAS grabbed people’s attention and was a huge success.

● Special mention was given to the videographers and video editors who made the

after-movie possible.

● For the first time, documentation team were split into different slots and the working

was well-planned.

● Smooth proceeding throughout the day.

● All the volunteers were highly disciplined and particular about their work.

Suggestions

● The work to be done can be conveyed to all the volunteers rather than only to the

committee heads.

● There should be a single volunteer whatsapp group which includes all the committees

apart from the separate committee groups.

● Many confusion could have been avoided if certain permissions were asked in prior to

the management.

● Promotions could have been more organised and effective.

● There were too many volunteers with less work in guest relations and hospitality

committee.

● Committee heads were a bit unprofessional to the volunteers in many instances.

● Stage and logistics should have been separate teams.

● A few instructions which were communicated were not followed up on.


● Though the plan was discussed very prior to the day of the event, the work for the

same was seriously taken only in the last two days.

● Confusion in the promotions committee when there was a division of online and

offline.

Reflections

● All the speakers proved the point that nobody is perfect.

● The learning from the stories of the speakers, one can understand that they weren’t

big from birth but they made it big

● The motto of CSA, ‘Together we can’ was demonstrated by the team effort and made

the SAS a grand success.

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Name of the Event: Animal Welfare Visit


Date: 28 July 2019

No. of Volunteers: 37

Venue: People for Animals (PfA)– Wildlife Hospital, Bangalore.

Key Points:

● We left the Christ University BGR Campus at 8:05 am by a bus. We stopped on the

way for breakfast at 8:45am.

● We reached the PfA Animal Hospital at 10:00 am.

● We then attended a Human Animal Conflict Presentation. The presentation was given

by senior veterinarian Col. Navaz who is a retired Army officer.


● Sir talked about various topics such as the PfA organization, the rich urban wildlife in

Bangalore, the drastic changes in the weather in Bangalore across the globe, and he

also spoke about ecological balance.

● Sir then spoke about how the NGO works, i.e. Rescue, Recovery, Rehabilitation and

Release. There is a hospital, a pet cemetery, helpline, and emergency services.

● At 10:45 am, we had a Question and Answer session.

● At 11:00 am, we were split into 3 groups for a tour. Our group was guided by Roopal,

an intern at PfA.

● We went on a tour to see the various enclosures, such as individual recovery

enclosures, enclosures for social interactions of primates, parakeet assessment/

recovery enclosure, and so on. We were also shown the primates lifetime enclosure.

● We saw the pet cemetery where pets have been buried and graves have been erected

in memory of pets by the owners.

● We were shown the Snake temple.

● At 11:45 am, we split into many groups to make ladders, hammocks, and paint.

● We finished with the work and assembled at 12:50 pm.

● In the end, we were shown a baby cobra by Col. Navaz. sir. After which, we left the

PfA Wildlife Hospital at 1:05 am.

● Indhuja and Tanish thanked the PfA team for making the visit a great one. The PfA

team also requested a few of our volunteers to speak about their experience at PfA.

● We reached the Christ University, BGR Campus at 02:10 pm.

Positives

● It was well organized.

● Good breakfast stop.

● The visit was very informative.


● We now know what to do when an animal is in distress and how animals can be

harmed.

● Got to know more people.

Suggestions:

● Some of the volunteers talked about there being ‘groupism’ among few. Hence they

suggested more interaction between all the volunteers, and encouraged talking and

meeting new people in more CSA events.

● A suggestion was given that next time, if there is a need, specify the most convenient

outfit for any future event. (Eg. Footwear for activities in the outdoors.)

● Time management should be better as we could not complete all the work that was

given.

● There were too many volunteers and too little work to do, hence people worked for

the sake of it, and not because it was needed.

Reflections

● After the visit, we know how to care for animals, and not only for cats and dogs.

● Humanity exists, and this visit inspired many.

● This visit taught us not to hesitate to sacrifice a Sunday for a purpose like this.

● It was good to see how there was a compost pit for all the left over degradable items

that were left, after taking care of the animals.

● It was an emotional experience to see the pet cemetery.

● It was great to see how there were great facilities for the animals.

● We learnt new skills.

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Report of Events for the month of August 2019

Name of the Event: Rural Exposure Camp

Dates: 11th-13th August, 2019



Venue: Kolar

Key Points

Day 1:

● The volunteers left campus at 7:30am.

● A total of 53 volunteers attended the camp accompanied by one CSA faculty member.

● Volunteers had breakfast from 8:30am-9:20am.

● The bus arrived at the Kolar basecamp in Yeldur village at 11:00am.

● Leaders briefed the volunteers about the rules to be followed during their stay and

conducted an ice breaking session for the volunteers 11:11am.

● The volunteers attended an orientation at 11:50 conducted by Mrs. Aruna, the

president of the federation, & Mr. Anjan the project coordinator.

● The volunteers were told about the history, the problems faced and the progress of

Pragathi (Kolar Project).

● Pragathi focussed on child care and community development along with other issues.

● A total of 22 villages were shortlisted for the project.

● Lack of hygiene and awareness is currently the biggest issue faced there.

● The orientation ended at 12:45pm.

● The volunteers were provided with lunch from 1:00pm-2:00pm.


● Drishti volunteers prepared for the play to be performed in the evening and the

remaining volunteers prepared for the sanitation rally.

● Tea was served at 4:00pm.

● Volunteers were then divided into groups and boarded tempo vans to go for the house

visits at 4:25pm.

● The house visits were from 5:20pm-6:00pm.

● The volunteers talked to the families regarding the importance of sanitation, the usage

of toilets, education and the facilities available to them.

● Soon after, the sanitation rally was conducted involving volunteers and children of

the village chanting slogans and holding up a sign. The team walked around the

village encouraging the villagers to be hygienic.

● The rally was followed by the performance of Drishti at 7:00pm. The play focused on

hygiene, and usage of toilets.

● Volunteers returned back to the base camp at 8:05pm and ate dinner.

● Games were played after dinner.

● The volunteers went to sleep by 10:00pm.

Day 2:

● The first activity of the day was the optional morning walk-

The Wake up call for the volunteers was at 5:30am

● The volunteers left at 5:45am for the morning walk

● The volunteers came back from the morning walk at 6:30am

● Breakfast was served to the volunteers at 7:00am and continued for half an hour after

which they were briefed about the events for the day

● The volunteers left the base camp for the field work at 8:15am

● The field work consisted of a road construction task


● The volunteers reached the field area at around 9:15 am

● The task required the volunteers to work with instruments of a kind that they had

never engaged with ever previously. The nature of the work coupled with the intensity

required for the completion of the task was quite a challenge to the volunteers. The

volunteers used multiple strategies to ensure efficient and effective work being put

into the field task.

● The lunch break was announced at 12:45pm.

● By 3:30 pm the field work was wrapped up and the volunteers having completed the

work began the ride to a different location in a village for activities and cultural

programs

● The volunteers reached the village at around 4:00pm

● At 5:00pm activities were conducted to promote teamwork within the volunteers

● 6:00 PM, volunteers move to practice for the cultural programs and the drishti

volunteers practice for the play. The volunteers then performed a play as Drishti and

had a cultural programme where the children of the village performed a dance for the

volunteers and then the CSA volunteers performed a dance and sang some songs in a

patriotic theme.

● After the cultural programme the volunteers left the village and headed back to the

base camp for dinner and further activities.

● 8:15 to 9:15pm was designated as the dinner time for the volunteers.

● After dinner, the volunteers were divided into two teams and played dumb charades as

the last activity for the day.

Day 3:

● The day started with a morning walk in the village of Yeldur. The volunteers were

divided into groups of eight or nine. The walk started at 5:30 AM.


● All the groups met at a meeting point around 6:30 AM after the walk. A short photo

session followed and lots of group pictures were clicked.

● The group then walked back to the base camp. Breakfast was served at 7:15 AM.

● The leaders had planned games for the volunteers. The day started with the "Stop, Go,

Clap, Jump" game.

● The day continued with tougher volunteer bonding games.

● After the game, Feedback session was held for the entire camp, the points of which

are noted below.

● Some kids from a nearby school came to the base camp to thank the volunteers for

conducting AC classes there. The volunteers taught them some dance steps.

● Lunch was served and the group departed from Kolar at around 1:00 PM.

Positives

● The morning walk ensured personal interaction among volunteers.

● The games fostered values like cooperation, team spirit and learning from one's

mistakes.

● The way fellow volunteers served food felt nice.

● The way everyone kept quiet and made minimum noise to conduct the activities so as

to not disturb the villagers.

● The field work served as an opportunity for the volunteers to develop team spirit.

Suggestions

● The feedback session could have been conducted during breakfast which would have

saved more time for the games.

● The time for morning walk could have been longer.


● Some volunteers were not able to meet the required physical demand for the field

work.

● People who were very exhausted from the previous day's work could be exempted

from the morning walk.

Reflections

● How social service is an uphill battle and one constantly needs to be sensitised about

issues.

● How the game went from competition to cooperation and at the end, it is all about

being together and helping each other out.

● The volunteers realized the value of the work that is put into a task like road

construction and the compensation that the workers receive in return.

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Name of the Event: Independence Day Celebration

Organized By: Activity Centre

Date: 15th August, 2019

Number of volunteers: 14 AC and 2 M&C volunteers.

Venue: Activity centre, Tilak Nagar

Key Points:

● The volunteers first gathered in the Bannerghatta Road Campus at around 14:30 hours

and set out for the event in a Van.


● They reached the venue at around 15:00 hours and started the Programme at about

15:20 after arrival of all the children.

● At first, the volunteers briefed the children about the meaning of Independence Day,

its importance and the National Symbols of the country.

● Then the children were made aware about the meaning of our national anthem “Jana

Gana Mana”.

● Continuing with the event, one of the volunteers conducted a General Knowledge

Quiz based on the knowledge regarding the nation which was followed by an

absorbing drawing session which gained the interest of children.

● Moving ahead, all the Children and volunteers sang the national anthem remembering

the struggles of and saluting the bold and courageous souls of the freedom fighters.

● After national anthem all the children and volunteers had snacks.

● After snacks all the volunteers danced and played a few amusing games with the

children making them very enthusiastic.

● The event came to an end at around 18:00 hours and the volunteers had a feedback

session in the van itself on their way back to the campus.

Positives:

● The decision of playing the game Fire in the Mountain turned out to be amazing and

delighted the children as they loved playing it.

● The PPTs on national symbols gained a lot of attention of the children, resulting in a

proper interactive session.

● Even though we couldn’t go to the park as per the plan due to heavy rain, the

volunteers made sure to entertain the children by engaging them in dancing activities

and amazing games.


● Impacted by the knowledge imparted during the explanation about the importance of

Independence Day, one of the kids from AC wrote an on-the-spot poem of her own.

● Few of the kids already knew the meaning of Jana Gana Mana and actively

participated in explaining the meaning to other children as well.

Suggestions:

● The volunteers should have come more prepared in order to spontaneously answer to

the curiosity of the children.

● Volunteers need to avoid the use of phones in front of kids which might distract them.

● The activities which were conducted could have been more diverse.

● Few of the volunteers ate junk food and used regional languages in front of the kids

which needs to be strictly avoided.

● There could have been more co-ordination amongst the volunteers.

Reflections:

● There were many first-time volunteers who had great experience while interacting

with the kids.

● The new volunteers learned the importance of life they live and the privileges they

have after visiting to AC.

● Many of the volunteers also gained the knowledge about the nation which they

weren’t aware of. This made them develop a huge sense of respect for the nation.

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Name of the Event: Activity Centre painting

Organised by: Prayatna and AC



Venue: AC Tilak Nagar


Key points

● Volunteers assembled at Christ Bannerghatta Road Campus by 7:40 in the morning,

leaving for the bus stop within an hour. In the meantime, attendance was taken and an

inventory of available materials was made.

● Rain and traffic caused certain delays but the group managed to reach Tilak Nagar by

9:30.

● The first step was assessment of the classroom, followed by brainstorming and

planning by the art team.

● Meanwhile, the other volunteers began preparing the space by clearing up the room,

moving the furniture out and scraping the walls for ease of painting.

● Following the clean-up, volunteers were briefed about the plan of action along with

instructions about correct usage of brushes and paint, methods of painting, etc.

● Volunteers were divided into flexible groups and assigned different walls or parts of

walls to design.

● Drawing and painting began by 11:30. Initially, the lack of coloured chalks and

shortage of brushes proved to be challenging but volunteers managed to coordinate

well. Nitya, an AC student also joined the clean-up.

● The work was completed by 3.00 pm. However, the post-painting clean-up took

another 40 minutes after which the volunteers dispersed.

Positives


● The transformation of the classroom was amazing. The clean-up and graffiti

brightened up the room, making it a fun learning environment.

● It is expected that a few of the older AC kids who haven't been attending will now be

motivated to re-join. This will also help with the retention of new students who might

join in the future.

● The coordination among the volunteers was commendable. Although there was a

shortage of materials, they shared brushes and took turns with the painting, therefore

no one was sitting idle.

Suggestions

● The time required for the clean-up had been grossly underestimated. While it had

been expected to get over by 12, the work went on till 3.30. It has been suggested

that the volunteers should have left earlier.

● The brainstorming also took up some time and could have been done beforehand .

● Masks and gloves are usually provided for the clean-up and graffiti but they

weren't for this event.

Reflections

● A clean and bright environment will be very motivating for the students who attend

Activity Centre.

● The pictures of the classroom impressed most students and more and more volunteers

are expected to come to AC henceforth.

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Name of the Event: Storytelling


Organised by: AC and Media and Communication (collab)

Date:22nd August 2019

Venue:Tilak Nagar

No of volunteer:15

Key points:

● All the volunteers departed from the Christ Bannerghatta campus at 4:30pm in a

van arranged earlier.

● We reached Tilak Nagar at around 5:10pm.

● The kids were already there when we arrived, they were all really excited to see us

but did expect the surprise we brought with us.

● We taught them for 30mins as regular AC day as we didn’t want this affect their

studies.

● At around 5:45pm we winded up their studies and announced that we have a

surprise for them.

● We started off with a Beautiful song which they loved and were screaming once

more once more . We also had a guitar performance by one of our volunteers which

gave more effect to this song.

● Then we had a story with a great moral .The story of Roger Skunk who was not

happy with who he was and how he learned his lesson .This was a great moral for

the kids. They enjoyed the acting of our volunteers and learnt a really good lesson.

● Later on we had one of a volunteer narrating them the story of “Around the World

in 80 days”.Which gave them a great inspiration for them to achieve anything they

want to do.


● After this the kids requested the volunteers to sing this song again and we did and

they where they also sat sang with us.

● After this last song we wind it up a session at around 6:30 PM and left from there in

the van to the campus

Suggestions:

● Most of the kids did not know the basics and were not aware of what they were

actually being taught in school also.

● The volunteers were not aware of what the kids actually had to study as we didn’t

have a proper follow-up on them.

● There was not a teacher in the classroom.

● The departure time could have been more explicitly stated so that we would

consume less time in waiting for the van.

Positives:

● Classroom look very attractive after we painted it.

● The kids really enjoyed our performance and really like the stories and songs we

came up with.

● Volunteers acted out the story and a really good way which added more effective

storytelling.

● All the volunteers were really involved and where are filled with enthusiasm

Reflections:

● The event was filled with a lot of energy and the kids' faces after we did the whole

story-telling were beautiful to see.

● Stories had a really good impact on them and they would remember that lifelong.


● The volunteers were inspired by the AC experience

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Name of the Event: Workshop on Video Editing



Venue: Seminar Hall, Christ BGR Campus


Key Points

● The workshop was conducted by James Kannanthara, a professional animator and

video editor and former CSA volunteer

● All attendees were asked to install the video editing software Adobe Premiere Pro

before the workshop, and watch an introductory video

● James went on to teach the volunteers about footage compilation, audio editing,

colour grading and other basics of video editing.

● After the workshop he assigned them a small task to use what he had taught to make

their own video

● This is Part 1 of a 2-part workshop. The second part will be held early in September

and will be on advanced video editing.

Suggestions

● James moved a bit too fast and was a tad too technical in his teaching, which could

have caused some learning gaps

● The audio system did not work for the first part of the workshop


● The poor internet on campus prevented some from installing the software

Positives

● A much-needed workshop since video editing is a valuable skill to have

● The task allowed them to explore the software for themselves

● James had great technical knowledge which was appreciated by the attendees

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Name of the Event: Sapling Plantation Drive


Venue: Brigade Utopia

Organised by: Centre for Social Action, in collaboration with Climate Revolution, NCBS,

Fridays for Future


Key Points:

● CSA conducted a tree plantation drive at Brigade Utopia in collaboration with an

NGO.

● The objective of the event was to provide a private forest to the citizens of the society.

● 1000 saplings were planted with the aim of establishing a forest

● The event started at 7:30am and ended around 2pm

Suggestions

● The event was delayed by thirty minutes.


● A direct bus was not authorised for reaching the destination. The volunteers had to

take two buses which caused further delay and inconvenience

● The drive was conducted for a corporate cause as the forest was a part of the

landscape promised to the people buying the apartments. There was no social cause

behind the work.

● Groupism led to limited interaction between CSA volunteers and the NGO volunteers.

Positives :

● Transport expenses were taken care of by the university

● The volunteers were provided with timely snacks and good lunch

● The event was well organised and planned. All the preparations like digging pits for

planting saplings were already done.

● All the volunteers worked hard and got out of their comfort zone to fight for a greater

cause

Reflections :

● The volunteers learned about the hard work that goes into planting trees. It is very

easy to chop down a tree but requires a lot of effort to plant one.

● Learnt about the correct techniques of planting trees .

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Name of the Event: Talents Day


Organised by: Centre for Social Action - All 3 Campuses


Venue: Hosur Road Campus, CHRIST (Deemed to be University)

Key Points

● Talents’ day is a yearly event organized by the Centre for Social Action (CSA) for the

kids from the project areas to showcase their talents.

● Talents’ day for this year was held on 25th August in the Christ (Deemed to be

University), Hosur road campus. A meeting was conducted a day before the event to

enlighten the volunteers about the proceedings.

● After a brief overview of the Talents’ Day, all the committee heads were introduced

along with a small briefing about each committee’s roles and responsibilities.

● The plan structure was briefed to the volunteers. Instructions about the dress code

were given. Different teams were assigned different colours to help identify them with

ease.

● The venues and locations of important rooms were also discussed and this information

was passed onto the volunteers to prevent chaos and confusion during the event.

● The offline promotions, handled by the Hosur road campus included stalls,

flash-mobs and other different activities. The online posters were made by the

Kengeri campus while the countdown poster was made by the BGR campus.

● On Talents’ day, 5 buses left the main campus for each of the four project areas:

Vriddhi, Tilaknagar, Subhash Nagar and Janakiram layout. Every bus included 1 or 2

transport, crowd and documentation volunteers who accompanied the kids to Christ

(Deemed to be University), Hosur road campus.

● All the volunteers from Kengeri as well as Bannerghatta campus arrived at the main

campus at sharp 7:30 PM.


● All the kids arrived at the main campus at around 8:30 AM

● The crowd volunteers took the kids for breakfast, where they were seated according to

project areas.

● The kids were taken to the respected venues of off-stage events by 9. One on-stage

event - Group song took place around 11:15 a.m

● The crowd volunteers would be divided as per the strength of the children from each

project area. The crowd committee was further divided into Audi and lifts team, the

call of nature (CON) committee and the water committee.

● The logistics and documentation committees were given separate rooms to execute

their work.

● The kids were divided into 3 categories based on their classes - A, B and C. Category

A was from 1st to 3rd grade, category B from 4th to 7th grade, and category C from

eighth to 10th.

● All the offstage events started at around 10:00 am.

● 8 off-stage events were happening in different rooms simultaneously.

● 1) Pick and speak:

● In this, the kids were given the topic, “Who do you think a hero is”? and were asked

to talk about it.

● 2) Jumbo Remembo:

● In this event, the kids were shown pictures of different things for a minute and were

asked to name them on a piece of paper.

● 3) Spin a story:

● This was a competition where the kids were again given a topic about who was their

hero and had to come up with a story.


● 4) Crayonify (501) : It was a colouring event for children of category A. There were

30 participants managed by 3 members each from the crowd and cultural committees.

A sheet with an outline drawing of cartoon characters was given to each of the kids

and a box of crayons was shared by every two kids. Although the event began later

than scheduled at 10:15, it was very well managed and disciplined as the kids were

kept busy.

● 5) Solo Camera Action (502): It was a mono acting event for category A kids, for

which 21 kids turned up. It commenced at 10:00 am and was finished within half an

hour. While some kids were shy and unprepared while others struck very boldly and

confidently.

● 6) Recite it right (503): The third event for Category A kids was poem recitation. A

half an hour-long event, it ended at 10.30. Children were allowed to recite poems in

any language of their choosing. Poems such as “Cup and saucer” and “Don’t let me

go” were recited and received encouraging cheers from the judges. The 12

participants were supervised by 3 cultural committee members and 3 crowd

volunteers. They learned spellings and there were a few activities post the event.

● 7) CRAFTIFY, Category - C - Theme - "Heroes within us". Children were given basic

stationery items like paper, tape, pencils and ice cream sticks. They were expected to

portray their idea of a superhero or the kind of hero they want to be in the future.

● 8) Wholly rangoli, Category - C. No theme was given for this event. The children

were free to show their creativity through rangoli.

● Group song commenced at 11:30 AM. The kids sang songs in Kannada, Tamil and

Hindi. Genres were folk, Bollywood and devotional.

● Lunch was served at 12:30 PM. The rest of the Stage events commenced from 2:00

PM.


● Event - mime. The event was based on acting using actions. Themes like war and its

after-effects were explored by children.

● Event - Skit. The theme centered around "Heroes within us". Children proposed the

idea of doctors and farmers being real-life superheroes.

