Changemakers – Inspirational Stories

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Phase 1: Three Learning Sessions

May 8, 15 and 22, 2021 | 2 hrs each

Phase 2: Live Impact Project to BUILD PERSONAL PORTFOLIO

May 22 – Jun 26, 2021

Award Ceremony: Impact Project Recognitions

Aug 7, 2021

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Rewards & Recognitions

Award	Project participant/s	Name of Project	About the Project
Individual Student 3rd Place	Meenal Shandilya Amanora School, Pune	Project SMILE	With this project, Meenal is trying to make kids happy along with getting rid of their boredom while everyone is stuck at home! She chose this topic because she understands how difficult it is to stay indoors all the time with little variety and fewer friends during pandemic. She has set up Zoom meetings to understand kids’ problems and take their suggestions, then engaged them in activities that enhanced their knowledge along with fun, and shared informative videos with them.
Individual Student 2nd Place	Laasya Priya KN St Joseph Boys High School, Bangalore	Jalanirantharam	Laasya’s project aims at rejuvenation of water bodies and recharging ground water. The project’s target outcome is to raise awareness about water conservation and provide a directly usable way to conserve water.
Individual Student Champion	Sanjanaa Molaka Johnson Grammar School, Hyderabad	Sahaara	Lockdown has severely impacted the lives of rural kids and the visually impaired. Sanjana is trying to support them by working with CRY as an intern to ensure 650 child labours get a chance to #learn and not earn by raising funds. She is also working as a volunteer in ‘lit by humanity’ to record audio textbooks for the visually impaired to help with their studies and exams.
Individual Teacher 3rd Place	Archana Ranjan Rishihood University, Sonipat	Shrinkhala: The Holding Hands	Ms Archana is building on her previous extensive experience of training young women and girls to now train daughters of underprivileged families near her campus in Sonipat with skills like embroidery, stitching and applique, so that they have an opportunity for better livelihood and higher income.
Individual Teacher 2nd Place	Himasagar Krishna M Academic Heights Public School, Tirupati	“Labelling Mat Karo”	Mr Himasagar wanted to create awareness of the negative impact that ‘labelling’ children can have on a child’s mental and emotional growth. He is educating people on how we think and learn, and the different kinds of intelligences human beings have so that caregivers understand and nurture growth of children rather than labelling them.
Individual Teacher Champion	Kriti Khatri Tattva School, Bangalore	Hope In Pandemic	This project built systems to help people especially Elderly community who are in quarantine or going through difficult times emotionally, using professional psychology approaches. Various aspects are built in to ensure privacy, comfort and positive outcomes for people who engage.
Student-Teacher Group 3rd Place	Students Maalav Bhagat, Binat Sanghani, Kartavya Patel, Shlok Vasani and Teacher Jasmina Nimbalkar T M Patel International School, Surat	Psychosocial Support For Students	This group project is for health promotion for school students during Covid-19 pandemic and beyond, for emerging mental health concerns with specific focus on children, adolescents and youth, especially children with disabilities. They teach simple methods to manage anxiety and stress among children, and also provide resources for caregivers to engage with children positively and effectively.
Student-Teacher Group 2nd Place	Students Manan Nagar, Ziya Zaveri, Aashrita Ande, Sheena Lakhani and Teacher Fatima Tily T M Patel International School, Surat	What To Do?	Many people don’t how to deal with situations like being stalked on road, getting spam calls or messages, peer pressure, or family pressure. To help them out, this team has created a platform that provides solutions and guides people on what to do.
Student-Teacher Group Champion	Students Kavani Bengali, Nishka Mehta, Virha Gajipara, Vanshika Madhwani and Teacher Hetal Patel T M Patel International School, Surat	The Power of Small	The purpose of this project is to provide an open platform to all where they get to know about the importance of mental health and the cause-effect of Anxiety. People can share their problems freely as the platform provides a judgement- free environment. They have built their presence across social media for their work.
Special Mention-Individual Student Warrior	Yogita Chaturvedi Ryan Edunation School, Jaipur	Helping People	Yogita single-handedly does what she can to help people who are needy, providing masks, sanitizers, biscuits, milk, and chocolates. Her aim is to influence others to help the needy through her personal example.
Special Mention-Individual Student High Impact Venture	Laasya Priya KN St Joseph Boys High School, Bangalore	Jalanirantharam	Laasya’s project aims at rejuvenation of water bodies and recharging ground water and. The project’s target outcome is to raise awareness about water conservation and provide a directly usable way to conserve water.
Special Mention-Student-Teacher Group High Impact Venture	Students Asmi Das Deb, Shruti Padia, Kiran Kaur Sidhu and Teacher Deborina Roy Loreto Day School Bowbazar, Kolkata	Saahas	The team Saahas aims to raise awareness about the transgender community through their social media platforms, webinars and surveys. The target outcome is to change people’s point of view towards the trans community and to reduce transphobia.

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