OCTOBER 2019

THE OFFICIAL MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF ADORE INDIA

What's inside Let us introduce ourselves

ADORE INDIA motivates the youth to identify and undertake
ACTIVITIES positive activities for a better society and a better India. We
are a voluntary network of students and professionals who
interact with children so that they grow and flair as
YOUTH IMPACT  successful and countable professional in the arena of their
career, emerge as aware and responsible citizens and better
human beings.The interactive sessions are on various
ONLINE PROGRAMS subjects from Cleanliness to Soft skills, from Career
Orientation to Self-Development, etc. Our volunteers are
located in over 30 cities including Kolkata, Hyderabad,
Ambala, Chennai, Pune, Ahmadabad, etc.  Adore India does
EDITORIAL NOTE not collect any donation for its work as all its associates work
voluntarily.We request you to encourage the youth to come
forward and participate in Adore India activities.

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CHENNAI
St Mary's Matriculation school
Date: 10th, 17th, 24th October Atheena Therese and Persis
Sajan conducted sessions with the students of class IV. The
topics covered were hobbies and time management, the
importance of food and lessons on non wastage of food,
pollution and how can we celebrate Diwali without crackers.
They used informative videos on the topics to convey and
connect better to the students and it proved to be effective.

DEHRADUN
Akhil Bharti Mahila Ashram
Date: 5th October

Prerna conducted sessions with students of Class 3 to Claa 8. Topic

was waste management in which she explained the students- reuse,
reduce and recycle. Also the students were given chart papers to
draw anything related to what was discussed in the session

DEHRADUN
Rajkiya Mahila Inter College
Date: 12th October
The session aimed at throwing light on importance of food and
water and how lucky they were that they never feel any scarcity of
both. They were also made to promise that they won’t be wasting
food and water. The session concluded with a Diya painting
Competition

DHEKIAJULI
St. Anthony school
Date: 3rd, 4th, 6th October

Over the session Subham Dey covered various topics such as career
goals and guiding them through it, importance of personal hygiene
and the pros and cons of Internet

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GHAZIABAD
Indian Childrens Academy
Date: 24th and 31st October

Prashant Choudhary conducted sessions with different classes one

after the other on Improvement of Communication Skills and
Positive Thinking.Each class had an approx of 30 students, so nearly
120 kids were addressed

GUWAHATI
Kaliram Girl's High School
Date: 16th and 25th October
In one session Bidisha introduced Group Discussion to the class. The
students were divided into groups of 4 and were given different topics
on social issues like child safety, clean environment, bullying in school
etc to discuss on and share with the class.In another session the
consequences of peer pressure and how they can overcome it was
discussed. "

GUWAHATI
Panbazar Higher Secondary school

On 19th October, Memthoibi and Bidisha started the session by

asking the students how they spend their last week. After that the
decided to conduct a general knowledge quiz round with the
students.

GUWAHATI
Bright future high school, Santipur
On 21st of October Bidisha and Memthoibi started the session with a
small introduction where the students told their names and hobbies.
After that, they conducted a round of quiz and group discussion on
various social issue related problems among the students. They
ended the session by asking the students to tell one good thing that
happened to then in the previous week."

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GWALIOR
RKVM School
On 23rd October, Vipin and Akash conducted a session, for over 250
studnets, on the topic ""Fire Less Crackers in Diwali. The session was
started with the curiosity for burning crackers. and then the students
were briefed about the harmful effects and impacts. Diseases caused by
air pollutions, about Delhi smog and polluted cities in India etc were
discussed.At last, the students were asked to contribute for this green
diwali initiative by burning less crackers or no crackers at all this Diwali."