● Event - Dance. There were eleven entertaining performances by the kids of the project

area as well as the volunteers from all three campuses. Some presented folk dance,

some contemporary. But dance stood out for spreading the message of "Stop child

labour" and "Stop child marriage".

● At 3:50 pm, the valedictory ceremony was conducted by Medha and Maria. The first

three prizes for all the offstage events were given away.

● The winners of the group song were Janakiram Layout, while the runners up were

Subhash Nagar.

● The mime event was won by Vriddhi. For the skit, Janakiram emerged winners,

closely seconded by Vriddhi.

● Subhash Nagar stood third in the group dance, Janakiram was second and Vriddhi

again won the event.

● The vote of thanks was given by Ms. Phinu Jose, the Director of CSA. She said that

volunteers had an occasion to get closer to both the students and staff of the project

areas, as well as to each other. She encouraged the children to study well and make

the most of every opportunity.

● The after-movie was received very well by the audience.

● The day ended with the beatboxing of Anil Kumar on the request of the kids.

Suggestions


● Event Committee volunteers were notified about their allotments only a day before

the event(offstage) which gave them less time to be prepared for it.

● The Auditorium plan was not followed which led to mismanagement of the crowd and

confusion on the stage.

● Child protection policy was violated by some volunteers.

● Different names for the same project area were not informed to the first-year

volunteers which led to confusion while handling the crowd.

● Food was served without using gloves initially and was not liked by some children.

● Logistic requirements were informed at the last minute. The list of average logistics

requirements for each event should be provided a day before to eliminate chaos.

● Some project areas were not informed of the events so they were not completely

prepared.

● At some points, the proceedings seemed much hurried which wasn’t necessary given

that the events were running ahead of the schedule.

● Multiple people instructing the volunteers created confusion about the chain of

command.

● The shortage of documentation volunteers compelled them to keep moving across

venues which caused a disturbance.

● The buses started late to pick up the kids which led to delay in the first half of the day.

● As the off-stage events were informed to the kids on-spot, they had trouble in

receiving the concept of some events. For this, a back-up event should be planned.

● As the events were divided campus-wide, the purpose of collaboration between

volunteers of different campuses failed to some extent.

● Promotions and Sponsorship committees could show better results if they start

working earlier.


● Hanging mics should have been used in the auditorium for ease of performance.

● The exit plan should have been followed while leading the children out of the KE hall.

● Since the purpose of such events is to enable volunteers to interact with each other,

they shouldn’t have been assigned events as per their campuses; rather they should

have been selected randomly.

● There were a lot of disturbances during offstage event.

Positives

● The event was hailed as one of the most well-coordinated ones, with a perfectly

demarcated structure.

● The committee heads were well-chosen, and the first-time heads did an appreciable

job. They handled the work calmly and didn’t let the pressure to get to them.

● The sponsorship and promotions teams did a brilliant job, considering the time

constraint. The logistics committee was also efficient.

● The kids were the centre of attraction, not the event or the work that volunteers were

doing.

● The constant updates on the overall group showcase the coordination of the volunteers

and the evidence that the feedback from last year’s Talent’s Day had been noted and

internalized.

● Events were coordinated properly.

● The documentation committee did a great job.

● Volunteers from different campuses got a chance to bond well.

● Volunteers performing from all three campuses were great.

● The needs of the kids were put first.

● The seniors, media and communication department were very helpful.


● The kids and the supervisors from the project areas were happy and satisfied.

Reflections

● The event was lauded as a trust-building exercise amongst the volunteers of all three

campuses.

● It was noted that coordination among groups, volunteers and their heads is very

important and volunteers felt that the event promoted teamwork.

● It was beautiful to watch the children showcase their talents. It enabled the volunteers

to interact with the kids, get to know those better whom they are working to help

through their contributions in CSA and encouraged them to work towards the

betterment of these children with even more vigour and zeal.

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Name of the Event: Chat-Over-Coffee


Venue: Quadrangle, Christ BGR Campus



Key Points

● The topic for the discussion was - Depression: It’s okay to not be okay

● There were 2 special guests - Alok Phillip, a former student at the BGR Campus who

is currently pursuing his Masters in Clinical Psychology at the Hosur Road Campus,


and Debargha Roy, a Psychology student at the BGR Campus who is a volunteer at

the White Swan Foundation, which deals with Mental Health

● The discussion started with brief introductions and a small trust-building exercise

● After this, sequentially, the causes, diagnosis and treatment of depression were

discussed at length. Causes such as abuse, stress, and events in life such as romantic

displeasure and the passing away of a loved one, were discussed

● Different types of depression were also discussed, and the participants learnt a

first-aid to depression - how to recognise it and help it

● Other effects like suicide and self-harm were also discussed - many participants were

victims of depression and so they shared their stories with the others

Positives

● Very interesting and lively discussion

● Gave a chance to victims of depression to share their stories with like-minded people

● Sensitized everyone about the issue of depression - through the combined

psychological knowledge of the guests

● At a time when academic commitments cause much stress and anxiety, and amongst

some even depression - the discussion was much needed, even cathartic

● The participants were very objective, empathetic and non-judgmental

Suggestions

● The environment around was quite noisy so perhaps the location could have been

better

● It could have been scheduled better, since there were other commitments parallely

● An activity to conclude the discussion would have capped it off better


Reflections

● Everyone learnt the importance of listening and understanding, and not straightaway

judging their friends and family who may suffer from depression

● Being empathetic is key - depression is more than just a phase, or a mental issue and

needs to be recognised as such

● It showed people the darker side of depression - self-harm and suicide, which are seen

as ways to stop the pain by those suffering

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Report of Events for the month of September 2019

Name of the Event: Drishti play


Date: 30 August 2019

Venue: Subhash Nagar (Little Angel’s English High School)

Key points:

▪ The volunteers first congregated in front of the Audi block of Bannerghatta campus at

around 1:15 PM, following which they set out to the venue in the van arranged by

college.

▪ The team reached the venue prior to the school’s dispersal period and had ample time

to paint their faces and prep for the play.

▪ The team was addressed by Jatin and Ammy, finalizing the narration and dialogues.

▪ The team performed in two schools, Little Angel’s English High School and our own

Subash Nagar project area school kids, in English and Kannada.

▪ The massive audience at Little Angel’s were very interactive and the crowd heard

loud applause at the end.


▪ The kids were not willing to leave even after the play and so the volunteers and the

kids had a fun session of the famous Banana Song before getting on the van and to

Bannerghatta campus again by 4.

Positives:

▪ The intended theme and message, “Importance of Education” was communicated very

well and the students understood and acknowledged it clearly.

▪ The last-minute changes and alterations were spot on and the volunteers nailed it.

▪ A few volunteers had their first Drishti experience and had a lot of memories and

learnings to take back.

▪ Certain tongue-twisting jingles were sung perfectly

▪ Kannada narration done by a volunteer at the end of every scene was done very well

and helped communicate the message better.

▪ The senior volunteers heard personal feedback about how good the play was by our

kids and teachers.

▪ It was an overall good experience for the volunteers, kids and the schools.

Suggestions:


▪ Little Angel’s was a massive crowd of students. Our volunteers could’ve been louder,

so every child was engaged in the play.

▪ The timing for jingles were missed and there was a slight confusion that could’ve

been avoided.

▪ The last scene’s coordination and formation was missed which further created

confusion but could’ve been avoided.

▪ The team’s high-spirited energy felt a bit off and can be improved the next time.

Reflections

▪ The team worked very well under compromised circumstances

▪ Education is a blessing and needs to be more widespread

▪ Theatre is a powerful tool to communicate to impressionable children

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Name of the Event: Teacher’s Day Celebrations

Organised by: AC

Date: September 5th


Venue: Subash Nagar Government Kannada Primary School


Key Points:

● Volunteers left Bannerghatta Campus by 1:30 PM and reached the school by 2:00 PM.

● As soon as the volunteers reached the campus they started interacting with kids for

few min before they started with the activities.

● Volunteers divided the kids into groups of 4/5 and asked them to create a greeting

card for their teachers.

● The kids were provided with colour pencils and crayons and the volunteers helped the

kids in creating the greetings.

● By 3 PM all the kids were done with their greetings and the volunteers presented

those greetings to the teachers on behalf of the kids.

● The kids were also taught about the importance of teacher’s day.

Positives:

● Kids were very enthusiastic about the activity and each and every kid participated in

the activity.

● Teachers were really happy with the efforts put by kids in making the greeting cards.

Suggestions:

● Should have included more activities.

● Happened after college, so volunteers were not as energetic as demanded by the

occasion.

Reflections:

● The volunteers, were indeed touched by the gesture, and the day was all the more

memorable.


● The children learned the importance of the teacher, and of education

● Our volunteers became cognizant of the role they play in the formative years of the

child’s life

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Name of the Event: Swachhta Hi Seva Campaign

Date: 8th and 9th September, 2019


Venue: Hoskote

Key points:

● All the volunteers from Christ BGR campus reported to college at 6:30 am.

● From there we boarded the bus and took off to Christ Hosur Road Campus to pick up the

volunteers from there after which we left to Hoskote.

● We reached Hoskote base camp around 8:30am.

● There we had a few Icebreaker activities to bond with each other which served its

purpose.

● After this we were divided into groups for the house visits.

● They served us tea and snacks as refreshments also.


● After the house visits, we had a research study on UBA and its objectives. We were

guided by CSA faculty, Mr. Naganna Gowda.

● At around 12:45pm they served us lunch.

● After this all the Drishti volunteers started practicing for their play while the

others volunteers got time to bond with each other.

● We then had tea and snacks served by them after which we took off for our house visits.

● We first visited a village named Govindapura, where we did a lot of house visits

spreading awareness on cleanliness and gave one cloth bag in every house.

● We also had an anti-plastic campaign and Drishti play there.

●We visited five villages in two days including the village we stayed in ;

Yelachemannahalli, Govindapura, Dodathagalli, Apasandra, Thagalli, Hosahalli

and Gonakahalli, where we did house visits, campaigns and a Drishti play.

● We had our hostess giving us an orientation on the activities of CSA in the village and

its impact.

● We visited a few places in the base camp which was made for the development of the

village.

● After the last Drishti play we took off from Hoskote to Bangalore in the bus by around

7:30pm.

Suggestions:


● We ran out of Water in the base camp

● Dustbins could be carried along in the bus.

● A lot of food was wasted for lunch and dinner

● We could have given more importance to waste segregation

● House visit could have been more specifically divided within the groups

Positives:

● All the games were really good and helped in building bond between volunteers from

both campuses.

● House visits were really effective. Responses of the villagers were really insightful.

● Medical issues of volunteers were well taken care of

● Food was very tasty and nutritious. Made sure none of the volunteers used plastics

● Senior volunteers were really helpful and caring

● Kannada-speaking volunteers were great. Non-Kannada speakers cooperated really well

● Energy among volunteers were great

● All the rules were followed

Reflections:

● The role of hygiene and sanitation in building a better quality of life

● The growing problems of resource scarcity and waste disposal

● The impact of movements and rallies in creating change


● The living conditions and squalor in rural areas, juxtaposed with where we as students live

and come from – puts a damper on our view of the world, and is an imbalance we need to

correct.

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Name of the Event: Clean-Up

Date: 10th September 2019

Location: Arekere

Event: Clean up - drive

Key Points

● A total of 22 volunteers left campus at 7:55 am.

● The first layer of waste was cleaned by BBMP and two workers stayed behind to help

the volunteers.

● The volunteers left in shifts to have breakfast in the restaurant nearby.

● After some discussions the designs for the wall were finalised.

● The volunteers started painting the walls by 9:20 am .

● The health inspector of the area Mr. Kirti was called to check the area and bring the

BBMP truck in an effort to tell people not throw waste there again.

● The volunteers finished the clean-up by 1:15pm.

● The BBMP workers were applauded and thanked by the volunteers.


Suggestions:

● More brushes were required and some volunteers were idle.

● Masks and gloves were not made available on time, which caused delay.

● CSA could opt to buy more eco-friendly paints.

● The volunteers need to be reminded to wear sport shoes because of garbage.

● More containers for the paint need to be brought.

● Masks should be reused by volunteers.

● Refreshments could be provided.

Positives:

● BBMP provided tools to help with the clean-up.

● The people of the locality took interest in our work and few helped.

● Volunteers were enthusiastic.

● Designs on the walls keeps getting better and more creative.

Reflections:

● First time volunteers were appreciative and amazed by the dedication of CSA

volunteers.

● The BBMP workers congratulated the volunteers on their effort and care for the

environment.

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Name of the Event: Shh talk



Venue: Quadrangle, Christ BGR campus

Date: 12th September 2019

Key Points

● To spread awareness about Menstrual health and hygiene the Shh talk was conducted.

● It was a discussion forum which was open to all Christites.

● In the hectic schedule Christites forget to take care of their own self. Menstruation

and periods are considered as sensitive topics and they are not talked much.

● This event mainly aimed to break the stigmas that are attached to this subject

Suggestions

● The venue could have been some other place rather than quadrangle.

● People were few.

Positives

● The topic was incredible, the discussions were really good that they learnt a lot about

menstruation and other related stuff.

● The name of the talk was good and really attacked the current sentiment towards

menstruation.

● It was not just a mere discussion rather it came out to be a platform where people

were able to share their personal stories.

Reflections

● They learnt how silence is one of the major tools which is being the cause for many

taboos in the society.


● Volunteers learnt that it’s okay to talk about such topics aloud.

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Name of the Event: Blood Donation Camp

Organised By: Centre for Social Action, and Anvaya

Date: 12th September, 2019

Venue: Seminar Hall, Christ(Deemed to be University) BGR Campus

Key Points:

● The doctors, nurses and volunteers arrived and the camp started at 10:00 AM.

● The donors, who were the students and faculty of the campus arrived around 10:15

AM.

● The donors registered at the registration desk set up by volunteers and had a mini

medical check up with the doctors.

● The doctors made each donor aware of the process and answered their questions

patiently.

● The Haemoglobin level, Blood pressure and blood group of each donor was noted.

● Refreshments including fruits, juices, water and biscuits were provided for the donors.

Positives:

● The students, volunteers, faculty members and the security guards were equally

enthusiastic and happy to do their part in saving lives.


● Despite the fear of needles, many students donated blood and felt good about the

same.

● First time donors learned and became aware of the possibilities and procedures of

blood donation.

● The students who couldn’t donate blood due to low haemoglobin rate though

disheartened, promised to stay healthy and donate next time.

● Rare blood group, O -ve holders donated their blood and helped many unique

patients.

● The volunteers encouraged and provided support for those who were scared and

anxious about the process.

● The registration queue didn’t decrease till the end of the event and donors patiently

waited for their turn.

● Encouraged people to donate blood and do their part in saving lives.

● The volunteers made sure no one littered and ensured proper waste management of

the food waste from the refreshments counter.

Suggestions:

● The camp could have started a bit earlier considering the doctor’s timings and the

number of people who participated.

● There could have been earlier registrations to avoid the queue.

● There could have been proper space near the refreshments.

Reflections:

● The volunteers and donors learned and became aware about blood donation.


● The success of the camp have encouraged more people to donate blood next time.

● The procedures regarding blood donation was explained well to the donors.

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Name of the Event: Freedom Park Play




Venue: Freedom Park

Key Points

● The volunteers left after college hours around 3:45 PM to the location -

freedom park which was provided to us by the organisers of the anti-plastic

campaign held there.

● The volunteers upon reaching, campaigned through the various stalls that

were set up throughout the area and gathered an audience for the

performance.

● The play was based on the topic plastic pollution and depicted the hypocrisy

of the politicians of the country along with the plight of the farmers

● It started off on a comic note and ended with an impactful formation


● The play was very well received by the audience and appreciated by the

organisers and MLA Sowmya Reddy who was present within the audience

Positives

● The play was well constructed and the message was conveyed to the

audience, who responded to the play after and even during the play.

● Despite the uncertainty of a packed audience, the play attracted a good

number of people who were huddled near the stalls and made sure the

message reached as many as possible

● The play had reflected discipline and coordination among the volunteers who,

even though had a few hiccups, continued with confidence and pulled off the

performance

● The timing of the play was after college hours which ensured that college

proceedings were not hampered.

Suggestions

● The play faced problems with clarity in Kannada language in the play even

though there was not much of an effect on the meaning.

● Volunteers did not have the time to look around at the campaign and stalls.

● There was an information gap between the team and the organisation

regarding the audience of the play.

● The practice time for the play was really less.

Reflections


● The importance of coordination and teamwork in Drishti

● Improvisation is key in theatre

● Plastic Pollution is a growing problem, but the mounting action against it is a

ray of hope towards a better future

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Name of the Event: Animal welfare Visit


Venue: Prani


Key Points:

● The volunteers were briefed about the area and the animals. Certain guidelines like

not feeding the animals and not going near them were issued.

● The day started with plucking out the weed from the grazing area. The volunteers

were divided into two groups. Two large patches were cleared.

● The second task was to pick up the plastic waste, inside as well as outside the campus.

The grounds around the lake were cleared. Plastic, alcohol bottles and paper waste

was collected.

● This animal welfare visit was one of a kind. Volunteers got to interact with various

animals like hamsters, iguanas, guinea pigs, various birds.

● Volunteers helped the organization in grooming the ponies and bathing the dogs.

● Volunteers had an amazing experience with the different varieties of animals and

birds.


Suggestions:

● The time for the visit could have been extended.

● Low attendance of volunteers. This can be improved.

● Breakfast was pretty costly.

Positives:

● The touch and feel concept was good.

● They got to know about different facts about taking care of animals and birds.

● It was the first experience for many to touch rodents like guinea pigs, iguanas and

other animals like rabbits, horses. So it was a great experience.

Reflections:

● Volunteers learnt to look animals and birds as one among them and not some creatures

that would cause harm.

● They learnt different skills like how to bathe a dog, how to groom a horse.

● Volunteers learnt the importance of protecting the animals

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Name of the Event: Parivarthana Stall


Date: 16th, 17th, 19th, 20th, 26th and 27th September

Venue: Outside Audi Block/ Quadrangle, Christ BGR Campus


Key Points:

● The purpose of Parivarthana Stall on 16th and 17th was to sensitize people from other

colleges about the importance of waste segregation and also to show the significance

of Parivarthana Unit in Christ campuses.

● Students from other colleges and also externals who came to evaluate the

competitions were very interested and they appreciated the efforts of the student

volunteers.

● Stall during the other days were based on the interests of Christites as they were

leaving for study holidays.

● Parivarthana Stall achieved its purpose to create awareness among the Christites

regarding the importance of waste segregation and also about the efforts of women

working for this project.

Suggestions:

● During the first two days the stall was put up in front of the audi block and the stall

was not that visible for the customers.

Positives:

● The reach was good as it helped in spreading awareness about Parivarthana stall to

non-Christites.

● The sales was good as the freshers showed a great interest towards the products.

● There were many new products which created interest among the customers.

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Name of the Event: Menstrual Hygiene Workshop


Date: 19 September 2019

Speaker: Ms. Radhika

Venue: Seminar hall, Christ (Deemed to be University), bannerghatta road campus

Key Points:

● Women bleed for around 2100 days or 5.75 years in their whole life, generally, from

the age of 15 to the age of 50. This bleeding is termed as Periods.

● It’s not easy for them to bleed for such a long time and doing their daily activities

without even complaining and yet, people with conservative mind in India thinks that

the menstrual blood is unpure.

● It was seen that people in the room were freely to talk about menstrual cycle, Sanitary

pads, menstrual cup, cloth. Women were freely to talk about their experience of

menstrual cycles.

● Ms. Radhika showed people the material used in making pads and let them to analyze

the material.

● She gave the people a tutorial on how to use Menstrual cups with the help of a glass

bottle as a vagina.

● She discussed the demerits of using a cloth as sanitary pads during the time of

menstruation.

Positives

● Very lively discussion on a topic often considered taboo

● Attendees were astounded to know the ill-effects of their usual sanitary materials


● The menstrual cups handed out were cheap and effective

● Even male attendees vicariously experienced the troubles of menstruation

Suggestions

● Low attendee numbers

● Inadequate Promotions

Reflections

● Eye-opening talk on menstrual health

● Breaks the ice and opens a fruitful discussion on the topic

● Offers younger females a healthier alternative in menstrual cups

● Creates a sense of understanding among males too

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Name of the Event : Open mic

Organized by : Media and Communication

Date of event : 19th September 2019

Venue : Quadrangle, Christ University BGR campus

Key points

● The event was based on people presenting their skills in front of people in the

quadrangle.


● People from different courses volunteered for this event and sang songs, recited

poetry and other interesting things.

● Their were stalls that were managed by different people like the PICTIONARY

STALL and a GAME ZONE STALL.

Positives

● Variety of Performances, including music, poetry etc

● Interesting stalls and art displayed in the Quadrangle

● This event was an amazing and successful event.

Negatives

● Crowd numbers could have been higher

Reflections

● The best thing that could come out of this event is that people got a platform to

express themselves and immerse themselves in their passion.

● Another thing is about people being able to relieve stress by listening to songs and

poetry, enjoying.

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Name of the Event: Chat over Coffee



Venue: Quadrangle, Christ BGR


Topic - Students in Social Enterprise - Needed but Underemphasized

Key points -

● The discussion flowed on these questions and topics -

1. What is social enterprise?

2. What is the difference between ngo and social enterprise?

3. How have the participants contributed to social work? How were the experiences?

4. How can CSA sensitise people towards social work?

5. How to spread awareness about social enterprises as CSA?

● The participants reasoned the questions and tried to make sense of the world around

them.

● Everyone shared their perspectives and opinions on how social enterprises can be the

future of the country and why should the youth and teenagers be targeted for this

venture.

● Some brain-racking activities like coming up with new products by combining two

existing ones and thinking about a social enterprise we could create, brought things

into perspective.

