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| Regular Activities At Shishuvihar |
| Ukala Parab : |
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| For last few years Ukala, (ayurvedic and herbal spices boiled in water) are offered as preventive curative drink daily to all. Till now about 80,000 persons have taken benefit of this. |
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| Sickness Equipment Aid : |
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| Shishuvihar provides equipments and aid like hot-water bag, water-bed, walking stick, walker, bed-pan, urine-pan, wheelchair etc. to needy ailing persons. |
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| Monghiben Badheka Balmandir :
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Bal Mandir running on Montessori Principles which teach cleanliness and self sufficiency was started in Shishuvihar in 1952. There are qualified and experienced principal and trained teaching staff. Children are given fresh and nourishing snacks twice a day. Prayers, songs, acting, earth-work etc. are conducted with the help of Montessori equipments and gadgets. About 100 children are studying here.
Toy House and Library for Children : Started in 1984. This centre has got ample number of selected toys and picture story books useful in the development of a child. Daily in the evening this remains open for children. They play here and also take toys to their home with a nominal deposit amount of Rs.50 per month. |
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| Scout & Guide : |
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| This noble activity of training youth into values, strength, discipline and number of skills was started by Shishuvihar in Bhavnagar and today it is spread into about 250 Schools of the city. In , out of 15 president scouts, 11 were from Shishuvihar. Shishuvihar Scout guide got governor shield for six years and also got award for best performance at national level. |
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| Gokhale Gyan Mandir - Library : |
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| Shri Manbhai Bhatt started Library service before 70 years taking few books in a hand-cart. Today Shishuvihar has a separate library and a reading hall. Selected books and periodicals are circulated to number of institutions like, Jail, Hospital, Fire brigade, Police etc. This Library has got about thirty five thousand books which are arranged subject wise and systematically. There are 129 members of this Library. |
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| Kala Kendra and Hobby Centre - Creative Arts & Crafts Training : |
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| In 1950 Shishuvihar constructed an open air theatre in its premises and many dramas, dance and such cultural programmes are performed by various institutions of Bhavnagar regularly. Also in Hobby Centre creative ability of children are developed and numerous handicrafts and "Best from Waste" activities are carried out. |
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