A visit to an Old Age Home...

"The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth."

-W. Somerset Maugham

There can be only a handful of memories which leave such an imprint in our lives that it stays with us forever! The slightest mention gushes down the flashbacks right before our eyes. One such heart warming  experience for our team members of PANKH would be the visit to the Old Age Home “ANUBHAV" at Heera Path, Mansarovar, Jaipur.
They  appreciated the fact that the young generation was taking interest and coming to spend a little time with the old people in the old age home. They applauded the  initiative taken by the college authorities and the students thoroughly.

Overall, they gave importance to rightful living and inculcated the values of honesty and responsibility in us. They looked at us with their eyes glistening with hope as they bade us goodbye. The only thought that lingered in my mind is as to how “Fact can be stranger than Fiction at times”, the stories about the abandonment, rejection and plight which surely remained untold but was buried deep inside their eyes.

A couple of steps towards Sanitation...

To keep the body in good health is a duty...otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
- Buddha

Hand washing does not seem to be an important part of our daily life but each year thousands of people get ill due to ineffective way of hand washing. It’s easy to do and one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of many types of infection and illness in all settings—from your home and workplace to child care facilities and hospitals. As you touch people, surfaces and objects throughout the day, you accumulate germs on your hands. In turn, you can infect yourself with these germs by touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Although it's impossible to keep your hands germ-free, washing your hands frequently can help limit the transfer of bacteria, viruses and other microbes.

Keeping the importance of hand washing in mind and the consequences of poor hand hygiene our group organized a hand sanitizing campaign for children in Rajkiya Balika Ucha Madhyamik Vidyalaya. Around 7 group members accompanied by Ms.Chitra Bhatti, working as a nurse in Santokba Durlabhji Memorial Hospital visited the school. The session was very interactive and enjoyable with every student taking active participation in it. We are thankful to Ms Chitra Bhatti to give her valuable time. She explained the different steps of hand washing practically and made the students aware of its benefits.
Students were made to wash their hands so that they put in this habit into practice. The program was done successfully .

DISTRIBUTION OF HAND GLOVES TO VENDORS
Tea Stalls and street vendors have become a part and parcel of our daily menu. For many, small street carts churning out meals on gas burners is part of their daily eating experience. In today's rush we often forget to care about our hygiene and rely upon the street vendors who lack basic needs of hygiene. In concern with the hygienic conditions of food stalls , we distributed hand gloves in places around our locality near gaurav towers in malviya nagar, jaipur. Starting from golgappa walas to ice cream vendors we distributed hand gloves in almost 20 stalls encouraging the need to move towards healthy society. The vendors actively took interest in understanding the need of a better hygiene.