● By the end of the discussion, everyone had gained new perspectives on social work,

how society works and what we as individuals can contribute to bring a change.

Positives -

● Exchange of thoughts and ideas among the group.

● Participation of non-csa volunteers.

● Meeting new people outside of csa.


● The motive to come up with ideas for spreading the idea of Social Action and social

enterprises was accomplished.

● The topic chosen was amazing.

● Activities conducted were nice and helpful.

Suggestions

● Many deviations from the topic, which could have been avoided

● Less promotion was done for the COC.

● Less turnout of CSA as well as non-CSA students.

Reflections

● We learnt some new business terms.

● How to change the mindset of the society towards social work and why it is necessary.

● Combining two different things, in the sense of the activity as well as the foundation

of social enterprise.

● Could comprehend many opinions of different people.

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Name of the Event: Street play

Date: 20 September 2019

Organised by: Drishti in collaboration with Oasis India

Venue: Mysore road

Number of Volunteers: 24 Drishti + 6 M&C

Key Points:


● The volunteers left the campus at 12.30 P.M.

● The theme of the play was Education and Domestic violence.

● The play showed how a young girl, who is eager to pursue higher education, is

married off forcefully by her mother. After marriage, her husband mistreats her and

abuses her because of which she suffers from mental health issues.

● The first play was performed in a school.

● A total of 4 plays were performed after which the volunteers gathered at the office of

Oasis India.

● There, the volunteers were given a brief about the organisation and refreshments.

● After this unforgettable experience, the volunteers boarded the bus and went back to

the campus.

Suggestions:

● Energy of the volunteers during the play was low

● There was confusion regarding the Kannada dialogues

● The first performance was a little disorganised

Positives:

● After the first play, the volunteers improved very fast

● The last formation was very impactful

● The volunteers adapted to the changes quickly

● They performed 4 plays back to back

Reflections

● The prevalence of domestic violence in some urban regions is quite alarming


● Suffering and mental trauma was shown which may have struck a chord with the

audience

● The plays on education certainly hit home with the kids

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Name of the Event: Parivarthana Unit Visit

Date: 21st September, 2019


Venue: Hosur Road Campus

Key points

● The guides Anirudh and Prerana, walked the volunteers through the five units which

were:

1. Waste segregation.

2. Paper recycling.

3. Composting unit.

4. Water treatment plant.

5. Biogas plant.

● The details of what each unit does was explained in detail. The head in the paper

recycling unit gave a demo on how recycled paper is made into a sheet.

● The compost units were shown and the process was explained.

● Similarly, the working of water segregation department and Biogas department was

discussed.

Suggestions


● Low turnout due to other events going on in the college simultaneously.

Positives

● Water recycling area was well maintained and the amount of water recycled was

substantial.

● Volunteers realised how hard women work and they will be careful to segregate waste

in future.

● Sensitising people will be easier as the volunteers have witnessed how segregating

waste consciously makes work easier.

● Guides were good.

Reflections

● How waste is made into something useful and beautiful.

● Hardwork and effort these women put in.

● The truck which was loaded with non recyclable waste and would need a lot of space.

Thus, it is critical to bring down the usage of such substances.

● We don't realise how much water we're wasting everyday.

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Name of the Event: Movie Screening

Organised by: CSA


Venue: Christ University, BGR Campus


Key Points:

● The volunteers along with the other christites assembled in the venue at 12:30

pm.

● The Audience were given instructions about the movie screening by Ammy. This

also included a warning about the intensity of the scenes depicted in the movie.

● The movie was based on ‘Manual Scavenging’ and caste system and how

improper functioning of Government plays a major role in it.

● The main objective of the movie was to sensitize the audience about the

condition of present workers involved in the cleaning process by the Municipal

Co-operation of Tamil Nadu.

Positives:

● The movie educated the volunteers about manual scavenging as a serious

concern.

● The process of screening was carried out with punctuality

Suggestions:

● There was a lack of participation of students as audience.

● Promotions for the event could've been better.

Reflections:

● Manual Scavenging is a major societal problem

● Movies are a great medium to stimulate a discussion on societal wrongs

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Name of the Event: Roopantara


Date: 22nd September, 2019

Venue: SG Palya and Tavarekere

Key Points

● The volunteers left the Bannerghatta road campus at 8:40

● Reached Hosur Road campus at 9:15

● The two locations for the clean up were Tavarekere and Back gate

● Tavarekere had two spots for clean up

● The volunteers reached around 11:00

● At 11:20 about 17 volunteers left for campaigning towards the second spot situated at

SG Pallya.

● From the second spot, a few more volunteers joined the campaign. From there the

volunteers to return to the Taverkere clean up spot.

● The spot included a wall next to a footpath. The volunteers first proceeded to scrape

the dust off the wall.

● The scraping was completed within 1 hour. After the scraping was completed, the

portion of the wall scraped was painted with red oxide. After the wall had been coated

with red oxide, the volunteers proceeded to draw the graffiti on the wall with chalk.

● After the drawing was completed, the volunteers proceeded to fill the graffiti drawn

with colour prepared by the volunteers assigned for paint mixing.

● The graffiti consisted of messages urging people to conserve nature, water and not to

pollute. The volunteers also made the CSA logo and the University Logo on the

graffiti wall.


Suggestions:

● Less clean up, more graffiti

● Need for some shovels

● Some people were hesitant in touching paint

● Buckets could have been cleaned before the event

Positives:

● Enthusiastic people

● The event was pulled off even after being cancelled

● Good coordination

● Collaboration between the campuses

● Interaction between the campus volunteers

Reflections:

● Where there is a will, there is a way.

● The impact that such an activity has on the people residing in the surroundings

sensitizing them about the issue at hand.

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Name of the Event: Pravad Launch



Venue: Seminar Hall


Key Points

● The launch was inaugurated by an address from Dr. Benson, from the media studies

cluster

● Following which, Dr. Suja John, Faculty Coordinator of CSA, also addressed the

gathering

● Speeches by Rithvik AR, Coordinator of Media and Communication, and Kajal and

Isha, Co-ordinators of Pravad, soon followed

● Then the magazine was officially unveiled

● Gantavya Maheshwari, Coordinator for CSA, concluded proceedings with a Vote of

Thanks

Positives

● The magazine was well received

● The launch brought about a lively discussion about the role of media in propagating

social issues

● The proceedings were carried along smoothly

Suggestions

● More promotion could have been done

● Ill-timed launch brought few attendees

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Report of Events for the month of October

Name of the Event: Paper Donation Drive

Dates: 9th to 22nd October, 2019


Key Points

● The drive was conducted during the examinations so students can donate any and all

study materials they no longer need

● Boxes were placed in front of the main lift on every floor

● 6 boxes worth of paper was collected and handed to the Hosur Road Campus, post the

completion of the exams

Positives

● Perfect timing of the drive - since many students wish to dispose of their study

materials

● Word quickly spread across college about the donation drive, helping to increase

collections

Suggestions

● More advance notice could have been given, so it could have been better planned and

promoted

● Boxes were put up a bit late on 9th, and collected slightly late as well

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Name of the Event: Mukthi Rally

Dates: 26th to 31st October, 2019

Organised by: Oasis in collaboration with Drishti

Venues: Bangalore, Ramanagara, Mysore, Mangalore, Murdeshwar, Yellapur, Belgaum,

Miraj

Number of Volunteers:17 (15+2)

Key Points

Practice - 23rd to 25th October

● The volunteers started practices three days before the commencement of the rally.

● The first day was devoted to perfecting the script of the play and writing the Kannada

jingles.

● On the second day, the volunteers constructed the second and third scene of the play

and worked on remembering the jingles.

● On the third day, the volunteers completed the first scene as well as the introduction

of the play. Following which, the volunteers learnt their Kannada dialogues.

● At the end of the third day, the volunteers also gave a performance in front of all the

non-teaching staff of the University.

Day 1 - 26th October

● The volunteers assembled in college at 5:45 am and left for Town Hall by 6:15, after

loading the bus with their luggage, bamboos, etc.


● The flag-off (inauguration) programme of Mukthi Rally was held at Town Hall where

Mr. Naidu, the Chief Guest gave a speech. Following which the volunteers performed

their first play, which consisted of just an introduction to the play.

● The second play was performed just after noon at Ramanagara. The play witnessed a

large audience and was the first play that the volunteers performed using mikes.

● After a brief stop for lunch on the way to Mysore, the volunteers performed their third

play at Chikka Gaadiyaara, Mysore.

● The fourth and final play for the day was near the exhibition ground in Mysore. The

volunteers performed here despite a shower of rain that started halfway into the play.


● Day 2 started early for the volunteers, at 5:30 am. They left for Mangalore by 6:30

with a stop for breakfast at 8:15 am and for lunch at 12:45.

● The first play for the day was at Mangalore Railway Station. The volunteers managed

to gather a large crowd through their jingles.

● The second play was performed in front of Lady Goschen Hospital at 3:30 pm, where

the volunteers had to strain their voices to be heard over the traffic. The crowd loved

the play and even gave their contact details to the Oasis authorities. They praised the

team and facilitated the leaders with garlands.

● The third play was performed at Panambur beach where the volunteers witnessed their

largest audience yet. They performed the play in a mix of Hindi and English to suit

the crowd.

● The volunteers reached the dormitory at 7:45 pm after a long and tiring day.



● The volunteers started their day at 8:00 am when they left for Murdeshwar after

breakfast.

● The volunteers stopped at 10:45 at Suratkal beach for a break.

● After lunch the volunteers gave their only performance for the day at Murdeshwar

beach, where they performed in wet mud, right before the closing time of the beach.

● The volunteers then visited the magnificent Murdeshwar temple before returning to

their hotel.


● The team ate breakfast at 7:30am with the bikers in the hotel and left for Yellapur at

8:30am.

● At 11:45 the volunteers stopped for lunch and got ready for the upcoming play.

● The performance at Yellapur bus stop was over by 1:30pm and the team had

Refreshments in the bus.

● The team reached the 2nd spot at Kalghatgi bus stop at 2:45pm and left by 3:25pm.

Snacks were provided in the bus.

● At 4:25pm we stopped at Nuggiaere lake to take pictures.

● The team reached Dharwad by 5:07pm and reached the dormitories of the Sevalaya

Society.

● At 5:40 the team went out for snacks and dinner and enjoyed the Diwali celebrations

in the city until 9:00pm.

● A meeting was conducted at 10:00pm to improve and discuss the technicalities of the

play. The meeting focused on campaigning and discipline of the team.



● The volunteers left the dormitory by 7:30am.

● The bus reached Belgaum and the team had breakfast from 9:00- 9:50pm

● At 10:30 the volunteers reached the Sangati family counselling center of the women’s

welfare society. There we were joined by the bikers.

● A small presentation was conducted by councillor Mrs Kavita. She talked about the

achievements and operations of WWS. She thanked all the volunteers and bikers and

welcomed us with roses.

● Refreshments of tea and biscuits were given.

● Our 1st play for the day was at 11:50am in Jeevan Jyoti School. There was a large

crowd of students.

● Drishti arrived at the 2nd school, Siddharameshwara School at 1:00pm and left by 1:30

pm. The play was appreciated by faculty and students. The message and awareness of

human trafficking was conveyed very well.

● The team stopped for lunch with the bikers at 2:00pm and left by 3:20pm.

● The volunteers reached Miraj in Maharashtra at 06:35pm.

● At 8:00pm we left to explore the streets of Miraj. We had dinner at 10:00pm. At 11:10

we had a meeting to discuss the change in language and jingles. A vocal run through

of the play in Hindi was done and the team retired for the night at 12:20am

Day 6 - 31st October

● The volunteers had breakfast in a nearby restaurant at 7:00am and finished by 8:00am.

● The team put on elaborate face paint for the last day.

● At 9:00 we stopped at a bike showroom to take pictures with the bikers.


● The 1st performance was at the Gandhi statue junction at 9:50am. The play was cut

short to the last 2 scenes. During the feedback it was noted that the next performance

should include more narrations in Marathi for the better understanding of the locals.

● We reached Savadan Life Line hospital at 10:20am for the last performance of the

rally. A small ceremony was organised by the hospital staff to welcome us.

● An oasis representative from miraj gave a speech addressing the issue of human

trafficking.

● The bikers were asked to share their experience of the rally and opinions of street

play.

● The play was performed at the entrance of the hospital with a large crowd. Pictures

were taken after the play with the oasis staff at 12:15pm and the team were given

refreshments.

● The oasis members thanked the team and presented us with a memento. We then left

for Bengaluru at 1:00pm. One volunteer left for home directly and did not come back

with us.

● Lunch was eaten at 04:00pm and dinner at 9:30pm.

● The journey back was slowed down due to a minor accident of the bus.

● The volunteers reached campus at 05:00am the next day.

Feedback

Positives

● The on- spot changes were brought in very well by the team and performed smoothly.

● The volunteers got a chance to visit new places.

● Senior volunteers were able to interact with the junior volunteers.

● The shift in language was smooth considering the limited practice.

● New volunteers were welcomed by the seniors.


● The play was scripted very well and creative props were used.

● The bikers congratulated the team and praised our growth from the previous year.

● The documentation volunteers were appreciated by the team.

Suggestions

● The final jingle needs to be sung with more energy.

● Narrations in the play should be thought of beforehand and be more descriptive

● The team needs to more punctual.

● Scripting of the play should be done more in advance.

● The team had a few coordination issues and did not listen to the beats of the drum.

● Voice exercises should be done before every practice to ensure that the volunteers do

not lose their voices.

● The prayer needs to be sung everyday.

● Volunteers need to show more discipline in the future.

● Some formations were not spaced out well during the plays.

● Before the start of the play the play needs to be visualized in silence by the team.

Reflections

● The volunteers got the opportunity to understand the severity of the issue of human

trafficking.

● Issues such as human trafficking are not often talked about and are prevalent in the

sub layers of society.

● After performing in the schools, the volunteers were able to realise that children are

not aware of the issue and were not warned about the possibility of kidnappers.

● The volunteers appreciated the upbringing that they had received and for the safety

that their parents had provided.


● The team was able to observe the reactions of the people and understand their attitude

towards the issue.

● The volunteers developed their theater skills after many performances and hope to

teach the other volunteers.

● The rally allowed the volunteers to learn about new cuisines and cultures.

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Report of Events for the month of November 2019

Name of the Event: Roopantara

Dates: 10th November, 2019

Organized by: Centre for Social Action

Venue: SG Palya, Taverekere

Key Points:

● The volunteers reported to the BGR campus at 5:45 am.

● The volunteers left from the BGR campus and arrived at the Hosur Road campus at

6:45 am.

● The volunteers were divided into groups based on the spots they were assigned to.

● The volunteers were briefed about the event and the tasks they were supposed to

perform at their respective spots, by the spot heads.

● The volunteers after being divided into groups proceeded to their respective spots.

The volunteers reached spot A at around 8:00am and were addressed by Plogman, Mr.

Raj.

● The volunteers performed the pledge to reduce, reuse, recycle, rejoice.

● After this, at 8:15am the volunteers were divided into groups of 4 to 5 members each

went for plog run which involved running and plucking waste. The volunteers were

asked to report back to their spot at 9:00am.

● The volunteers proceeded to scrape dust and other paper waste off the wall chosen for

graffiti.


● After this was done, few volunteers were asked to decide the design for the graffiti to

be drawn. The remaining volunteers started applying red oxide on the walls to act as

the background for the graffiti.

● Once the red oxide coat on the walls had dried, the volunteers began drawing graffiti,

which included the University logo and the CSA logo. The volunteers also drew

images and wrote messages to discourage people from dumping waste at the spot and

polluting the environment.

● The volunteers broke for lunch at around 1:15pm and resumed work within 20

minutes.

● The volunteers finished the graffiti work by 2:30pm and had a feedback session.

Positives

● Good collaborative project between campuses

● Many spots were covered in the span of a few hours

● Good bonding among the volunteers

● The drive also sparked a change in the local residents, hopefully inspiring them to

keep their areas cleaner henceforth

● Some BBMP employees also assisted the volunteers

● The spot near Vriddhi was sustainably turned into a parking lot

● The worms from the dump at Vriddhi were also transferred back to the Parivarthana

Unit

Suggestions

● When cleaning the streets, brooms would have been a better tool to clean the streets.


● Many volunteers felt that despite the clean up, the people of the area did not care for

clean streets and simply threw the waste in front of their house

● However, other volunteers felt that people did care and narrated an incident where a

woman shouted at other women to not litter the area while the volunteers were

cleaning up.

● The volunteers need to be reminded to bring sanitizer along for the next clean-up.

● Thin brushes are required to do more delicate artwork

● The buckets for paint need to be thoroughly cleaned beforehand to save time.

● Some volunteers were seen to lethargic and need to be more enthusiastic.

● In the case of refreshments, single use disposables could be avoided.

● Raj sir also advised the volunteers to use reusable gloves from next time instead of

one-time use disposable ones.

Reflections

● The cleanup drive was effective as it helped inculcate awareness, conscious action and

responsibility among the volunteers and also inspired society at large. However, it is

important to inculcate the value of cleanliness on a continuous basis rather than

making it just a one time occasion. It was a great initiative.

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Event Name: Promo play



Date: 13 November, 2019


Venue: Quadrangle, BGR Campus

Key Points:

● Around 32 senior and junior volunteers gathered in quadrangle by 12:48pm. They

started the play with jingles. Exactly at 12:51pm, volunteers started the play

● The theme of the play was women empowerment. This was a promo play for the

Drishti auditions which were going to happen on 14th November 2019.

● The play consisted of three different scenarios, depicting how women are looked

down upon and used as materials in this materialistic world.

● The first part talked about body shaming, through the a tragic story of a young girl

assumed to be unfit for marriage because of her colour and body.

● The second part talked about sexual harassment in the workplace. This play described

and also questioned why a woman employee is being paid less, spoke about the

difficulties women face in their homes and also questioned why women should only

do the kitchen work - why can’t it be done by men.

● The third part reveals how women are being sexually harassed and abused in the

society. It enacts the dystopia of prostitution.

Positives:

● The play was very realistic because of the situations volunteers chose.

● The narration made by volunteers was very good, which made the audience

understand what’s happening.

● Emotions were very good, which was constant in the volunteers throughout the play

● Group dialogues have been really very well coordinated


● And of course it was very impactful.

Suggestions

● Volunteers could develop eye contact with audience during jingles

● A volunteer could be assigned to just see equal distribution of audience on four sides

of quadrangle.

● Coordination between volunteers during the play could be improved

● Voice of some volunteers wasn’t up to the mark, which caused the audience to get

distracted from the play.

● Formations could have been executed a little better

● Second scene was not at all audible but the actions were very good.

Reflections

● It was really impactful. The concluding scene was amazing; audience would have

definitely learnt something from the whole play.

● Volunteers and the audience got involved in the play which goes to show how

interesting the play was.

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Name of the Event: Photography Workshop


Date: 16th November 2019

Venue: Seminar Hall, BGR Campus


Number of Attendees: 20

Key Points

● Media and Communication held a Photography Workshop conducted by Soham

Sarkar, a working professional and part-time photographer

● Mr. Soham spoke to the attendees about his past, and how he got into photography

● He then interacted with the attendees about why they enjoyed photography

● He then spoke at length about the school of photography he believed in - the Narrative

School.

● He introduced the basics of photography and imparted to the attendees the belief that

every picture must tell a story

● He substantiated that belief with his own Photo Series - titled “Holy Cow”, based on

his sojourn in Varanasi

● The attendees were captivated by the stories behind every frame, and the thought that

went into his portraits

● Soham ended the session with an activity - dividing the attendees into groups, asking

them to capture 1 shot based on the theme - Question. The groups had 20 minutes and

the ability to use the campus and its facilities to capture their shot

● After the 20 min had elapsed, the groups explained their shots and the thoughts

behind them.

● Soham then ended the session, and interacted with a few attendees one-on-one.

Positives

● Attendees enjoyed the workshop - it was interactive and informative

● Soham was a good speaker and related to the college audience


● The activity at the end helped the attendees bond and also explore their

interest/passion in photography

Suggestions

● The number of attendees was fewer than at the workshop he conducted last year, and

they were not as knowledgeable about photography.

● There were unfortunately conflicting events, causing a low turnout.

Reflections

● A picture speaks a thousand words - the picture speaks volumes about the

surroundings and the people

● Photography does not require expensive equipment, but just an interest/passion for the

art.

● Every person has had their tryst with photography - their own unique stories which

brought them closer to the art - which makes photography itself a diverse art.

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Name of the Event: Lake Clean-up with Plogman of Bangalore

Organised by: Centre for Social Action in collaboration with N. Raj, the Plogman.

Date: 17th of November, 2019

Venue: Byrasandra Lake

No. of Volunteers: 15

Key Points :-


● Volunteers arrived on campus and assembled outside the Audi block at 6:10 AM

● At around 6:30 AM, volunteers leave campus; take a short walk to Hulimavu Bus

Stop, and board a B.M.T.C. Bus to Byrasandra Bus Stop.

● Another short walk of 750 metres towards lake.

● At 6:50 AM, N. Raj, the Plogman welcomes the volunteers. Gives a welcome speech

and explains the concept of plogging (collecting trash and waste while jogging).

● Mr. Raj teaches the volunteers, ‘PLEDGE OF THE PLOGMAN’

● All the volunteers then perform the power routine of 7Ps inspired from the Pledge

○ Rethink

○ Re-use

○ Recycle

○ Replace

○ Reduce

○ Rejoice

○ Respect

● The volunteers then set out to clean the lake through plogging for about an hour

Positives :-

● All volunteers vowed to gradually remove plastic, especially single use

disposables from their life.

● 5 new Volunteers had their first CSA experience and were so impressed that

they said they wanted to be involved in more such events.


