City School Senior Branch, Rahim Yar Khan students decided to tackle the problem of pollution head-on. They held a walk to protest against the levels of pollution in their city. They also took photographs of the different types of pollution in their community and, convinced their local municipal officer to give them the use of a gallery to exhibit these photos. The Environmental Protection Agency also took note of their efforts to clean up their community.

1. Save Earth, we have
nowhere else to go
Design for Change

2. “It is not that some people have
willpower and some don’t. It is
that some people are ready to
change and some are not.”
James Gordon

3. FEEL
 Five groups discussed about different issues
 Two major issues were highlighted in the
beginning
1. Pollution
2. Traffic hazards
 Finally all five groups picked up “Pollution” as
the problem they want to change
 It was a difficult task to complete in one week

4.  Everyone felt that the awareness level of
community, regarding this problem can be
changed in one week
 Everyone was charged to become the source
of change for the whole society

5. IMAGINE
Ideas generated:
 Door to door campaign
 Blocking traffic at major areas of the city and
presenting the problem
 Visiting various educational institution and
through multi-media presentations explain
the gravity of the situation
 Approaching different concerned government
agencies and seek their support

6. Idea selected:
1. Explain the gravity of situation to the
students of our own school
2. Ask them to visit the whole city with parents
and critically observe areas which are most
affected by pollution
3. Take photographs of sources of land, air
and noise pollution

7. 4. Visit District Coordination Office and
explain the situation to DCO and ask his
support to hold an exhibition of
photographs
5. A large section of society would be
invited so that they would pledge to help
make Pakistan a clean, green place to live
6. Concerned government departments’
heads would also be invited
7. A walk for the cause would be arranged at
the conclusion of exhibition

8. DO
 The whole idea was explained to students
who volunteered to the cause on Friday,1st
October,2010
 We asked permission from our Head to go to
all classes and explain the devastating
effects of pollution and what we want to do
 Different groups went to all classes during
Zero Period and explained the idea to them

9.  Students from classes Jr.IV onwards were
asked to take snap-shots of the city
 Some student from P-III volunteered to make
power point presentation to display during the
exhibition
 We asked students of Jr.II and Jr.III to make
drawings and slogans for the exhibition
 We decided to make some models too

10.  We met Dr. Ahmad Javed Qazi, DCO Rahim
Yar Khan on Monday,4th
October, 2010 to
take permission to hold exhibition in Allama
Iqbal Auditorium
 He was moved with the idea and consented
to come to the exhibition and arranged the
venue for us
 We sent invitations to educational institutions,
Tehsil Municipal Administrator, Information
Department and families and friends of all our
students

11.  By Tuesday,5th
October,2010 we received the
photographs
 They were sorted out and meaningful titles
were attached to them
 Posters and models were made by
Wednesday,6th
October,2010
 We arranged exhibition hall on the evening of
Wednesday,6th
October,2010
 The exhibition was held on Thursday,7th
October,2010 from 10:00am to 5:30 pm

12. This Is How We Did It

13. The Exhibition
 A large section of society visited the exhibition
 Everyone realised that we as nation become
insensitive to the pollution around us and they had
seen the city with new eyes
 They signed a pledge that they will make this world
a cleaner greener place to live

14.  Students from classes Jr.V to Sr.II walked
from our school to DCO office with
banners and posters and able to
sensitized general public about the issue

15. At the Exhibition

16. Impressive Presentations

18. .
The institutions that visited the exhibition:
 Khawaja Farid College
 NICASS College
 Punjab College
 Army Public School
 Leads School System
 The City School, Nursery Branch
 Some teachers from Beaconhouse School System

19. Impact
 Environmental Protection Agency contacted us and
they took soft copies of all the photographs taken by
our students
 They have already taken a legal action against
TMA. They will use our photographs as evidence
 Rahim Yar Khan is a small city and our exhibition
instantly became talk of the town
 Even mothers who visited the exhibition shared that
ever since their children made the drawings they’d
become conscious and they make sure not to litter

20.  News was published in the newspaper and a
larger section read about the views presented
at the exhibition

22. Thank You
The City School
46-A, Satellite Town Rahim Yar Khan Ph: 92 068 5875557, e-mail:
csniro24@csn.edu.pk