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Students of Akal Academy Uddat Saidewala Raise voice against Drug/Alcohol Addiction

Under the ‘Samaaj Sudhaar Kranti’ initiative of the Kalgidhar Trust, Baru Sahib – to create awareness about the hazards of Drugs Addiction amongst the youth of Punjab, on 3rd may 2014, the students alongside staff members of Akal Academy located at village Uddat Saidewala organized an awareness rally against Drug Abuse & Addiction.

The press note released on the event revealed that in this awareness rally, which was organized under the guidance of principal Gurjeet Kaur Ahluwalia, students held Anti Drugs Banners and Posters in their hands and walked through every street of the village and the areas nearby, loudly hailing the anti drug slogans to create awareness amongst the people. People listened to the appeals of the students very carefully. Principal Gurjeet Kaur, whilst addressing the rally, told that the increasing Drug/Alcohol menace is a matter of critical concern for our society.

Appreciate the little efforts here – http://barusahib.org/our-programs/rural-education-revolution/

~ Ramandeep Singh
~ New Delhi, 7th May ’14

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Sant Teja Singh Ji – 6th Inter Academy Basketball Tournament!

Akal Academy Cheema Sahib, running under the aegis of the Kalgidhar Trust Baru Sahib, recently observed 6th ‘Sant Teja Singh Ji Inter-Academy Basketball Tournament. In the tournament, 6 teams of girls participated from different Academies. Post the Kirtan performance by the Akal Academy Students during the opening ceremony, Principal S.Baljeet Kaur waived the flag to mark the initiation of the games.

 

Coach Kuldeep Thakur, whilst providing the detailed information about the event, revealed that in the tournament – Akal Academy Bhai Desa, Akal Academy Dhindsa and Akal Academy Ratia won 1st, 2nd and 3rd places respectively.

On this occasion, Principal Baljeet Kaur, whilst congratulating the winning teams, said that for the all around development of the students, participation in sport-games alongside studies is very important; she honored the winning teams with trophies and medals. During the event, Proncipal Beant Kaur, Akal Academy Punjabi Medium alongside entire staff were also present.

~ Ramandeep Singh
~ New Delhi, 6th May ’14

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Recycling Challenge – Students of Akal Academy, Dhotian show their creative side!

Last week students of Akal Academy, Dhotian faced a challenge to prove their hidden talents. Students of class I to VIII were asked to reuse waste materials and create a piece of art submitting that as a class project. The challenge was to do all this in just an hour! This is what the little […]

Last week students of Akal Academy, Dhotian faced a challenge to prove their hidden talents. Students of class I to VIII were asked to reuse waste materials and create a piece of art submitting that as a class project. The challenge was to do all this in just an hour! This is what the little ones came up with!

“Create out of Waste” Workshop at village Bhadaur Akal Academy

Akal Academy located at the village Bhadaur recently observed a creative workshop “Create out of Waste” on Saturday, 26th April,2014. The Workshop, observed as a part of lessons on Ecology Restoration, intents to induce constructive character and creative abilities amongst the students. Students from all classes & sections (I-VIII) participated with great enthusiasm in a […]

Akal Academy located at the village Bhadaur recently observed a creative workshop “Create out of Waste” on Saturday, 26th April,2014. The Workshop, observed as a part of lessons on Ecology Restoration, intents to induce constructive character and creative abilities amongst the students.

Students from all classes & sections (I-VIII) participated with great enthusiasm in a healthy competing spirit. They produced several beautifully crafted creative items like: –

  1. 1st and 2nd classes made beautiful items of clay modeling like animals, flowers, furniture items, fruits etc.
  2. 3rd and 4th classes made different decorated boxes like- application box, chalk box etc.
  3. 5th & 6th classes also made decorated boxes from waste bottles like- pen-holders, pencil box, comb’s box.
  4. 7th & 8th classes made different models of waste material like- scene of a hospital, Bangle box, posters or flowers banquet.

This activity was conducted by Ms. Parveen Bhardwaj & Ms. Maninderpal Kaur, house masters of Atul House.

The workshop was Judged by Ms. Harjit Kaur Gill and Ms. Amandeep Kaur Markand

The results were later declared by the respective judges and the children were also presented with the prizes.

~ Ramandeep Singh
~ New Delhi, 5th May ’14

Akal Academy Bhadaur Students’ Awareness Program cum Rally to curb Drug Abuse!

