The sanitation and cleanliness conditions in the city are deteriorating drastically with the large amount of waste generation as a result of massive increase in the population. Development of Interactive Multimedia CD on Plastic Waste Management
(Project supported by Organization of Plastics Processors of India)
An interactive multimedia CD for children was created with the aim of carrying the message of caring for the environment and proper waste management, across 20 schools in the city. The CD was developed in three languages – English, Marathi and Hindi.
Institution : SNDT Women’s University, Department of Educational Technology, Juhu
School Awareness Programmes on Plastic Waste Management
(Project supported by Organization of Plastics Processors of India)
Around 4500 students and their teachers were sensitized on the need of proper waste disposal, learnt about plastics and its role in daily living and the importance of proper waste segregation and management. The audio-visual format and interactive methodology used was appreciated by all the schools. The pre and post test administered on the students revealed that by and large, students were aware about certain aspects of plastics, however, the audio visual format and the interactive methodology used was instrumental in increasing their knowledge about plastics on the one hand and also conveyed the message of the importance of its proper management in an effective manner. Schools having a ‘Nature Club’ were very much interested in having more interactions with experts on the issue and the teachers handling the subject of ‘Environmental Studies’ were happy that the students were given a lesson on an important subject in a different but interesting way.
NGO : Cidco Yuva Building Centre, Kharghar
Sanitation Hygiene and Health Project
The project which was conducted over a period of three years, in Behrampada Bandra East, sensitized, activated and built the capacities of many women of the community to work on issues of sanitation and hygiene in order to create a better environment for themselves and their families. Having achieved this to some extent, work in the third year was focused on lobbying at the ward level demanding better services from the Solid Waste Department of the BMC. NGO : Committee for the Right to Housing, Bandra
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