One Step at a Time
On
Nov 1, 2014, American High School junior, Daya Kulkarni
hosted a fund raiser event towards Girls Scout Gold Award Project “One Step
Towards a Better Life” at the Math Science Nucleus.
The event raised money for building
a bathroom and developing health science lessons for the children in Hubli,
located in the southern part of India in State Karnataka.
“As
a child, I learned that not all people have the basic necessities in life
and I have the chance to help people receive these needs. In Hubli India,
where my grandparents live, there is small school for the poor where about
300 students go to. In this facility they don’t have bathrooms for neither
the students nor the teachers. Living in America we take for granted
hygienic precautions, where as in this village, they do not have money to
pay for the constructions of bathrooms.”
Daya's raised $1,300 which was used to built a
bathroom.
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During the fundraiser Daya invited her friends to help entertain the audience after they visited the museum. There were singers and dancers that created a wonderful atmosphere.
Daya also brought to India interactive hands-on science lesson plans. These lesson plans will help the students enhance their health knowledge.