In an effort to create awareness and to combat the ongoing Drug/Alcohol crisis in the state, the young students of the village Bhadaur Akal Academy organized an Awareness Program cum Rally on 3rd May 2014. The students of class 7th & 8th went out on streets from 9:00 am alongside their respective class in-charges and the head of the club Mr.Jatinderpal Singh.

“Great zeal was observed amongst the students as they held high the slogan boards, banners, flags & spoke loud against drug abuse whilst creating awareness amongst the general public on the streets. They are surely going to grow up as great leaders of the country”, cited the principal of the Academy, who was leading the rally of the students.

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Dhan Sikhi! Dhan Khalsa!

Akal Academy Students observed Drug Awareness Rally

Under the Kalgidhar Trust, Baru Sahib’s initiative ‘Samaaj Sudhaar Kranti’ that is to create awareness about the hazards of Drugs Addiction amongst the youth of Punjab, which is getting ruined in the swamp of drug abuse, today, the students of Akal Academy Cheema Sahib organized an awareness rally against Drug Abuse & Addiction.

The rally was flagged off from local ‘Zilla Organizing Complex’ by Deputy Commisioner S.Pritam Singh Johal. Whilst addressing, he said that the increasing affect of  drug addiction amongst the youth is a critical challenge and each citizen alongside members of political, religious and social groups, need to come together to take a combative stance to tackle the problem. On this occasion, S.Johal Singh was honored by the Akal Academy.

Around 250 students participated in the rally, who held anti addiction slogans in their hands and hailed the messages in loud voice to create awareness about addiction amongst the people. The rally, starting from D.C. Complex took the course through bus stand at big chowk to reach it’s conclusive phase at Patiala gate. For the event D.P.R.O Manjeet Singh Bakshi, Akal Academy’s Vice Principal Manjeet Kaur Virk were also present alongside other members.

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~ Ramandeep Singh

~ New Delhi, 3rd May ’14

Akal Academy Dhanal Kalan students’ trip to Sacred River of Kali Baieen;

Akal Academy Dhanal Kalan Students take pledge for a cleaner and greener environment. ” ਪਹਿਲਾ ਪਾਣੀ ਜੀਓ ਹੈ ਜਿਤੁ ਹਰਿਆ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਇ “ “The Water is the first life, which has given greenery to everything” “Save Environment”, “Water is precious for us”, “Don’t pollute the air” these are the messages which we read daily through […]

Akal Academy Dhanal Kalan Students take pledge for a cleaner and greener environment.

” ਪਹਿਲਾ ਪਾਣੀ ਜੀਓ ਹੈ ਜਿਤੁ ਹਰਿਆ ਸਭੁ ਕੋਇ “
“The Water is the first life, which has given greenery to everything”

“Save Environment”, “Water is precious for us”, “Don’t pollute the air” these are the messages which we read daily through the newspapers, journals and  the magazines; we also often listen similar messages through Radio and TV. Yet we are remain theoretical, we feel it’s the job of the anchors or the writers to keep conveying such messages over and over again.

But there’s a Saint ,Baba Balbir Singh Ji Seechewaal Wale, who is also known as “Environment Lover” for his love for the environment; he has been working dedicatedly since years to save the precious water of Kali Baieen, the sacred river , on the bank on which, Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji spent 14 years 9 months and 13 days.

 To show the practical projects being undertaken by Hon’able Baba Balbir Singh Ji, the Akal Academy located at village Dhanal Kalan, recently organized a visit to the holy place of Sultanpur Lodhi.

The students first went to the memorial Gurdwara Sahib of Bebe Nanaki Ji, the sister of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. The Manager Veer ji, Bhai Balwinder Singh, welcomed the students and staff of the  Academy; the Granthi Singh honored the staff by giving ‘Siro-pao’. Then the students visited the holy Gurdwara Ber Sahib, where Guru Ji spent several years under the sacred ‘Beri’  tree and the bank of sacred River “Baieen”.

The sacred river, also known as “Kali Baieen” due to its bed of black soil, has long been polluted by the industrialists through their waste disposal that had contaminated its water for years. As a result, the people living near by the rivers started getting affected by the harmful water borne diseases. This river is approx. 160 km long and goes to Rajasthan. In the year 2009, Baba ji took the initiative and organized a march from Sultanpur Lodhi to Bikaner to awaken the people.

After this, a cleaning project was initiated, with the help of Sangat and Sant Mahapurukh, for the cleanliness of the sacred river ‘Kali Baieen’ which got successful by the blessings of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

The media also supported Baba Ji by publishing the news & updates of the projects from time to time to help promote awareness and fetch support. When the former President of India Dr. Abdul Kalam came to know about this project, he personally visited the sacred land of this river to appreciate the work of Babaji.