● 9 bags of waste were collected in one hour. The C.S.A volunteers were

sincerely thanked by both Mr. Raj and the Government Agencies present at the

lake.

● To support the local community, CSA held a programme and informed the

residents from abstaining to litter these places again.

Negatives :-

● The reporting time was 5:45 am. Almost everybody arrived at about 6:00am

● The entire event was very formal in nature with little focus on informal

bonding at the scene.

● A few volunteers wasted the resources at an event which was fighting waste

generation.

● There was a lot of uncertainty and confusion as volunteers had not been

intimated with necessary information before hand.

Reflections :-

● Everyone understood the actual process of waste segregation and the intricate

details of recycling procedure.

● All the volunteers got to learn about the health benefits of introducing

plogging to everyday lifestyle – more specifically, morning routines.

EXTRAS (Courtesy of the reporter present)

THE PLEDGE: -

From Today, I am ‘Less Disposable’


When I say, ‘Less Disposable’

I mean I am going to reduce, refuse all the single use disposables.

I will have them reused, recycled and ultimately remove them from my lifestyle.

This will make me rejoice and invoke respect for Mother Nature.

Interview with the Plogman ( important excerpts )

Following are the words of Mr. Raj from an interview conducted by our Media &

Communications correspondent on the scene:

● My dream is to fail as a plogman. I want to see the day when I can’t plog

anymore when I leave my house to jog in my neighbourhood.

● I faced challenges in the beginning and still do when people obstruct me from

cleaning trash & garbage. Thankfully, my strong motivation and conviction is

enough to convince them when I speak. This teaches us that if we are not firm

willed about environment conservation, we will not be able to carry on and

ultimately; our efforts will be fizzled out after one attempt.

● A clean-up must be followed by revamping the scenery of the surrounding.

Re-painting, Re-construction; whatever comes to mind helps. Research has

indicated that people feel hesitant to litter at places that are beautified. This

would conserve the very purpose of a clean-up.

● People always exhibit herd mentality. Everybody cares about the environment.

They don’t do anything about it because not enough people are working. If

enough children are exposed to rigorous curriculum regarding climate change

and pollution; they will exhibit positive results with their group of friends –


others in society will simply follow these new leaders like a herd; and an

entire generation can end pollution at once.

● You don’t deserve to complain to Government Agencies, Figures of

Authorities or anyone else a long as you are contributing to pollution. That is

hypo-critical of you. Since plastic is so common in our lifestyle, we are always

generating waste. The only way to be worthy to demand a change is by

contributing to it yourself. We all generate waste. The best thing to do is clean

any waste you come across.

● Picking up others’ waste disgusts you and burns away your ego. It is the

simplest way to prevent our own self from introducing more waste into the

system.

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MAJOR EVENT: UNWRAP (ANTI-PLASTIC CAMPAIGN)

Dates: 18th to 21st November, 2019


Name of the Event: Talk by the Plogman

Date: 18th November, 2019

Venue: Conference Hall

Organised By: Prayatna

Number of Attendees: 60


Key Points

● For the guest lecture, Mr. Raj also known as the Plogman of Bangalore had come to

the BGR campus of Christ (Deemed-to-be-University).

● Studies have shown that the waste found in oceans are twice bigger than the size of

India.

● Narrated his story of how he came into this area of social work, where he and his

friends had gone for a car ride and decided not to discard away all the wastes rather to

collect it into their car.

● Failure of the organisation in completing their task motivates people like him to take

up action and bring social changes.

● Zero waste functions are being happening in country which is supported by many

venues and a lot of NGOs extend their support to these functions

● Bigger brands in the urban spaces generate a lot of wastes which are untreated and

discarded which is the major source of the wet waste found in Urban areas.

● Plogging as an activity started in Sweden around 2018. It is a combination of jogging

with picking up litter.

● Recycling should be considered as the last option as the cost of recycling is very high.

● Introduced to the drill of Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Remove, Rejoice and

Respect.

Positives

● Introduced the concept of Plogging to a lot who didn’t know about the city.

● Insights on the current scenario on the cleanliness of Bangalore as a city

● Gave ideas as to how CSA as an organisation can bring about change in the society.


Suggestions

● The audience could have been more cooperative

Reflections

● Got to know how all the NGOs all over the country are working together to bring a

better change in the country

● Saw true values towards social change

● Gave a positive hope that there can be changes brought into this world by joining

hands and taking small steps

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Name of the Event: Quadrangle Stalls and Activities (Unwrap)

Organized by: Centre for Social Action

Date: 19th November, 2019

Venue: Quadrangle

Key Points

● The event started at around 12:30pm during the lunch hour

● The event consisted of four stalls such as Quick Silver, What’s the Word?, Jenga

Quiz, Tic Tac Toe and Stack it up

● The stalls were games revolving around the idea of reusing plastic


● The materials used in the games were from reused plastic bottles and other items

● The games involved discounts on Parivarthana products as the prize which promoted

reuse of waste to make beautiful products

● All the events were a part of the Anti-Plastic Campaign called Unwrap 2019

Positives

● The game stalls saw a good participation from students which provided more

awareness on the reduction of the use of plastic

● The game stalls were able to project the good agenda of CSA

● In spite of another event in the other side, the event went on as planned

● It also helped in increasing awareness towards being more socially aware students

Suggestions

● The event could have been planned more properly and with a bit more efficiency

● The stall arrangement could have been done earlier and it could have helped for a

greater participation

● There could have been use of the other amenities in quadrangle such as mics which

could have increased the outreach

Reflections

● The participants learned the importance of reducing the use of plastics

● The event helped in increasing the outreach of CSA

● The event showed the CSA commitment towards waste reduction


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Name of the Event: Speaker Series


Date: 21st November 2019

Venue: Mini Auditorium

Key Points

● This was the final event of Unwrap, a successful Anti-Plastic Campaign conducted by

Prayatna

● After a small exhibition of products by various NGOs outside the Audi Block during

the lunch hour, CSA volunteers and Christites assembled in the Mini Auditorium

● After the speakers were escorted in, Dr. Suja John, Faculty Co-ordinator, delivered a

Welcome Address.

● Akshata Bhadranna, the co-founder of Dopology, NGO, gave insights of natural

caretaking of the environment by preventing the use of plastic products.

● Ms. Prachee Mandlekar, co-founder of Green Mantra, shared her ideas of importance

of the idea of Anti-Plasticity.

● On the panel next, we had Mr. Raghuveer Panaghanti who spoke about Sustainability

and gave insights of ecosystem and its functioning.

● Finally, we had Mr. Cherish Tota who, very formally, delivered the ideas of his

success of promoting the use of recycled paper and its rising need who he did

inferred.


● A formal Question-Answer session was held and students directed the questions and

cleared their doubts.

Positives

● Very insightful talks by the speakers

● New event - such an event has never been held by CSA

● The event was a great way to cap off the campaign

● The entire venue was packed

Suggestions

● Details were confirmed very late

● This made promotions very haphazard

Reflections

● The UNWRAP event was very intellectually and actively wrapped with the

understanding of awareness and integrity amongst humans and their correlation with

the environment.

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Name of the Event: Activity Centre Workshop


Date: 23rd November, 2019

No. of volunteers: 43 (Total)

Venue: Seminar Hall, BGR campus


Key Points:

● Volunteers from Bangalore Central Campus, Kengeri campus and BGR campus came

together at around 2pm in Seminar Hall.

● Started with an ice-breaking session where all campuses interacted with each other.

● Mr. Paresh and Ms. Deepika Ravishankar, volunteers from Shiksha and Me, came to

conduct the event. All doubts and questions were entertained by them regarding

teaching methods used.

● An activity was held, wherein all volunteers were divided in pairs and had to come up

with innovative ideas to teach in the given environment.

● Another activity was held, wherein the volunteers were divided into “teachers” and

“students”, wherein the teachers interacted with the kid volunteers applying the

knowledge they gained in the workshop.

● Small informal session between just the volunteers to overcome teaching problems.

Positives:

● Could interact with other campus volunteers.

● The speakers were well trained in their NGO, and could provide practical experience.

● Innovative methods were taught in the workshop; some include- small fun sessions,

teaching in their regional language, regular tutor to one child, peer teaching, using

technology to carry across the point, special attention to quieter kids, using memory

tricks to teach, etc.

● Activity helped in looking at things from a kid’s perspective.

Suggestions:


● Speakers should have been told CSA policies regarding teaching.

● The activity held could have been conducted in a better way.

● A lot of the methods suggested were not applicable to BGR campus’ AC sessions.

Reflections:

● Volunteers learned about the importance of the amount of training required to teach

children.

● Volunteers were sensitised to the dire need of education in our country.

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Event: Milan Ice-Breakers

Date: 24.11.2019

Venue: Nandini Basketball Court

Organised by: CSA units from three campuses (BCC, BGR and Kengeri)

Key Points:

● The event started off with a quick informal mingling session where all the volunteers

from different campuses interacted with each other.

● A game of Stop, Clap, Go was played followed by a Treasure Hunt. Members from

every campus were clubbed together into teams of 10 and had to follow clues all over

campus.


● Each destination of the treasure hunt signified the locations of the events that will take

place for Milan. Those locations were Block 4 cafeteria, KE Hall, Football Ground,

Block 1, Block 2, Ivy Hall, amongst others.

● The treasure hunt was followed by meetings of respective units of Milan and a

common meeting.

● Another meeting has been scheduled at BGR campus on the 30th of November.

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Name of the Event: Hulimavu Flood Relief

Date: 27th November 2019

Venue: Near Hulimavu Lake

Organised By: Centre for Social Action

Main Points:

● The volunteers left from the campus at 6:00 pm

● The donations were transported using a tempo traveller and multiple auto-rickshaws

● The donations constituted 4 toothbrushes, biscuits, washing soaps, ragi, wheat,

sanitary napkins, toothpaste, salt, 5kg rice, 2kg Dal, 1kg ragi, 2 soaps

● The volunteers waited for the residents of the area to arrive and then began

distribution once they arrived. The volunteers distributed the items at multiple

locations along the Begur-Hulimavu Road

● The volunteers also distributed chocolates among the kids.


● Volunteers used the opportunity to interact with the residents and inquire about the

extent of damage caused by the flooding.

● The residents said that the water had damaged most of their possessions like the

wheat, ragi, atta. Also their clothes had become very muddy after the flooding in of

the muddy water.

● The volunteers, after having witnessed the interior of the houses in the locality, were

asked if they could live in such conditions. The volunteers answered with a negative.

● The volunteers were joined by correspondents from ETV Bharat, local news channel,

who collected data and took interviews of a couple of volunteers.

● The volunteers then moved to an adjacent alley to continue distributing the remaining

relief items.

● The relief distribution ended around 9:00 pm.

Positives

● The donation drive was organised on a very short notice, and collected both cash and

kind

● The distribution campaign was very organised - with a designated set of items per

house

● Besides volunteers, even Christites took part in the drive

● More than 60 houses were covered in 1 evening

● The event was covered extensively by the press

● The event received support by the faculty as well as the Council

Suggestions


● The initial area covered (we later learnt) had already been covered by other NGOs as

well as the BBMP (who gave Rs. 40,000 per household)

● The area was extremely slushy and the students went in their college attire, making

mobility difficult

● Certain residents tried to illegitimately pose as residents of multiple houses in order to

get more items

● The donations for cash and kind were collected together, and it was made somewhat

confusing for the Christites

Reflections

● Volunteers felt they had done some material change to a disaster - unlike ever before.

A volunteer ever remarked “Now this is what CSA is about.”

● The entire campus came together to support the community in need

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Name of the Event: Dristi Play

Date: 29th November

Venue: Tilaknagar



Key Points

● Volunteers set out from BGR Campus during the last hour


● The volunteers performed on the theme of education, trafficking and child

empowerment

● It was the first play for the newly selected Drishti volunteers

● The 25 volunteers performed twice in Tilaknagar

Positives

● The audience numbers were unprecedented - among the largest ever seen

● The team was able to coordinate well and be loud

● The message was clearly conveyed through the play

Suggestions

● Audience interaction could have been improved

● While the group was loud, individually some voices were inaudible

● The volunteers must work on being more expressive

Reflections

● The strength of a team vs. the strength of an individual

● The real impact of such a performance on the local residents is massive

● The ground reality - the progress towards education, and an increasing awareness

about children’s rights

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Minutes of Milan Meeting

Date: 30 November, 2019

Venue: Mini Auditorium, BGR Campus


Attended by:

Volunteers from All Committees of Milan from:

BGR Campus

Bangalore Central Campus

Kengeri Campus

Wing-wise Co-ordinators from all 3 campuses

Student Council Representative – Rohith Kumar

Agenda of the Meeting

● To brief all the volunteers about the progress of all the aspects of Milan

● To give the volunteers the plan and overall schedule for the 2 days for their respective

committees

● To bring the volunteers up to speed about Anikethana and Gracias as well

Key Points

Project Unnati

● The children will be coming to the Bangalore Central Campus (hereon referred to as

BCC) on 6th from Majestic Bus Stand


● On 7th, they will first have breakfast, take part in the carnival, have lunch and then

take part in offstage events. Following this they will prepare for on-stage cultural

events and perform for the same.

● This will be followed by dinner. Boys will be accommodated in Block 1 and Girls will

be accommodated in Block 2

● On 8th, after a Zumba class in the morning, the children have breakfast and then take

part in individual sports events. This will be followed by team sports events after

lunch, and then finally the valedictory will conclude the event

● Children of Bagalkot will be staying back for a storytelling session and dance

practice.

● On 9th, the children will be taking part in Gracias as well.

Project Pragathi

● 50 children and 8 facilitators will be coming to Bangalore on 7th.

● The same schedule will be followed as above, for 7th and 8th.

Project Chetana

● Children will be arriving on 7th.


Project 3D

● Children will be arriving to BCC at 7:30 AM on 7th December


Project Vriddhi

● This includes both LR Nagar and Ambedkar Nagar


● The children will be arriving to BCC on 7th December, and the same schedule will be

followed as above, for 7th and 8th.

Project Tilaknagar, Subhashnagar

● The children will be arriving to BCC on 7th December, and the same schedule will be

followed as above, for 7th and 8th.

Accommodation

● The plan for accommodation was discussed - children would sleep on a 2-by-3 basis

(2 mattresses for 3 children)

● The work starts with the arrival of the kids and the labelling of the bags

● Every project area is allotted a colour, identified by their wristbands and tee-shirts.

The colours were mentioned.

● The team will have to label bags, clean and lay down the mattresses and stay with the

kids overnight.

Food

● There will be subcommittees under Food, handling 1st Serving, 2nd Serving, Water,

Waste Segregation and Supervision.

● The caterer was Mamta foods

● The food schedule and the volunteer eating schedule was extensively discussed

● The food items that would be served were also mentioned - Gobi Manchurian, Gulab

Jamun etc.

Transport


● The transport plan discussed the deployment of buses on 7th morning to pick up the

kids from the project areas, and on 8th evening to drop them back to their respective

areas

● The plan for the Bangalore Darshan was also discussed.

Carnival

● Taking place on 7th December, the carnival would take place from 9 AM -12:30 PM

in the front half of the BCC - from the Main Gate to Central Block

● It would consist of 18 stalls - 16 volunteer-manned game stalls, 2 sponsored game

stalls

● Stalls would be set up on 7th and children would visit stalls project-area wise

● Games would also be conducted for the faculty and facilitators - musical chairs,

pictionary etc.

Culturals

● The team would be handling Offstage Events and Onstage Events

● Offstage Events include Greeting Card Making, Clay Art, Wealth from Waste, Face

Painting, Pick and Speak etc.

● Workshops include a Theatre Workshop, and Workshops conducted by SLCU and

DPS departments of Christ among others

● Onstage Events include Group Singing, Group Dance, Skit and Mime

Stage

● The work which had been completed so far included the selection of emcees and

alllotment of slots

● The team will be handling stage events on 7th and 8th


● For the valedictory, the logistical requirements were enumerated - podium, trays etc.

Sports

● Sports will be helping Culturals with offstage events on 7th, and with the Facilitator

Sports on 7th

● Tracks would be laid the day before the events

● The layout of the field was shown and explained

● 8th would include training, opening ceremony, individual and track events

Documentation

● The team was planning 4 main productions - Cinematic Trailer, Day 1 Aftermovie and

Day 2 Aftermovie (for social media) and finally an Aftermovie

● The length and coverage of each was discussed

● The team would also be covering the events, and handling the Milan Newsletter

which would be designed in real time

Promotions

● The promotional plans included - 15-day countdown posters, social media posts,

offline challenges, photo exhibitions, flash mob, open mic and promo videos

● The team encouraged all volunteers to promote the event, forward the messages and

posters and help with the artwork

Logistics

● Logistics’ work starts with the placement of water cans, and the assembly of supplies,

props and costumes for offstage and onstage events

● Distribution of t-shirts, collecting of bags etc. was also part of the work of logistics


● A few volunteers would also help on 8th with distributing food, and moving bags and

water cans during valedictory

● The heads stressed the importance of proper communication among all departments to

ensure logistical requirements are met

Crowd

● The Steering/Crowd Committee discussed the plan for the 2 days and which

volunteers would be helping with crowd management

● They mentioned the reporting time of volunteers on both days, and gave a brief

instruction to the volunteers about handling the kids and managing the crowd and

ensuring proceeds move on smoothly

Gracias and Anikethana

● On 8th evening, an alumni dinner would be held for Anikethana

● 9th would start with an inauguration, followed by the presentation of the case study

book and the souvenir, and a panel discussion

● Anikethana, the 20 year celebration of CSA, would end with an Impact Assessment

presentation

● Gracias would take place on 9th in the afternoon, and would include speeches by

honorable guests, and cultural performances.

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Report of Events for the month of December 2019

Name of the event: Story Hunt

Date: 1 December 2019

Venue: Ragi Kana, Gottigere

Conducted by: Media and Communication Wing

Key Points:

● 37 volunteers of CSA from both the campus came together on the morning of 1st

December for the first story hunt of the semester

● Upon reaching the venue, the volunteers were met with a very warm welcome.

● The volunteers were briefed on the history of the place.

● The volunteers were told about the inclusive English and Kannada medium schools

which were built 25 years back.

● The volunteers were introduced to the santhe which sold a plethora of products

ranging from handlooms to groceries.

● Shortly after, the volunteers attended a talk by Dr. T.S. Ramananda on Human and

Animal Conflicts.

● After that the volunteers went around the santhe and interacted with the owners of the

various stalls there.

● The volunteers were asked to prepare a pitch on mother nature and present at the end

of the event.

● After that, lunch was served to the volunteers.

● At the end of the event, the pre-decided groups presented their pitch. There was photo

stories, poetry and speeches.


Feedback:

Suggestions:

● University bus should be booked

● People should adhere to the time mentioned.

● There were not enough Kannada volunteers which created a bar in

communication.

Positives:

● The food was delicious

● The vibe of the place reminded people of the Rural Exposure Camp

● The objectives of the activities were fulfilled

● Everyone got to learn a lot

● Even though the place is situated nearby, many people would not have foud

out about it had it not been for this event

Reflections:

● The place taught everyone how to not be selfish

● Most of us live in cities and are usually unaware about what goes on in the

villages

● One can learn how to live in harmony even while living in the city

● We all choose the easy way out and spend on non-sustainable products.

● Even though the Ragi kana santhe has all the options one needs in their daily

lives, it is not so well known because of the other places that have come up.

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Name of the Event: Milan


Date: 7th and 8th December

Venue: Bangalore Central Campus


Key Points

Day 1

Name of the Event: Breakfast

Venue: Ivy Hall



Time: 6:30 a.m

Key Points:

● Nutritious and hot food: khichdi and boondi fries served

● Volunteers served the food, kept the kids company and also cleaned up after the meal

was done.

● Every group of children were entertained and accompanied by volunteers at all times.

Name of the Event: Carnival

Venue: Garden Street


Number of stalls: 16

Number of children: 350

Time: 9:30 a.m


Key Points:

● Fun-filled and energy-packed events and games organised.

● Popcorn and cotton candy stalls set up.

● Funny characters like Joker, Mickey Mouse, Santa Claus entertained the children

● Virtual Reality experience by Smaash

● Carnival Games like basketball hoops, go fish also arranged.

● Tender coconuts and chocolates (Gone Mad) served to project area children and their

facilitators.

● Children got their faces and hands painted with hearts and rainbows.

Name of the Event: Gracias Felicitation.

Venue: Christ Junior College (CJC), Central Block, Block 4.



Time: 10AM - 12 Noon

Key Points:

● Gracias is an annual thanksgiving ceremony for all the contributors who made the

Child Sponsorship programme (CSP) possible.

● The Felicitation is a token of gratitude for the highest contributing classes towards the

same cause.

● The volunteers went to 3 different classes in CJC (1CAME L, 2HESP N and 2CAME

L) and greeted them with Cakes and Extension Cord respectively.

● The highest individual sponsors - Rachel Elengical and Shruthi Kothari were

congratulated and made to cut the cakes along with their class teachers.


● 6 B Com H in Block 4 and 1 BBA LLB B in Central Block were also felicitated with

wall clocks for their support.

● All these classes were cordially invited to attend the Gracias ceremony that was to be

held on 9th December.

Offstage Events

Name of the Event: Print Painting

Venue: 1PSEng, Block 1, CHRIST Bangalore Central Campus.

Number of Volunteers:


Time: 1:30 pm

Key Points

● The logistics volunteers had arranged for paints, sponge, paper plates and sheets for

the kids.

● At 1:30 pm after lunch, the participants came in and were instructed by the crowd

committee volunteers about the rules and procedures.

● The kids were given a time limit of 30 minutes and were also explained how to go

about painting.

● The kids very enthusiastically painted beautiful pictures using foam and then they

asked for more paint if required.

● They were then asked to write their names on the sheet and the judges also came in to

interact with them and gave them ideas.

