This report was prepared for the students of a neighboring school to display on their notice board, detailing our recent Social Service Camp.
A Social Service Camp with a Difference!
: Ideal English School, Kolhapur, recently conducted a week-long Social Service Camp on the school premises. The camp was designed to give students a first-hand acquaintance with the problems that beset our society and the possible ways of solving them. The support of local corporators, doctors, and agencies such as the Rotary Club was solicited.
During the week from , lectures were conducted on Adult Literacy, Rules of General Sanitation, and Social Awareness. Blood tests, eye check-ups, and general fitness tests were also conducted.
The entire project was generously funded by prominent business houses of the town. The response to the camp was tremendous. In total, 1,776 people attended various activities throughout the week. The involvement of our school's students, Principal, teachers, clerical staff, and peons was wholehearted.
The school became a hive of activity during this week. A booklet giving details of the camp will be published in .
Glossary of Terms
- Beset
- (of a problem or difficulty) To trouble or threaten persistently.
- Corporators
- Elected members of a municipal corporation; local government officials.
- Hive of activity
- An idiom meaning a place where many people are busy and active.
- Prominent
- Important or famous; standing out so as to be seen easily.
- Sanitation
- Public health conditions, especially providing clean drinking water and effective sewage disposal.
- Solicited
- To have asked for or tried to obtain something from someone.