For the students, a special presentation and a documentary show was organized at the Multi-Media museum; through which they gained the insightful knowledge about the project. Baba ji also personally interacted with the students and inspired them by explaining how it is our moral duty to give respect and honor to the air, the water and the plants.

On the occasion, he also appreciated Hon’able Baba Iqbal Singh ji for his contribution to the society by facilitating education for the Rural children of India through the network of Akal Academies, which are doing a marvelous job in cocooning the youth from drugs/alcohol abuse and other social evils.

After his interaction, Baba ji checked the TDS level of water from the river and a hand-pump with the help of a meter in front of all the students . The TDS of river water was 165 & that from the hand pump was 362 i.e. the  water from the river was  purer that the of the hand-pump .

He also shared that they are also maintaining a nursery with different  & exotic varieties of plants which are helpful in removal of pollution; the plants are also distributed for free to everyone who visit their project

as “Parshad”.
At the end, S. Manjit Singh , the Punjabi Teacher of Akal Academy,  thanked Baba ji for giving  his valuable time to the students and the staff, and for motivating the students to do their best for this noble cause. As a gesture of assurance the students hailed “Jaikaras” & pledged to walk together to help awaken the society.

All the students received saplings as ‘Parshad’ and their hearts were filled with deep inspiration, zeal and enthusiasm towards serving for the betterment of the society.

A note of thanks was also emailed to Baba Balbir Singh Ji Seechewaal Wale by the Principal, AADK, Ms Harpreet Kaur for having spared his time in personally motivating the students to maintain a clean & green environment .

~ Ramandeep Singh
~ New Delhi, 3rd May ’14

Kar Sewa for the construction of Gurdwara at Gomti’s Pilibhit Marg Begins!

Sikh Sangat has started doing Kar-Sewa for the construction of the new and large Gurdwara at Gomti’s Pilibhit Marg. For the same, on Sunday, both males & females gathered in large number for Kar-Sewa to lay the foundation of staircase that leads to the first level.

Earlier, on 14th January 2014, Baba Iqbal Singh Ji, the founder Akal Academy, Baru SaKar Sewa for the construction of Gurdwara at Gomti's Pilibhit Marg Begins!hib, had come from Himachal to Gomti Gurdwara to lay the inaugural foundation stone for this new Gurdwara.

Kar Sewa for the construction of Gurdwara at Gomti's Pilibhit Marg Begins!

Akal Academy’s Organizer Jaswant Singh Veerji told that the existing Gurdwara will be relocated to the first level in the same building and the ground level will be converted into ‘Langar’ hall. The project of building the Gurdwara is of a Huge level in which an estimate expenditure of more than Rs 1 Crore is expected. The construction is to be done through the support of the organization and the people of the region. The construction work of the gurdwara has been initiated from Sunday, in the first phase of which, the foundation for the staircase that leads to the first level, has been constructed. For this work, the Sangat started arriving from early morning, men and women in great numbers did Kar-sewa reciting the name of Waheguru. In this Sewa, Jaswant Singh Veerji, Dalbi Singh, Gurmeet Singh, Dr. Jogender Singh, Jagdish Singh, Dr. Baljinder Singh, Balkar Singh were present in a leading way alongside several other people. During the entire course of the ‘Kar-Sewa’, the ‘Langar’ sewa remained active for the Sangat involved in the Kar-Sewa.

~ Ramandeep Singh
~ New Delhi, 28th April ’14

Village Dhanal Kalan Akal Academy’s ‘Darbar Sahib’ inaugurated alongside ‘Baisakhi’ celebration.

Students alongside their family members & staff observed grand celebrations on the occasion of Baisakhi on 14th April 2014 at the Academy’s campus located at the village Dhanal Kalan with full gusto.

To begin this pious event, the day started with the regular routine of ‘Nitnem’ from 7:50 am to 8:45. The assembly was organized by students of the Atul House, in which Ms Manjot Kaur , the English Educator, shared her views on Baisakhi with the students.

The students were really excited about the celebrations and also the Inauguration of ‘Darbar Sahib’ in the new building, on the 3rd level. All students gathered at the Gurdwara Sahib, decorated with colorful fresh flowers, with great enthusiasm & joy. The stage was conducted by Mrs Kamalpreet Kaur and student of Grade IX  Taranpreet Kaur , Arshdeep Kaur.

