EVENTS
A beautiful beginning carved where we are today. It was 2006 when Parivartan sowed the seeds of initiating social upliftment. When two years back, we ascended into NSS, it got the ball rolling for more than 80 events and deeply penetrating projects, all rooted in a cherishable past with a faith in the future.
Astitva: a project for empowering unrealized potentials. Each One Teach One: focussing on making quality education accessible. Pustak - Book Bank: seeking to make educational resources available. Poshan for nourishing nutrition and Pahal for assessing the beginning apart from concerted efforts for a sustainable environment. All these projects center on our adopted slum: Sanjay Camp.
It is not the projects and the events but our team of spirited members that binds us to the motto of "Service Before Self".
As a family endeavoring for a larger family, we promise to keep beating the odds we face and create a more virtuous and egalitarian world for each and every species.
AHAAN-
Noor-e-Zindagi
0ur Annual Diwali fest AHAAN Noor-e-Zindagi 2020 took to the online platform to spread the mood of festivity and bliss in the homes of many.
Asha Distribution Drive
This Diwali NSS SVC organized a Mega distribution drive -ASHA in collaboration with Clothes Box Foundation, Goonj, Uday foundation, Choti choti Khushiyan, Seencho, Rotaract club of Gurgaon Civil lines and Sneham foundation. The drive impacted 200+ people, and included clothes, blankets, ration kits, stationery kits, medical kits, diwali items, books and refreshments to the adults and kids of Sanjay Camp.
Competitions
1. Mandala Art Making Competition "KHWAISH" :a new spectrum of light this Diwali"
2. ALFAAZ- a Poetry Competition , a diya to our Diwali fest AHAAN: Noor-E-Zindagi
3. Paripekshya : A bilingual debate competition in the commemoration of Ahaan: Noor-e-Zindagi
Visit to Old age Home
Keeping the diwali spirit in mind NSS SVC decided to visit an Old Age Home to spread the diwali cheer to the underprivileged people. On 9 October to Tau Devi Lal Old age home, Gurgaon and on 26 October to old age home, Guru Vishram, Delhi. All the volunteers had a mesmerising experience.
Khushiyon ki Roshni
The festive season brings with it celebration and cheerfulness but most importantly bliss within togetherness. All epics are testimonies to how far one can go when we are together and composed. Hence, NSS-SVC organized Khushiyon ki Roshni. A poster making competition to spread the word of community joy and smiles through the medium of bright colors and meaningful words.This was further followed by diya decoration and face painting competition where gemstones and glitter tinted the emotions following through the jovial spirit. Our young and old participants discovered themselves and what it means to rejoice within the celebrations of Diwali as an event to light up our lives.
24th September
“There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.”
The National Service Scheme (NSS) unit of Sri Venkateswara College, proudly celebrated the 52nd NSS day on 24th September 2021 to mark 52 glorious years of continuous service to the nation on the theme "SHADES OF NSS".
The idea was to relive our journey of giving and sharing with the people of Sanjay Camp and add more colors to the rainbow we had built together.
Keeping this in mind, we at NSS SVC planned a list of events for the celebration.
The details of the events are as follows-
1. WEBINAR: RESPONSIBLE FEEDING OF STRAY DOGS
NSS SVC had the honor of hosting a webinar on "Responsible Feeding of Stray Dogs" in collaboration with straw India. The webinar held on 15th September 2021 under the Animal Welfare Campaign of Project Poshan also marked the onset of our 52nd NSS Day celebrations. Stray Relief and Animal Welfare (STRAW) India, is a registered non-profit organization whose motto is Animal Welfare through Education. Mrs Preeti Singh, our keynote speaker narrated her experience of how her journey began in helping stray dogs. She started the session by busting the bubbles of most common myths about stray animals. The session was made quite insightful by listing of the do’s and don'ts and the Q&A session that followed and aided in furnishing related concepts on responsible feeding of stray animals.
2. VACCINATION CAMP
NSS-SVC, in collaboration with Cosmo Foundation, a Community Outreach Initiative of Cosmo Films Limited, successfully conducted a big Vaccination Drive in Sanjay Camp, wherein 405 people were vaccinated against COVID-19. The goal of this initiative was to ensure free and faster access to vaccines for underprivileged people. The chief guest for our event was Respectable ACP South Delhi, he felicitated NSS-SVC for taking such a great initiative.
