Title: Take a stand for the love of green
1. Objective:
· To make a significant contribution towards environmental sustainability.
· To raise awareness about the need for environmental conservation
· To give hands on training to students so that they may carry forward the message of the need for environmental conservation.
2.Context:The present scenario of environmental degradation has made it imperative to make efforts maintain biodiversity, mitigate climate change, prevent habitat destruction, safeguard endangered species, and maintain the balance of ecosystems. The institution makes various efforts towards environmental conservation in its pledge to save the Earth for a better tomorrow.
3. The Practice:
· Special Awareness Campaigns like Awareness Campaign for a Pollution free Village, Swachh Bharat Campaign, Save Water Campaign have been undertaken by students of the institution to spread an awareness about environmental conservation.
· Special emphasis is laid on the environmental studies course offered by the university curriculum so that students may be aware of their duty towards the environment and pledge to protect the same.
· Events like Poster competition for a pollution free environment and other cleanliness drives both within and outside the campus are held regularly.
· Students are taken to visit the college facilities like Solar panels, vermicomposting unit, rain water harvesting units to show them first hand the need for a sustainable environmental ecosystem.
4. Evidence of Success:
· The college neighbourhood has a clean and green environment with significant reduction in the use of plastic bags
· The college has a lush green campus where students often undertake cleanliness drives
· Students observe the Independence Day by organising Vanmahotsav events in an attempt to increasing the greenery in the campus.
5. Problems encountered:
· Awareness about the urgency of environmental conservation is sometimes very low among students.
· It is difficult to make students with limited resources become serious about the importance of a clean and green environment.
6. Resources Required:
Awareness about environment, adding to the greenery in and around the college and stepping forward towards environmental sustainability requires more funds.
Title: Only a Life Lived for Others is a Life Worthwhile
1. Objective:
· To make significant contribution towards the upliftment of the neighbouring community, especially the women of the community.
· To raise awareness about the need for a healthy community as a necessary pre-requisite for the holistic development of children, who are the torchbearers of the future.
· To empower women and make them aware of their own rights, as an empowered mother can raise strong and empowered children.
2. Context: A child’s cognitive development and learning ability can be guided and mediated by his social interactions. The first and foremost people a child interacts with are his parents and family. Thus, it is understood that parents are a child’s first teachers. Keeping in mind the crucial role a family plays in the development of a child, the institution organises various awareness programmes in and around the neighbouring community to contribute towards the holistic development of the community.
3. The Practice:
· The NSS Unit of Jibantala Rokeya Mahavidyalaya organises blood donation camps in order to raise awareness about the importance of voluntary blood donations and strengthen community bonds. The donated blood also helps critical patients.
· The Corona virus outbreak brought the world to its feet and created an international pandemic emergency situation. The common people were the hardest hit. To help people during this crucial situation, The NSS Unit of the institution organised drives to provide cooked food to neighbouring families.
· The Women's Cell of the institution organises like Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign in order to raise awareness among the village people about the importance of saving and educating the girl child. Women’s health and hygiene being one of the most pressing and important issues of the present times, awareness programmes are held in neighbouring villages to make women aware of the gravity of this issue. Dowry awareness campaigns are also held to empower women to resist dowry demands and make women aware of their legal rights.
· Voter awareness campaigns are held to emphasize the crucial role of voting in shaping a robust democracy and encouraging active participation in the electoral process among the local community.
· Raod safety awareness campaigns are held to emphasise the importance of following traffic rules and responsible driving.
· Children are the future of the community and educating them is out foremost responsibility. The institution organises campaigns to make people aware of the importance of educating each and every child of the community.
4. Evidence of Success:
· The institution witnesses significant enrolment of girl students.
· Students participate in the various awareness campaigns with enthusiasm
· The neighbouring community has become a safe place for students to commute to and from the college.
5. Problems Encountered:
· Awareness about the importance of education, especially of girl children, is sometimes very low among community dwellers.
· The idea of equality of men and women and equal opportunities for both is quite a novel concept for students and their families and requires more extensive counselling.
6. Resources Required:
· Profound community outreach requires widespread awareness measures like inter-personal counselling, interactive awareness programmes, rallies etc which require extensive planning and funding.
