School Name: Methodist Mission High School
Address: Dharmaraja Koil Street, Bangalore - 560001
After a long break and many changes being made to the program to make it more interesting and interactive for the students, we started our next phase of school visits for spreading the awareness about blood donation.
The principal was very responsive and gave the permission to conduct the program with full support and encouragement.
Skit and informative talk: 3rd February, 2009
After having a good practice and making the necessary changes to the program, the volunteers were very enthusiastic about the program. The energy flow was very visible and the students received the whole program with a positive response. The interaction of the students showed there was an improvement brought about by us in the program.
Competitions: 7th February, 2009
Even with the low number of students turning out to the competitions, the enthusiasm and competitive spirit was very much visible. The students approached the volunteers before the competition could start and cleared their queries.
Collage: About 8 students submitted the collage. They had made every effort to search out newspapers, textbooks and other sources to make their work look attractive and eye catching. There were few students who had even written captions on their collage work to make them more interesting.
Essay Writing: Number of participants : 19.
The participants gathered at the open area of the school. After the announcement of the topics, the students were ready to start brainstorming and give their best participation. There were students who wrote their essays in Kannada.
Painting:
Number of participants: 27
After the essay competition was completed, the painting competition was held. The school management helped the students with the colors and the students used to the best use. There were different blood heroes being depicted, with their imagination being used to give the best presentations.
Students Quotes
In every drop of blood can save life"
"I am sad that i can not donate blood for 13 years I surely promise that I will donate after 18 years"
-S.Puja
"kind hearted people donate blood "
"gave a blood save these life"
"blood donate every one voluntary"
"go on! be a hero"
-K.Sathiyaraj
"we shoud donate blood voluntarily because we not only save other life but also give them a new life"
-Sarla.J
Prize Distribution: 11th February, 2009
The prize distribution was conducted at the school morning assembly. The students were very enthusiastic about knowing the prize winners and the whole school applauded the prize winners.
Feedback from School
Principals Feedback:
At the outset, I would like to thank you for sending a team of your volunteers to our school to create awareness about the significance and need for blood donation.
I would also like to to place a record of appreciation for this team, their resourcefulness, enthusiastic activities in promoting the knowledge about blood donation.
I thank you all for organizing the competitions like painting, essay, collage which made us to realize the hidden talents of our students.
I do wish a great success in your challenging task of saving people.
Teachers feedback:
* Very informative skit, made the students understand the situation.
* The talks were very simple and informative.
* The volunteers were very friendly, easily approachable and all the students were given equal importance.
* The volunteers used the time very well and were very puntual.
* skit could have a real incident where the blood was the only source of life with real costumes and characters.
Rating : Positive