The Baisakhi ceremony started with an introductory speech by educator Ms Kamalpreet Kaur. She highlighted the main reasons behind the worldwide celebration of Baisakhi Festival. She explained the to the students, the day’s great importance in Sikh Community as Guru Gobind Singh Ji established the ‘Khalsa Panth’ on 30 March , 1699 while giving birth to the concept of ‘Aape Gur Chela’ , demolishing the barriers of discrimination amongst different castes that were prevalent in the society .

The program proceeded with recitation of shabad “ Khalsa mera roop hai khas”, after which the students of Grade II recited a poem titled “Tahiyon Baajaan waleya tenu sabne sheesh nivaye”.  The participating students were Jasmeen kaur , Jaskirat Singh , Manpreet Kaur , Taranpreet Kaur , Simerpreet singh , Harman kaur , Ravneet kaur .

After this, the Grade III students presented a poem titled – ‘Jag ton niyari teri shaan khalsa’  The group included Damanveer Singh , Jagroop Singh , Harelpreet Singh , Sehajveer Singh , Jaspreet Singh , Ravdeep Singh , Balraj Singh , Satvir Singh , Balraj Singh who together presented this poem in a group.

Later, the grade IV students mesmerized everyone to get into the spirit of Baisakhi with their poem “ Baisakhi da toyhar hove” . The participants were Gursimran Singh , Khushdeep Singh , Jasraj Singh , Randeep Singh , Amar Singh Tarlochan Singh , Manpreet Singh , Rushpinder Singh and Harshdeep Singh . This was followed by presentation of Popular Shabad ‘Khalsa Mero Roop hai Khaas by Grade V students.

Post the shabads, two interesting Baisakhi Special poems were presented by the Grade V students – ‘Ajao Baniye Singh Sardaar’ and “Sikhi Naal Pyaar” and the students of Grade VIII and IX shared their views through speech on the topic of ‘Baisakhi’.

Towards conclusion, teacher trainee Manveer kaur also shared her motivating views on Baisakhi  and Grade VII students came forward with the shabad –‘Piyo Paahul Khande Dhaar Hoye Janam Suhela’ , the participants were Harprabhjot Singh, Gursimran Singh Pratham Arora , Simranjeet Singh , Karanveer Singh , Harmandeep Singh , Prabhvir Singh , Sukhmandeep singh.

At last, a beautifully composed shabad was recited by Grade – IX students – Amritpal Kaur, Akshbrinderjit Kaur, Irandeep Kaur, Arshdeep Kaur, Taranjit kaur , Surpreet Kaur  and Gunveer Singh, after which Principal Ma’am , Ms Harpreet Kaur gave greetings to the staff members, students & their families; and ‘Deg’ was distributed post ‘Ardas’.

~ Ramandeep Singh
~ New Delhi, 26th April ’14

Awareness Rally to mark Earth Day Celebrations at Akal Academy Kajri

With the objectives of sensitizing students about imminent issues concerning the world and the mother Earth, Akal Academy Kajri Niranjanpur, celebrated Earth Day with great enthusiasm on 22 April, 2014. A well organized and meticulously managed rally comprising students of class VIII to XI was flagged off by Gram Panchayat Pardhan Mr.Kandhari Lal, took  to […]

With the objectives of sensitizing students about imminent issues concerning the world and the mother Earth, Akal Academy Kajri Niranjanpur, celebrated Earth Day with great enthusiasm on 22 April, 2014.

A well organized and meticulously managed rally comprising students of class VIII to XI was flagged off by Gram Panchayat Pardhan Mr.Kandhari Lal, took  to streets in village Sabalpur chanting slogans along with huge gathering of villagers. Street play (Nukkad Nataka) ‘Dharti Mata ki Pukar’ by student captivated the audience. The play highlighted the global crisis the earth is facing due to mass urbanization and people’s apathetic attitude towards nature and mother Earth. During the procession, touching poems sung by school girls deeply moved the audience. Among the audience Shri Anshu Mali Dixit also spoke on the occasion appreciating the efforts put in by the school and the students helping them understand the need of the hour of saving the mother Earth!

In the school various activities like poster making, article writing, self composed poetry recitation competitions on “Nurture Nature, Save Mother Earth” were held. Best pictures, articles, posters etc were displayed on house boards.

Principal, Mrs. Simran Kaur Thind appreciated the efforts of teachers and students and pressed upon the need of inculcating eco friendly spirit among the children.

Help inspire these little efforts being put in to bring about a big change in the world here – http://barusahib.org/donate/

~ Ramandeep Singh
~ New Delhi, 24th April ’14