Environment Project -50 children from Talawade school trained March 6, 2009

On 3 March 2009, Steria India CSR in association with INORA (Institute of Natural Organic agriculture) conducted a day's workshop on 'vermi-composting' at Talawade PCMC Primary School. 50 children and three teachers of the school attended this program.

The main objective was to demonstrate to the children how bio-degradable waste and can be converted to a useful substance by composting and how if the waste is left to decompose, it could result in the outbreak of disease and epidemics. The visiting INORA staff also conducted a practical session for the children of the school's environment club and launched a waste management program in the school. The children on their part assured them that they would take the program forward and ensure that the earthworms are regularly fed and taken care of well. 

Swaranandwan March 5, 2009 

A concert by the differently abled

On 1 March 2009, a charity musical show was held at Ramakrishna More Sabhagruha, Pune, organized by Anandwan and Prism Foundation. The show was sponsored by Steria India CSR, with the proceeds going to various charities like - Maharogi Sewa Samiti which works for the eradication of leprosy, Prism foundation which works for the mentally challenged children, Dynyanprabodini School which works for the children from the earthquake affected areas of Maharashtra and the Rural College at Winzar.

What was remarkable is that all the artists including the musicians and the stage performers were all physically challenged boys and girls. The ease and perfection with which they performed various Hindi and Marathi film and folk numbers had the audience in raptures and one could not even assume in one's wildest dreams that all of them are either deaf or dumb or blind or have some other form of physical disability.

Steria staff volunteers with their families and also teachers from Steria supported schools attended this function.

National Science Day  March 2, 2009

70 students of Dyandeep Vidyalaya attended

February 28 is observed as National Science Day in India. This is to commemorate the discovery of the Raman Effect by the Nobel prize winning Indian physicist, Sir C V Raman. This day is specially celebrated at Narayanpur, Khodad, the home of the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope, the world's most powerful low radio frequency telescope. This year, to mark this occasion the students from rural and semi urban schools and colleges across Maharashtra organized a Science Exhibition at Khodad.

The Pune CSR team along with staff CSR volunteers organized a day's trip to Khodad to attend and learn from this exhibition - for 70 children of class11 and their teachers - belonging to Dyandeep Vidyalaya, a Steria supported school.