GOONJ....
J- 93 Sarita Vihar,
New Delhi - 110076.
Tel. -  2697 2351, 4140-1216

E- Mail :- goonjinfo1@gmail.com

PRATIBIMB 2007:

• It was agreed that 5-10 students (class 5th to 10th) could be nominated by a school to participate in PRATIBIMB 2007.
• GOONJ advised the school's to carefully select these students on the basis of their interest, past activities in related fields and their linguistic skills.
• Schools agreed to pay a token amount of Rs100/- per participant to partially cover the event cost.
  
  

STORING/SAFE KEEPING OF ALL THE MATERIAL AT THE SCHOOL -

• Most school representatives expressed difficulty in storing and safe keeping of collected material in the school premises. GOONJ has placed material collection boxes in DLF Public School ( Sahibabad) & Ryan International School (Rohini) to ease access and storage. Based on interest this can be replicated in other schools also.
  

GOONJ ANNOUNCED "TEACHER'S" AMBASSADOR & "STUDENT'S" AMBASSADOR AWARDS programme at the meeting.

• These awards are an acknowledgement of teachers and students doing exemplary work under the S2S programme. GOONJ will be taking the Teacher and Student Ambassadors on an all expense paid exposure trip to our beneficiary villages. We will let you know more details in the coming month.

VISITING RURAL SCHOOLS :.

• School representatives told us that their students are keen on visiting some rural schools where S2S is being implemented. GOONJ will arrange these visits and the respective schools will bear the cost.

RESULT OF IRREGULAR SUPPLY FROM SCHOOLS :

• A hurdle, we discussed at length was the periodic dip in interest and response from S2S partner urban schools. Based on city schools enthusiastic commitment GOONJ commits regular supply of school material to many village schools. When the generation of material or response falls short of commitment it signifies that the full potential of the city schools is not being utilized. This in turn affects the entire education system in the villages. The school representatives present at the meeting better understood the direct impact their work has on their village counterparts & assured us of sustained efforts in motivating the school management & students for continuity in organising School to School.
  

GOONJ'S RECYCLED PRODUCTS especially schools mats, bags & notebooks made out of old/ usable cloth and paper were well appreciated at the meeting.

• At the meeting we shared how urban Schools/students/parents can sponsor these products. A package of about Rs.5000 & Rs.3500/- will ensure a year's supply of mats & notebooks in one rural school.
  

ZONE WISE URBANS SCHOOL MEET:

• At the end of the meeting it was clear that most partner schools are, in their own ways, doing many good things to motivate their students. As suggested unanimously by the school representatives, GOONJ will be organizing zone wise urban schools meet, to share these good practices, to discuss hurdles, and to strategize on how to take S2S further. These meets will be held at a partner school in the respective area where all the neighboring school representatives will come together.
  

DLF PUBLIC SCHOOL, SAHIBABAD shared some of the successful steps in the school to make S2S a great success. The other schools appreciated the same.

• It's the children of the school who have made S2S their own, taking ownership and managing the programme.
• Presentation about GOONJ and S2S made part of the Induction programme at the time of the admission.
• Motivating children to think of Birthdays as a day not only for receiving but also for giving by contributing something new for one's rural counterpart.
• Every student donates 1-5 old newspaper by the 10th of every month. The stack of the newspaper is kept neatly tied up outside every class for the assigned person to collect and to be counted. The class collecting the maximum newspapers, gets a class incentive.
• Giving the ownership and responsibility of the Once a month Newspaper Day Collection to senior students of various social and cultural clubs in the school. GOONJ sells these old newspapers to raise funds for running S2S.
• Start a Social Work Club for class 4th and 5th and the students take up S2S campaign under the guidance of the teachers. They prepare regular assembly presentations, update the school and students on forthcoming GOONJ programs and further echo the awareness into the hearts and minds of their fellow students.
  
  

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