Save Water Campaign by Tanishka Group

Sakaal Media Group has initiated a platform to give exposure  to women’s activities by forming a group named  ‘Taniksha’, in different parts of Maharashtra.  One such  Taniksha Group is also active in Sagroli  which manifests different activities for women in and around the village.

Recently, the group has carried out a water awareness campaign and its accountable use.  Actually, all water resources in the village are enriched due to the Manjra river that flows by the village.  But, due to want of awareness ,village people waste water  carelessly.  Thousands of liters of water is wasted every day.  The Tanishka realized  this fact and raised  ‘Save Water’ campaign to spread awareness among the people of the village.

The group has decided to make the concerned officials too aware of these facts and forced to take reformative steps for amendments.

Moreover, Women’s Day has also been observed on 8^th March by the Taniksha group. Many  activities and games were organised on the occasion.

Health Awareness Campaign for Adolescent Girls

     

The Health Awareness Campaign has been conducted on 24^th March by ‘Sanjeevani Aarogya Mandir’, a unit of SSM. Dr. Vaishali Munde, a gynecologist at Jamkhed was invited on the occasion to guide the adolescent girls studying in Shivaji High School and women in the surrounding area.

Going by the fact, there was lot of unawareness and ignorance among the rural women and adolescent girls in this regards. Therefore, this campaign proved very helpful for them, as the doctors addressed  many of their problems through informal discussions. A PPT presentation on proper treatment by the professionals  was shown on the occasion.

Plantation Programme by ‘Harit Sena’

‘Harit Sena’ i.e. the Green Army is a group of students of SCS Highschool, formed to spread awareness about the importance of environment.  Many eco-friendly activities were conducted by the group.

Recently, a large scale plantation was done by the edges of the lake located in the village.  The plantation was undertaken to protect the environment and help maintain the biodiversity and  beauty of  the lake.  Around 10,000 trees had been planted so far in the last five years.

Students were appointed as a care takers to one each plant, until they grow up into  big trees.  A variety of trees like Banyan, Neem etc are planted around Sharadanagar. Plantation has made the villagge a green, eco-friendly environment.

Training for Kitchen Quality Improvement

Kitchen became class room, cooks turned into students and the trainers were the students of Hotel Management.

More than 2000 students are accommodated in the SSM's hostels.  A good physical and intellectual growth requires a healthy diet.  Such diet should be delicious and nutritious and that too at affordable cost.

Some students of Hotel Management  (Nanded) came to Sagroli to impart training in cookery. Cooks were taught to prepare  various kinds of gravy,  pulao,  sweets and hot spices. Ttrainers Shri Anil Govande and Shri Vijay Sarpate were specially invited  from Nanded.  It was organized by Department of Home Science, KVK, Sagroli on 17^th April.

"Caring and Maintaining your tractor"-A training class for farmers

To care and maintain a tractor one need not be an Auto Mobile Engineer or Diesel Mechanic.  Learn some fundamentals and enhance the  life of your tractor.  In addition to this, it saves on your expenditure  over maintanance and repairing. In addition, improves  fuel efficiency!

Shri Mehabood Sheikh from Narsi had been invited to Sagroli to give some valuable tips to the farmers.  Twenty-five farmers attended this training class.  It was organized by KVK, Sagroli.

Rajnikant Biradar, a student of SCSHS bags the First place for his Essay

A regional level essay writing competition was organised  by the Ministry of Women and Child Welfare, Government of Maharashtra, at Aurangabad.  Successful essay writers at Block Level from eight districts, were the participants.

Master Rajnikant Biradar of Shri Chhatrapati Shivaji Highschool stood first in this  competition.  He was asked to write an essay on ‘India-Today’ in 400 words.  SSM chairman Shri Pramodji Deshmukh and Head Master Shri Vittal Jathore congratulated him for his success.

The Birth Anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar Celebrated

The Birth Anniversary of  Dr B R Ambedkar, the 14th of April  every year is  being observed as the National Equality Day.  It is on this day that the Nation pays homage to Late Dr B.R. Ambedkar.

Dr Ambedkar Jayanti (Birth Anniversary) was celebrated at Sagroli with utmost reverence.  The special invitee was Shri Maloji Phugare, a past  student of Shivaji Highschool and now lecturer in Physics at  Nanded.  In his speech he said, Dr Ambedkar began a Movement of education for so called low-caste people.  His slogan was ‘Educate-Unite-Fight’.  And the Karmayogi Babasaheb Deshmukh carried  the movement forward to provide education to people at grass-root level.  He started the first ever hostel for back-ward classes, in Nanded District.

Speaking further he said, there must be an independent commission for Education.  In India, Education should be given free of cost. This act might create an attachment with the Nation.   Youth would start thinking of their own contribution towards Nation.