3. - SANJAY CAMP KE SITARE
AND
STATIONERY DISTRIBUTION DRIVE
NSS SVC organized "Sanjay Camp ke Sitare". The bird of joy flapped its wings in the whole of ambience, fueling it with delight and making the talent show a triumphant blast. With a turn up of more than 100 merry participants, over 50 cards were received vibrantly flashing HAPPY NSS DAY! With the help of 'Goonj' and 'Diya India Foundation' we conducted a stationary drive, post the talent show and covered over 150 students, unfolding the event into a bonafide display of glee and happiness.
4. WEBINAR: VOCALISING THE YOUTH
NSS SVC organized a session filled with compassion and ingenuity, to be delivered by celebrated speaker- Mr. Sudhanshu Kaushik. Mr. Sudhanshu Kaushik is a notable alumni of The University of Oxford and NYU. He is the founder of Young India Foundation which is a youth-centric committee focused on youth rights and policy and also leads the National Indian Students Of North America. The session was very empowering and informative.
5. CULTURAL EVENING
NSS SVC organized a cultural event "Yeh Shaam Mastani" A night filled with music, we had with us some best musical artists like Ishan Krishnan,Qasim Ben Tariq, Raghir and many more.
6. ANIMAL WELFARE FEEDING DRIVE
NSS SVC conducted an Animal Welfare drive that took place in the Sanjay Van area. We took on to feed dogs while being under the guidance of a few representatives from the STRAW foundation. We began by feeding around 35 dogs, which later reached a count of 50, with boiled eggs, dog food, and biscuits.
7. RUHAANIYAT SESSIONS
NSS-SVC took a leap of faith and organized a 2 day event- RUHANIYAT- session on mental health for women of Sanjay Camp. On 25th Sept (DAY1) around 100 women participated in the event!! And in collaboration with Vyomini NGO, distributed more than 160 pads for women and teenagers. On 26th Sept i.e Day 2 around 50 + women showed up on their own. This event came with the realization that mental health is a privileged concept accessible only to a sectioned few of the society in India. So our main aim was to make the women at Sanjay camp aware about mental health and emotional support.
NSS DAY
MISSION RAKSHA 2.0
MAY 2021
In the most horrifying times of corona, when India was experiences it's second wave of COVID 19 cases, we could not just sit and watch. We at NSS SVC made a team for Raksha under Mission Raksha 2.0. We tapped all the required sources, right from cylinders to medicines, hospital beds and even free food services and made a data bank. We constantly updated the availability of the resources and put it out on our social media platforms and tried to help as many people possible.
The members spent hours generating leads whenever required and most importantly ensuring that they support each other during these trying times.
RANG BADLAAV KE 2.0
February 2021
NSS SVC in collaboration with British Paints (Celebrating 100 years) took upon the task of painting Sewa Bharti, a community school in Sanjay Camp, under the initiative of Rang Badlaav Ke 2.0. Wearing similar T-Shirts, all the NSS volunteers started the work on Saturday, 27th February, 2021, at 9am. Beginning with painting the walls with a base colour of white, NSS and the children of Sanjay Camp completed the task all while enjoying, dancing and having fun. Leonci and Promethean, the art societies of Sri Venkateswara College and Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, respectively, joined later in the day and undertook the responsibility of making the walls look beautiful. Following the theme of : Right to Education, all the artists and the volunteers worked tirelessly on 27th feb. and then were back, bright and early on 28th February, 2021 (Sunday) to complete what they had started. The entire team, along with the community at Sanjay Camp, spent hours making sure that the end result is mind blowing and impactful. Taking breaks to play with the children and to interact with the community, everyone worked tirelessly to make this event a success. RBK 2.0 was an event for the community and with the community and its success was celebrated by all.
CELEBRATING PRIDE
February 2021
DISTRIBUTION DRIVE:
THE JOY OF GIVING
"How wonderful it is that nobody needs to wait a single moment to improve the world"
Simply with hope and motivation, we hold the tools to make this world a better place. And we, with the help of various NGOs tried our best to help the people of Sanjay Camp.
In these tough times, the world needs love. And yes, a smile cutting through all barriers, knowing no prejudice, is what we live for.
