Gujarat Earthquake 

Earthquake Girl Prutha Desai's First Painting Exhibition

AT A GLANCE

Report - Aadariyana Village School Rebuilding

Report- Earthquake on schools of patdi

[ UPDATE 1] - 13 MAR

[ UPDATE 2] - 30 MAR

[ UPDATE 3 ] - 21 APR

[ UPDATE 4 ] - 9 MAY

[ UPDATE 5 ] - 8 JUNE

[ UPDATE 6 ] - 24 JULY

[ UPDATE 7 ] - 16 AUG

UPDATE 8  26 OCT 

[ Update  Zadiyana ] - 30 APRIL

[ Update Zadiyana ] - 22 MAY

The architectural layout work is currently in progress (the first meeting between architect, school principal, teachers and village elders was held on Febraury 24, 2001, a second meeting was held with the Principal & teachers on 6^th March). The design is almost ready.

4. Fund Raising - Out of Rs.103 lacs an amount of Rs.27.39 lacs has been raised so far, see statement attached.

5. Start of Construction – 26^th March is the date fixed by Eklavya and Aadariyana people with mutual consulation as the auspicious day to do Bhoomi Pooja of the school. It is Gudi Padwa ( Maharashtra New Year Day) as well as Cheti Chand (Sindhi New Year) by the Indian calender, it is considered auspicious. The tentative programme is as follows :

·         9.30 am Saraswati vandana by boys of Kumar Shala

·         9.35 am Ganesh vandana by girls of Kanya Shala

·         9.40 am Start of Bhoomi Pooja and havan according to Arya Samaj rites.

·         10.40 am End of Bhoomi Pooja

·         10.41 am Patriotic song and dance of boys and girls from Aadariyana)

·         10.45 am Garba by girls of Kanya Shala

·         10.55 am Patriotic Song and Dance by students of Eklavya School ( choreography by Eklavya parents)

·         11.10 am Prize Distribution to the winners of Drawing Competition held on 23 March

·         11.30 am National Anthem

·         11.35 am Close of ceremony

There will be no politician, no minister, no chief guest, no speech. The real VIPs are the students and teachers of the school which has broken.

An on-the-spot-painting-competition is being organised in four categories:

·         Class 1 – 5

·         Class 6-7-8

·         Class 9-10-11-12

·         Adults

Art teachers from Eklavya have been regularly visiting the village one day a week since last three weeks to identify art talent. The participants will be from this pool of identified talent. A jury from Eklavya and Aadariyana has been formal and will judge the paintings and give away the prizes. For few days the paintings will be mounted on corrugated boards and displayed at a promintent place in the village.

6. Workshop on Vision Sharing

On March 13, about 35 village leaders attended a one day workshop, in the village itself where Prof.Daniel Steenstra ( a reputed Design management expert from UK who is also associated with NID, Ahmedabad) along with a reputed NGO trainer from Ahmedabad (please see her report attached) facilitated discussions leading eventually to a shared vision on rebuilding the village and the community. Daniel says:

"Today we used a tool that is normally applied in business ,to help the people in Aadariyana to deal with the complexities of the reconstruction after the earthquake.

These people represented different professions, cultural background and age groups in the village and were engaged for 5 hours in a classroom. We played a game and used the model constructed as a framework to generate discussion and build a shared vision for the village.