“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself the service of others"
Team RKK attended the
IPSC Service Project “Parmartham” Service Before Self - hosted by Maharani Gayatri Devi School, Jaipur from 2nd to 5th November 2022. As the delegation entered the portals of MGD, their faces were lit with confidence, hope and promise of gaining meaningful experience.
RKK’s delegates were Laxmi Bishnoi, Prachi Jain, Dhruvi Garg, Aditi Shekhawat, Virika Mehta, Bhavya Baid with their Escort Teacher Mrs Lata Bhati.The schools which participated were :1. Welham Girls’ School, Dehradun
2. Rajmata Krishna Kumari Girls’ School, Jodhpur
3. Scindia Kanya Vidhyalaya, Gwalior
4. Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar
5. Punjab Public School, Nabha
6. Mayo College Boys’ School, Ajmer
7. Daly College, Indore
8. Mody School, Lakshmangarh
9. The Scindia School, Gwalior
10. Welham Boys' School, Dehradun
11. Mayo College Girls' School, Ajmer
12. Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls’ School, Jaipur.
The next three days were action packed with various events taking place at different venues. Orientation programme and an Ice breaking session was organised later that evening. Students were segregated into different Parmartham groups which were namely Sankalp, Pahal, Seva etc. The interaction between students was very engaging. Games and activities were organised keeping in view the pillars of Parmartham.
The next day was yet another appealing day. Different skill based activities were planned for them. Some of them were :
1. Tie and Dye
2. Resin Art
3. Gel and Wax Candles
4. Table Mat
5. Puppet Making
6. Pottery and Stone Painting
7. Charcoal Painting to name a few.
Following day was a Motivational Talk by Lt Col Utsav Singh, an officer who has an extensive experience in counter insurgency and counter terrorist operations in J&K and North- East. He inspired students to be self motivators.
In the evening, there was Discussion and Planning for visit to NGOs. The participants were briefed about the visit to the NGO’s and the activities to be conducted there. The NGOs visited were Ms Anna NGO, Devri Government school, Prayas and Old Age Home.
Next day, the host school had arranged a nature walk and adventure activities for all the proud participants at Jhalana Doongri where all had a remarkable time trying different activities. Following this, all went to the assigned NGO’s. There everyone enjoyed painting the walls, interacted with the children and showcased some performances for them. Seeing the beaming smiles of their faces was a blissful sight. Later that evening, participants had the cultural and social performances followed by Principal’s Dinner which was concluded by electrifying DJ. On the last day, Sports activities were planned for all. Students played games such as Kho Kho, Cricket and Football with the children from NGO and Blind school.
Delegates thoroughly enjoyed playing friendly match with the children. An exhibition was displayed by the different teams. All the participating teams showcased the efforts put by them in the 4 day long service project in the form of the items they had made during different skill share activities. The money collected from the sale of these were used for Community Service. The Project was concluded with the Closing Ceremony. It was indeed an extravagant experience for all. In these past 3 to 4 days the party learnt the true meaning of social service and upliftment.
