Location: Mathikere
The need for blood is growing day by day, hence is the need for awareness. Another school that permitted us to conduct the Blood Awareness Program was Iyer High School, located in the main market of Mathikere.The school management without any hesitation allowed us to carry out the program in the first week of February.
Skit and informative talk: 6th February 2009 Arrangement for the program was good, playground with mic and stage was provided. Talks captured the attention of students as well as the faculty members. The quiz conducted towards the end of the program showed good participation from the students.
Competitions: 7th February 2009
Participation was good from their side, in number and enthusiasm. Many students participated in more than one event.
Collage: This was a home event. Students were told to make collages at home and submit on the day of competitions.
Drawing: This competition saw 40 enthusiastic participants, with everyone trying to showcase their understanding about the topic as creatively as possible.
Speech: 11 students participated in this competition. Everything the student understood was nicely put in words.
Essay: The number of students who took part in this was 18. Out of the four topics given, each student selected a topic of his/her own choice to express their views. Some students had written exceptionally good lines whose videos have been recorded to include them during the blood awareness programs in other schools.
At the end of these competitions, volunteers were satisfied that these students had grasped the right message about blood donation.
Selected quotes from participants:
Blood Donation is known as Life Donation --------- Sheik Suhail VIII Standard
We all shall donate Blood and make our world healthy and save world ----K Shwetha Shree IX Standard
A man is considered as a social animal. We should help each other by donating blood and save lives -------------- Ravindra .B . N X Standard
Many yesterdays are gone, many more tomorrows will come, but there is one today make it special by Donating Blood.
A Blood Donor -- A life Saver. Do good to others and you will be Happy ----Sadhika.Y IX Standard
A simplest man who does not know to read and write can save the lives of people by Donating Blood ---------- Hanumesh. M IX Standard
Teacher’s feedback:
We wish you all the best to continue this noble service. "Service to mankind is service to GOD".
Prize Distribution: 13th March 2009
The students were excited to see us back. The Headmistress in the respective class awarded prizes to the winners.
After the events in this school, the volunteers became a little more confident about reaching out to a large number of students and taking this message about voluntary blood donation to lot more schools.