GOOD EARTH
Friday 18 September 2015
FUNDRAISING
Selling Lord Ganesha
Idols
‘Let
us bring a slice of nature to our home today.’
The students of grade 6 to 10 prepared Lord
Ganesha idols in an eco-friendly way during their Eco Club Activity and Clay
Modelling periods in the months of August and September 2015. The idols were
prepared in diverse forms keeping in mind the festival of GaneshaChaturthi that
falls on September 17, 2015 this year.GaneshaChaturthi is the Hindu festival
celebrated in honour of the god Ganesha, the elephant-headed. The festival
involves installing clay images of Ganesha at home which are worshipped for ten
days and then immersed at the end of the festival in a body of water such as a
lake. The focus, therefore, was on preparing idols which after immersion do not
pollute the water body.
We decided to sell the idols to students and
teachers of the school from September 11, 2015 onwards during the short break
time (15 minutes duration). Prior to
selling we made the announcement in the morning assembly informing everybody
about the same. We received a tremendous
response and within three days all the idols were sold during the short break
time.
‘We
learnt to handle a large crowd!’ – YashMotwani
‘We
learnt time management skills (how to sell our product in a limited time)!’ –
AashiniBhasin
‘We
learnt how to deal with different types of customers (students from grade 6 to
12 and teachers)!’ – NiharAnand
‘We
learnt how to make our choice their choice!’ (NiharSugandhi)
The ‘School Enterprise Challenge’, an
initiative of UK based NGO ‘Teach a Man to Fish’organization is indeed a
wonderful platform to enhance entrepreneurial skills of the students.
AASHINI BHASIN
MANAGER – MARKETING & SALES
Handy Handicrafts Organization
Choithram School Enterprise
