Small steps for a brighter tomorrow – Aflatouns’ initiative to create‘Oxygen Bank’

We all know Aflatouns practice savings and they mostly save money; but these children are a lot smarter and responsible than we think. Children in Zilla Parishad School, Manikkhabh (Igatpuri), had several discussions and debates over global warming, pollution, deforestation, etc. They knew well that a lot (of damage) has been done and the world has already started witnessing the consequences. Therefore, these little enthusiasts decided to do their bit to nurture and protect Mother Nature from the predictable dangers. After discussing the issue with their school teacher Dipak Bhadane, little Aflatouns in Manikkhabh came up with an innovative approach and that was to create an oxygen bank!
“Yes, just like we save money in our Aflatoun bank so that we do not suffer from a dearth of cash when in need; similarly we want to create an oxygen pool to protect ourselves and our world from any environmental crisis.” said the children.
Teacher divided children into seven groups and each group was given a sapling. The group was named after the particular plant species it received.
Each group planted their saplings and watered it. Children have decided that each group will take care of its plant, water and nurture it regularly. Whenever children in the current group pass out of the school, they will responsibly handover the plant to their juniors so that no plant/tree is left unattended.
To save water, children decided to use the remaining water left in their water bottles at the end of day before they leave school. Now onwards, they will use it to water the plants before leaving for home.
A SMALL STEP BUT WHAT A GREAT CAUSE!