User:Shishu Utsav Committee

BRIEF DETAILS OF THE INSTITUTION/ORGANIZATION, ITS OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

With a view to promote alround development of the children of the locality a committee named “ASHOKENAGAR-KALYANGARH SHISHU UTSAV COMMITTEE” was formed in the year 2000, consisting of dignitaries from all walks of lives of the society. Since that year the committee has been organizing various creative activities for cultural, intellectual, physical and mental development of the children. The committee decided to start the children festival on 14th November 2001, known as “BALA DIVAS” to commemorate the birth anniversary of Pandit Jawhar Lal Nehru. On that auspicious day hundreds of children assembled at a particular spot, took oath and thereafter dispersed to different walls by the road side, ready for paintings and they drew paintings according to the given theme. Since then up to the last 12 years the festival started on the same auspicious day and continued for three months and the children upto the age of fourteen participated in various competitions including football tournament, sports, workshop, drama festival, literary festival, exhibition, dance, recitation, vocal music, sit & draw, debate, seminar, film festival etc. Every year the festival was concluded at the 1st week of February. The concluding function was staged on a huge Dias at “ Kachuamore” at the heart of the township Ashokenagar, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India. The central function continued for five days. Every year on the opening day of the central function almost ten thousand children participated in a well decorated well organized procession. Every year the procession carried placards, banners, well decorated tablo’s exposing various themes such as “Save the environment & stop pollution”, “Protect children rights”, “Education for children”, “Halt child labour system”, “Stop child trafficking” etc. The festival as a whole stirred the entire area of the township and commanded all out support. In the conclusion it will not be out of place to mention that the committee is not confined to cultural functions only. It organizes workshop, seminar, exhibition, health camp for children, offer text book & school dress to poor children at a free of cost and even render legal assistance for the save guard of the oppressed children. The committee was registered in the 2007 vide Reg. No. S1L/41931 dated 17/1/2007. Since then the committee has been maintaining a office efficiently managed.