Award India October 2016

AWARD INDIA | Year 20 - Issue 3 - October 2016 |

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Award Global Coverage Recognition at GAC-2016 Empowering Leaders through Training Snapshot @IAYP Pin-up Board Thank You Award for Making Me so Confident Road to Gold

THE INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

From the Editor's Desk: Dear Readers, It has always been our endeavour to share with you all, either through Award India or The Award Weekly, the impact of the Award and the life transforming experiences that the Award brings to all those who are associated with it in their varied capacities as participants, volunteers, Award Leaders, trainers, alumni, or in short, as an IAYPian.

Continuing the same, in this issue, the purpose of the entire editorial team is to highlight how the Award has grown in the last 60 years since its birth in 1956 through the Global outreach map, how one feels when one is rewarded on completion of the Gold Award journey through life treasuring moments being captured during the Annual Gold Award Ceremony 2016, how the Award empowers and equips its team through a plethora of Workshops, Orientations and Award Training Sessions being conducted by the team from July onwards. And not only this, not to miss in this issue are the inspiring stories from the life of Awardees that highlight how the Award, through its various sections, significantly contributes in shaping the personality, sharpening the skills set, strengthening the mind and the body of each participant, unleashes their true potential and polishes their true character by exposing them to their individual challenges.

Therefore, when you turn each page of this issue, we want you to know and remember that these celebrations, engagements and stories are for you and about you. And to make it an ongoing process and strengthen our togetherness, we invite you to send us your write-ups and stories, along with good resolution photographs, for the next issue of the Award India and Award Weekly, so that we all can realize, through our individual pursuits, that when we transcend our differences and walk together, our path and journey become one.

Pratibha Kumari Singh Honorary Editor National Director – Kapil Bhalla Honorary Editor – Pratibha Kumari Singh Award India is published by Kapil Bhalla for The International Award for Young People, India.

This publication is the newsletter for operators, leaders, volunteers and participants and meant for internal circulation only.

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Award Global Coverage

Countries and territories where the Award operates (as at 2016)

OUR OUTCOME MEASURES Short Term

Confidence

OUR IMPACT MEASURES Long Term

Improved educational attainment

Managing feelings

Improved employability and sustainable livelihoods

Resilience and determination

Improved health and well-being

Relationships and leadership

Increased participation in civic life

Creativity and adaptability

Social inclusion

Planning and problem solving

The environment

Intercultural competence

Gender equality

Civic competence

Reduced reoffending rates

Personal and social well-being

Reduction and prevention of violence, conflict resolution and peace-building

Communication

Gold Award Ceremony 2016 The day was July 14 and The Award Programme in India recognised the hard work, passion, perseverance and strength of 106 Gold Awardees out of 149 Gold Award Achievers this year in the Gold Award Ceremony -2016 , along with 51 Award Leaders who were felicitated for their long term contribution towards the Award. The entire event, an experience to witness the elation and jubilance on the face of each youth along with those who had come there, was something that left an abiding impression in the minds of all.

This year, Mr. Kapil Bhalla, National Director, along with Mr. Himmat Kalsia (Chairman, APF) and Dr. Sanat Kaul (Managing Trustee, APF) took the privilege to invite Mr Abbas Ali Baig, former cricketer, Indian team as the Chief Guest to grace the occasion and felicitate all the Gold Award Holders.

While Mr. Kapil Bhalla on behalf of the NAA and APF took the opportunity to welcome the Chief Guest, Mr Abbas Ali Baig, he also honoured and congratulated Mr. Jorawar Singh, Principal, Cambridge International School, Phagwara and Dr. Sumer Bahadur Singh, Principal, The Daly College Indore for their invaluable contribution to the Award Programme and presented them the Friendship Badge.

Followed by this were a variety of performances by Award Participants, commencing with a solo song by Aditi from Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar; a dazzling tableau dance performance by participants form Uttam School, Ghaziabad; a presentation from the participants from Sri Sarada Math, Rasik Bhita, Konkana and Swagata, about the Gender Diversity and Empowerment Project; and a short film by Abijeet Nagpal from The Scindia School, Gwalior who shared his experience of a cycling expedition from Manali to Leh. After this, a report on the progress of the Award was delivered by the National Director, Kapil Bhalla who also outlined the future plans and thereafter applauded the four participants with special needs from Raphael Ryder Cheshire International Centre, Dehra Dun, who received their Gold Award for their extraordinary pursuit.

