Pathways World School

Collaborative Service
Project

MEM

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 Collaborative Service
Project
Nature of the Project:

This Project is being launched by Pathways World School on the World

Environment Day as an extension to our on-going efforts under the CAS
(Creativity, Action and Service) programme and also the activities of
Round Square and the IAYP (International Award for Young People).

We are sharing this Project and the experience we have gained from it,
residents of these locations, our students and our RS fraternity….to
further spread the message of change and value the IDEALS, particularly
of Environment and Service.

We intend to develop this Project as

a long term association with the
region.

It is intended to operate this Project

on a continuous basis for a period of
at least three years, during which we
intend to cover a periphery of 5
square kilometres that has been
surveyed and identified by our
enthusiastic young Geographers, as
a field survey.

There are plans afoot to work with 06 schools in the region that are
engaged in providing education to the masses in the neighbouring
villages, on either side of the ridge.

Also, it is intended to develop a series of check dams and clear water

channels (with the expertise of an NGO – Hariyali aur Rasta) that have the
resources and skill set to guide us in this process.

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While the full impetus of a regular
Project lasts for a time barred
period, here, we intend to continue
upkeep and continued effort to
happen right through the year as a
part of the schools’ programmes.

Nature of Work

Project Patauda:

The locally known ‘Patoda’ (in local

language, to denote a Waterhole) is a frequented location where buffaloes
and cows from the vicinity come to graze and sit in the swamp/low lying
water that collects there.

Over the years, the catchment to

this waterhole have been blocked,
due to commercial use of
surrounding land area, and the
silting of the area itself has made
the place shallow, thereby depleting
the water, much earlier than in the
past.

The Project would involve de-silting

the area of the pond and if possible,
clearing up the channels that bring
rain water to this lake, from the catchment areas.

Participation:

This Project has the active participation of students and adults from not
only the host school, but also from schools who are part of the Round
Square fraternity and beyond. We have The Doon School, British School
and St. George’s School, Switzerland joining us in this endeavour with
three teachers and sixteen students working on these dates.

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 Proposed Location:

Stay Location: Work Site Location:

Pathways World School, 2 kilometres radius

from the Camp

Aravali Retreat, Off Gurgaon Sohna

Road,

GURGAON,Haryana.

Dates :

Saturday, 5th June 2010 – Monday, 14th of June 2010

Age Group: 15- 18 yrs (open to both genders)

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