HYDERABAD
"Spurthi Boys' Home
Date- 25th and 26th October

The school curriculum did not include creative art. So Vaishnavi an

Vyomika tried to add a creative side by introducing poster making using
onions and lady's finger. Also english lessons like essay writing and
speaking were included"

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KOLKATA
Sri Vishudanand Saraswati Vidyalaya school

On 17th October volunteer Maneesha conducted a session

on Peer Pressure with Class 7 kids. How to avoid the
situation, outcomes of such pressure and how to deal with
them. It was a very interactive session as students could
relate to it and shared their own experiences

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JAIPUR
"Happy Point School
Date: 2nd October

They conducted session on HEALTH AND HYGIENE, it was an

interactive secession wherein they asked children about their
knowledge about what health and hygiene. They also connected
this with their earlier secession on RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN."0.0

DEHRADUN
Rajkiya Mahila Inter College

Date: 12th OctoberThe session aimed at throwing light on importance of

food and water and how lucky they were that they had never felt any
scarcity of both. They were also made to promise that they won’t be
wasting food and water. The session concluded with a Diya painting
Competition

NANITAL
"DR Public School
Date: 1st,3rd, 4th and 5th October

Ritika took various sessions in the school on topics like Hygiene

and Sanitation, Better and Responsible citizen, Self Defence and
Girls Child Safety"

PURULIA
B.R.M Kidland School
On 26th October, Rajesh, Damrudhar and Sitangshu discussed three
topics for 20 minutes each- Aforestation, Wastage of food and water
and Basic parts of trees and animals.

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MYSORE
"Indra Convent
Date: 21st and 31st October

Vidyashree conducted sessions on health and hygiene, good and

bad health habits, and girl and child safety, personal safety and
road safety. They also shared their ideas and experiences on
Diwali"

RANCHI
Lala Lajpat Rai Middle School
Date: 21st and 22nd October
Volunteers: Shivani, Shubham, Maneesha, Reshma
The sessions were around saving and caring for the environment. They
discussed about climate change and how we can protect our environment
with just few changes in our mindset and daily activities i.e. saving water,
planting more trees etc. Also the concept of safe and Eco Friendly Diwali
was introduced to the students along with some safety tips for Diwali.

RANCHI
"Little Flower School
Date: 18th and 25th October

Shivani and Maneesha took a session on the topic ""How to make your day
more productive and effective"" and then discussed about their daily activity
and how much time should spend in it. The seesions in Little Flower school
will be discontinued for their break. Their last session had a lot of fun
activities like Crafts and dancing and singing."

VARANASI
"Anjali School
The sessions start with meditation. Sonal Rai and Annanya keep the
session interactive and imparts general knowledge to the students
along with computer knowledge in every session. This month they also
tried to teach new things to the students through audio visuals which
proved to be effective"

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KOLKATA
Jyotirmoy Vidya Mandir
Date: 1st and 22nd October
Volunteers: Shruti, Paramika, Simran, Tajeeya

During the sessions golden rules of effective communication and the dos and don'ts of it
were discussed. They also spoke about the advantages of communicating with confidence
and how one can excel at it even in a multilingual setting. Other factors like body posture,
hasty speech, body language, hand movement, gestures which are important while speaking
were also discussed. Also we spoke about physical and mental health and how it's important
to our well-being. We also told them that they should never shy away from sharing their
positive as well as negative emotions and discussed about the benefits of healthy practices
that they should follow every day.

KOLKATA
Saraswati Vidya Mandir
Date: 1st, 18th and 22nd October
Volunteers: Simran, Tajeeya, Rinisha, Priyanka

Ms. Kiran Bhapra (In- Charge of start ups at Google India) was a guest in one of the
sessions. She helped the kids to realise that goal setting is important but also how to set
goals, to realise the objectives behind the goals and also being specific about goals and yet
being open to changes as and when they know themselves better. The kids also talked to
us about their parents and we encouraged them to share their stories with their parents
and offering to help their parents on their own. Also introduction in team work, leadership
and self-involvement in a group work and responsible citizenship were undertaken."

KOLKATA
"Step Up School
Date: 25th and 31st October
Volunteers: Arshi, Priyanka, Tajeeya

After the initial ice breaking session we started with self introductions during which the
students spoke on their good and bad habits, likes and dislikes and hobbies. When the
students couldnt state theit own good or bad habits we asked their friends to state them and
they pointed out some important sides of their friend's personality. Hence it was a combined
session on introduction, knowing yourself and appreciating others. Also Personality
developement class with discussion on body posture and behaviour followed by smart act
which was actively participated in by the students"

