Habitat for Humanity works with 500 students and parents of C P Goenka International School to clean Juhu Beach Habitat for Humanitys campaign at the school also includes Rupee for Change, workshop on poverty housing and sanitation, 2D art competition on housing and sanitation, parents and children contributing to make sanitation units (toilets ) in India as part of Sensitise to Sanitise campaign. As a meaningful expression to celebrate the Republic Day, over 500 students and parents of C P Goenka International School, Juhu came together to clean Juhu Beach. The students and parents formed smaller groups and covered the entire stretch of Juhu Beach. The students were joined by Ajit Maniyal, Secretary of BJPs Mumbai wing, who participated enthusiastically in the campaign. The enthusiasm of school students was infectious and drew several civilians present at the beach. The initiative is a part of the Sensitise to Sanitise Campaign initiated by Habitat for Humanity India, a global non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating poverty by providing families in need with safe and affordable housing and sanitation solutions (toilets) .The School is collaborating with Habitat for Humanity in this initiative. C P Goenka International School was earlier known as Billabong High International School. In a written statement, local MP, Poonam Mahajan, said, The Clean India (Swachh Bharat) Campaign genuinely seeks to address the debilitating mindset of Indians apathy towards dirty public places and pollution. Clean India is about embracing the culture of cleanliness and embedding the virtues of godliness in the minds of our children and future generation of India. It is heartening to see these children participating so enthusiastically in this campaign. Ajit Maniyal, Secretary of BJPs Mumbai wing said, I must thank Habitat for Humanity and CP Goenka International School for inviting me to be together with these lovely children. Indeed, there could not have been a better way to celebrate our Republic Day. The Principal, Padma Negi mentioned that the school gives high importance to the civic awareness among the students. She stated, Civic awareness is the key to create good, responsible citizens of tomorrow. We truly appreciate the initiative of Swachh Bharat by Honble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. We have introduced several other initiatives to inculcate the habit of maintaining a clean neighbourhood among our students. Habitat for Humanity is assisting the school authorities in these initiatives. Sanjay Daswani, Director at Habitat of Humanity mentioned that, we recently conducted a workshop on Poverty Housing and Sanitation in the School and a 2-D art competition on the theme of Poverty Housing and Sanitation is being initiated whereby students and parents combine to create innovative ideas on ways to address this challenge. Also, students and their parents are encouraged to contribute in building sanitation units / toilets for the underprivileged. We believe that a holistic approach is required to meet the objective of The Clean India (Swacch Bharat) campaign namely Cleanliness & Sanitation”. Habitat for Humanity has launched a Rupee for Change campaign among schools across India . Students are encouraged to contribute one rupee every day towards building one lakh sanitation units ( toilets) across India which is the objective of Sensitise to Sanitise campaign. About C P Goenka International School C P Goenka International School is a run by Citizens Welfare Association (CWA), which has made a lot of contribution in the education sector during last 15 years. CWA manages eight schools in India, five of which under the name of C P Goenka International School. CWA also runs Gopi Birla Memorial School and Swami Vivekanand International School at Kandivli and Borivli at Mumbai. Together, there are over 21,000 students studying in these eight schools currently. The vision of Citizens Welfare Association is to have a holistic development for the children . It believes in sensitising the children to co-exist and give back to the society. C P Goenka International School, Juhu was formerly known as Billabong High International School. About Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity India is an international NGO that works towards housing and sanitation, having served more than 54,000 families across 17 states of India. For over 30 years, Habitat and its partners have been working with low-income, marginalized families to build homes, provide housing-related services and spread awareness on the needs of proper housing and sanitation. Habitat India through its disaster response programs has helped rebuild the lives of more than 20,000 disaster affected families in India through emergency shelter kits, repair of damaged houses and construction of new homes. Habitat’s disaster risk reduction initiatives help build capacity and preparedness of the local communities against future disasters. For more information, please visit habitatindia.in
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