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Category: Positive Environment

Karan

Appreciation – A Simple Gesture That Goes a Long Way!

Event Date: 15th August 2024  At the Dongri Observation Home, some of the staff members have been working for over a decade, while many others have been working for more than several years. Moreover, most of their work is a thankless job, oftentimes even behind the scenes. There is a

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Karan

UTSAV – A Time of Events & Celebration

Event Date: 19, 20, 21st June  Introduction  UTSAV was a 3 day event that we planned with various competitions. We included chess, carrom, painting, speech, singing, dancing, playing musical instruments, drama, and science projects as the various competitions for the UTSAV event. This was initially conceptualized by Sneha, based on

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Sheetal

Seeds of Learning

Date: March 2024 Every year, there is a project exhibition called ‘Gyan Mela’, organized by an NGO called ‘Our Children’ for various children’s institutions within Mumbai. This was the first time that Dongri Children’s Home participated. From Dongri, there were 2 teams that went for the exhibition, one of which

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Karan

Chindi – From Waste to Wealth!

Many of us use ‘Chindi’ as a slang word to signify something worthless or something useless. Chindis, actually, are the small shredded pieces of extra cloth which are cut off at a tailoring shop and often just go into the garbage pile. I had never imagined to see it get

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Karan

A Spontaneous Gratitude Circle & A Thank You Poster!

A few days back, I was sitting in the classroom with many kids, doing their own thing in small groups while the teacher was busy with his work. I did not have anything planned during that time and so I was just sitting with 4-5 boys and listening to their

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