Habitat for Humanity, India organised a cleanliness drive with more than 100 students in Mumbai
Mumbai, 17th November 2014: Habitat for Humanity, a
non-governmental organization dedicated to the cause of housing and
sanitation, organised a cleanliness drive with Mr. Gopal Shetty, Member
of Parliament from Mumbai North and Billabong High International School
in Malad today, in order to clean up streets and open spaces of Mumbai.
Hundreds
of students picked up the broom to clean the streets and the BMC ground
around their school. They also took out a march around the streets of
Jankalyan Nagar holding placards and banners of clean India along with
brooms to clean the streets.
Speaking about this initiative, Mr. Gopal Shetty – Member of Parliament, North Mumbai said, “To
see so many students come together and making a difference to their
society at such a young age is commendable. I am proud to have working
towards a clean India and bringing change in people’s attitude towards
cleanliness in the city. This initiative will encourage other students
and parents to come forward and be a part of the Swach Bharat Abhiyan”.
Mr Rajan Samuel, Managing Director - Habitat for Humanity India, said,
“ We at Habitat India would like to thank Mr. Gopal Shetty and
Billabong school for participating in this initiative. A big thank you
to all the students who came forward to participate in the drive; to
make this event a great success. Our aim is to spread the message that
every citizen has a role to play in creating access to sanitation
facilities to needy communities and keep our surrounding clean. This is
certainly a giant step in the right direction"
Speaking on this occasion, Ms. Madhu Singh – Principal, Billabong High International School said, “We are glad to be part of this initiative by Habitat for Humanity. We at Billabong High believe
that fostering goodness and social responsibility at a young age helps
in the overall development of students and this initiative is a step
towards achieving this.
800
students from Billabong High International School also took part in a
sanitation workshop under Habitat for Humanity’s Sensitize to Sanitise
campaign which aims to build 100,000 sanitation units by 2015. The
workshop sensitised the students on the issue of poverty housing and
need for sanitation in India.
Students
along with their parents are also contributing towards making
sanitation units in Maharashtra by participating in a 2D art competition
around the topic- Importance of Sanitation in India. This is the first
of a kind in India where in the school is coming forward to both
cleanliness and making sanitation units.
About HFH India:
Habitat
for Humanity India is an international NGO . For over 30 years,
Habitat and its partners have been working with low-income, marginalized
families to build homes, provide housing-related services and spread
awareness on the needs of proper housing & sanitation.
Habitat
India through its disaster response programs has helped rebuild the
lives of more than 20,000 disaster affected families in India through
emergency shelter kits, repair of damaged houses and construction of new
homes.
Habitat’s
disaster risk reduction initiatives help build capacity and
preparedness of the local communities against future disasters.
Regards,
Rumjhum Jagga
Trainee Account Executive, Corporate
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