KOLKATA
"Sri Vishudanand Saraswati Vidyalaya school
On 17th October volunteer Maneesha conducted a session on Peer
Pressure with Class 7 kids. How to avoid the situation, outcomes of
such pressure and how to deal with them. It was a very interactive
session as students could relate to it and shared their own
experiences"

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KOLKATA
"Collaborative Session with IISF Team
Date: 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th October
Volunteers: Krittika, Jesika, Gaurav, Sayani, Virad, Santu

Our volunteers assisted the IISF(India International Science Fest) Team in

conducting the orientation sessions at various schools such as Satish Chandra
Memorial School, Krishnagar Public School, Army Public School (Barrackpore), Indus
Valley World School. The students were being prepared for taking part in official
attempts of setting Guinness World Record at the Science Fest to be held from 5th
November to 8th November at Science City.
"

ANANTAPUR
"Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Date: 17th, 18th, 24th, 31st October

Volunteer Aneesha Parera did an outstanding job of briging together the

students of her college and conducting sessions that are aimed at improving
their personalities and overcome communication barriers. Over the sessions
they had various activities like introduction, sharing your ideas, recitation and
singing followed by a speech, and instant extempore speech. The sessions has
been a success so far with a turnover or around 15 to 20 students. Kudos. "

GHAZIABAD
Sindori devi parvatiya Vidhyalaya
Date: 21st and 25th October
The sessions were taken by Christin k thomas,
regarding saving electricity and water, cleaning and
how to be organised and fun activities like singing,
telling about their favourite days

ANDHRA PRADESH
Nandyal, Gandhinagar
Date: 27th October

Kadapatini Vimochana started a session at Gandhinagar. In the first

session they discussed goals and interests. A small story on the
concept of believe in your strength was shared by Vimochana. The
children also presented their skills like singing and dancing."

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BHUBANESHWAR
"Acharya Vihar
Date: 19th and 20th October

Akanshya and Mitali started the sessions in Acharya Vihar. The

sessions start with a chant of OM. a lesson on self introduction was
given. After that the volunteers helped the kids with various
subjects like Maths, Oria, English. Extra curriculars like singing and
dancing were also involved."

DELHI
Karol Bagh
Date: 1st, 8th and 21stOctober
Volunteers: Kanishka, Neha, Damini

During the sessions the kids were made to do activities from the Sunshine Journal
Book. The kids also learnt about different body parts and learned basic maths. A
test was also taken. Drawing competition in which they have to draw ""diya"" and
colour it, was also conducted . Kids were so good in drawing and they decorated
their sheets . Everyone participated in competition . Kids wrote their name in the
corner of the sheet

DURG
"Sneh Sampada
Date: 7th and 11th October

Mahim and Muskan started off the sessions here with introductory and
ice breaking activities. They emphasised on the good habits and also
played Smart Act with the kids. Other fun activities and paper art were
also inroduced."

GUWAHATI
Kalipur
Date: 2nd,4th,14th, 17th, 21st, 29th October

Bidisha continued to hold regular sessions at Kalipur giving the kids various
lessons on Maths and English which included spellings, recitation, essay
writing, multiplicationa nd square tables, and other basic maths. Other then
that they also had drawing session and memory game was played"

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HYDERABAD
"Maa Illa Orphanage

On 2nd October, Neelima and Akhil, started the session with an inspirational
video, followed by asking them few questions about the things shown in the
video and explaining them in brief about most important work and motivating
them. Being Gandhi Jayanti on that day they also discussed about Mahatma
Gandhi. it was followed with some more videos on health and functioning of
heart, Women empowerment and few stories about few known people, who
worked hard and now where they are and some funny videos. The session ended
by a dance performance of two kids"

KALYANI
"Gayeshpur Mathpara

On 20th October Koushiki,Rahul and Debashish

conducted first session with approx 30 students. In was
an interactive introductory session and included public
speaking.

KOCHI
"St. Anne's Boarding

On 21st October, Mary conducted an introductory

session with class 5 and 6 and discussed about their
hobbies and their favourite game."

LUCKNOW
Paikramau Village
Date: 13th October

Pradeep Singh is continuing to teach reading and writing to the kids.

The youngest kids have started using a pencil and drawing figures.
The interest for learning has grown in the kids."

