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After the interaction session on communal harmony the Bal Sansad children’s group decided to present a skit to the children of other faith on 27 th January 2018 at Manthanpada. These were the tribal children from the English Literacy Class.The objective was to spread the message of communal harmony amongst the villagers. The ideas on the topic were given and through guidance the children took the initiative and prepared a street play. With the prior permission of Manthanpada’s English Literacy Class, Balsansad visited the Bastis. They welcomed the thirty children gathered, and after a brief introduction on the topic the skit began. The children created awareness on harmony with one another through this skit. The play also gave the children from the village an opportunity to come as a group and witness the activity and performance of Bal Sansad. Children have become aware on respecting people from backgrounds of all faith and live in harmony.

After the interaction session on communal harmony the Bal Sansad children’s group decided to present a skit to the children of other faith on 27 th January 2018 at Manthanpada. These were the tribal children from the English Literacy Class.  The objective was to spread the message of communal harmony amongst the villagers. The ideas on the topic were given and through guidance the children took the initiative and prepared a street play. With the prior permission of Manthanpada’s English Literacy Class, Bal Sansad visited the Bastis. They welcomed the thirty children gathered, and after a brief introduction on the topic the skit began.  The children created awareness on harmony with one another through this skit. The play also gave the children from the village an opportunity to come as a group and witness the activity and performance of Bal Sansad. Children have become aware on respecting people from backgrounds of all faith and live in harmony.

On 23 rd October 2017, two hundred and twenty Bal sansad children attended an input session on Communal Harmony at Gorai. The objective of the session was to create awareness of peace and equality amongst children in the society. India is a land where all the major religions of the world is practiced by their respective followers. Nevertheless, it has also been the reason for the disunity and disharmony   in the country.   Communal Harmony is necessary for   the growth and peace of the country. The concept of religious equality was explained to the children.   Also, about the Indian constitution which states it an individual’s right to chose his/her own business & religion. And that everyone should respect all religions as humanity is the true religion . A follow up interaction session was held on the 26 th October 2017 at Gorai to ensure the children thoroughly understood the importance of communal harmony.

The Bal Sansad Hope children’s group met on the afternoon of 27 th October 2017 at Bangladesh, Chowk to convey a message of harmony to people of various faiths through a street play enacted by children. The topic was set by CSA and the idea of street play was facilitated by CCO staff and through their guidance, the children themselves took the initiative and prepared a street play on the given topic. With a prior permission of the Bangladesh residential committee, the 50 children of Bal Sansad visited the Bastis. The Bal Sansad welcomed the people and children of Bastis and performed the street play on Communal Harmony. Thus creating an awareness on harmony with people of different faith. The street play gave an opportunity to the elders and children of various communities to come together and watch the Bal Sansad children’s performance. People felt good and appreciated the children for the thoughtful message through street play. The skit helped the people of differ...

On 18 th October 2017 an activity session on the importance of peace, unity and communal harmony was held at Uttan for 40 Bal Sansad children. The main objective of this session was to bring together the children of different faith as one community and teach them to respect each other. It also aimed at making them aware on the importance of Bal Sansad. An icebreaker session on overcoming indifferences was conducted by the CCO staff. The topic was introduced and based on it a documentary was shown. The children were asked a few questions related to the topic and they answered all of them with enthusiasm. The children were formed in groups to discuss on ways through which they could come together. They realized actions had to begin from one’s own self. They concluded that they would share their lunch, study, play together as well as participate in each other’s celebrations and at the same time strive to build each other for a better future. The children learnt it was wrong ...