GOOD EARTH
Saturday 20 August 2016
FUNDRAISING
Selling
Junior School Handicrafts and Compost
The
‘School Enterprise Challenge’ an initiative of UK based NGO ‘Teach a Man to
Fish’ organization is a great platform to hone the entrepreneurial skills of
students.
Our
business team comprising of class XI and XII students put their best foot
forward in the second fund raising event on Saturday, August 20,2016 in the
school campus where we sold handmade pen stands, wall stickers, cloth bags and
organic compost. The products were sold at nominal prices to our customers, mainly
parents and teachers. Captivating handicrafts were made by students of grade 3, 4 and 5 in their activity periods. The products were mainly made by waste material
found at home and in school, a part of our environmental initiative. We
received great response and most of the products were sold out. Through this
fund raising event we could come close to actual business and marketing environment. While selling the goods, jobs of
salesmanship and marketing polished our managerial and communication skills. We
told our customers about our enterprise ‘Good Earth’ and were frequently
appreciated for the social service and the noble cause. In the end we calculated
our profits. We felt rewarded for all our gains which will be used for setting
up a library in the orphanage and providing musical instruments to the visually
handicapped people. It was indeed a great experience for me and it opened my
vision towards entrepreneurship.
Nutan Keswani
Grade 12 F
