CAS Activity for XI IB — A Health Awareness Program for 2 Government School Students

On the 7^th of December, the school planned a CAS activity — a health awareness camp for two government schools. We had 194 students from Move the Wheel Foundation and MMPS Government schools. The students of XI IB participated with enthusiasm and with a heart of compassion and love — it was a huge success.

The team on the advice of Dr. Nazia and Shalini Ma’am organized four different stalls for the government school children, and one more for an interaction between Oakridge students and children. A wonderful warm-up session was anchored by Sai Krishna and Rohan Yarlagadda where they spoke enthusiastically in Telugu to the children and taught them the basics on how to be healthy. The students were rotated every 5 to 10 minutes so that each group of kids could experience the different activities planned.

The first stall was the Height and Weight Stall. Here, the children would receive a card which would then be filled up with their name, age, height, weight and BMI. This was held by Reema Saribala and Nitya Marri.

The second stall the children visited was the First Aid and Ice Stall. This is where they learned the simple and general way to apply first aid. Like, how to properly apply a band-aid, and how to wash their hands, and apply something cold to an area that is swelling, or bruised. This was implemented by Nayan Mandala and Thaman Chillakuru.

The third stall was an exciting competition where the children saw how many of them could do push-ups, stomach crunches, and other activities that keep one fit. To the surprise of the students running the stall, they had a good result! This stall was supported by Viraj Reddy and Pari Dandu.

The fourth stall was a short lecture about nutrition. Here the students became aware of regular and well-known diseases like the common cold, sore throat, cough, fever, stomach ache and headache. The children were also informed briefly about the symptoms, cures and preventions. This stall was done by Ridhi Reddy and Nitya C.

The last activity for the children was a one-on-one interaction session where each child was paired with an Oakridge Student who talked to them and informed them about the general ways to improve their hygiene, and to maintain healthy treatment of their teeth, hair and nails.