● The kids completed their paintings and were taken for the upcoming workshops.


Name of the Event: Greeting Card Making

Venue: Block 1, CHRIST Bangalore Central Campus



Time: 2:20 PM

Key Points

● All the children were given coloured paper, decorative materials, sketchpens, glue

sticks, colour pencils, scissors

● Theme was Christmas

● The children were given 45 min, and then their cards were collected

Name of the Event: Clay Art

Venue: 2EPS



Time: 1:30 - 3 pm

Key Points:

● The Children were each distributed clay pack with 4 colours that includes yellow,

brown, green and blue.

● The theme of the event was told to be ‘Nature’ and the duration was 45 minutes

followed by Psych Workshop.


Name of the Event: Origami Workshop

Venue: Block 1 , Room No. 206



Time: 1:45pm - 3:00pm

Key Points

● Workshop for Category B children.

● 24 kids from various project areas along with their respective project area volunteers.

● Cap, boats, tiptop, lamps, etc. were taught to children using colourful sheets.

Name of the Event: DPS Workshop

Venue: Room 207, 1EPS


Number of Children: 250-300

Time: 1:30pm to 2:40 pm

Key Points:

● A presentation on waste management and videos on abusive use of animals was

shown.

● Also practical examples on waste management were demonstrated, like a straw was

shown and asked whether its biodegradable or not.

● Similarly with juice boxes, etc.

● Everyone was interactive with children and communication was mainly in English or

Kannada.


Name of the Event: SLCU Workshop by the School of Law

Venue: Central Block, The School of Law, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore

Central Campus

Time: 1:30-2:40 pm

Key Points:

● The volunteers had an interactive session with the project area children about ‘Law’,

and ‘Rights’. The children were further explained with the help of attractive and

informative videos.

● The children were then given a tour of the campus’ library facility for the law students

where the children were allowed to read and explore books under Law, and it’s wings.

● Afterwards, the children, in groups of 8-10, were taken to the Moot Court and were

given an opportunity to have a real-life experience of a court.

● The children had a very fun and informative session at the workshop as they learnt

about the happenings of Law, and some got closer to the dream of becoming a lawyer

themselves.

Name of the Event: Rangoli Competition

Venue: Block 1; Room no. 217(1BCB) and 201(3PSEco)



Time: 2:30pm to 3:15pm

Key Points:

● Meghna and Tripthi judged the event.


● 10 teams participated overall from all project areas except Vriddhi.

● Theme of the event was Christmas.

● Two teams from each project area participated.

Name of the Event: Pick and Speak

Venue: 202, Block 1



Time: 1:45pm

Key Points

Judges : Praveena

● 28 Children from all project areas assemble at the venue peacefully

● 2:00pm Attendance

● Instructions given to them in English and Kannada

● Student volunteers randomly called kids, asked them to pick a chit which assigned a

topic to them; The topic was also explained in Kannada

● Children spoke in English, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil according to their comfort

● Age group mostly from 7th and 8th grade

● Topics like my favourite subject, Milan, teachers were given to the children.

● Children shared their honest opinions confidently.

● The intriguing topics made them think and speak their heart out.


Name of the Event: Best out of waste

Venue: Block 1, CHRIST Bangalore Central Campus

Number of Volunteers:


Time: 2:10p.m. - 2:40 p.m.

Key Points

● The kids were provided with newspapers, scissors, glue, fevistick, paper cups,

cardboard, wooden spoons and forks, tape to make

● Then after the kids were done making, they came one by one project area wise to

explain whatever they made.

Name of the Event: Psychology Workshop

Venue: Room no: 216, 2EPS, Block 1



Time: 3:30 to 5:00 pm

Key Points:

● Children were divided into 3 groups and had separate and different activities.

● Interaction happened in kannada mainly.

● Various values like diversity, kindness and unity were taught through fun games like

doctor doctor and informative ppts.

Name of the Event: Face Painting

Venue: 1HEP



Number of Children: >50

Time: 3 - 4

Key Points:

● Each child was accompanied by a CSA volunteer and were provided with the required

paints and brushes for the same.

● The topic for the event was announced to be ‘Good and Evil’

● The volunteers were asked to remember the name and the project area of the child.

● The volunteers were each taken a look of the face painting and were judged upon

before leaving for the on-stage events.

Name of the Event: Recitation

Venue: Room 206, Block 1


Number of Children: (?)

Time: 2:45-3:45 pm

Key Points:

● The given topic/theme for Recitation was ‘Patriotism’.

● Even though the theme was already chosen, they did not fear to break the boundary

and speak about various other themes like, ‘Friendship’, ‘Motherhood’, etc.

● The children were enthusiastic and prepared, some even recited the national pledge to

earn bonus points.

● The children spoke with no fear. They recited with boldness and confidence.


Name of the Event: Drawing

Venue: Room 207, Block 1


Number of Children: Around 50

Time: 3:20pm

Key Points

● Around 50 kids from all project areas participated in the drawing competition

● Time limit given to children was 45 minutes

● The theme given to them was “Christmas”

● Stationery like pens, crayons, pencil and eraser was provided by the volunteers

● Age group mostly from 7th and 8th grade

● Children expressed themselves differently not only in their drawings but in the

process as well as some of them were seen drawing a line with the box of pencils in

absence of a scale.

● By the time results were being prepared, children were divided into three teams as

they indulged in a General Knowledge quiz.

● The results were not announced at the venue and children dispersed.

Name of the Event: Science Workshop

Venue: Chemistry Lab



Time: 3:30 pm


Key Points

● The kids were gathered in Chemistry Lab for the Science Workshop by the Kengeri

Campus volunteers.

● The kids were first told about the basics of chemistry, through examples in everyday

life.

1. Photosynthesis

2. Chlorophyll

3. Combustion in the presence of Oxygen

4. Chlorophyll and its importance in plants

5. The applications of Sulphuric Acid

● They were then told about the different flame tests, how different salts give different

colours when put under flame.

● They were shown various neutralization reactions, how an acid and a base react to

form salt.

● Brownian Movement was thus explained and various flash cards were presented to

them to enhance their knowledge.

● The workshop then ended with the kids asking various questions related to what was

being taught to them

Name of the Event: Theatre Workshop

Venue: Block 1, BCC




Time: 3 PM

Key Points

● It was conducted by Last Minute Productions and Kahale (DOC)

● After an activity where they mirrored each other, a circle was formed

● In this circle, after a starting line, each person had to give 1 line, and after a story had

been formed by the full circle, they had to act out the story

Cultural Events

Event: Introduction and Performance by Subhashnagar Kids

Venue: Dharmaram Auditorium

Time: 5:30 pm

Date: 7 December 2019

Number of Volunteers: 50+

Number of Children: All

Key Points:

● The kids were brought to the Dharmaram auditorium by 5:45pm. The audience was

seated by 5:55 pm.

● The participants dressed up in colourful attires and costumes and were also helped by

the volunteers in make up. They looked very charming.

● The event started at 6:00 pm. The emcee introduced Milan and hence introduced the

events for the day. They announced the performance of the Subash Nagar kids.


● The girls from Subhash Nagar, in a pink dress code, very enthusiastically performed a

beautiful and enthusiastic dance performance on Bum Bum Bole and Rowdy Baby, in

which a special appearance by a little boy was made.

● The performance was followed by the release of the Milan Trailer ft. The Milan Song.

The kids were very excited to see their videos and photos and very enthusiastically

hummed the Milan Song. They were then hooting in excitement for an amazing job

done by the volunteers.

Name of the Event: Group Song


Time: 6pm

Key Points:

● Subash Nagar kids performed first due to time constraints as they had to leave back.

● Children performed songs in different languages including Tamil and Kannada related

to environment and the world we live in.

Name of the Event: Skit


Time: 6:45 PM

Key Points

● Swachh Bharat was the overall theme

● Vriddhi performed on improper waste disposal and smoking


● 3D performed on Plastic Pollution and Open Defecation

● Hoskote showed a dystopian situation where Gandhi travelled to the future and saw

India’s pathetic state

● Bagalkot performed on the theme of waste disposal and cleanliness

● Finally, Kolar ended on a great note - we must take initiative and clean surroundings

ourselves

Name of the Event:Bastar Facilitators Performance


Time: 7:15 PM

Key Points

● Team bastar,dressed traditionally enter the stage on melodious beats of "chatka

karina".

● Forming circles , and other formation, facilitators dance traditionally and sweetly as

children cheer for them.

Name of the Event: Group Dance


Time: 7:30-8:30 p.m

Key Points:

● Each project area, full of life and energy, rocked the stage and drew the audience

crazy.

● Selectively 8-10 children from each project area performed a pre-choreographed

dance for 5-8 minutes to the songs of their choice.


● While some project areas stuck to a power-packed, entertaining dance, some project

areas took up social issues like unity in religions, patriotism, etc and put up a great

show.

● The audience was completely swept off of their feet as they applauded and whistled

their heart out.

● We had two Emcees, both Kannada and English speakers, facilitating the event.

Name of the Event: Mime


Number of Volunteers: All

Number of Children: Minimum 5 per team

Time: 8:30 pm

Key Points

● Theme : Education Hygiene and Environment

● Teams from each project area participated in order to articulate their message without

using words.

● Vriddhi : Showcased the story of how lack of education can even make you lose your

life.

● 3D : Depicted how even the educated class is wasting the resources which can lead to

adverse effects.

● Chethana : How our ignorance and insensitivity is precisely killing the nature around

us.


● Unnathi : Showcased the importance of environment through the story of a tree and its

role in life.

● Pragathi : Depicted why it is us who needs to save the environment from us, nobody

else.

● The event got over by 9:30pm

Day 2

Name of the Event: Zumba

Venue: CJC auditorium

Number of Volunteers: 40-50

Number of Children: 300+

Time: 6:30am - 8:00am

Key Points

● Children danced on lambergini, galti se mistake, bum bum bole, kala chasma and one

kannada song.

● Volunteers also enjoyed dancing along with their children and other volunteers.

● 2 main leaders on stage with around 10 volunteers on stage who were leading the

steps for simba session.

Name of the Event: Sports Day, Opening Ceremony

Venue: Main Ground, Christ University




Time: 10:00 am

Key Points

● The day began with March Past. The kids were first made to rehearse the march past

as they continued to learn left right left from 9:00 am onwards post breakfast.

● They were then given T-shirts of different colours to signify different teams for march

past.

● The NCC as well as the kids and volunteers performed march past after which an oath

ceremony was conducted.

● After Taking the oath the kids were standing as Ms Selvie, the facilitator of Bagalkot

gave her opening address.

● The torch was then beared and the sports day was declared open.

Individual Sports Events

Name of the Event: Three legged race

Venue: Campus ground



Time: 10 AM

Key Points

● Two kids were paired and one of their legs are tied with each other

● Participants had to synchronise and run

● It was conducted on 100m track


Name of the Event: Book Balance Race

Venue: Football Ground

Number of Volunteers: 3-5


Time: 10:00am

Key Points

● Children had to balance the book given by the volunteers from starting to the end

ribbon.

● For this, to filter out children, trials or heat ups were conducted.

● First, race for boys was held in which the following children emerged as winners :

● Girls selection at 10:20 AM

● Final race at 10:30am

Name of the Event: Sprint

Time : 10:30am

Venue : Campus Ground

Key Points

● Children were given clear instructions

● After separate trials for boys and girls, the final sprint races were held

Name of the Event: Sack Race


Venue: Campus Ground


Time:10:30 AM

Key Points

● The races took place on the 100m

● There were 2 preliminary heats of 6 people each

● After that there was a final heat

Name of the Event: Long Jump




Time: 10:15 AM

Key Points

● Long jump was one of the field events - the participants have to make a short run and

jump into the sand pit

● Each participant was given 2 chances to do the jump - the best of those were being

recorded

Name of the Event: Shotput

Venue: Campus ground

Time: 10:20 a.m

Key Points:


● The children were explained in detail about the rules and regulations of the

game before the competition took off.

● Children from Vriddhi, Chetna, Pragati, Unnati, and 3D took part in this event.

● Our children, with grace, threw the shot put in varying distances between 5-8

meters.

● The volunteers would then carry the measuring tape and measure the distance.

● However, a few children got disqualified for going beyond the said boundary

of the game.

Name of the Event: Obstacle Race


Time: 10:00 am

Key Points

● The volunteers put all the obstacles on brief distances before the kids stood in their

positions.

● The rules and regulations of the race were explained to all the kids.

● The kids then stood at the line that was made to determine equal distance from the

start.

● The volunteers stood read with the finishing line and also with the Command of

Ready, Set, Go, the volunteers went on to cheer the kids as they ran towards the finish

line crossing all obstacles with grace


Name of the Event: Run with a Ball



Time: 10:30 AM

Key Points

● 3 heats were conducted - top 2 from each

● Children had to run with a balloon between their legs

Name of the Event: Sprint




Time:10:30-11:00

Key Points:

● It was happening on the 100m track

● The race happened in 3 rounds - Round 1 6 participants from 6 project areas ran

● The top 3 were chosen

● Finally the 6 participants competed against each other

Name of the Event: Sack Race (girls)

Venue: football ground



Time: 10:30 - 11:00


Key Points :

● The races took place on the 100m

● There were 4 preliminary heats of 6 people each

● After that there was a final heat

Name of the Event: Reverse Race


Time: 11:30 a.m

Key Points:

● Children had to turn around and run, back facing, till they reach the winning stop.

● Children from all project areas, in different categories of age and gender, participated

in the event.

● Chetna, Shubashnagar, and Pragati took the cup home for this race.

Name of the Event: Relay




Time: 11:30 A.M,

Key Points

● It happened in the circular tracks which was basically joining the 2*100m tracks

● From one category 4 boys and 4 girls of one project area had to do the race

● This race attracted the most audience and was most enjoyed by the kids as well


Team Sports Events

Name of the Event: Dog and the Bone



Number of Children: 9 kids from all project areas in each team. (Game of team of 2)

Time: 1:30 p.m

Key Points:

● Girls category

● The girls were briefed about the rules and regulations of the game before it began.

● The ‘bone’ was ready, kept inside the circle in the middle, waiting to be snatched.

● The volunteers called out a number and the allotted children with the number run to

the middle, ready to take the ‘Bone’.

● Every child played smartly and with patience, hoping to take the bone and the cup

home.

Name of the Event: Kho Kho

Venue: Main Ground, CHRIST BCC



Time: 3:30 pm

Key Points


● The kids were divided into teams based on their height and weight categories for the

smooth conduct of the programmes.

● The kids then had a toss as to which team will go for running first.

● They were playing very enthusiastically as the volunteers properly explained to them

the rules and regulations and also guided them all through the game.

● The kids learnt teamwork through the game as they continued to make a chain to win

the game on both sides.

Name of the Event: Hula Hoop



Number of Children: all

Time: 3:30 pm

Key Points

● The kids were all assembled on one corner of the ground for hula hoop. They were

first given instructions as to how to go about the game.

● They were then given trial period to understand the game

● The teams were then divided properly and the team doing the most number of hulas

within a fixed time won the game.

● The kids showed their potential through their moves and also were very enthusiastic

to try again and again.

● Their team spirit was applauded.


Name of the Event: Tug Of War




Time: 3:45 pm

Key Points

● The kids were divided into 2 teams and were given a rope with instructions as to how

to go about the game.

● The kids mastered their strength and hence went on to pull the rope to their ends.

● The team that won celebrated but also the team that lost, did not lose hope and were

courageous to do better next time.

● After this another round of tug of war was held for the volunteers in which all the first

year and second,third year volunteers competed against each other. The first year

volunteers won.

● Everyone then dispersed for snacks.

Valedictory

Name of the Event: Valedictory




Time: 3:30 pm

Key Points


● 3:30- 3:45 All kids and volunteers reach the Dharmaram Auditorium. There was a

short intro by Emcees, who explained how the two days went off very quickly.

● 3:45---3:55 Lightning of lamp was done by the chief guests as well as all the faculty

members and facilitators.

● 3:55--4:10 All Fathers addressed the gathering, telling about the progress of CSA and

how Milan was a huge success.

● 4:10--4:15 A very happening dance performance organised by all three campuses was

displayed in front of the kids, who seemed to enjoy it. The first performance was

made by the Bangalore Central Campus.

● 4:15--4:30: chief guest addressed the gathering in a heartfelt manner. He explained

that his happiness had no bounds seeing kids dance and sing and enjoy themselves.

● 4:30--4:35: Dance performance by BGR Campus

● 4:35-4:55 Certificate distribution was then done for all participants and prize winners.

The kids were delighted and felt a sense of achievement.

● 4:55-5:00 A dance performance was then made by the Kengeri Campus for the kids

● 5:00-5:10 Milan song was then played and everyone sang along with enthusiasm

10.

● 5:10-5:20 Director CSA, Phinu Jose Concluded the Valedictory with her kind words

of appreciation for the kids and encouraged them to move forward in life with the

same zeal.

● 5:20--5:30 Milan after movie by M&C was then presented and the programme came

to an end

Volunteer Feedback


Positives

1) BGR

● All the steering committee members were attentive to the problems of the volunteers

and turned out to be very helpful when needed.

● The logistics committee worked really well and had no issues in supplying the

necessary items

● Volunteers even though they were not a part of the food committee helped the food

committee whenever they had free time.

● There was proper coordination among the food committee volunteers.

● The sports committee volunteers also put in their maximum effort and did a great job.

● The Project area volunteers handled the kids from Subash Nagar very well.

2) Kengeri :

● Accommodation committee did a very good job.

● Food and it's management was very good.

● Other committee volunteers helped the accommodation committee.

● It was a very good experience, volunteers enjoyed it with kids a lot.

3) BCC

● Medical work was appreciated

● The purpose of Milan as the coming together of all stakeholders of CSA was

established. There was interaction between kids of all project areas, volunteers of all

three campuses, faculty and project area facilitators


● The Carnival was a huge huge hit. The kids really had a blast there.

● The sponsorship team did a really good job.

● Despite time lags at certain points and certain glitches , we were able to conduct all

the events we had planned and the kids had fun too. Kudos to all committee heads and

volunteers.

● A kid told that the project area volunteers took care of them really well and didn’t

sleep until they were all asleep. So yay

● The Milan events, the on-stage events and sports, were organized fairly smoothly. The

same goes for the Valedictory.

● Everyone in the M&C team that covered Milan did their job really well. They were

very professional, and got everything done effectively.

● a lot of improvements particularly with sponsors coming the event looked grander

● Also the volunteer spirit was really good

Suggestions

1. BGR

1) Transportation committee

● The transportation volunteers from BGR reported late for their duties.

● The facilitators accompanying the kids from each project area were treated like kids

by the transport volunteers.


● There was a lot of chaos during the departure of the kids as volunteers from other

committees were instructing the kids on how to proceed further.

● The driver assigned for Hoskote Project area was not available and this caused a delay

in the schedule.

● Both transportation volunteers and Steering committee were giving out instructions

for the kids at the same time causing some confusion.

● The kids at the time of departure were lining up even before instructing them and

moreover they formed two or three lines and this should have been controlled by the

transport volunteers with the help of project area volunteers.

● Volunteers apart from the transportation committee and accommodation committee

joined the Bagalkot kids in their transit.

2) Food Committee

● On the second day (8th December), volunteers from other committees also came into

food committee and interfered in their work.

● The kids from Kolar did not get sufficient amount of food on the second day.

● A proper allotment of volunteers for washing the plates had to be made but apparently

this did not happen.

● There was an absence of proper segregation of waste.

● Many volunteers were not aware of the refreshments being served and a better

communication could have been established regarding the same.

● The bags could have been packed an hour earlier to avoid any last minute confusions.

● The food committee heads did not convey their plan properly to the volunteers.


● A proper document must be made on approximately how much food a child would

consume.

● The contact numbers of the organisations that are going to collect the extra food must

be mentioned earlier itself.

● Many volunteers left chips packets open and a few of them even filled their bags with

these chips packets.

● Many packets of chips given to the kids in the bags were already open.

● On the day of Bangalore Darshan, the food was prepared very early and by the end of

the day it got stale.

● Many volunteers were unnecessarily blaming the food committee for not getting food.

● It would be better if only one curry was served to one person rather than pouring both

the curries into the child’s plate.

● Refreshments can be handed over to the committee heads and they can serve it to the

kids and volunteers.

● Banana peels after eating were left unattended in the CSA office and in addition to

these, lemons were left in the front of the auditorium.

● Many volunteers skipped their breakfast and/or Dinner.

● There was an excess wastage of lemonade.

● The usage of reusable/ washable plates must be stopped if volunteers are not properly

assigned for the same.

3) Accommodation committee

● A few volunteers did not turn up on the second day.

● The volunteers representing the accommodation committee were absent on the day of

Bangalore darshan (6th december) to receive the kids from Bagalkot.


● As a few volunteers backed out at the last minute, heads and mentors from other

committees had to work to replace them.

● The movement of the bags were not tracked properly as a few bags went missing.

● The accommodation committee was tasked with taking care of the costumes of the

kids for the on-stage cultural events and there was a lot of confusion regarding the

same.

● The props for the onstage events were not collected by the accommodation committee

and the stage committee was blamed for the same.

● There was a lot of confusion regarding which costume had to go where.

4) Logistics

● There was a change in the logistics committee on 9th for Anikethana and Gracias, and

a lot of things were not available.

● There was an acute shortage of water in block 2.

● The mosquito repellant were not handed over to the accommodation committee.

● The Logistic requirements for the offstage events was not available at the right time.

● The volunteers while collecting the t shirts changed their mind and took t shirts of

different sizes.

● The t shirts for project area facilitators were not planned.

● It would have been better to have the same logistics committee for Gracias and Milan.

● Logistics were lying here and there after Milan. For example : the charts used for

logistics

5) Carnival


● Non CSA volunteers were having popcorn and floss. It would have been better to

keep a few volunteers to check the id cards to identify non-CSA volunteers.

