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Gujarat Educational Trip 2020

As a part of our holistic care, the Society organises an inter and intra-state educational trip annually. These 15-day trips are conducted during the Summer and Winter vacation break. We have over the years taken students to Odisha, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and others. This year, we organised our annual trip to Gujarat, westernmost state of India. We structured the itinerary around the topics that were the part of the academics of the students.

Through this tour, we were able to educate students in a practical and interesting manner. Something that is seen in reality can be easily perceived than something that we simply read in a book. This enabled us to also attain traits like Personal Development, Deepen Social and Historical Knowledge, Respect for Different Culture and Peer Learning on an individual.

We thank everyone for organising this trip and enabling such a heartening experience for all of us!                                                                         !

The group of 50 students from class 9^th and 11^th with six teachers left for their much-awaited trip to Gujarat on the evening of January 1, 2020. This was 13-day trip inclusive of travelling to Gujarat and back. They covered three major cities of Gujarat; Ahmedabad, Porbandar and Junagadh.

In these 13 days, students were able to cover a huge number of a topic from their academics which covered majorly History, Economy, Climate and Wildlife and Culture.

This has left a great impact in the minds of our students, where they went without families, with their friends and colleagues, which allowed them to rely on themselves and take responsibility and enjoy the activities of the trip.

The healthcare project strengthens care facilities for all children at the Purkal Youth Development Society. We are honoured and delighted to receive such a warm response from you and other donors, and would like to thank you for the support. 

A full-time school nurse takes care of health and hygiene, first aid, and attending to students’ needs on a daily basis. Every child undergoes an extensive annual check-up with reputed ENT doctors, eye specialists, dentists, etc., and health records are being maintained. Remedial measures such as the provision of spectacles, treatment of skin allergies, and vaccinations, etc. are administered. Under our promise of blanket medical cover to all beneficiaries, we recently helped a child with 60% burns recover and resume class 3, while another boy had to undergo pyeloplasty due a congenital problem with his left kidney. Without your help and our intervention, such incidents would have gone unattended, and the children would have suffered in poverty.

So, thank you truly for your help :)

Healthy children excel in their fields of interest – senior students of grades 10 and 12made us proud with a 100% result in their central board examination. Many are now successfully placed in partner universities, taking another step towards their future. On the sports front, our students have participated in State-level competitions and won medals for the school. Gaurav of grade 8 was selected for the State Basketball Team and competed at the National Tournament held in Odisha, India.

Now the children are excitedly preparing for the PYDS Annual Day celebrations in November. We hope you get a chance to meet you there!

 We are also happy to share that we were the Regional Winner of 10th Spirit of HumanityAnnual Awards 2019 by Americares India Foundationfor creating tangible Social Impact.