Special and impaired kids spread awareness on eco celebrations
Thane NGO Prerna Pratisthan, along with the Thane Municipal Corporation and in partnership with Visual Arts Academy, trained 80-odd students from Kamalini Karnbadhir High School and 60 special students from Zidd, St John and Zaveri Thanawala Karnbadhir School in over a month-long workshop on making eco-friendly Ganpati idols.
Awareness on celebrating an eco-friendly Ganeshotsav has been gaining momentum every year. This can be gauged from the fact that special as well as deaf and dumb children have joined the movement to spread the word on having environment-friendly Ganpati idols.
Thane NGO Prerna Pratisthan, along with the Thane Municipal Corporation and in partnership with Visual Arts Academy, trained 80-odd students from Kamalini Karnbadhir High School and 60 special students from Zidd, St John and Zaveri Thanawala Karnbadhir School in over a month-long workshop on making eco-friendly Ganpati idols.
The workshop, which started on August 9, ended on Tuesday.
NGO founder-president Kiran Kulkarni said, "This is our fourth year of training people to celebrate an eco-friendly Ganeshotsav. This year, we have a team of special and deaf and dumb children. For selling the idols, we had tied up with Visual Arts Academy; many people attended the workshop, where people from all ages enthusiastically took part."
More than 560 other students from schools across Thane also participated in the workshop. "The special kids were very receptive and quickly grasped whatever was explained to them," added Kulkarni.Dombivli resident Meera N Thosar (68) has designed a woollen Ganpati, mouse, modaks and other items in crochet. Explaining about the designs and work, she said, "For designing small Ganpatis, it takes me half a day. I have been doing crochet work for the past 30-40 years and have done special preparations for Ganeshotsav."