Jamshedpur, Oct. 17: The Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur is a school that has always focused on developing responsible leaders who are driven towards the greater good of the society.
Under the constant guidance and inspiration of Father Antony Uvary, a group of students from the Business Management course of the institute, in a bid to imbibe the sense of cleanliness among the children from an early age, have embarked on a task to do their part in taking the tradition forward.
In the wake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi�s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the students helped enlighten the underprivileged children of Loyola Hindi Medium School about the importance of sanitation and hygiene through a series of interactive and interesting sessions. Special sessions for girls were also arranged by the students which focussed on women�s health and sanitation.
�Cleanliness is a habit that has to be developed at an early age so that they grow up to become responsible and sensitive citizens. This is the reason we chose to interact with children of the age group 9-15�, says Kunal Shah, one of the 10 students from XLRI who conducted the sessions.
�One lacuna that we sought to address through our sessions was the lack of emphasis on women�s health, especially when it comes to usage of sanitary napkins and their availability�, says Bhawna Minocha, about the session conducted on women�s health sand sanitation.
Thanks to the cooperation from the principal of Loyola School, Mr. Pancras, the students were given sufficient time to make an impact. The students continued with their efforts in hygiene and sanitation by conducting sessions in Kadma Basti for the students of Kerala Public School. They imparted upon the approximately 170 students gathered in Kadma Basti, the importance of education, and distributed books and stationery to create a sustainable impact through the session.
A system of providing sanitary napkins in an inexpensive manner is in the pipeline. The students intend to continue with their efforts on the same lines.
The main objective behind these activities has been to have a sustainable, long lasting impact on the under privileged children of Jamshedpur and the surrounding areas and the students from XLRI sincerely hope they have been successful in the same.
