Pathways World School, Gurgaon: Reflection on flood in Jammu & Kashmir through an assembly

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CAS, the heart of IB Diploma programme, is a cycle of experiential learning where the students plan, act, observe and reflect. CAS enables students to enhance their personal and interpersonal development. At the same time, it provides an important counterbalance to the academic pressures of the rest of the Diploma Programme. A good CAS programme should be both challenging and enjoyable, a personal journey of self‑discovery. Each individual student has a different starting point, and therefore different goals and needs, but for many their CAS activities include experiences that are profound and life‑changing. The MYP Community and Service (C & S) program ties in with the CAS program to be undertaken in the Diploma. Community and Service Learning is a compulsory component of IB MYP and helps our students connect what is learned in school through to the real world. This learning extends beyond the classroom allowing students to participate in the community where they live, paying special importance to developing their sense of social responsibility, improving those skills that will enable them to make meaningful contributions to the society. This blog is a way to connect and reflect.

Friday, September 26, 2014

Reflection on flood in Jammu & Kashmir through an assembly

In all natural disasters through time, man needs to attach meaning to tragedy, no matter how random and inexplicable the event is.-Nathaniel Philbrick

The situation in Jammu and Kashmir due to the devastating floods worsened as more areas became submerged in flood waters, leaving a trail of death and destruction.

The death toll in the floods, the worst to have hit the state in the last 60 years, reached 215, while over 82,000 people were being rescued. Thousands of families were stranded and awaited help in their homes across the valley. The districts in South Kashmir districts were the worst hit by the catastrophe, with many areas still cut off. Over 30% of the capital city, Srinagar was under flood waters.

On Thursday, 18th September, Middle School Student Council hosted an assembly to give a brief on this natural crisis and their point of view on it. This was accompanied by a heartbreaking video which included glimpses of what the floods had done to the people and their homes.

After that, there was a small instruct on how we could help by sending resources like medicines, packaged food, water purifying tablets, etc. and the little but meaningful difference we could make as citizens of India.

The assembly ended with a short quiz for the students on their under-standing and a summary of the situation.

We would encourage you all to contribute to NGOs to help the people of Jammu and Kashmir to the best of your efforts.

Mehak Malhotra

Grade 8x