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HOW THE YOUTH-LED NGO BHENT IS CREATING A MAJOR IMPACT WITHIN THE SOCIETY

The goverment is reponsible for managing many aspects of the country, thus the goverment body isn't capable of capturing the full human aspects of life.  That's why our Non Governmental Organisation (NGO) Bhent comes in place, to grant support and  monetary facilitates to the underprivileged children, youngsters and burdened classes of the society. Several schemes have been instituted to ensure that underprivileged children receive a solid educational base including 'Samagra Shiksha' and 'Strengthening for Providing Quality Education in Madrassas' (SPQEM). While the schemes are in place, and are excellent on paper, the results tell a different story. And, when it comes to quality education, there is an extreme shortage of qualified and dedicated teachers. Evidently, nothing extraordinary can be expected from students. In keeping with the report of the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO), 32 million children aged up to thirteen years have not been to schoo...

MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIOUR IN SCHOOLS

What do we mean by mental health? The World Health Organization (WHO) conceptualises mental health as a “state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community”. In layman’s terms, mental health is your general state of well being and state of mind. Something that should be look after. Whereas Mental illness is something that disrupts your mental state and interrupts how you feel,think, communicate and behave. OK but how will someone know if she/he is mentally healthy or not ?Is there a scope of self diagnosis? Well absolutely no. Humans, especially modern age masses,have always been keen on understanding themselves better and evidently have a thirst for self exploration, which is the light guiding sciences like biology,psychology and anthropology. Nevertheless, young adults are extremely savvy with internet - all it takes i...

PLASTIC WASTE

What is plastic? Broadly speaking any material that shows the property of plasticity i.e. the capacity to undergo a change in shape under external pressure and retain the new shape even when the pressure is withdrawn is called a plastic material. Chemically,plastic is any synthetic or semi synthetic organic polymer i.e. they always include carbon and hydrogen. The development of plastics has evolved from the use of naturally plastic materials to use of the chemical modification of those materials. In the nineteenth century, during the industrial revolution, the development of plastics accelerated with Charles Goodyear’s discovery of vulcanisation of rubber in 1839.Which was followed by invention of parkensine in 1855 by Alexander Parkes, is considered the first man made plastic. The world’s fully synthetic plastic was bakelite,invented in 1907 by Leo Baekeland, who coined the term plastics. After the World War 1,improvements in chemistry led to an explosion of new forms of plastics, wi...