Dr. D.Y.Patil College of Pharmacy,Akurdi,Pune has organised, National Social Service Special Winter Camp at village Kanhe,Taluka.Maval, Pune. During this camp various social activities were carried out at Kanhe village.
The Inauguration Function was conducted at Kanhegaon in presence of Mrs. PunamSatkar, Sarpanch, Dr. N. S. Vyawahare, Principal, Dr. D. Y .Patil College of Pharmacy, Akurdi, Dr. V. M. Wadhai, Principal, Dr. D. Y. Patil College of Engineering, Akurdi, Dr. R. K. Dumbre, Principal, Siddhant College of Pharmacy, Sudumbare, Dr. D. S. Shirode, NSS Program officer, Gram panchayat members and 100 NSS volunteers.
During National Social Service Special Winter Camp,NSS volunteers carried out various activities like Baseline survey of village, Health Checkup Camp, Swatch Bharat Abhiyan, Tree Plantation, Water Harvesting,Rally , Street-Play and Awareness Program on Swine Flu, Dengue.
Total 103 people enthusiastically participated in Health Checkup Camp where NSS volunteers actively involved in diverse activities like Blood Pressure Checkup (84 persons), Hemoglobin Checkup (45 persons),Eye Checkup (45 persons), Blood Group determination (31) and Blood Donation (31 persons)etc.
Shramdaan was carried out by the students in the old age home, Ahirwadi, where students also interacted with senior citizens. As a part of Shramdaan activity, students also planned for preparation for the Tree plantation activity and around 26 saplings of different species were planted at Kanhegaon. In addition to this, water harvesting project was done where a small dam was built with the help of the villagers.
The NSS Volunteers of the institute participated in cleaning of Kanhegaon and surrounding area. Volunteers cleaned the village roads, removed dust heaps and cleared the stagnant drainage flows and attempted to create awareness on Cleanliness and hygiene. They swept with brooms on the roads of the village. NSS Volunteers also performed various Street play and Awareness Rally were conducted on various social issues like Women Empowerment, Lek Laadki, Soil waste management,dengue etc.
In National Social Service Special Winter Camp, Co-ordinator Dr. D. S. Shirode also organised ssessions on topics MPSC/UPSC guidance, Sarpmitra by Mr. Sagar Kore,Mr. Ashish Chimbalkar respectively for NSS volunteers. Swachatta, Higher Education, Personality Development, Comminucation Skills, Health Care like topic explored by NSS volunteers Kamesh Sarpe, Arpita Vellore, Sanket Korde, Chaitrali Koli, Gurunath Pimple, and Mansi Patil for villagers.
During all the above activities villagers participated actively in large number and presented good response. The entire NSS camp was successful under the guidance of NSS Program officer, Dr. D.S. Shirode, Mr. A. D. Chimbalkar, Mr. Jaydeep Khade and student volunteers Nikhil Dhavale, Prahlad Wanve, Dnyaneshwar Chandrwansi, Madhuri Gupta, Momin Shahnur etc.
