Learning & Educational Visit of Gorai’s Balsansad to Ration Shop 09.09.2017


On 28th October 2017, twenty three Bal Sansad children assembled at a Hall in Gorai for an input session on Food Security Act. The resource person for the session was a CCO staff.
The topic was chosen to give awareness to children on the importance of food and eating the right kind of food every day. They were also taught to be cautious about not wasting food and ways to create awareness around, beginning from their own homes.
Bal Sansad’s exposure visit to the ration shop took place on the 9th of November 2017, twenty two children from the Bal Sansad gathered at the Gorai Ration Shop to gain more knowledge about the Food Security Act and Public distribution system.
Children freely interacted with the Ration shop keeper and asked many questions like the types of ration cards, the quantity of ration, each family is entitled for etc. At the same time, the children also informed the shopkeeper of how unhappy they and their families were as the right amount of ration was not distributed to the people of the community and in case it continue they would complain against the shopkeeper to the helpline number.


Location: Gorai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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