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For a Cause: The DLRC Fun Fair

‘Happiness is often just the product of good deeds.’


The DLRC fun fair — an event spanning across the campus and hosted on the afternoon of October 19th — was a sensational success. The fair consisted of riveting games, handy products from DLRC’s Social Impact Project (SIP), and food stalls that called for you to splurge! The electric ambience created by the DLRC band played a key role in making those four hours as enjoyable as they were. 


The food stalls during the fair


The fair, although for the community, was primarily held in order to support Samajh Bandh, a non-profit NGO. The efforts of the organisers, the food stalls, the sponsors and the DLRC student community that offered a plethora of products, culminated to a grand total of Rupees One Lakh in revenue — all of which was donated to Samajh Bandh. 


Samajh Bandh empowers rural Indian women by promoting awareness and providing means for safe and sanitary menstruation. They make washable and reusable cloth pads that are donated to women who don’t have access to hygienic resources. DLRC has raised over Rupees Two Lakhs to date for the cause through various events like this one. DLRC has also set up an in-house ‘Asha Kendra’ which is a space dedicated to making the cloth pads. To know more about Samajh Bandh, check out their Instagram handle here.


The products and services sold during the fair included soaps made from recycled material, hand carved and designed bamboo planters, key chains cut out from the shuttlecocks used in the Fiery Shuttles Badminton Tournament,  and even in-depth lessons from Grade 9 chess enthusiast, Shaan Chug. The products were sold in innovative ways. 


Some examples being:


  • Pre-orders - The bamboo planters stall showcased six different models during the fair. Five of these were planters with a drawn or carved design on them while the sixth model was a triple planter with a 3D design, capable of hosting three different small plants. The students manning the stall noted down the buyer's name, contact number and details of their order. They delivered the finished product a month after the fair.

 

  • All you can buy - For the soap stall, one could either buy the standard bottle of liquid soap or fill a container of their own with as much soap as they wished for the exact same price! 

 

The products sold on campus were made solely by the High School students over a course of six weeks during their SIP periods. 


SIP products being sold


‘The fair brought a lot of new additions to campus, like the interactive protractor model near the Burma bridge.’  Aman Tonpe G9 student and fair volunteer.


Aman also appreciated some of his facilitators and classmates for the artwork on display.


‘I think Kunal sir and Pradeep sir really livened up the campus by adding all sorts of paintings and decorations. One of my paintings was displayed as well, this was the painting which I made under the guidance of Pradeep sir and Prisha. (Another Grade 9 student and fair volunteer),’ he added.


However, he felt that not all the stalls, in terms of manpower allocated to them, were given equal importance. He also said that more guidance from his SIP mentor would have helped.  


SIP or Social Impact Project is an integral part of the DLRC High School experience. It's a weekly, 2-hour long lesson that includes activities like volunteering, plantation drives, making and distributing langar and planning of future community events. If you want to know more about this programme and its history, you may read these blogs - BTS of SIP : Part 1 and BTS of SIP : Part 2


This fun fair was a heartwarming and joyous event that brought our community closer together through the bustling crowd, riveting games, scrumptious foods, innovative products and most of all its crucial cause — to support rural women across India.


By Rishi Nigavekar (G9)

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