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As per the plans by Incubation, students who have lost their notebooks in the recent Kerala floods will be provided handwritten notebooks
A call made by the members of the NGO, was responded by people from all walk of the life, including elderly, professionals, and
written notebooks from the southern districts of the state when we contacted him, told TheIndianSubcontinent that his organisation has
collected more than 10,000 handwritten notebooks so far.For another call from the NGO, for notebooks and other stationary for the students,
it has collected more than 15,000 blank notebooks and as much as stationary items."We will start distributing the books from tomorrow
Books for the students of southern region will be distributed from Ernakulam, while distribution for northern districts will be operated
from Kozhikode," Mr Nabeel told TheIndianSubcontinent.The handwritten notebooks which are prepared under the instructions of the NGO will be
provided to students from Class 5 to 10."We could have given the pdf copy of their notes to the students who have lost their note books as a
matter of ease and comfort in the work
However, from a psychological vantage point, the students who are studying in lower primary, upper primary and senior secondary are not
socialized with such practice," says Sayyid Sameer of the NGO."And more importantly the students have lost their notebooks and it is very
important to give them what they have lost instead of a pdf or photo copy of the notebooks," he added.The origin of the idea is from the
school going children of Ansar Women Orphanage, Malappuram where the NGO has been running regular coaching to improve the quality of their
studies as a part of its social extension programme for the past 3 years.While the volunteers visited the orphanage, the girls' students
suggested notebook collection and note writing of different subjects as a contribution from their side to the flood affected counterparts
from the state."We took that idea of the students as a campaign - which was named 'Together we can' - to social media and then it inspired
people across the country," said Sayyid Shaheer, who is associated with the NGO.Now, the 'Together we can' campaign has inspired people from
several parts of the country and volunteers from Hyderabad, Aligarh Muslim University, National Law University Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamia
Delhi, Pondicherry University and Pune have sent handwritten notebooks."We held meeting with Educational Officer of different districts
smashed furniture, damaged equipment and rooms and corridors filled with slush tugged at the heart strings of volunteers, officials and
armed forces personnel at flood-hit schools they went to clean in flood affected areas.Many schools ravaged by floods resembled graveyards
of creative works of young children, teachers told Press Trust of India."It's really heart-breaking," said Sajoy George, a teacher, engaged
in rehabilitation work in a government school at Moothakunnam in Paravoor.George, the Ernakulam district project officer of Sarva Siksha
Abhiyan (SSA), said teaching and learning material were found strewn apart in class rooms hit by fury of the flood."We've lost everything in
the muddy water, including creative works of our children, their library and digital classrooms set by the government to impart them modern
education," he said.Service books of the teachers and non-teaching staff also found lost in many of these schools, officials said.Top
Education department officials said rehabilitation was being done on a war footing in the schools by teachers, non-teaching staff, officials
of SSA and volunteers, aided by the local administration, to get them ready by August 29 when children return after the Onam holidays.Click
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