Overview
We all know Bal Divas also called as Children’s Day, is celebrated across India on 14 November every year coinciding with birth anniversary of the first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru also called as ‘Chacha Nehru’. Nehru is often cited as saying that children should always be carefully and lovingly nurtured, as they are the future of the nation and the citizens of tomorrow.
In order to create awareness about the rights and education of children, on the occasion of Children’s day in 2016 Wagons Skill Foundation team visited a school in Shikrapur.
Location & Date: Shikrapur, Pune on November 14th, 2016.
Guest of Honour: This session was conducted by Mr Rajkumar Dalvi.
No. of Participants: Around 70 students were part of the session.
Objective & Scope
The purpose of the visit was to create awareness and to explain importance of education in today’s world. Along with this Mr Rajkumar also distributed gifts, chocolates and pamphlets among the children and gave information about our freedom fighters. Various games and cultural activities were also arranged for the students.
Mr. Rajkumar explained the importance of education and skill development with help of real life examples to motivate and to create a positive attitude towards education among the students.
Wagons team was present for half of the day at the school and the entire session was interactive where the students actively participated in all the activities.