● There was an absence of dust bins near the carnival area.

● The coconut water could have been served in a cup.

● There was a shortage of medical kits to use in case of an emergency.

● It would be better to have the carnival indoors as many non-CSA volunteers were

clicking pictures of the kids and this was a clear violation of CPP.

● There was a big lack of communication between the carnival volunteers and logistics

volunteers.

● The face painting stall could have had more volunteers who has experience in

painting.

6) Cultural

● The volunteers abandoned the kids after each event and they were roaming around

here and there.

● The project area volunteers sat with the kids for face painting and they went to wash

their faces causing a messing up of the movement towards off stage cultural events.

● The volunteers had no work after dropping the kids in their respective classrooms.

● The project area volunteers were supposed to be with the kids throughout but a lot of

volunteers were not present there.

● There were a lot of volunteers inside the classroom where best out of waste was

conducted.

● The topics were not very much suitable for the kids.

● The off stage events got over ahead of the schedule and the kids were bored after this.


● The Subash nagar kids were left out.

7) STAGE

● The stage volunteers were idle and had no work for most of the day.

8) Sports

● The logistics requirements for sports were messed up

● The podium could have been arranged way before.

● There was some confusion regarding the requirement of marking powder.

● The teams for Kho Kho were not divided properly

● It would have been better to have an enclosure for the kids, so they could sit and view

the events taking place from there.

● The facilitators were always seen on the field and this should not have happened.

● A category wise sorting of the kids could have been done in the stalls.

9) Promotions

● The volunteers were missing from the events to which they were allocated to.

● Many promotion volunteers did not turn up for the pre milan artwork.

● Only one photobooth was set up for Milan.

● Compared to the previous Milan the promotions for this Milan was very less.

● The countdown messages could have been sent or started earlier.

10) Documentation

● The last picture of committees which was to be taken by documentation committee

was not planned out or there was a lack of communication regarding the same.


● During the off stage events the volunteers and reporters allocated were allocated to

each class but a few of them were missing.

11) Project areas

● A few children were older than the volunteers and hence it was a bit difficult to

handle them.

● There was a communication gap regarding where and when to collect and drop the

kids.

● More amount of discipline could have been brought into the kids.

● The volunteers were not with the kids allocated to them and a few of them even went

out of the college campus.

● The volunteers who were supposed to take the kids to sports area failed to do so.

● At times, it was found that many kids were left unattended.

● A few volunteers were exhausted by their work and were found sleeping.

12) Steering committee

● Reporting time was not very clear among a few volunteers and could have been

specified in advance.

● The venues for various events were not very clear for volunteers from the BGR and

Kengeri campuses.

● The heads need to be more conscious about the way they talk to other committee

heads.

● There were a lot of changes in the pre prepared events schedule.

● The heads could have informed all the volunteers about the timings during which food

will be served.


● Apparently there was some confusion regarding the distribution of goodies.

● There was a lac of communication between the troopies and the other heads regarding

the time at which the auditorium would be opened.

13) GENERAL

● The badges distributed came off very easily.

● The volunteers must not sign up for committees without knowing the nature of the

work.

● The volunteers should exhibit great vigour and enthusiasm in their work rather than

sitting idle.

● No one should blame each other, or accuse another committee for a mishap of any

sort.

● Proper waste segregation was not done by the volunteers.

● Multiple messages were passed on by the volunteers and heads regarding the same

issue resulting in an inevitable confusion.

● It would have been better to use recyclable bamboo plates for serving food.

● The project area volunteers were supposed to accompany the kids to whom they were

allocated to, but a few of them failed in doing so.

● It would have been great if the jammers were cut for the two days.

2. Kengeri

● Communication between committee should be improved


● Smooth working of logistics should be ensured

● Anikethana seating plan was not proper

● No DVK Audi

3. BCC

● Project area Volunteers were very clueless about what was happening

● CPP was broken and needs to be reinforced.

● Proper division of the duties of the committees needs to be specified clearly.

● More logistics volunteers were needed

● Proper delegation of the flow of Volunteers are needed

● Overlapping logistics

● Media room- division of the work being done should be proper

● On spot requirements which were a little unreasonable

● Volunteers joining committees without instructions

● Proper communication between the heads themselves was lacking

● “Leave no trace” has to be followed.

● Facilitators need to be informed properly

Other Stakeholders Feedback

Positives


● The carnival was very nice. Both children and facilitators voted for VR, Can the

Can and Sleep Drawing

● Facilitators mentioned that the volunteers are welcoming and amiable with kids. They

are handling kids very well.

● Children enjoyed a lot. Seeing children happy , facilitators were also happy.

Suggestions

● Vridhi kids got one meal very late. Kids were hungry.

● There was less time to change for cultural activities

● Emcee for culturals was very dull and crowd control for culturals was poor.

● More such events should be organised.

Reflections

● Learning to deal with unpredictable situations

● Getting the opportunity to meet and interact with many important stakeholders

● Bonding amongst volunteers from all 3 campuses

● The ability to see the bigger picture

● Milan is more than an event - it is an emotion for the volunteers and kids

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Name of the Event: Anikethana, Gracias

Venue: Bangalore Central Campus

Dates: 8th and 9th December 2019


Key Points

Day 1- 8th December 2019

● At 5:30pm, an ice-breaking session was conducted by Mr. Jaikumar, a 2001

graduating batch CSA volunteer.

● Refreshments were provided to all the former volunteers. They were asked to be

seated according to their graduating years.

● The event began by 6:10pm.

● A few games were played with the former students.

● The volunteers cut a cake at 6:35pm and posed for a group picture.

● Mr. Johny Joseph gave speech reminiscing CSA’s best moments.

● Fr. Joseph CC addressed and praised the gathering.

● A game of tug of war was played between the former and current volunteers.

● Mr. Jaikumar appreciated all the volunteers.

● The vote of thanks was given by Prof. Phinu Jose

● All the former volunteers were given photo frames and notes prepared by the

volunteers.

● Videos showing CSA’s best moments were played.

● The event concluded with dinner held in the gourmet extension at 8:30pm.

Day 2- 9th December 2019


● The audience were seated in the auditorium by 9:15pm.

● The event began with an inaugural dance at 9:30pm followed by the lighting of

the lamp ceremony.

● Prof. Phinu Jose gave the welcome address, followed by speech from Dr.Fr.

Abraham Vice Chancellor, Mr. Jaikumar and Fr. Sebastian.

● Mr. Jaikumar introduced Mr. Johny Joseph and felicitated him.

● Mr. Johny Joseph gave a speech followed by a speech from the chief guest Mr.

Rajesh Tandon.

● The Souvenir was released.

● A book of case studies was released by the Vice Chancellor.

● Fr. Joseph CC, the Pro- Vice Chancellor gave a speech.

● The chief guest, Mr. Rajesh Tandon gave a speech on social responsibility in

higher education.

● The facilitators from the Basther project area of CSA performed a dance.

● Mr. Victor Paul, gave the vote of thanks.

● The panel discussion on ‘Innovation and sustainability’ began at 11:40pm.

● The panel consisted of Dr. Kshitij Urs ,Ms.Nalini Sekhar , Ms.Rema Kumar,Dr. O

P Goel and Mr.Abhishek Ranjan

● The panel discussion was followed by an interactive question and answers session

with the audience and the event concluded by 12:40pm.

Gracias

● Prof. Phinu Jose gave the welcome address.

● The chief guest Sriimurali , special guest Meghana Gaonkar and guest of

honour Anuja Chauhan felicitated the children who benefited from the child

sponsorship program.


● The band Hamsanada performed for the entertainment of the audience.

● A representative from Oishi, Joseph Franche felicitated some of the children.

● The emcees from the 3D project area took over the program.

● Children from CSA’s project areas performed.

● The vote of thanks was given by the student council member of CSA.

● The after video of Gracias was played and the audience vacated the auditorium

by 4:00pm.

Feedback

Anikethana

● Most of the audience had left in the second session of Anikethana. This was

discouraging and disrespectful for the panelists on stage.

● The first session could have been made more crisp.

● Promotions could have been improved for Anikethana, though good promotions were

done for the adjoining events of Milan and Gracias.

● The event was well-organised and smooth.

● The resource people were well-chosen.

● The event was insightful.

Gracias

● The guests spoke in Kannada and were not understandable to a majority of the

audience

● The audience numbers were very large

● All the performances received massive applause


● There were some lags between events

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Event: Drishti Workshop

Venue: Kengeri Campus, Outside Auditorium

Date: 15th December 2019


Key Points

● All the volunteers arrived at the campus at 10:00am.

● The team sang the prayer song and a few ice-breakers were conducted for the

volunteers to get to know each other.

● At 11:00am the team from Kengeri campus performed a play.

● The volunteers were then divided into groups and walked around campus trying to

identify the key problems there. Later each team were asked to perform a play on the

identified problems.

● For the second activity, the volunteers were blindfolded and had to enact the narration

by the leaders.

● The volunteers broke for lunch at 1:00pm and re-grouped at 2:00pm.


● The third activity was intended to develop the adaptability of the team. Props were

laid out and the volunteers were asked to enact a scene using all of them.

● For the improvement of their facial expressions, the volunteers were asked to perform

a mime.

● To develop the spontaneous nature in the volunteers an activity was conducted.

● The team did a few voice exercises.

● Lastly, at 3:10pm an activity to make new and moving formations was conducted.

This was done in hopes using it for future formations.

Feedback

Suggestions:

● Leaders should consider using microphones as they were often not audible in the

large open space of the auditorium.

● Volunteers felt that some of the activities were stretched over a long time and were

a little redundant.

● Similar activities should be combined to save time.

● The volunteers felt that more than enough time was given for the lunch break and

it could have been used more productively.

● The event should focus more on campaigning jingles and learning new jingles

from other campuses.

Positives:

● The workshop provided a great opportunity for the volunteers to learn from each

other.


● The team was very expressive with their emotions and thoughts.

● The event was a good bonding experience.

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Name of the Event: Family Day

Date: 18th December, 2019

Venue: BGR Campus, Christ University


Key Points

● The event started way after schedule, with the auditorium activities commencing at

5:30 PM

● After an inaugural dance, and a musical performance, Drishti performed its first ever

proscenium play - on the theme of appreciating what we’ve been given.

● The Akkas then delivered a musical performance and performed a dance on some

contemporary tunes.

● After this, Fr. Joby addressed the gathering, followed by Fr. Biju and Dr. Jyothi

Kumar.

● After this, gifts were given to all the non-teaching staff and their families by Fr. Biju

and Fr. Joby

● All the Akkas and Annas were then escorted from the auditorium, to the quadrangle

for dinner.

● Quality of the food was appreciated. Variety and taste was regarded well, as reviewed

by Akkas and Annas themselves.


● Stalls with light-hearted games and interactive sessions, along with some casual

dancing, helped end the night on a high note.

Volunteer Feedback

Positives

● The event made everyone feel special.

● It was a novel venture to recognise and celebrate the non-teaching staff

● The volunteers participated heartily in the proceedings.

● Drishti performed its first proscenium. It was enrapturing and stole the hearts of all

the people.

Suggestions

● Time schedule was delayed. It could have been punctual.

● Conflict with the idea of clicking photos in photo booths

● Miscommunication between volunteers about the stalls’ arrangement.

● Lack of communication between volunteers about the permission to have dinner.

● Waste segregation was not followed properly during the event.

● Most of the volunteers didn't turn up for the feedback session.

Reflections

● Making them feel special requires nothing but a smile and a little dedication of time.


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Name of the Event: Christmas Day Celebrations

Date: 20th December, 2020

Venue: Activity Centre, Tilaknagar


Number of Volunteers: 10 approx

Key Points

● The volunteers left campus at approximately 4:45 PM

● Once they reached, they disciplined the children

● Santa then arrived and distributed chocolates to every child

● Then the volunteers sang popular Christmas Carols

● After that, the volunteers and children played some fun games, including Electric

Shock

● Once the games were done, the children were sent back home, with some gifts and

goodies

Suggestions:


● Games could have been better coordinated

● Should have practiced carols

● There were multiple and no clear instructions on what to do

Positives:

● Goodies were nice, the children liked them

● The volunteer played Santa very well

● Event was fun and exciting for the children and volunteers

● New volunteers got a chance to make new friends

Reflections:

● Christmas spirit is about giving rather than receiving

● Little stuff can give loads of happiness

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Report of Events for the month of January 2020

Name of the Event: Speakers Conclave and Sign Language Workshop

Date: 16 January 2020

Venue: Mini Auditorium


Key Points:


● The event started at 13:50pm

● The first speaker was Gayathri Gulvady , a research specialist at Enable India.

● She spoke about the vastness of the concerns that deal with disability.

● Enable India was founded in 1999 by Shanti raghavan and deepesh Sutaria.

● Enable India started its functioning with a focus on sight disability.

● It has now extended its area of concern to dealing with 14 disciplines.

● Over 20000 people have been impacted in some form or another as a result of Enable

India’s efforts.

● Enable India provides support to help with economic independence which ensures the

dignity of the person. The primary focus is on ensuring livelihoods for individuals

with disabilities.

● They are the pioneers in this field.

● Enable India works with both candidates and employers based on the company’s

requirements and the candidate’s ability to match. They have successfully ensured

300+ jobs across 27 sectors working with 625+ companies, 189+ partner

organisations and 400+ locations.

● Gayathri Gulvady also stressed on various points like the importance of using the

right language which plays an important role in shaping one’s worldview and also

helps denote a sense of equality with the people with disabilities while interacting

with them.

● She also spoke about the assumptions that we make prior to interacting with an

individual with a disability and how it plays a major role in shaping the steps we take

to constructively work towards providing solutions.

● After the talk, the audience was offered time for a session of questions and answers.


● The audience posed multiple questions that centred around the various issues that the

organization aims to solve through its efforts.

● The various issues that Enable India aims to resolve are those like attitudinal barrier,

mobility, computer skills. A root cause of such issues is also a lack of expectations

on the part of the candidates about their potential abilities.

● The audience asked what led the speaker to pursue a profession in the field of

disability and the average age of the candidates that opt for the program.

● The next speaker was Soumya from Hope that centres around early intervention in

the cases of extremely preterm children, at-risk infants, birth trauma, congenital

disorders, global delay in development, etc.

● She explained how the organization assesses the intervention required on their part,

through the stages of play, sequence of development, domains of development and

sensory integration.

● This process requires an integrated approach that also deals with understanding the

brain.

● Hope is referenced by paediatrics and teachers of institutions that encounter children

with various complications. Hope uses developmental milestones to detect problems

in children who fail to achieve the milestones.

● There are also concessions for therapy at Hope which is provided by donations from

organisations like the Rotary Club.

● In cases of Cerebral palsy which can be detected within the 1st year of birth and is

characterised by motor impairment, physiotherapy can be beneficial up to a point.

● Hope also deals with cases of Down's Syndrome which is usually detectable in the

womb. It is caused by an extra or partial 21st chromosome.

● Autism and ADHD are also disorders that are focused on.


● Rupamani Chettri was the next speaker and conducted the Sign Language workshop.

● She started with teaching the assembled audience the sign language alphabet.

● She spoke about her experience as the first disabled UN volunteer from India.

● She conveyed her volunteering experience in Ukraine, for the UN, through a video.

● She mentioned the requirement of an interpreter for translation while communicating

with a person without a hearing disability. Also the importance of vigour in sign

language communication was emphasized on, as such communication requires the

whole body in place of just intonation that is used in spoken language.

● The speaker proceeded to teach the audience the Indian Sign Language. She informed

that each country’s language has its own vocabulary and grammar for sign language

and that some words lack expression.

● In Indian Sign Language the question word comes at the end of the sentence.

● Sign language just like all other spoken languages developed naturally and different

sign languages developed in different areas as per the requirements of the community.

● At the end of the workshop, Rupamani Chettri taught the sign language for spelling

numbers, months, days of the week to the audience.

● She also taught greetings that are used in daily life and invited some volunteers on to

the dais to take a test of how much Sign Language they had learnt.

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Name of the event: NGO Exposure: visit to EnAble India

Date: 17 January 2020




Key Points

● The volunteers were first introduced to the workings of the organisation and how it

has impacted so many lives in 20 years.

● After the brief introduction, the volunteers were taken for an office tour. The different

wings like employment team, teaching team, various programs the disabled attend to

become employable, etc were discussed.

● Questions surrounding employability, inclusivity, acceptance and abilities of disabled

were asked by the volunteers.

● Two of the students who were enrolled in the programs of the NGO talked to the

volunteers and gave an insight on their experiences with EnAble India.

Suggestions

● Could have reached before so that it was possible to meet the students.

● Could have interacted more with the candidates.

● It was more information oriented and less exposure oriented.

Positives

● The visit was very informative.

● Volunteers got to know about a new place.

● They learnt how we can play a part in helping the disabled in society.


Reflections

● Everyone has potential.

● Inclusivity is a key factor of helping the underprivileged.

● Where there’s a will, there’s a way.

● Disabled need empathy and understanding, not sympathy and condescension.

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Name of the Event: Drishti Play at Jayanagar

Date of Event: 24 January 2020

Location: Jayanagar



Key Points:

● The volunteers left campus at 2:10 pm.

● The topic of the play was Women and Child Empowerment.

● The location of the first play was Holy Saint Public School, Jayanagar 7th Block. The

play was performed in its sports ground.

● The students assembled there by 2:50pm and the volunteers started the play at

3:05pm. The play concluded by 3:25 pm.


● The first performance played an important role in telling the students about the

various injustices and problems that women and children face in society. Students

need such exposure as only academic knowledge would not hold very useful for

effective contribution in society.

● The volunteers proceeded by bus to the next location.

● The second location was the Ragigudda Slum

● The volunteers started the play at the second location at 5:15pm. The play concluded

around 5:30pm.

● The play in the second location elicited responses in terms of acknowledgement about

the message that the volunteers were aiming to spread through the medium of the

street play.

● The volunteers reached the third location at 6:00pm. The third location was the

Jayanagar complex, 4th Block.

Negatives:

● During the third play while constructing the last formation, the volunteers faced the

shops instead of the people.

● During the second scene of the third play, the formation took too long to form.

● Narrations could be prepared a little earlier as some of them were inaudible.

● Hindi attracted audiences at some locations.

● Aigiri Nandini lacked synchronization at some instances.

● The tempo of the jingles varied.

● During the third play, the volunteers lost out on energy after the short break that

occurred in the middle of the play,

● Lack of eye contact at multiple instances.

● Volunteers moved around too much during narration.


Positives:

● The formations were very coordinated during the play.

● Some volunteers took up jingles again to make up for slow formation.

● The volunteer’s energy in the first play was very high.

● The first play was very good in terms of the overall performance.

● The pronunciations of the Kannada dialogues by the volunteers were very good.

● The volunteers demonstrated excellent efforts in exerting their voices for the play.

● Volunteers taking up narrations to cover up in case of difficulties faced by other

volunteers was commendable.

Reflections:

● Importance of improvisation displayed in volunteers taking up narrations and

covering up for slow formations.

● Importance of maintaining eye contact during the play to ensure effective

communication within the team.

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Name of the Event: Subhash Nagar Painting

Dates: 25th and 26th January 2020

Venue: Subhashnagar School




Number of Rooms: 4

Key Points:

Day 1

● The volunteers left to Subhashnagar after college at around 1:30 PM

● Room 1 - started with drawing the chalk outlines of the graffiti and painting the

walls

● Room 2 - scrubbing the walls to remove the dirt, applying base paint on the walls

● Room 3 - scrubbing the walls to remove the dirt, applying base paint on the walls

Feedback

Suggestions/ Negatives :

● Ladders & rulers should have been arranged for the volunteers

● The kids could have been kept out of the painting area.

● Volunteers have to be careful with the thinner in case the children drink it thinking

it was water.

● Volunteers should decide the graffiti prior to the painting.

● Shades of colour needed can be decided beforehand.

● Masks should be provided.

● Volunteers were not conscious about the school property.

● Too many people at one spot and very few volunteers where help was needed.

Positives -

● A few kids helped the volunteers a lot.


● Volunteers were well coordinated during the artwork.

● The brushes were taken care of this time.

Reflections -

● "Cleanliness begins at home" - The kids were very happy when they tidied up

their place by themselves.

Day 2

Key Points:

● The Volunteers left the campus at around 9:15 am.

● The volunteers reached Subhash Nagar around 9:45am.

● The volunteers resumed putting base colours on the walls in the rooms that

required base paint.

● A few volunteers were assigned the task of drawing the outlines, for the decided

graffiti, on the walls.

● Every room had the tables and other furniture either removed outside or covered

with protective covering to guard them against damage from the paint.

● The volunteers proceeded to draw the multiplication tables from 1 to 10 in all the

rooms and then proceeded to colour the traced figures.

● The volunteers also wrote the English Alphabet on the walls.

● The graffiti drawn also included games like snakes and ladders to provide

something fun for the students to engage with while studying.

● The aim of the painting effort was to liven up the classrooms the children study in

and increase their interest.


● The volunteers took a break for lunch around 1:30pm and then resumed working

on the graffiti at around 2:00pm.

● The volunteers proceeded to paint the days of the week and the months of the year

in engaging designs and colourful formats on the walls of the rooms.

● The volunteers wrapped up the painting around 6:00pm.

● The volunteers proceeded to clean the rooms of the dust that had accumulated and

if any paint had spilled. The furniture was uncovered and moved back into the

original arrangements within the rooms.

Feedback:

Suggestions/ Negatives -

● Some songs that were being played contained swear words.

● Multiple instances of CPP being broken by volunteers.

● A ladder was required to reach high spots but could not be arranged.

● Lesser volunteer turnout on the second day which required more work

● Volunteers should inform the volunteer in charge before taking logistics

● Interference by the kids in the volunteer’s work.