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MUMBAI
"Maranatha Harvest Mission

On 28th October Anushka along with two other

volunteers started sessions at Maranatha Harvest Mission.
They helped them with Academics and will be continuing
the sessions twice every week hereon. "

NOIDA
"Park
Date: 13th and 20th October

Amisha is helping the kids with alphabets and maths. The kids also enjoy
drawing in the mud at the end of every session."

PURULIA
"Dangal
Date: 12th, 19th, 22nd and 27th October

Damrudhar Kumar conducted various sessions in Dangal on

introduction, drawing and academics. They also discussed about
pollution, importance of tree plantation. Special emphasis is placed on
improving their English since their English is weak and they want to
improve it. Few children who are not enroled in school are taught to
write alphabets."

RANCHI
Hindustan Chowk
Date: 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th Oct
Volunteers: Ravinder, Maneesha, Subham, Shivani
Various topics were touched on over the month with the kids some of which
are: Hygiene rules, healthy physical exercise, respecting elders, yoga. In
addition to English and Maths lessons, Drawing and crafts sessions were also
conducted for all round development of the kids. Fun games like "Know The
Word" were included for fun learning.

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UJJAIN
"Yogeshwar Tekari
Date: 6th and 20th October

Yash Saxena started the sessions with introduction and maths,

science and pre-history topics. After this he gave Self Defence tips to
the children. In the next session they organised a small wrokshop of
handicraft in which they taught about lamp making and butterfly
making ,rest students make Drawing of there imgaination."

HOWRAH
Fazir Bazaar
Date: 13th and 20th October
The sessions start with a prayer. Shiksha Verma discussed with the kids on
"The thing that gives you the most pleasure". She also taught them the
national aminal, the capital of India, the national fruits, flowers, the names
of the birds, etc. and table, substract, divide, multiply

KOLKATA
New Barrackpre
Date: 13th and 20th October
Jesika taught the kids to properly introduce themselves in English and
played fun games like word game and recerse game. They were also
asked to conduct a survey and fill the Responsible Citizenship Pledge
form and the kids who submitted that form were given certificates.
Good manners and Respecting others were discussed.

JAIPUR
Apna Ghar
Date: 6th and 13th October
Garima and Priya introduced kids to map of India and introduced them to
states, UTs, capitals, government, neighboring countries, etc. They also
discussed about Gandhiji. Also various Maths, Science, Hindi and English
related lessons were given along with Drawing. Also the benefits of trees
and their role in sustaining life on Earth was discussed. "

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TILJALA
Tiljala
Date: 2nd, 4th, 13th and 20th October
Volunteers: Arshi, Sayantan, Ateeq, Dr. Poonam
This month a Health camp was organised in Tiljala. They along with their
parents came one by one and their check up was done by Dr Khemani. It
was a succesful event. Along with the camp the other children played with
the volunteers. In other sessions Smart Act, Translations and Sentence
Framing was taught and practiced.

KOLKATA
Ultadanga
Date: 20th and 27th October
Volunteers: Simran, Gaurav, Ashmita, Goutami
The students here love to play and not study ( sounds normal but it is a
little above normal standards) so the volunteers include more fun activities
which also help in their learning. This month they played story formation
which gave boost to their creativity as well as sentence building. Other
than that they love to play with colours so they had drawing sessions
where our volunteers taught them some drawing techniques.

KOLKATA
Phoolbagan
Date: 17th, 20th and 22nd October
Volunteers: Subhangee, Shivangi, Simran, Gaurav
Another new sunshine centre in Kolkata. It got amazing turnout with over
30 kids. After the initial introductory and ice breaking sessions that
involved dancing (the kids love dancing) other important topics like
knowing ones good and bad habits, knowing oneself, environmental
awareness etc were touched upon. Also there were drawing sessions and
time was devoted to helping them with their school curriculum.

KOLKATA
Sonarpur
On 20th October Krittika and Santu conducted the first
session here where they played a number of ice breaking
games some of which were suggested by the kids
themselves and their self introduction.

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KOLKATA
Metropolitan
On 20th October Simran restarted the session with the
kids after Puja. Their doubts were cleared and they
were taught new words through sentence building and
were also told about homonyms.

