9th and 10th Day of SWACHH BHARAT SUMMER INTERNSHIP CAMP 2018
Date: 25 July, 2018
‘Swachh Bharat Summer Internship Programme’ is an innovative platform launched by the Government to expand the students’ field of knowledge and experiences. All the NSS volunteers of Government Home Science College enthusiastically stepped ahead to aware the local people of the adopted village Khudda Ali Sher regarding Swachh Bharat Mission on 9th and 10th day of the camp.
The NSS volunteers performed a number of activities along with the children and rural women. They taught various paper folding techniques like trees and flowers, choreographed dance steps on a patriotic song to children, suggested a number of helpful food tips and taught healthy food recipes for rural women. They also emphasized upon the importance of food hygiene and sanitation and safe steps in food handling, cooking, and storage that are essential to prevent food borne illness. All these activities provided the local villagers with immense learning experience. Educational games were also organized to aware the children about the importance of personal hygiene.
The activities conducted by the NSS volunteers were supervised by the NSS Coordinators Ms. Seema Jaitly and Dr. Neha Sharma. The day was concluded with the distribution of refreshments to the villagers and awarded the children with candies for their active participation. Children went home with bucketload of memories.
Principal of the college, Prof. Sudha Katyal, applauded the students’ effort for the conduct of all the activities as it provides them with ample opportunities and exposure to practical experiences.