● Volunteers didn’t stick to the reporting time.

● Requirement of at least one Kannada volunteer for events.

Positives -

● The food provided to the volunteers was very good.

● Enough logistics were provided for the event.

● Good coordination among the volunteers during the event.

Reflections -


● The environment plays a major role in how well students learn in the learning

space.

● Volunteers who were doing graffiti work for the first time, realised their skill in

doing it.

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Name of the Event: Rural Exposure Camp

Date: 25 - 29 January, 2020

Venue: Bagalkot (Jamkhandi)

Organized by: Centre for Social Action from all 3 campuses


Key Points

Day 1

● General meeting for volunteers and ice-breaking sessions through games.

● Following this the volunteers scripted and practiced for the Drishti play that would be

enacted in the next 2 days

● Selvi Ma'am, Project Coordinator, Unnathi, briefed the volunteers about Bagalkot, the

project and the work the volunteers would be doing.

● Volunteers divided themselves into two teams for the two villages, i.e, Budni and

Mareguddi.

● Volunteers interacted and played with the children near our base camp in Jamkhandi.

● Went on house visits and issues like Sanitation, flood relief, etc. were discussed.

● Maregudddi welcomed the volunteers with Folk Songs before lunch.

● Few volunteers volunteered for the Health Camp happening in Mareguddi village.


● Both the teams conducted street plays, highlighting the adverse effects of plastics, and

improper waste disposal.

● Volunteers experienced the village cuisine during lunch and dinner.

Day 2

● Ice-breaking sessions were done through games.

● Volunteers divided themselves into two groups for 2 villages - Chikkapadasarige and

Sannal (Alguru and Nagnoor as well).

● House visits were done and issues like Sanitation, flood relief, etc. were discussed.

● Volunteers in Chikkapadasarige village conducted Street Play highlighting the adverse

effects of Open-defecation while those in Nagnoor village highlighting the adverse

effects of Child Marriage and Plastic.

● Few volunteers from Nagnoor village went to Kumbarala village and helped with the

Book Distribution Drive.

Day 3

● A group of volunteers visited Chikkapadasarige and painted the Anganwadi.

● The same group from Chikkapadasarige visited Alguru and provided Career Guidance

to the students of RC Alguru school.

● The other group of volunteers visited Sannal, and began painting the local Anganwadi

● The volunteers finished their work by 4 PM in the evening, and then headed back to

Bagalkot to visit the CSA Office

● A small feedback session was conducted and then the volunteers headed back to

Bangalore at 7 PM.


Feedback

Positives

● Got to connect with the volunteers on a deeper level

● The efficiency of street play improvisation due to unforeseen circumstances.

● The village food was over-the-top amazing.

● Career counselling groups should have been made in advance.

● Painting volunteers weren't divided well. More experienced volunteers needed.

● Logistics weren't well calculated.

● Regional languages were used by volunteers throughout camp.

Suggestions

● Street play should have been more relevant to the currently prevailing Social

conditions.

● More preparation time for career-guidance.

● The Camp needed better logistics and schedules.

● Morning walks should have been included.

● Good bonding sessions with all the campuses.

● Good inclusion and interaction with villagers and volunteers.

● Plays were good, especially considering non drishti volunteers acted for the first time.

● Food was tasty and gave volunteers a glimpse into rural life.

Reflections

● Exposure to the rural camps took away various misconceptions of a stereotypical

village.

● Great experience for volunteers interacting with villagers despite the language barrier.


● The villagers felt very free to open up

● Stories unfurled with interaction and added wider views

● Volunteers learned to appreciate the various facets of CSA

● People learned how to connect and bond with others, and became more

understanding.

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Report of Events for the month of February 2020

Name of the Event: Drishti play at Christ Academy

Date: 6 February, 2020

Location: Christ Academy



Key Points:

● The volunteers left the BGR campus by 7:45am in a bus provided by Christ Academy

and reached by 8:10am.

● The team was provided with a classroom to get ready.

● Ravitha Ma’am checked in on the team and ensured that the requirements were met.

● The play began at 8:40am.

● The topic for the play was bullying and honesty.

● Drishti performed in front of the children from the primary school.

● All the students clapped and cheered for the team.

● The team was provided with breakfast from 9 to 9:40pm.

● The volunteers were taken on a campus tour till 10:30am.

● The team reached back on campus at 11:15am.

Feedback

Negatives

● The team lacked clarity and co-ordination during the dialogues and jingles.


● The jingles did not start on time.

● Some of the dialogues were rushed.

● The space given was not utilised properly.

● There was confusion with the beats.

● Keeping in mind the distance of the audience from the team, the team should have

emoted more and have better audience interaction.

● The team needs to work upon campaigning and energy.

● The volunteers lacked dedication and did not practice enough.

Positives

● The team was attentive and had a good presence of mind.

● The message was well received by the kids.

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Name of the event: Rural Exposure Camp

Dates: 8-10 February 2020

Venue: Bellary

Organised by: CSA BGR Campus


Key Points

Day 1


● The volunteers left the Bannerghatta Road Campus at around 10pm for the camp

on 7 of February.

● The volunteers reached the JSW township at around 6:30am on 8 of February.

● The volunteers were provided accommodation at the Hill Side Township of Jindal

Steel Works.

● The volunteers were taken to the Vidyanagar township of JSW.

● They were taken to the Business Centre to be briefed about Jindal Steel Works and

the history of the plant and associated programmes. The volunteers were also

briefed about the activities that were scheduled over the period of the three days of

the camp.

● The first briefing was done by Mr. Radhakrishna Konda, the head of CSR at the

JSW foundation. He proceeded to set the context for the collaboration, stressing

on the need of the camp and the data collection survey that the volunteers would

at the villages.

● After Mr. Konda, the volunteers were briefed by Mr. Manjunath Prabhu, the senior

Vice-President of JSW.

● He spoke about the establishment of the steel plant and the sudden increase in its

production capabilities. He stressed on the importance of societal development in

the surrounding villages. The societal development would also include a change in

people’s mindsets to improve the condition of the women in the villages. One way

to do this would be an increase in the number of girls going to school.


● JSW has also intervened to provide infrastructural, health centres, housing and

other facilities.

● There has been an active effort to reduce child marriages and a visible reduction in

the number of school dropouts.

● The importance of nourishment has been emphasized and further improved

through the support of the Akshaya Patra and its midday meal scheme.

● The volunteers were encouraged to approach the villagers during the village visits

in an objective manner while maintaining a positive demeanour to ensure the

villagers are welcoming.

● The Vice-President accorded the development of the company to the unstinting

support of the people and only on interacting with the people would the volunteers

realize the depth of the intervention by JSW.

● It was also mentioned that there are about 8000 people directly employed by JSW

and about 7000 people employed by the associate companies.

● When asked whether the company faced any difficulties in acquiring lands in

recent times for expansion, it was mentioned that initially efforts were made by

the company to convince the people to sell their barren lands to the company to

set up their plant so that the people’s efforts can be redirected towards agricultural

lands.

● The volunteers were also briefed about the required emission norms and the norms

maintained by the plant. Even the waste generated at the plant was recycled up to

the maximum possible extent


● Next the volunteers were shown a Powerpoint presentation by Dr. Vishwanath

Palled, the regional head for the JSW foundation. The presentation was about the

CSR programme of JSW which focuses on inclusive growth. The organization has

adopted 85 villages across 6 Taluks and 3 districts comprising about 1 lakh

citizens.

● The volunteers were briefed about the CSR strategies that the organization adopts

ranging from direct employee engagement to external evaluation.

● It also focuses on heritage conservation and missions like North Karnataka

Cataract free zone and Mobile health camps.

● After the briefing, the volunteers visited the Hum Rahi project.

● The Hum Rahi project focused on educating the truckers, that deliver raw

materials into and finished products out of the plant to locations all over India,

about awareness about AIDS and HIV.

● The truckers are also provided with multiple benefits of health centres, provision

of living facilities and celebration of multiple events.

● The volunteers proceeded to the Sanjeevani Multispeciality Hospital at 11:00 am.

● The volunteers were briefed, about the facilities available to the patients, by Mr.

Pavithra. The hospital offered treatment to people at very low prices when

compared to other private multi-speciality hospitals as it catered to mainly the

people of the lower economic backgrounds from Bellary and its surrounding

villages in a 30km radius.


● They wished to change the mindsets of people about the excessive costs of private

hospitals for this conduct tours every Friday.

● The hospital charged extremely low fees for registrations and consultations.

● It was very well equipped with multiple dialysis beds and beds for outpatients

equipped with oxygen units.

● It also had multiple other devices for CT scans, MRI, physiotherapy, X- ray etc.,

to cater to a range of needs.

● After the hospital visit, the volunteers proceeded for lunch to the Akshaya Patra

foundation.

● The volunteers reached the Akshaya Patra foundation at around 1:15.

● After having lunch, the volunteers were briefed about the process that goes into

preparing the food which is then distributed to schools in approximately a 30km

radius.

● Over a lakh kids are fed everyday through the mid-day meal scheme which

provides the food based on a menu dictated by the government.

● The volunteers left the Akshaya Patra foundation for the OP Jindal Centre at

around 2:30pm.

● The OP Jindal centre contained multiple units including the Skill Development

Centre, the Tammana School for the specially abled and a nursing school.

● They also had a branch of the Indira Gandhi National Open University.


● The vocational training about the mines occurs in partnership with JSW where the

students are taught about electrical machines and its maintenance along with

safety guidelines that they are expected to follow.

● The students are of the age range of 150 to 200 and are part of a 1 year

programme. The minimum qualification required 10th pass.

● They also have a training centre for the current workers about health safety

against hazards, fire safety for about 6 to 12 days. The evaluation after the training

is conducted by external evaluators.

● The JSW skills school contained a unit that employed women to manufacture

products out of paper waste which follows a structure similar to CSA’s

Parivarthana unit.

● The Skill Development Centre works in partnership with National Skill

Development Corporation.

● The skills school contained 4 short term courses provided for free in collaboration

with LabourNet. It also offers placements as a result of the multiple livelihood

programs.

● The NITF offers vocational training with respect to machinery.

● There are basic fitting, maintenance, welding and electrical fitting courses of

three months each.

● The students require a minimum qualification of 10th pass and their ages range

from 17 to 25.


● The GDA trains the students in providing quality care to patients in hospitals in

the absence of doctors or nurses. The course features a 2 month theoretical and a 1

month of practical training which is provided free of cost to women ranging from

ages 18 to 35.

● Next, the volunteers visited the textile centre. The textile centre has been running

for 10 years and started as only for tailoring training but has now expanded to

handle the uniforms of all the employees of JSW.

● It has around 80 to 85 women employed with 5 tailoring centres for the women of

the surrounding villages.

● It provides uniforms for 120 departments of JSW and around a total of 13000

employees.

● The volunteers left the Skill Development Centre at about 5:00pm and proceeded

to the Hill Side Township to rest for about 1 hour.

● At around 6:30 pm, the volunteers left for the Kala Dham and reached around

7:00pm. The Kala Dham functioned as a display of photographs of Hampi taken

over a period of 25 years. The informative display featured photographs of every

monument present there and also featured a 3D show that provided the volunteers

with a tour of Hampi through the display.

● After the Kala Dham visit, the volunteers proceeded to EON to have dinner and

then left Vidyanagar township around 9:30pm.

Day 2


● The questionnaire which was used for the survey was prepared by the Kannada

volunteers the previous night.

● The wake-up call at the morning of the 2nd day was at 5:30 am

● An optional morning walk was there for the interested volunteers t 6:00am.

● Breakfast was served at 8:00 am.

● After refuelling with an energetic breakfast, at 8:50am the volunteers boarded the

bus to go for the village survey.

● On the way to the village, chants for Drishti play was practiced by both Drishti

and Non-Drishti Volunteers

● At around 10:00 am, the volunteers reached the first village, Ubbalagandi and

were divided into two groups.

● By 10:30 am, the other group of volunteers reached the Rajapura village.

● Reaching the village, the volunteers were further divided into groups in such a

manner that one group had one Kannada speaking and one Telugu Speaking

volunteer. These groups of volunteers moved around the village and invited

people to the village centre.

● A large number of people turned out to address the issues they were facing. To get

a better clarity, some volunteers went home to home talking to people about all the

problems.

● Topics like healthcare, education, sanitation, administration and many others were

raised by the people which were noted in detail by the volunteers.


● Around 1:45 pm, the second group of volunteers arrived for lunch where the first

group of volunteers were already eating.

● Following that from 2:20 pm to 4:20 pm, Drishti and Non-Drishti volunteers

practiced a play revolving around the theme of Health and Sanitation.

● The Drishti play was presented in the 2 places of the Rajapura village.

● People took the play very well and were interested in what the volunteers had to

portray about the issue.

● After doing two street plays, the volunteers boarded the bus which voyaged back

to the place of our accommodation. While the journey back there was a short

feedback session conducted about the Drishti play by the Drishti wing.

● Around 7:00 pm the volunteers reached the place of accommodation and they

went to the nearby shops for the snacks break.

● Followed that there were small games and activities conducted by the volunteers

for fun and entertainment.

● Around 8:30 pm the dinner was served to all the volunteers.

● In the end, there was another series of fun games conducted to engage the

volunteers. Games included “Freeze Frame” and “Pass the Bottle”.

Day 3

● The day started with the traditional morning walk where volunteers, divided into

several groups, went for a walk around the township.


● After a sumptuous breakfast, the volunteers once again started off for another

village visit.

● Needs assessment was conducted in Taluru village.

● A few volunteers went around collecting data, while some stayed back to analyse

the data from the previous day.

● Volunteers were then taken to OPJ centre where they presented the needs

assessment report

● The presentation included the following points: reach of JSW in the 3 villages,

community needs and infrastructure, water management health and women

empowerment.

● Volunteers then had Lunch back at the township.

● After this, the volunteers were taken to a Nature Preservation Centre called the

Daroji Bear Sanctuary.

● A video was shown to all volunteers in which natural reserve of Hospet was

shown

● Volunteers then came back to pack their bags, have another hearty meal and bid

goodbye to this memorable camp.

Volunteer Feedback

Positives


● There was a very appreciable effort on JSW's part to make sure the volunteers

enjoyed the camp and a comfortable experience.

● The fact that the higher authority of the organisation took time out for the meeting

with the volunteers was greatly appreciated

● The employees of JSW were keenly providing information to the volunteers when

they visited a location.

● The visit to the Kala Dham was an enriching experience in providing information

to the volunteers about Hampi

● The Sanjeevani hospital was very well equipped to deal with a variety of concerns

and the people there possessed good technological knowledge when providing the

volunteers with a tour of the facility.

● The interaction with villagers gave the insight of what they expected from JSW.

● The allocation of the volunteers was very well managed and was highly efficient.

● Since the volunteers had enough time for conversation, they could get diverse

insights.

● The activities conducted were very good and the volunteers had a lot of fun.

● The Participation of Nagarjuna sir was appreciated by all the volunteers.

Suggestions


● The volunteers were very tired after the journey for the field visits on the JSW

Vidyanagar township on the first day.

● The bus that the volunteers used for the trip was unhygienic up to a certain extent.

● During the visit to the OP Jindal Centre, a visit to the Tammana school for

specially abled children visit instead of industrial centres, like the skill

development centres, would have been better

● In the case of the next camp to the same location, CSA could suggest the plan for

the itinerary of activities the volunteers would do.

● The visit to the wards of the Sanjeevani Multi-speciality hospital was a breach of

the privacy of the patients who were being treated.

● Lack of organisation in making sure that all the volunteers were understanding all

the information that was told to them at the Hum Rahi centre.

● Short amount of time was given for the volunteers to compile all the things.

● The questionnaire which was kept as a model to talk to people should have been

discussed with everyone.

● There should have been more time for the practice of Drishti play.

● During the practice of Drishti play some volunteers had no work. They should

have been engaged in some activity.

● The non-Kannada volunteers had very little work to do while the survey was

being conducted.


● Due to the lack of Kannada volunteers, there could have been very less quality

talk with the women of the villages.

● Microphones should have been arranged to invite people.

Reflections

● The volunteers were provided an experience of the CSR project of a major

company.

● The engagement with the villagers was enriching for the volunteers in realizing

the privilege they possessed.

● People made use of the chance and talked to new people.

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Name of the Event: Samvaad

Dates: 15-17 February, 2020


Day 1:

Event Name: Badlaav

Date: 15th February 2020

Venue: Multiple Locations Across Bangalore



Number of Participating Teams: 7

Spot A

Team Name: Ad Hoc

Key Points

● Reached location by 5:45.

● Due to certain unforeseen consequences, the play started by 6:30 near the mosque.

● The theme of the play was Traffic Rules and Regulations.

● The initial campaigning started on time, but involved a long pause as Namaz began.

● The team had to walk a long distance from the bus stop as the location was along the

interiors.

● The team irrespective of the distance and walking, was high on energy and displayed

a power-packed performance, while effectively conveying the message to the

audience.

Spot B

Location: BTM layout

Team Name: Dhwani (a single person)

Key Points

● Reached location at 5.15 and started campaigning at 5.30 around the temple

● Play started at 5.45

● The play was about the nature and how people are spoiling it just for their greed

● After the play, certain bystanders criticised the actor for not incorporating workabe

solutions.

● Departed from location at 6.45 pm.


Spot C

Location: Behind Vega City

Team Name: Drishti - BCC

Key Points

● Reached spot at 5.30 pm.

● The play was about the spread of Fake News.

● There was a good response from the public.

● The play was done twice in two different spots.

● Departed from location at 7.30 pm.

Spot D

Location: National Poet Kuvempu Park

Team Name: Nuts & Bolts Productions

Key Points

● Reached location at 5:50, started campaigning by 6, and the play was performed in the

park to gather joggers and badminton players.

● The play started at 6:10

● The play revolved around drug abuse. A girl who, under peer pressure tries 'maal' for

the first time, gets hooked to it, and under its influence gets raped. After realizing

what happened, she turns to her friends and family who rebuke her. Eventually she

has no other choice but suicide.

● At the end of the play, an elderly man started to complain regarding the play, saying

that since it was being performed in Karnataka the play should've been in Kannada.

Issue was resolved within 20 mins due to discretion employed by Rohith.


● Departed from area at 6:45

● Team was thrilled to perform on the street and would love to do it again.

Spot E

Location: 8th Main Road, Tavarekere, Maruthi HBCS Layout, 1st stage, BTM Layout,

Bengaluru, Karnataka

Team Name: Zealous

Key Points

● After the inauguration, the performing team was briefed about the campaigning

jingles and slogans that are used for a street play.

● Next the volunteers had their faces painted as is required for a street play.

● The volunteers reached the location at about 6:00pm and began campaigning with

help from the volunteers.

● The play started at around 6:15pm.

● The topic of the play was centred around the topic of the ‘pourakarmikas’ who risk

their lives cleaning the sewage discharged from the society.

● The aim of the play was to sensitize the residents about the inhumane nature of the

occupation and to encourage a sense of responsibility in looking out for such acts of

injustice.

● The play had visible impact among the audience with them applauding the

performance and appreciating the initiative of such an act.

● The play ended around 6:40pm.

● The team was extremely delighted with what the opportunity presented them with in

terms of experience and exposure to further develop the skills they had acquired

through previous performances.


Spot F

Location: High Tension Ramakrishna Nagar Road, Kumaraswamy Layout

Team Name: Last Minute Productions

Key Points

● The team reached the location at around 5:40 PM

● They started campaigning at around 5:55 PM throughout Kumaraswamy Layout, a

predominantly Muslim region

● The team performed on the theme of sanitation and sex education, which was

asensitive topic. The performance was at around 6:30 PM

● However the audience responded positively to the jingles and formations, all of which

were in the local language of Hindi.

● The team departed from the area at 7 PM, and headed back to campus

Spot G

Location: Kumaraswamy layout

Team Name: Aakrosh

Key Points

● Reached the location around 5:50 , got off the bus and started walking towards the

spot as it was approximately 1.5 km away.

● Started campaigning around 6:05 and it was done in the slum area and around the

masjid in order to gather the local audience. Play started at 6:15.

● Play revolved around hyper masculinity where a boy was under constant pressure put

on by his family and friends that men should not cry and they cannot and should not

like the things girls like, such as dolls.


● In the middle of the play, an old inebriated man started dancing at one corner of the

circle when the jingles were going on but it was taken under control and he was

stopped from coming near the circle.

● After doing the play, the team walked out and waited for the other team to come as

they got a little late due to namaz being played in between their play. During that time

the team was asked about their experience.

● Volunteers departed around 7:20 and refreshments were distributed in the bus itself.

● The team loved doing the play and enjoyed the campaigning but got really tired

during the same as they were doing it for the first time. They even vouched to come

for the next Badlaav.

Suggestions/ negatives

● Campaigning was Kannada and play was in Hindi

● Spot shouldn't be in middle of the road

● Topics of the play and the location of the play

● Police delay

● Spot head and team interaction was inadequate

● Formal way to see off the guest should have been in place

● Refreshments provided could be better

● Certificates couldn’t be distributed on the day itself

● Dates clashed with the CIA Week as well as exams for other colleges

Positives

● Teams enjoyed themselves and promised to return for the next edition of Badlaav.

● People who watched the plays also enjoyed


Day 2

Name of the Event: Parihaara

Date: 16 February 2020

Venue: Arekere, Begur, Hulimavu and JP Nagar

Organised by: Prayatna CSA BGR Campus

Collaborating Organisations: CSA volunteers from all campuses + SAFE Club, Department

of Professional Studies, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) + National Social Service, BMS

College of Engineering + Ecowatch + Hasiru

Spot A


Location: Arekere MICO Layout Kamala Road 1st Cross

Key Points:

● The spot head left the college at 8 to meet the NGO Hasiru

● The volunteers left the college at 8:23 and reached the spot at 8:45 am.

