Walkathon by children to spread awareness on post pandemic health problems
Don Bosco Mithra School joined hands with Rainbow Children’s Hospital Bangalore to spread awareness on the challenges faced by children post the pandemic.
The event was held on November 20th, 2022 at Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore.
The COVID-19 pandemic brought a complex array of challenges which had mental health repercussions for everyone, including children. Grief, fear, uncertainty, social isolation, increased screen time and parental fatigue have adversely affected the mental health of children.
Supporting children to get back to their daily way of life and spreading awareness on important aspects like- Physical Wellness, Be with Nature, Mental Wellness, Socialisation and Immunity are considered to be the need of the hour. To make children and elders aware of the post pandemic changes, Doctors and specialists from the health sector spoke about the importance of health hygiene, physical and mental wellness, daily exercise and so on and so forth. Fr. George PS, Manager Don Bosco Mithra School spoke on the occasion the difficulties that the School Teachers face post pandemic in educating the children especially to concentrate on the lessons taught in the class. A skit on how to use ‘Firs Aid’ was enacted which captured attention of all the children and they learned it quickly what to do in an emergency. In similar lines there were other animated programmes to teach the children on personal hygiene.
Most highlighting event was the 1500+ participating children from various schools taking out a walk through the main road with the high held placards with messages to overcome post pandemic challenges. Aditya a 7th Standard student of Don Bosco Mithra School was highly appreciative of the event as he could learn many things from this programme. Similar was the feelings of several of the other children who joined for the event. All the children were given participatory certificates and medals.
