On 17th February 2014, Nishtha kids club hosted the visit of 8 students and 2 staff from the International School of Bangkok. It was a bright crisp day and the children were happy to take our guests out onto the ground and play games with them. Most of the students didn’t know the rules of cricket so our local children were very happy to teach them. On the other hand, the Bangkok students taught our children some practice techniques using a football and at last we improvised a long skipping rope and introduced the idea of multiple children jumping rope together.
Nishtha Cricket Programme
Every year Nishtha organizes a winter cricket tournament in order to engage the young people of the area and provide the opportunity for them to interact with other young people from different areas and backgrounds. Preparation of the cricket pitch was started a month before the tournament began, work essential to the success of the tournament. Teams will come from all over the area to play on a good pitch. Clay has to be collected from a nearby source and laid in stages, our staff wetting and rolling it with great dedication until it forms a compact pitch. Every year we try to make best pitch and this year 24 teams enthusiastically participated and were very appreciative of prepared ground. All the players admired our cricket pitch!
Two Day Children’s Sports and Cultural Event
On 11th and 12th January 2014 Nishtha staff organized a two day children’s sports and cultural event program for the local children. The purpose of this event is to give the children from the different social and geographical areas of the locality a chance to get together and enjoy healthy games and activities, encouraging their self confidence and physical strength.
World Environment Day
World Environment Day was celebrated in Dharamshala at Gandhi Smriti Vatika with a programme organized by Dharamshala Environment Society. A gathering of around 250 people from local schools, Government offices, the Government College, the Rotary club and Tibetan organizations as well local NGOs including Nishtha and Jagori came together, all showing their concern for the environment.
Nishtha’s Publicity Stall at Rakkar Mela
On the 1st of June 2013, as every year, Nishtha put up a stall at the Rakkar Mela. The aim in making a stand at the Mela which draws the whole village is to advertise our projects and programmes and to encourage people to participate and become interested in what we are doing in the village. Whereas previously we have put up posters and information sheets and tried to engage people in discussions about the issues in hand, this we decided to create a much more attractive and interactive approach by offering games to play.
Nishtha Celebrates International Women’s Day
2013 International Women’s Day was celebrated by Nishtha in the afternoon of March 8th in Rakkar village. The Gram Panchayat meeting ground was very colorfully decorated with lots of posters and banners proclaiming the theme of the event: ‘Violence Free Society’.