Then was the Award Presentation Ceremony where the Chief Guest Mr Abbas Ali Baig handed the Gold Certificates to the participants and also honoured a selected group of Award Leaders with Special, Voluntary and Outstanding Service Meritorious Certificates.

The Chief Guest in his speech congratulated all the Awardees and Award Leaders for their success , sharing some life experiences with the audience, he mentioned how he faced challenges when he was young and how he overcome them with focus and determination.

Mr. Himmat Kalsia, Chairman, APF proposed the Vote of Thanks at the end of the ceremony.

To read the complete Gold Award Report 2016 , please refer Vol VIII, Issue 29, of the Award Weekly published on 20th July 2016 or visit our blog at http://blog.iayp.in.

Empowering Leaders through Training The NAA organises regular training programmes, workshops and orientations to engage, equip and empower volunteers and Award Leaders so that they can contribute in augmenting the Development and spread of Award in all parts of India. This quarter, the Award Training Workshops were organized by the National Director, Programme Manager, and members of the National Training Panel at the Award Training Centre, New Delhi on 28th - 29th July 2016; Ebenezer International School, Bangalore on 5th and 6th August, 2016; Church School, Mumbai on 26th and 27th August; Award Training Centre, New Delhi on 16th and 17th of September 2016; and one-day Award Leader Training Workshop at Vidhyashram International School, Jodhpur on 23rd September 2016; in which more than 130 Award Leaders were trained.

Moreover, the NAA team also conducted the Orientation Sessions which follow: One Day Orientation Programme for the Award Leaders at The Aditya Birla Public School Kotputli, Rajasthan on 24th July 2016; Karaumbiah's Academy for Learning & Sports, Gonikoppal on 3rd Ausgust 2016; Lady Khatun Marium School, Panvel on 23rd August 2016; Sanjeewan Vidyalaya, Panchgani on 24th August 2016; Sir Padampat Singhania Education Centre, Kanpur on 2nd September 2016; Award Orientation for teachers and students of The Punjab Public School, Nabha on 10th September 2016; Sankalp Sahodaya South-West Delhi on 16th September 2016 and also the Programme Manager's visit to Bodhi International School, Jodhpur on 24th September 2016.

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Thank You Award for Making Me so Confident!

Gold Award Holder Anupama Das from Sri Sarada Math, Kolkata, is sharing her life transforming experience with us.

I have been associated with the Award Programme since June 2012 at Sri Sarada Math-Rasik Bhita. When I started my Award journey I was physically unfit and was very worried about the Adventurous section of the Award. In spite of this, I didn’t lose my confidence and started working hard under the remaining three sections of the Award. Gradually, as I monitored my progress, I started gaining confidence and at last got ready for my first Adventurous Journey at Susunia Hills, Bankura. I live in a small village in the Hooghly District and have never been anywhere outside my village, so, it was for the first time that I came in contact with nature outside my village, and the experience of this journey was such that I would treasure and savour all my life.

In 2015, I completed my Gold Award Journey and received my Gold Award at the Gold Award Ceremony organised at New Delhi. It goes without saying that these three years of my association with the Award not only instilled in me new confidence but also transformed my personality to a larger extent. I now see myself as a confident and assertive individual who can express herself to anyone. Sharing a personal experience from my life here would probably highlight my point better. In my society and village, the act of child marriage is very common. Girls are married at a very early age and as a result, they are not able to continue their studies. I encountered a similar situation in my life when my family forced my elder sister to get married to an unknown individual.

The Award gave me confidence to fight against this social evil and I was able to protest against this incident that was going to happen with my sister. I fought with every member of my family and convinced them to stop this early marriage. At the same time I also took the initiative to find a job for my sister so that she could start earning and begin a new chapter of her life.

It was a dark phase that I had gone through but with courage and confidence I achieved success at last. It was not easy to start a career like other girls of my city. But I am happy to write that my elder sister started working in TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) and this year after completing my graduation I too got placed in TCS. Besides this, I have also been involved with Gender Diversity Empowerment Project as an intern from our village.

I am grateful to my mentors and our Award Leader who have always supported me and encouraged me to overcome difficulties and challenges. Now, I can see transformation taking place in my village. By seeing my journey and success, most of the girls are interested in award Programme and want to continue their studies instead of getting married. I feel immense pride in being a pioneer of this initiative.

