Saying it with poster, and a poem

School students who won prizes in the contest on Swachh Bharat organised by the Vizag Chapter of CII Young Indians, in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. —Photo: C.V. Subrahmanyam

‘Swachh Bharat

mana kala kadu mana karthavyam ’, ‘Come on India

kuch kar’, ‘Let us put a stop to litter’ and many more quotes were brought out by schoolchildren as part of the Swachh Bharat poster, quote, and poem competition organised as part of the CII National Volunteering Week campaign at Gayatri Vidya Parishad College on Thursday. Organised by representatives of CII’s Young India (Vizag Chapter), in association with Teeny Boppers Playschool, the competition saw students from Classes VIII and IX forming teams and defining the nation-wide campaign in their own words, poster themes, and poems. In all, 90 students from seven GVMC and eight private schools took part in the contest.

The platform showed definite signs of transformation in terms of the clean-up drive.

“Change has to come from within. Unless this consistent attitude is instilled in us, it is impossible to take the ongoing campaign forward,” says Jahanavi, a Class IX student of Little Angels School, MVP branch. A few participants expressed their views on the subject through poems.

“Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a trend by launching ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ on a serious note. The drive is not only motivating the younger generation to think beyond their curriculum but also setting an example for other countries to follow suit,” says Aditya, a Class IX students of MGMC School. “With the three-in-one competition such as this, we would like to connect more closely with the younger generation and encourage them to play a larger-than-life role,” explain Poonam Shah Srinath, former chairperson of CII-Yi local chapter and Rana Uppalapati, member of CII-Yi.

The posters designed by the students will be put up at Visakha Museum on Friday.

Participants come out with thought-provoking themes at a contest organised as part of CII National Volunteering Week campaign

The platform showed definite signs of transformation in terms of the clean-up drive.

“Change has to come from within. Unless this consistent attitude is instilled in us, it is impossible to take the ongoing campaign forward,” says Jahanavi, a Class IX student of Little Angels School, MVP branch. A few participants expressed their views on the subject through poems.

“Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a trend by launching ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ on a serious note. The drive is not only motivating the younger generation to think beyond their curriculum but also setting an example for other countries to follow suit,” says Aditya, a Class IX students of MGMC School. “With the three-in-one competition such as this, we would like to connect more closely with the younger generation and encourage them to play a larger-than-life role,” explain Poonam Shah Srinath, former chairperson of CII-Yi local chapter and Rana Uppalapati, member of CII-Yi.

The posters designed by the students will be put up at Visakha Museum on Friday. Participants come out with thought-provoking themes at a contest organised as part of CII National Volunteering Week campaign