Project: Helping Hand to Government School and Kids

Chidanand (A.S.S. College, Gadag)

Primary education is the most important educational foundation.  However, many government schools lack the necessary resources and materials to provide quality primary education to children. Recognizing this, Chidanand wanted to help a local government school nursery.  He organized a team of fellow students and together they visited the school and noted down a list of necessary items that the school needed.  Chidanand and his team were able to provide chairs, books, and slates for 30 children.  By improving their learning environment, these children will now be receiving a better education, thereby increasing their chances for a brighter future. 

Project: Campus Beautification

Somagouda Patil (SJPN Trust's Polytechnic, Nidasoshi)

Somagouda became frustrated because the college campus had become dirty, littered with waste, and had therefore become a breeding ground for mosquitoes.  So, he took initiative to clean the campus.  After receiving permission from the principal and some help from Smt. J.R. Patil, Somagouda formed a team of other students and together they cleaned the main building, the PUC building, hostels, and other college grounds.

Somagouda says that success for this project is owed to the fact that "everyone took equal participation."  Somagouda is now planning to expand this project to cleaning a nearby village. 

Project: Parking and Plantation

LEADer: Praveen S Kudagi
SECAB Engg College, Bijapur

Place of implementation: SECAB Engg College Campus, Bijapur

Activity and Impact: Earlier there was no proper parking. Parking place was very bad. It was horrible to park anyone’s vehicles. We took permission from our principal. Then we started our work. We cleaned the all the parking place. Then we made markings from paint to park the vehicles neatly. Now it is very easy to park our vehicles and also looking very beautiful and systematic also.

Achievements:

Our project got appreciation by our college principal and all faculties.
Students of our college are very happy now after this work.

Project: Painting Goal Posts and Road Brakes

Sanket (SKSVMACET) 

The football goal posts at Sanket's college were in poor condition and not easily visible by the players.  Similarly, paint on road brakes at the college was faded, making it hard for drivers to even spot them.  Many people complained about these issues, but no one took action to change them.  Sanket decided to fix these problems, and painted the goal posts and the road brakes.  Athletes, students, and staff members alike are very grateful for Sanket's efforts. 

Project: We Will Do (Unity in Strength)

Anjum Ahmed Bagban (Samiti BBA College, Belgaum)

Rajput School at RPD severely lacked proper infrastructure, staff, and resources.  The school grounds were littered with waste and broken bottles, making the school’s environment a very difficult place for the students to learn.  Anjum instigated this school’s reform by seeking help from fellow college students and approached the principal of the school and demanded improvement. Now, the school grounds are clean and inviting.  Furthermore, more local support is now in place to closely monitor the grounds, and strict actions are taken against anyone who vandalizes or threatens the integrity of the school property. 

Project: Dignity for Domestic Maids

Pradnya V Padaki (KLEIT)

Pradnya observed that maids received little respect.  Pradnya wanted to do something for the maids to improve their work environments and life their spirits.  After obtaining permission from the principal, Pradnya organized gift-giving, fun contests, games, and singing for the maids at the end of the day, after classes.  Not only were these fun events enjoyable for the maids, but these events also showed appreciation for the maids and all of their hard work. 

Project: Water Facilty to School in Kundagol

Education is the most important part of everybody’s life; it helps to lead a dignified life. Neetha Hiremathm a student of BCBCET, Hubli, came across a school in a village called Kundagol close to Hubli, which was facing drinking water problems. Student had to drink water by asking the nearby houses. Leaders knew that for these school the afternoon's food is supplied by the government and drinking water is very important. Looking at all this Neetha decided to take up this as her LEAD project so that all those students could be helped.

She visited the school in Kundagol to know the actual situation and got to know that the problem came from the storing of the water. Teachers told them that they get drinking water from their respective homes. They expressed their idea to the school principal and got permission to make arrangements for water supply. After a week-long process the real work started on 18 Jan and ended on 22 Jan, 2012. She, with the help of her team members, made all the necessary arrangements before bringing the tank. Leaders arranged money to purchase the tank and utilized a part of money supported by LEAD to purchase syntax.  

The main challenge for them was to raise the fund for purchasing the syntax tank and  another was to carry the huge water tank from Hubli to Kundagol village.

The most memorable experience for the Neetha was the feeling of satisfaction that now children can drink safe water without any problems.

Neetha said that, “Through this project we learnt leadership skills and how to lead a team, how to resolve differences in a team. Finding out their problem and solving the same, it has been the greatest achievement. The outcome was that more than 100 children got benefited.”