Only 57.6% women in India use sanitary napkins. A lot of people fail to realize that menstruation is not a problem, poor menstruation hygiene is. Keeping this in mind, NSS SVC put up a brave fight against orthodox mindset and hope to keep working tirelessly for the purpose of spreading awareness by conducting offline informative session on menstrual hygiene followed by distributing sanitary napkins to women of Sanjay Camp so that we can pave the way ahead to a healthier, more inclusive and equitable tomorrow.
NSS SVC rolled out this valentine's, the most tender passions in our souls: the Passion of Love.
"Love is Love and that No One Can Cage It"
With this thought, we kicked off a celebration of love that surpasses identities, cultures, worlds and wisdoms.
We introduced Pride 2021 with the theme "Dil Dhadakne Do: Let Every Heart Beat"
We planned a list of events for the celebration.
The details of the events are as follows:
1. WEBINAR
NSS-SVC set the stage to hold its first ever online "Pride Parade" wherein it organised a live session with the aim to promote the self-affirmation, dignity, equality, rights, and increased visibility of lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual people as an intrinsic social group. We had as our keynote speaker, Mr. Harshvardhan, who is a student of Psychology, studying in the final year Amity University Noida. He provided us all with valuable insights on queer psychology, social psychology and the dynamics of relations between queer people and Cisgender people
2. ONLINE LIVE SESSION
We conducted the most awaited and intriguing live session with Balaji, a TEDx & a motivational speaker, who acknowledges the aspect of amplifying love and happiness in others' life by enacting their coming out journey, identify themselves as Gender fluid and their pronouns are they/them. They have also been a part of some award-winning digital campaigns like Bajaj Allianz "Pyaar Ki Azaadi" and The Beauty co.
3. ONLINE WORKSHOP
We at NSS SVC organised a workshop on Gender Inclusivity as part of the Pride movement. The speaker for this session was Ankit Bhuptani, a Public Speaker and Human Rights Advocate with more than a decade's experience. The speaker, Ankit Bhuptani, taught us that love has no limits and our aim is to make sure that everyone has a safe space to be who they want to both within our college and beyond
JAAGRITI'21
We at NSS-SVC organized our flagship event. The Annual Fest - Jaagriti in the mid of April. Where Jaagriti means "Awakening". we at NSS-SVC through our fest aimed at coming up with new and innovative ideas to give the blooming and growing youth of our country a platform to showcase their talents. The days were filled with smiles, joy, and happiness.
Highlights from JAAGRITI'21
WEBINAR
NSS-SVC was delighted to have Mr. Shekhar Sharma, the CEO and Founder of Hindustan e-waste Management, as the speaker of the webinar.Mr. Shekhar, first of all, comprehensively explained the meaning of e-waste. He then threw light on the gravity of the situation - on the glaring fact that more than 50 million tonnes of e-waste are generated per year across the globe. Along with global statistics, he also gave a broad overview of the current situation of e-waste and its disposal in India. Proceeding further, he enumerated the various sources of e-waste - the materials like electronic gadgets - that together constitute the vast corpus of e-waste. Mr. Shekhar further laid emphasis on the numerous threats posed by e-waste, which make it utterly hazardous for human beings, animals and the environment alike.
INAGURATION CEREMONY
We had Mr. Harsha Devulapalli as our speaker who is an electronics and communication engineer by profession. Mr. Harsha enlightened us with his works of how he had contributed to society. After graduation he followed his passion and Hyderabad Urbanclap became his first employer. In Hyderabad, he prepared a Bus Frequency Transit map for the convenience of the people. Throughout the session, he advocated and urged more of us to travel via public transports extensively. He urged the audience to think beyond and to do something collectively for the environment. He says not a single person alone can change the world but with everyone’s support we can surely make India a better place to live in.
FUN-FILLED COMPETITIONS
Fun isn't complete if there are no competitions to shoot up your adrenaline and give you a thrill. To boost up the competitive spirit, several online competitions were also organized -
1. SANKALP An online inter-NSS unit competition at the pan India level.
2. CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION, highlighting the notion that writing gives solace and to bring emotions of words back to life in the time of pandemic, “Gauhar” the creative writing competition was held as a part of the Jaagriti 2021 celebration.
3. FITOOOR, which lasted for two nights, 18th and 19th of April. Evenings full of songs, poetry, magic and even comedy. We had with us artists like Ishpreet Balbir,Samik Chakraborty,Lalit Bhatia, and many more.
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