The project will teach children of 4 government schools about the importance of keeping their neighbourhoods clean and how they can manage waste themselves in simple, effective ways. The workshop will include an overview of how waste is generated, demos on waste-segregation and composting and visits to model-homes where waste is effectively managed.
Each day households generate a lot of solid waste. Due to lack of resources, urban municipalities cannot dispose them effectively. Discarded, rotting waste spreads disease. Little do households realize that they can do much to dispose and manage the waste within their very homes and relieve urban municipalities from the mountainous burden. All good habits must start early. The Waste-Management drive seeks to arm young students with the right tools and through them, empower communities.
The Drive will be conducted as 5-day workshops in 4 schools. The workshop will cover the science of waste management, demonstration of simple tools such as segregation composting and visits to homes with good waste-management practices. The workshop will end with participants making pledges to help keep their community clean.
Students will be empowered to spread the message of good solid-waste-management practices in their homes, neighbourhoods and schools. They will also be encouraged to take up waste-management drives in their communities furthering the impact of the program.
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