While I express my deepest gratitude to the Award, all I could say at the end is thank you Award for making me so confident!

There is more to us than we know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps for the rest of our lives we will be unwilling to settle for less.

Kurt Hahn

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Road to Gold Sukanya Shukla, a Gold participant from The Scindia School, Gwalior is sharing her Award journey with us.

Back in 2014 when our team was returning from a cycling expedition (and thus, successfully fulfilling one of the criteria of the IAYP Silver Award), my teacher coordinator asked me about how the entire seven days journey had been for me.

Extremely excited to answer that question, I described all that I had enjoyed doing. When I was done, she asked me if I had learnt anything on this trip. That’s when I realised that my IAYP journey was more than just enjoyment. It was about exploring, learning and understanding the true meaning of this award. As soon as I realised this, my Gold Award journey became astonishingly interesting. Earlier I only enjoyed IAYP, but now I began understanding it as well.

My Gold Award journey began right after I received my Silver Award. It began with me continuing to do pistol shooting, which I had already been doing consistently for two consecutive years. Every day that I spent in the shooting range brought me closer to understanding the true meaning of discipline in life. I understood what people meant when they said that sometimes you meditate while you work.

When I realized this, shooting to me was no longer just a sport that I had started practicing for an hour and a half each day. I had also been working in my school’s papier-mâché department, which was not only a useful and fun skill that I acquired, but also enhanced my creativity. It was an amazing feeling to create things with my hands, without having to worry if I was doing everything correctly. Every idea and every creation was welcomed. This atmosphere of openness in the papier-mâché department was a blessing as all us who worked there; we never felt restricted from making anything.

I also took classes in a blind people's home in my city but, surprisingly enough, I think it was I who learnt a lot in that one hour class. The one thing that was common amongst everyone in the blind home was that they never considered their lack of sight a disability. None of them ever hoped for any sympathy or pity from anyone and each person there was enjoying life as best as they could. It was a pleasure interacting with them.

I also took part in an expedition in the Spiti region for the duration of fifteen days, where we worked together to build a greenhouse. We were told that this greenhouse not only served as a great source of income for the local family, for whom we made it, but it also allowed them to grow vegetables during the winters when there is minimal sunlight in the mountains. We cooked our own breakfast and lunch and whoever took to kitchen duty, realised how difficult it was to cook food for thirty people. After eight days of hard work we were finally able to build a decent greenhouse for one of the local families. We also trekked to a lot of places around the same region, home-stayed with local families and enjoyed experiencing their culture. Before we began the expedition, we were told about the rules of trekking in the forest and the different things that we should take special care of while staying in the houses of our host families. It was a memorable expedition which gave us an opportunity to observe the mountains and their culture closely and learn so much from it.

Immediately after the month of April, my teacher coordinator finally gave me the news that I would be receiving my Gold Award on 14th July 2016. I feel satisfied and proud to have successfully completed all that was required to qualify for the Award. But most importantly, I am also extremely thankful to IAYP for giving me the opportunity to explore and learn. I realise that all the social work that we did, helped the people for whom we did it, but most importantly, it shaped us to become better human beings. The entire IAYP journey was truly an extraordinary one and contributed in shaping my growth as a person.

People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.

Edmund Hillary

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ASSAM       

YES Centres

GEMS NPS International School, Guwahati Maria's Public School, Guwahati Miles Bronson Residential School, Guwahati Parijat Academy, Guwahati Royal Global School, Guwahati Sarala Birla Gyan Jyoti, Guwahati The Assam Valley School, Tezpur

BIHAR  

Litera Valley School, Patna Manav Bharati Heritage School, Kaimur

CHANDIGARH  

Saupins School, Sector 32A, Chandigarh Vivek High School, Chandigarh

CHATTISGARH 

O P Jindal School, Raigarh

DELHI                    

Amity International School, Mayur Vihar, Phase - I, New Delhi Amity International School, Pushp Vihar, New Delhi Amity International School, Saket, New Delhi Bal Bharati Public School, New Delhi Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram, New Delhi DPS International School, Saket, New Delhi Guru Nanak Public School, New Delhi Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi Jaspal Kaur Public School, Delhi Mata Jai Kaur Public School, Ashok Vihar Phase-III, New Delhi Modern Public School, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi Modern School, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi Modern School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi Open Award Centre, New Delhi Salaam Baalak Trust, New Delhi St. Mary's School, Dwarka, New Delhi St. Mary's School, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi Takshila Educational Society, Defence Colony, New Delhi The British School, New Delhi The Naz Foundation (I) Trust, Delhi