● They were briefed up with the cleanup process and few people were segregated from

the team to help out in the artwork.

● In collaboration with the NGO and the BBMP, the volunteers cleaned up the entire

spot, followed by graffiti.

● After the base painting, the figures were created.

● The volunteers were given refreshment at 12:00 noon after which the work was

continued.

● Due to certain inconveniences, the work got delayed.


● At around 3:30pm, the major work started and the entire graffiti had to be replaced

which took around two hours to complete.

● Everyone left at around 7pm.

Spot C


Location: Arekere, Mico Layout

Key Points

● 16 volunteers including Chritites and people from BMSCE left the campus at 7.30 and

reached the spot in Arekere.

● The spot did not require much clean up

● After plogging, the volunteers started scraping the wall and painting.

● 2 media houses came to cover the spot.

● The designs on the wall were about saving water, global warming and so on.

● Refreshments and lunch were provided to the volunteers in the meantime

● The work got delayed and went on till quite late.

● In spite of the exhaustion, it was a very fruitful day

Spot E and F


Location: Amalodbhava Nagar road, Apollo Hospital back gate

Key Points

● Confusion regarding the spot to be cleaned.

● The volunteers reached a new spot at 10.


● There was a picture of a holy deity but people still threw garbage just at the foot of the

picture.

● Around 10:35 the scrubbing of the wall started to get it ready for painting.

● Scrubbing started at 10:40.

● By 12:30, the wall which was hideous to look at before, now was shining with bright

paints with the CSA logo and the Christ logo.

● Around 1:00, began the second half of the cleanup. Since it got sunny, many

volunteers left.

● There was a shortage of volunteers.

● Around 2, more volunteers joined in

● The wall was decorated with beautiful graffiti by 4pm.

● Everyone left by 4:30

Spot J

Number of Volunteers: 9 CSA+50 NSS

Location: Arekere Circle, near South India Shopping Mall

Key Points:

● 6:45: spot heads report on campus

● 7:44: inauguration starts

● 7:55: volunteer allotment starts in BGR

● 8:25: volunteers alloted for spot J and I

● 8:38: leave campus

● 9:19: volunteer redistribution with NSS on Spot J

● 9:46: volunteers start cleanup

● 12:45: volunteers begin graffiti


● 15:11: graffiti done and feedback starts

● 15:40: moved to Spot ABC

● Excess volunteers made work difficult as it got crowded and there was a wastage of

human resource

Spot M


Location: SLV Bar

Key Points:

● Volunteers arrived at the spot around 10:30am.

● The volunteers proceeded to start scraping the dust off the walls.

● Some of the volunteers started cleaning up the garbage that was present at the spot.

● The volunteers struggled with the cleaning up as there were very small pieces of

plastic spread around.

● The volunteers began drawing the decided designs for the graffiti at around 12:00pm.

● The graffiti included messages about sustainability and cleanliness.

● All the trash collected was transferred into trash bags.

● The graffiti included a friendly looking dustbin and a crying earth to convince people

to not litter.

● There were some issues during the clean up as the spot was next to a bar.

● The clean up and graffiti ended around 2:00pm.

Spot O


Location: Sports Alley


Key Points:

● The volunteers reached the spot at 10:30am.

● The volunteers began with the clean up by segregation of all the dry and wet waste in

the area into separate waste bags.

● Volunteers also began scraping the wall to get rid of the waste.

● The volunteers drew graffiti on the walls after the cleanup

Spot S


Location: BTM Layout

Key Points :

● Volunteers started cleaning the assigned spot but it turned out to be a private property

and the society's dump yard.

● After collecting the garbage for a while in uncountable bags, the spot was changed.

● The new spot was being cleaned by some people when the volunteers arrived. There

was more need to paint the walls there so that people stop throwing waste.

● Paints were mixed and drawings started. The volunteers painted two long walls - A

happy earth, a dustbin suggesting people to throw waste at the right place, the dry and

wet waste dustbins asking people to properly segregate waste and handprint a tree.

● A kid along with his father also insisted on drawing something. They drew a design

related to saving the environment.

Suggestions

1. The logistics weren't separated properly for both the spots.

2. Only one roller was provided, that also spoilt.


3. Location selection wasn't proper.

4. Need to choose sustainable spots.

Positives

1. It was fun.

2. We worked a lot.

3. A small child came to paint in Spot S, which shows that csa is creating an impact.

4. Locals appreciated the effort.

Reflections

1. Realised one's potential.

Day 3

Name of the event: Prasava


Venue: Main Auditorium, Christ (BGR)

Attendees: 1st year students, 2nd year Social Sciences students and CSA volunteers from

Business Studies cluster.

Organized By – Centre for Social Action (CSA), BGR.

Key Points

● The event started with an invocation dance followed by a welcome address by

Professor Emmanuel.


● The Guest of Honour for the event was Mr. Kamaljeet Singh who engaged in

organising pilgrimages for old age people. He talked about his inspiration behind CSR

and what real happiness is.

● The first speaker of the day – Pramod Chandrashekhar started Last Ripple, a

technology to use ashes of a loved one for growing a tree. He took the audience

through his journey and future endeavours.

● The second speaker of the day was Mr. Abhijeet Sinha. He started Project Defy, an

initiative to bring children from rural areas closer to technology. He inspired the

audience with his reach out stories and how this initiative has helped thousands of

children.

● Mr. Karthikeya Reddy, the third speaker of the day is a horse rider and represented

Ashwamrit Foundation. The foundation puts into use equine therapy to help children

with special needs. He explained how animals and differently abled children can find

solace in each other and help overcome psychological blocks of the latter.

● To provide some respite from the seriousness of social problems in India, ‘A capella

and the notes’ mesmerized the audience with their music.

● Dr. Corrine Kumar, from Vimochana, talked about sexual harassment issues in the

country. Vimochana is a forum for women to come forward and share their

experiences (domestic violence, dowry and burn suffering, sexual harassment, etc).

She talked about the need for a new justice system in the county.

● Last but definitely the most energetic speaker of the day, Vandana Suri took over the

stage with her vivacious attitude. She started Taxshe – a cab service run by women,

for women. She took the audience with her through the idea and execution of Taxshe.

Women need to take action to ensure their safety and that’s how Taxshe came into


picture. This startup serves women, teenagers and children and runs in Delhi NCR

and Bengaluru.

Suggestions:

● Technical Problems on the stage could have been sorted out beforehand.

● DC Volunteers were not working efficiently and there was a lot of disturbance.

● Interactions with speakers could have been better.

● Transportation committee faced a few problems in its work.

● Contacting speakers and convincing them to attend the event proved to be difficult.

● Selection of Volunteers could have been better. More volunteers were needed but

Google form responses were turned off.

● Confusion on stage during the after-movie announcement was apparent. Timeline

could have been better.

Positives

● GR committee performed well.

● Speaker Line-up was satisfactory.

● Time Management and volunteer dedication was commendable.

Overall feedback

Suggestion:

● Should have been centred around a common theme

● Public Relations Work could have been better

● Offline promotions could have been worked upon.

● The timeline of planning should have been worked out in a better manner.

● Better relations with NGOs and Speakers could be worked towards.


Positives:

● Media coverage for all three events was commendable.

● Showed the immense potential CSA has in organising events of this scale.

Reflection:

● Volunteers learnt a lot of things and gained hands-on experience.

● The motto “Together we can” best applies in this case.

● Volunteers were able to learn from past mistakes and brought that experience into

organising Samvaad.

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Name of the event: Drishti play

Date: 23rd February, 2020


Venue: Whitefield


Key Points:

● The volunteers assembled in college at 2pm and left for the venue by 2:15pm via bus.

● The volunteers reached the location at 3:45 pm and after face paints, started walking

to the location at 4:00pm.

● The location, which was essentially a basti off Thubarahalli extension road in

Whitefield, was an area of about 3-4 kms in diameter which housed a large number of

people.


● There was a short ceremony during which the children of the basti also performed a

dance for everyone

● The volunteers performed the play on drug abuse, at around 5pm where a large

audience seemed to understand and relate to the topic

● One of the volunteers also took up a narration at the end of the play in Bengali which

seemed to reach the audience in a better manner considering that the mother tongue of

a majority of them was Bengali

● The people thanked the volunteers and also gave them refreshments

Suggestions

● The volunteers should have been louder so that the audience standing far away could

also hear and understand them

● The volunteers need to be more aware of their surroundings in terms of looking at the

leaders and understanding what they are trying to convey during the play

● The volunteers lacked discipline and were found talking inside the circle while the

play was going on

● The volunteers also lacked energy and should have displayed more enthusiasm in

their performance.

Positives

● The volunteers who took up the narrations for the play did a really good job and

ensured that the audience understood the severity of the problem

● The volunteers displayed a keen presence of mind and ensured that they did their best

to face the audience and interacted with the audience in all directions


● The volunteers also adapted to the situation well considering that the area of the play

was strewn with stones as well as glass pieces

Reflections

● The volunteers learnt well how to adapt to the situation and have a presence of mind

such that no one got hurt despite the presence of stones and glass pieces in the

location of the play.

● The volunteers understood the severity of the issue and were happy to see that their

message had been conveyed well.

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Name of the Event: Computer Classes



Venue: BGR Campus

Key Points:

● CSA volunteers reported at 7:45 am in front of Audi block, left at 8:10AM and

reached there at 8:50AM.

● 27 kids of class 4 and one coordinator accompanied them.

● Reached campus at 9:30.

● Kids were provided with breakfast.

● By 10:00am, volunteers started off with computer classes for the kids in the first floor

computer lab.


● One volunteer was allotted to every kid for helping them through the computer

session.

● The kids were explained basic techniques like switching on and switching off

computers, typing in MS Word, using MS Word, using Wordart in MS Word. The kids

were instructed to type their name, parents’ names, favourite fruits and vegetables,

school name. After this, kids with the help of volunteers painted some outlined

pictures in paint.

● The computer classes ended at 11:15am.

Drishti Workshop and Lunch

● Children were then led to the seminar hall for the workshop.

● Basics of street play were taught like vowel expressions, lion and mouse techniques

for elaborative expressions.

● Children were divided into teams and were made to form a scene with a set of five

props.

● Alongside, few students were also made to play games like snakes and ladders near

the birds cage.

● They were then led to ICH where lunch was provided to them.

Feedback:

Positives

● Kids enjoyed the ride.

● They were very happy and enthusiastic to learn the basics of computer classes.

● Children very practically enjoyed the workshop and gave in their best without stage

fear.


Suggestions

● There were only 27+6 people, so a small bus would have been sufficient.

● We had to find new routes because the roads are small and narrow for big buses to go

through.

Reflections

● Volunteers learnt the key element “Patience” while dealing with the children

throughout.

● Managing different aspects of this event’s management was learnt by a few.

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Name of the Event: Drishti Play


Location: Electronic city

Number of Performances: 1


In collaboration with: Sahas NGO

Key Points:

● A delay was caused due to confusion and communication errors which led to the

volunteers leaving two hours later than what was planned. The volunteers left the

campus at 9:00am.


● The face paint of the team was finished during the wait.

● The team arrived at the spot for the play at 10:00am. However, due to the delay they

were unable to perform in that location.

● The volunteers arrived at the new location for the play at 11:30am.

● The team got out of the bus and chanted the prayer.

● Drishti performed a play on the importance of waste management and its

consequences in front of a large audience.

● The play ended at 11:50am and the volunteers were back on campus by 12:30pm.

Negatives:

● The beats of the tamte were not audible as the team forgot to bring the stick and had

to make do with a tree branch.

● Lack of coordination was noticeable during jingles.

● Error in dialogues was apparent.

● Volunteers were seen talking inside the circle during the play despite repeated

instructions from the leaders.

● Large gaps were not closed by the circle during the play.

● The narrations were rushed and not clear.

● Volunteers lacked facial expressions during some scenes.

Suggestions:

● The team needs to work on its coordination.

● The team could have been a little louder.

● Discipline during practice should be worked upon.

Positives:


● The team campaigned well and attracted a large audience.

● They had a good presence of mind.

● Group dialogues were taken well.

● The purpose of the 3- scene structure was fulfilled as the audience was constantly

moving.

● The volunteers put up an energetic performance despite the tiring day.

● The team adapted well to the difficult geographical area.

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Name of the Event: CSA Valedictory


Venue: Seminar Hall

Key Points:

● The event started, after some delay, at 1.40 pm. Indhuja and Gantavya, who were the

emcees, gave the welcome address. The agenda for the day was to close off all the

events organised by CSA for the academic year 2019-20.

● Each wing gave an individual report, followed by an over-all CSA overview.

● Anvaya, handled by Darshana and Harsh, is an organisation which works in

collaboration with CSA in areas of women and child-development and support of

small-scale entrepreneurs. The events conducted include Stem-cell donation drive in

collaboration with Datri NGO, Pazari – a flea market event – Blood donation camp,

medical camp and a CPR session in partnership with Sagar Hospital.


● Drishti conducted 23 plays in all, including four plays in camp, Mukhti Rally and

Badlaav. There is room for improvement as regards volunteer retention, more

outstation plays and more NGO collaborations.

● The Media and Communications events included Story Hunt, Photo Walk,

Reflections, Story-telling at the Activity Centre, Chats over Coffee, Samvaad 1.0. It

aims to conduct more M&C specific events and to establish itself as a separate wing.

It recognised the scope for promotions through personal social media, teaching

transferable skills to volunteers and the organisation of a mega event of its own.

● Prayatna had organised a total of 25 events which consisted of clean-up drives,

plogging, seed ball creation drive, nature walk, AC clean-up, Unwrap, Parihaara and

others. It can devote more focus on sustainability of the spots where clean-ups were

held, NGO collaborations, in-campus sensitisation and expansion into issues

regarding women and health.

● The Activity Centre events were Carnival, AC workshop for all three campuses,

Tilaknagar AC painting, Teacher’s Day and Children’s Day celebrations, Bangalore

Darshan and Computer classes. The wing could focus on financial literacy of

sponsored children, organising medical camp and providing menstrual awareness.

● Following this was the launch of the second issue of Pravad, the CSA newsletter, with

the unveiling of the cover by Malvika and Vaishnavi.

● As an overall organisation, CSA had organised Talent’s Day, four camps, Family Day,

Social Action Summit, Milan, Gracias, Anikethana, Hulimavu floods donation drive

and the three-day mega event, Samvaad. It recognised the need for improvement in

outreach and community-based action plans.


● The CSA after-movie for this academic year was played to an enthusiastic applause

from the audience. Following this, the most active volunteers were felicitated with

certificates and the new leaders for the coming year were announced:

o AC: Leslie, Abhishek and Rupesh

o M&C: Vishwambhari, Dev and Karan

o Prayatna: Shashwat, Gowri and Vivek

o Drishti: Mayank and Pranjal

o Overall: Prajwal, Sushmita and Garv

o Shahana from BCC was appointed the student-council representative

● In her address, Phinu ma’am advised Drishti to teach its skills to the sponsored kids

and Prayatna to focus on civic engagement. While recognising the desire to be

considered a separate wing, she emphasised on the role of M&C in documenting,

therefore being the face of CSA. She expressed her regret in the circumstantial

inability to adopt Tilaknagar. CSA Bannerghatta was commended for the sponsors it

brings in for each event. Everyone present was encouraged to keep alive the spirit of

volunteerism which needs no incentivisation.

● Achal delivered the vote of thanks, following which there was a photo session and

dispersal.

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Report of Events for the month of March 2020

Event Name: Nature walk- Savandurga hill


Date: 1 March, 2020

Key points:

● The volunteers left the BGR campus around 7:15 am

● There were 43 volunteers in total.

● The volunteers reached the location at around 10:30am.

● The volunteers were warned that the trek would be arduous.

● After reaching the top of the climb around 12:00pm

● Activities were conducted for the volunteers once they reached the top to facilitate a

separation from their electronics and feeling of unity with nature.

● Additionally, volunteers were divided into teams wherein they were asked to come up

with a team name, find four objects with relation to a narrative they were provided

with. The third task was to form a story based on an initial line they were given.

● These tasks ensured that the volunteers interacted with nature and thought in a

contemplative manner.

● The volunteers narrated the stories and constructed narratives after the climb and

reflected upon it. The volunteers left the location around 1:30pm.

Suggestions:

● Inform about location beforehand.

● Stick to the reporting time.

● Provide a disclaimer for arduous trek.


● The volunteers could be allowed track pants.

● Include a more educational activity for the volunteers.

Positives:

● Even though the trek was difficult, everyone enjoyed it a lot.

● The activity helped the volunteers retain a clear mind.

● The volunteers were helping each other during the trek.

Reflections:

● The trek involved an activity that distanced the volunteers from electronics.

● Interacting with non-living elements like desert, rocks etc.


Kengeri:


50 years celebration of Christ

04-7-19

Valedictory celebration of the silver jubilee of CHRIST

The volunteers represented CSA in the valedictory ceremony of CHRIST.

Drishti Play

21-7-19

Drishti performed a play on Drug Abuse in the Gopalan signature Mall

Drishti performed their first place off campus in Gopalan signature mall on Drug Abuse.

They spread awareness about the causes and effects of drug abuse.

CSA inauguration

27-7-19

CSA inauguration of the academic year 2019-20

CSA inauguration of the Academic year took place.The chief guest was Mr Aman Alok. The

leaders were inducted and the plans for the academic year was presented by the leaders.


AROCHA collaboration

28-7-19

Clean up drive

A cleanup drive was conducted in the Bannerghatta National Park in collaboration with the

NGO Arocha. The volunteers were informed about the effects of plastics in the forest and

how it is harming the wildlife. Also the volunteers were told about a certain weed called

lantern that grew in the farms and that decreases the fertility of the soil. There was a

community event also organized were the villagers came up with innovative ideas to make

things and craft out of the lantern weed.

Independence Day

15-8-19

Flag hoisting and march past

The students represented CSA during the flag hoisting and parade on the occasion of

Independence Day.

Talents Day


25-8-19

A showcase of talent

An event aimed at giving an opportunity for the kids from the project areas to showcase their

talents A collaborative event between all the Christ campus. Kids from three project area

came to the Christ Bangalore Central Campus. There were around 240 kids and 200

volunteers in total. The kids had cultural events and were given prizes.

Arte Lixo

29-8-19

Best Out of Waste

It was a best out of waste event conducted by the Disha wing of CSA. Students participated

in it and were given prizes accordingly.

Rural Exposure Camp

31-8-19 to 01-8-19

Rural Exposure Camp (Malur)

In the first rural exposure camp of the year, the volunteers were taken to Malur. The

volunteers went to a woman's home and a kid’s home where they did a lot of team building


activities. There was also a village visit done to spread awareness about child education and

menstrual hygiene amongst the villagers.

Campus Clean-up

02-9-19

Clean Up drive

The campus cleans up drive saw the volunteers segregating plastic waste from biodegradable

wastes. The volunteers cleaned up the whole of the campuses and ensured that waste

segregation was done properly in the unit.

Rural exposure camp

09-9-19 to 10-9-19

Mysore Camp

In this rural exposure camp, the students stayed with the kids from Christ wellness Centre,

that is a school for especially abled kids. The volunteers had a lot of activities, dance and

sports competitions with the kids. It was a really motivating event for all the volunteers

because they experience another section of the society that is generally not that exposed. The

volunteers had a village visit wherein they went and spread awareness about girl child

education.

Drishti Play


12-9-19

Silenced words

Team Drishti performed the last play of the semester in the campus. According to the title, the

play dealt with the side effects of social media and how we as human beings are so

influenced by it.

Marathon

22-9-19

Save Visvavati river marathon

The Visvavati river in the Rajarajeshwari river is one of the most polluted rivers in this area.

The volunteers took part in this marathon conduct in the RR Nagar. It was a run to save and

river from getting more polluted.

Lake clean up drive

22-9-19

Plastic waste reduction dive

The volunteers collaborated with an NGO ARocha to clean up the Svekeeri Lake, situated in

the north side of the Bannerghatta National Park. The volunteers collected around 45 bags of

plastics and other non-biodegradable wastes from the river.


Blood donation drive

23-9-19

Blood donation drive

CSA (Engineering + MBA) conducted a blood donation drive for all the students and

faculties of Christ Kengeri Campus. Four blood banks were present and more than 200

people donated blood.

World Sight Day

12-10-19

World Sight Day

A blind walk was conducted in the Kengeri campus on the occasion of World sight day. CSA

and non-CSA volunteers took part in the march and walked with blindfolds. They took a

pledge to always help the ones in need and to always respect people.

Milan

7-12-19 to 8-12-19

The meet and greet of all the Project Areas

Milan is the Biannual event of CSA, where kids from the project areas come to the Central

Campus for a two-day sports and cultural celebration.


Rural exposure Camp

25-1-20 to 29-1-20

Bagalkot

50 volunteers from all the three campuses came together for a three-day rural exposure camp

to Bagalkot. The volunteers did Dristi plays, house vits etc in both flood effected and

non-affected areas of Jamkhandi.

Universal Ethics Conference

15-2-20

Inter college Seminar

The CSA volunteers attended a seminal on Universal Ethics in the Dalai Lama Institute for

Higher Education. It was attended by many eminent speakers.

Parihaara

16-2-20


Clean up drive

Parihaara was a clean-up drive organized by the BGR Campus. Volunteers from all the three

Christ campuses came together and almost 20 spots were cleaned simultaneously.

Talang

20-2-20

Cultural Day

A huge celebration took place in San Global School for our AC kids. With over 400 kids,

there were cultural, sports, carnival all in one. The volunteers from all the wings interacted

with the AC children and it was a very educational session for everyone.

Parivarthana Stall

28-2-20

Magnovite

Magnovite is the techno cultural fest of Christ, Kengeri Campus. CSA put up a Parivarthana

stall for the occasion.

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