Satya Bharti School, Tehna Dipalpur

Rewari, Haryana

Bharti Foundation

Design for Giving Contest

“Say No to Plastic Bags”

Introduction: • Bharti Foundation

• Philanthropic arm of Bharti Group Companies.• Set up to help underprivileged children and young people of our country realize their potential.

• Satya Bharti School Program• Flagship program of Bharti Foundation.• It aims to deliver free quality education to underprivileged children, with special focus on the girl child across rural India.• Goal to establish 500 Primary and 50 Senior Schools reaching out to over 200,000 students

• Present Operational Status• Number of Schools Operational:250• States of Operation: Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu & West Bengal • Number of Students Enrolled: Over 36,000

Geographical Location:

Tehna Dipalpur village, situated at 16 kms from district

headquarter Rewari on state highway of Rewari- Jhajjar.

Sandy & gravel soil.

Socio- Economic Background:

Major casts are : Prajapat, Meghwal, Brahman, Valmiki, Baniya,

etc.

Dominating castes : Prajapat

Main source of earning is agriculture, animal husbandry, labor,

etc.

About the Community:

Polythene Bags are non-biodegradable, so their decomposition process is very long. As a result they cause soil pollution.

On burning of plastic bags, lot of pollution caused. As a result various natural cycles get adversely effected.

Polythene bags are very harmful for animals & for aquatic life.

We felt:

In Tehna Dipalpur village, use of polythene bags is heavy. Everywhere polythene bags are scattered. As village is on state highway, animals always roaming on the side way of

the road, they also eat these polythene. And some time these polythene bags are responsible for their death.

We imagined that our village area & surrounding get rid of these polythene bags and from its deadly impact.

No plastic bags will be used by any community members for any use.

Shopkeepers also stop using polythene bags as carry bags for sale of materials.

No pollution due to polythene bags in the village.

We Imagine:

Tehna village will be model village in the state of Haryana where no one use polythene bags.

Village will be noted as “Tehna polythene free Dipalpur”

We Did: •We display posters/ banners with appealing slogans on stopping use of polythene bags.

•Individual counseling of the village.

•We had organized a rally to communicate our message to mass community.

•Visited village & surrounding area of the village, collect polythene bags & burnt them in front of village. Also share harmful effects of the polythene bags.

•Counseling of shopkeepers for not using polythene bags.

Impact on Community:

Due to counseling of students, one of the shopkeeper at the same

time burnt all the polythene bags which were their in his shops.

Parents of the students felt very happy when they saw their children were too much aware of these type of community issue. And more happy when these children started counseling their parents/

Guardians.

•Students aware of harmful effect of polythene bags.

•Students starts leading these type of social & community issue.

•Student get motivated while they were in between the community.

Impact on Us:

Students joined hand to hand and takes “banning of polythene bag in the village”

is priority issue.

•Involve more community member in the movement of stopping use of polythene bags.

•Banner & Poster displaying at common places of the village.

•Motivate community for one hour Je nku on every Sunday for collection of polythene bags in the village & surrounding & burnt them.

•Motivate Gram Panchayat Sarpanch/ Ward Panch to pass a resolution on stopping use of polythene bags & some light monetary punishment for those who will use these polythene bags in the future.

The Road Ahead….(for next 6 months):

Students participating in the contest:

S. No. State District Name of the school No. of Student participating Name of the Students Class

1. Haryana Rewari Satya Bharti School- Tehna Dipalpur

12 Komal V2. Ekta V3. Anisha V4. Khushboo V5. Pratibha V6. Vidhi V7. Pratibha V8. Deepti V9. Pankaj V

10. Nitesh V11. Jatish V12. Arvind V

Name of Mentor Teacher: Nishant

Thanks !!!