GUJARAT   

K.D. Ambani Vidyamandir, Jamnagar Navrachana International School, Vadodara The Galaxy School, Rajkot

HARYANA   

Amity International School, Sector 43, Gurgaon Amity International School, Sector 46, Gurgaon Ansal Institute of Technology, Gurgaon

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Delhi Public School, Gurgaon G D Goenka World School, Gurgaon Govt. Sr. Sec. School (Sponsored by JCB India), Jharsaintly Homerton Grammar School, Faridabad O P Jindal Modern School, Hisar Pathways World School, Gurgaon Rohini Educational Society, Gurgaon Samaskaara, Gurgaon Satluj Public School, Panchkula Shiv Nadar School, Gurgaon Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar Vidya Sanskar International School, Faridabad

HIMACHAL PRADESH    

Him Academy Public School, Hiranagar Him Academy Public School, Vikas Nagar, Hamirpur Pinegrove School, Solan The Lawrence School, Sanawar

JAMMU & KASHMIR 

Jodhamal Public School, Jammu

JHARKHAND  

Manav Vikas School, Jamshedpur Valley View School, Jamshedpur

KARNATAKA              

Cathedral High School, Bangalore Coorg Public School, Mysore Daffodils School of Education, Bijapur Ebenezer International School, Bangalore Green Valley National School & P U College, Shiroor Greenwood High, Bangalore Jain International School, Bangalore Karaumbiah's Academy for Learning & Sports, Gonikoppal Oakridge International School, Bangalore Sanganabasava International Residential School, Bijapur Sarala Birla Academy, Bangalore Shantiniketan Group of Institutions, Bijapur Sri Kumaran Children's Home School, Bangalore The International School, Bangalore

KERALA    

CKM NSS Senior Secondary School, Chalakudi The High Range School, Munnar The Horizon School, Calicut Trivandrum International School, Trivandrum

MADHYA PRADESH      

Billabong High International School, Bhopal Choithram School, Indore Delhi Public School, Gwalior Lions Convent Hr. Sec. School, Sendhwa New Digamber Public School, Indore Scindia Kanya Vidyalaya, Gwalior

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SYNA International School, Katni The Daly College, Indore The Emerald Heights International School, Indore The Sanskaar Valley School, Chandanpura, Bhopal The Scindia School, Gwalior The Shishukunj International School, Indore Vidyasagar School, Indore

MAHARASHTRA                        

Astitva Foundation, Pune B.K. Birla Centre for Education School, Maval, Pune Bombay Cambridge School, Andheri (East), Mumbai Bombay Scottish School, Mahim, Mumbai Christ Church School, Mumbai City International Group of Schools, Mumbai CP Goenka International School, Mumbai Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai DSB International School, Mumbai EuroSchool, Airoli, Mumbai Hinduja Foundation India (The Ashok Layland School), Mumbai International School Aamby, Pune Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai Lady Khatun Marium School, Panvel, Mumbai Light of Life Trust, Mumbai Lodha World School, Thane, Mumbai P. G. Garodia School, Mumbai Rustomjee Cambridge International School, Mumbai Sanjay Ghodawat International School, Kolhapur Sanjeewan Vidyalaya, Panchgani Singapore International School, Mumbai Symbiosis International School, Pune The Cathedral & John Connon School, Mumbai The Cathedral Vidya School, Lonavala

NAGALAND  

Hollotoli School, Dimapur Livingstone Foundation, Dimapur

ODISHA 

KiiT International School, Bhubaneswar

PUNJAB               

Bawa-Lalvani Public School, Kapurthala Cambridge International School, Phagwara Dikshant International School, Zirakpur Government of Punjab, Punjab Harvest International School, Ludhiana Ivy World School, Jalndhar JMK International School, Pathankot Partap World School, Pathankot Saffron City School, Distt. Fatehgarh Sahib Saffron Public School, Phagwara Sat Paul Mittal School, Ludhiana The British Co-ed High School, Patiala The Millennium School, Patiala The Punjab Public School, Nabha Vivek High School, Mohali

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Yadavindra Public School, Mohali Yadavindra Public School, Patiala

