Summer Programme for Children at DéCee 

As part of DéCee, CEE’s Information and Facilitation Centre, a month long summer programme was organized for the children of age group 10 to 13 yrs. The programme started from 5^th May 2008. The Programme was structured in such a way that a child could enroll for a week, two weeks or for the whole month. Each week was having a theme around which activities were focused. Children from Schools like DPS Bopal, Anand Niketan School, ASIA English School, St. Xaviers Loyella, Xaviers Mirzapur,  Eklavya, Rachana, SKUM School, Zydus School for Excellence, Mahatma Gandhi International School, Prakash, Kendriya Vidhyalaya, Udgam and Mount Carmel Convent School enrolled for the programme.                                                                                  

Theme for the first week was Waste Management and the activities included learning about types of waste, garbage detectives, segregation of waste, trip to AMC office, interaction with waste collector & pastiwala, how to make a compost pit, script writing for puppet show, making puppets, trip to paper recycling plant, best out of waste and film screening.

The second week focused on Air and included learning about functions and uses of air, different experiments on air, collage making, air pollution check at home, games on air, interviews with the traffic police, visitors at malls etc., story writing, theme painting, card making, creative writing on air, straw painting, origami, and lots more.

The third week for the summer programme was focusing Water which included learning about importance of water to all lives, estimating water wastage through water audit, understanding the importance of water conservation, heritage structures of water harvesting, importance of water for hygiene and sanitation, communicating water messages through poster making and enjoying the pond songs.

Natures Creatures was the topic for the fourth week which had the focus on biodiversity and wildlife. The week had activities like nature trail, treasure hunt game, visit to Manek Baug, visit to the zoo, mask making, animal court skit, fun activities on nature, clay modeling, film screening, slide shows, learning to make bulletin board and lots more. Two special days were offered to the children who enrolled for the summer programme. These two ‘Healthy Fun’ days were the day when children who had enrolled for any of the week could join. On day 1 children brought home cooked food which they thought was healthy and day 2 was sports day where they indulged in various outdoor games. 

Valediction was organized on 4^th June 2008 for the participants of the summer programme. Smt. Mrinalini Sarabhai graced the occasion by giving away the certificates to the children and sharing her experiences as to how the CEE campus became so green. Children organized puppet shows for the audience.