KOLKATA
Hazra, Patuapara
Date: 10th, 12th, 17th, 19th, 23rd, 24th, 29th October
The Hazra is a new location where we started sunshines this month. The group saw
a growth over the period. The initial session included more fun games for ice
breaking. Then the volunteers helped them in their studeies as well. Other than that
emphasis is placed on improving their communication skills through story telling
and likes. Each day new English words are taught to the kids. They are taught to
help others, to see the positive in people, to overcome their fear of getting out of
the comfort zone, to saying yes to opportunities and not giving up without trying
etc. The kids also show great interest and talent in Drawing and Dancing.

KOLKATA
Dum Dum Park
Date: 20th, 26th, 27th and 28th October
Volunteers: Nitesh, Goutami, Shushant, Chaya, Simran
Focus is on improving their English and the kids are also enthusiastic about learning
English. They are taught english by helping them translate their own thoughts and views
from Bangali to English. Other than helping them in their school curriculum, drawing and
craft activities were included. Audio visuals were also used to improve their understanding.
An innovative game of spotting places on goolgle maps was introduced which helped them
both in geography and learning to use a very helpful App.
Also Volunteer Goutami met with the parents of the kids and had a meeting on the growth
of the kids and the importance of Regular Sunshine Sessions.

KOLKATA
Belgachia
On 13th October Srija, Poonam and Maria took a class with the kids and
helped them with their doubts in studies. They even did some reading
from their English book and pronunciation of difficult words. The
session ended with some games which included a tad bit of physical
activity.

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KOLKATA
Bondel Road
Date: 13th, 17th, 20th and 22nd October
Volunteers: Shruti, Paramika, Ishita, Priyanka
Volunteers here take keen interest in helping the students in completing their
home tasks and preparing them for their upcoming exams before involving them in
other activities. The students also started using the Fun and Learn workbooks this
month. The studnets here share their problems and stories with the volunteers
which is a good sign. One fine day they also played Kho Kho.They thoroughly
enjoyed it and were reminded of the discipline they had to maintain for everyone to
play the game in the first place. They also discussed the reason for celebrating
Diwali

KOLKATA
Bidhannagar, Salt Lake
Date: 13th, 19th, 20th, 26th, 28th and 31st
Volunteers: Gaurav, Roja, Simran, Goutami, Virad
Since the students are a mix of school goers and non goers the volunteers need to
handle them cautiously. During the numerous sessions with these kids during the
month the kids were given various personality development lessons on body language,
introduction in bengali as well as English. They were taught new English words through
essay writing and such tasks. Alphabets were introduced to the non-goers and they
were keen on learning. Activities like identifying the picture were involved where all
kids could take part. Since Diwali and Durga Puja were star festivals this month, there
were festival related discussions like relevance of Durga Puja and Eco friendly Diwali.
They were also imparted with general knowledge on India like ministers and states of
India.

KOLKATA
Volunteers: Gaurav, Tajeeya, Chaya, Simran, Maneesha, Paramika,
Shivangi, Krittika, Roza, Virad, Sayani, Raunak, Maria, Raunak,
Tamojyoti, Sayani Jesika
Every year students from remote areas like Purulia are brought here
for a period of around 10 days and are provided with classes with
lessons that will benefit them in their studies and in life at large,
Adore India conducted session each day from 11th October to 20th
October which was to end with a talent show which was entirely put
up by the kids with little guidance from our volunteers. Issues that
were taken up with the students were Time management, Personality
Development, Wastage of Food, Effective Communication, Good
Manners, Respecting Elders, Knowing Themselves, and General
Knowledge. Various games like Kabaddi, Dog Bone, Reverse action etc
were played with the kids. A Magic show by Mr. S Palit was also
organised for the kids to enjoy. Also Creative quest was organised for
them and the students showed very good drawing skillss. On the day
of talent fest the students put forward a very good show showcasing
their drama, song and yoga etc which they prepared in very little time

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EDITORIAL NOTE
The best part of compiling a newsletter is not only
that you see different activities and their processes
but also you learn from other volunteers who did
activities in different ways and made the session more
informative and connective. we are glad that we got
this opportunity to compile the October newsletter.

Do let us know your feedback about this newsletter 

Tazia & Tamojyoti

Adore India

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