RAJASTHAN              

Bodhi International School, Jodhpur Chinar Public School, Alwar Heritage Girls' School, Udaipur Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Vidyalaya, Jaipur Mayo College Boy's School, Ajmer MGD Girls' School, Jaipur Mody School, Lakshmangarh Neerja Modi School, Jaipur Pt. Uma Dutt Public School, Dholpur Sangam School of Excellence, Bhilwara SunRise University, Alwar The Aditya Birla Public School, Kotputli The Sagar School, District Alwar Vidhyashram International School, Jodhpur

TAMIL NADU                      

Akshayah Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai AMM Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Kotturpuram, Chennai Athena Global School, Chidambaram Audacious Dreams Foundation, Vellore Crescent School, Chennai Good Shepherd International School, Ootacamund Govt. Hr. Sec. School, Kaniyambad, Vellore Hebron School, Ootacamund Hiranandani Upscale School, Kelambakkam Lakshmi School, Madurai Lalaji Memorial Omega International School, Kolapakkam, Chennai Olcott Memorial School, Chennai Smart Modern School Tripur, Tirupur Thamarai International School, Thanjavur The Camford International School, Coimbatore The Chinmaya International Residential School, Coimbatore The Laidlaw Memorial School & Junior College, Ooty The Lawrence School, Lovedale The Vikasa School, Tuticorin TI Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Chennai Vikaasa School, Madurai

TELANGANA 

The Aga Khan Academy, Hyderabad

UTTAR PRADESH       

Allenhouse Public School, Kanpur Amity International School, Sector 44, Noida Amity International School, Sector 6, Vasundhara, Ghaziabad Amity International School, Sector-1, Vasundhara, Ghaziabad Billabong High International School, Kanpur City Montessori School (CMS), Lucknow Delhi Public School, Ghaziabad

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Delhi Public School, NTPC Vidyut Nagar DLF Public School, Sahibabad Genesis Global School, Noida Indirapuram Public School, Ghaziabad Khaitan Public School, Sahibabad Kothari International School, Noida Pathways School, Noida Ramagya School, Noida Samsara World School, Greater Noida Shiv Nadar School, Noida Sir Padampat Singhania Education Centre, Kanpur Sunbeam School Lahartara, Varanasi Uttam School for Girls, Ghaziabad Vikash Bharati School, Gorakhpur

UTTARAKHAND                  

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The Indian Public School, Dehra Dun Tula's International School, Dehra Dun Unison World School, Dehra Dun Welham Boys School Society, Dehra Dun Welham Girls School, Dehra Dun Woodstock School, Mussoorie Wynberg-Allen School, Mussoorie

WEST BENGAL

Ashok Hall Girls' Residential School, Ranikhet Birla Vidyamandir, Nainital Cambrian Hall, Dehra Dun Doon International School, Dehra Dun Ecole Globale International Girls School, Dehra Dun G. D .Birla Memorial School, Ranikhet Hopetown Girls' School, Dehra Dun Kasiga School, Dehra Dun Maa Anandmayee Memorial School, Raiwala, Dehra Dun Mussoorie International School, Mussoorie Purkal Youth Development Society, Dehra Dun Raphael (Differently abled), Dehra Dun Selaqui International School, Dehra Dun Shri Ram Centennial School, Dehra Dun Summer Valley School, Dehra Dun The Aryan School, Dehra Dun The Asian School, Dehra Dun The Doon School, Dehra Dun

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All Bengal Womens' Union Home, Kolkata Birla Divya Jyoti, Siliguri Birla High School, Kolkata Calcutta International School, Kolkata Delhi Public School, Megacity, Kolkata Delhi Public School, Newtown, Kolkata Dr. Grahams Homes, Kalimpong Emmanuel Ministries, Kolkata Father LeBlond School, Madati Future Hope India, Kolkata GEMS Akademia International School, Kolkata La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata M.C. Kejriwal Vidyapeeth, Howrah Mahadevi Birla World Academy, Kolkata Modern High School for Girls, Kolkata Ramkrishna Mission Blind Boys Academy, Kolkata Sainik School Purulia, Dist.Purulia South Point High School, Kolkata Sri Sarada Math, Kolkata Sri Sri Academy, Kolkata Sushila Birla Girls' School, Kolkata The Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society School, Kolkata The Heritage School, Kolkata

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