St. Teresa's Institute of Education

Peace Rally

Name & details of Resource Person
Date	17/11/2017
Faculty	Arts
Department/Committee	Education
Co-ordinator name	St. Teresa's Institute of Education Dr. Sheela Philip Medwiz - Dr. Mamta Jain
Time	7.30 AM to 1.00 PM
Venue	Streets of Mumbai… Khar West, Santacruz West, Andheri East, Andheri West, Goregoan West, Vakola East, Marine lines.
Activity for Class/Group with Total Number of Attendees	Present Candidates - 877
Nature: Indoor	Let's Raise Our Voice for No Noise... using Art, Craft, Drama, Literature & Dance
St. Elias High School St. Teresa's Convent High School. Canossa High School. St. Louis Convent High School. St. Thomas Academy. St. Charles High School Our Lady of Dolours School
Names of Students who Supported	FYBED - 49 SYBED - 50

Objectives for conducting Activity
Topic/Subject of the Activity	Peace Rally - Let's 'Raise Our Voice for No Noise'... using Art, Craft, Drama, Literature & Dance.
To prepare students to enact a street play on noise pollution that arises out of indiscriminate honking on the streets. To sensitize the public regarding reducing noise in an entertaining way using a flash-mob dance. (environmental messages). To prepare charts, props, posters and symbols using environmentally safe material (no thermacole and plastic). To engage students to learn about the side effects of noise pollution eg. high Blood Pressure(BP), Stress , Diabetes, hearing impairment To document the event with photographs and videos. To promote concern for the community we live in.
Methodology	Rally (silent walk holding banners), street play, Flash mob Dance
Outcome
The rally gave us an opportunity to network with our host institution St. Teresa's Institute of Education and form bonds to strengthen our work relationship. This initiative was a novel idea creatively executed. It engaged our students in gathering data relevant to the topic on Noise pollution. It was an exercise for our teachers in engaging students through experiential learning. The students were joyful and participated whole heartedly. The students contributed with ideas for the event. The people on the road took up well to what we had to showcase. It has sown seeds of awareness among our students about the hazards of noise.