Anyone who comes to India will notice the rubbish. Dustbin
is not a common word and most waste is just dumped in piles by the roadside
then burnt leaving a toxic smell of smouldering plastic choking those who walk
by. We didn’t want this at Sevalaya, especially as it has just been awarded the
“most envromentally friendly award” in Tamil Nadu.
I helped Rosa make more dustbins for the school, ana
extension activity from those she had already made for the orphanage except
with different children. Each dustbin was in pairs; one for plastic waste and
one for paper. The children were in groups of 3 per dustbin with a mix of older
and younger. We gave them outdoor paint (which is also toxic and can only be
removed by Kerosin) to paint their design on; each bin also had to have a
theme,
At times it was very stressfull monitoring the paint, mixing
colours and keeping all ages happy but after they understood what to do and
could concentrate on their designs we could breathe a little and have fun with
them.
Oh and did I mention the only place possible to do it was
the cow shed? We needed dhade but anywhere inside would have trapped the paint
fumes. So we had a few bulls & cows going about their business behind us –
only added to the excitable chaos!
No comments:
Post a Comment