School Health & Safety Awareness Programby | 17-06-2014 04:34 |
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 School Health & Safety Awareness Program Program Introduction & Background Major cities of Pakistan, like Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad is expanding day by day and are totally different from what they used to be 10 year ago. Every year hundreds and thousands of vehicles are being added to roads and condition on roads becomes more complex which results into increase in road accidents. Road accidents become frequent and every one of us can easily say that he/she have had road accident (unfortunately). According to city?s Road Traffic Injury research and Prevention Centre Records, over 16,821 people are injured and killed in the first half of 2012. So it would be necessary for all of us, one who drive and one who is pedestrian, must be familiar with road safety and not only road safety, I must say we all should have basic knowledge of safety, that what to do in case of emergency, how to deal with emergency situation and how to prevent risk/hazards, especially our children and youth must have this basic knowledge of safety concerns in their daily life. On the basis of above mentioned background a program was designed to keep kids aware of basics of heath and safety. Program was based on the following contents: 1. Presentation Session: Basics safety issues were addressed in this session which includes, school safety, play ground safety, road safety, lab safety, class room, house safety and fire safety. Kids were explained how can someone get injured or hurt by ignoring very basics elements of safety.  2. Safety Sign Activity: Kids were explained about the types and use of safety signs. There are five basics type of safety signs which are Prohibition Signs (Red Circle with Diagonal Line) Use for danger, stop, shut down and Don't Do. For example No Smoking  Mandatory Signs(Circle filled with Blue colour) Use for specific behaviour and actions. For example 1-Ear Protection must be worn. 2-Pedestrian must use this route   Warning Signs (Triangle filled with Yellow Colour) Use for be careful, take precautions and examine. For example 1-Danger Electricity. 2-Must watch Step   Fire Signs (Square/Rectangle with Red Colour) Use for fire equipments and alarm points. For example 1-Emergency Fire Telephone. 2-Fire Extinguisher   Information Signs (Square/Rectangle with Green Colour): Use for safe conditions, no danger and return to normal. For example 1-Assembly Point. 2-Emergency Exit   Students were provided with activity sheet which have various sign on it and they were to fill the sheet and describe each sign category and its use as well Activity Sheet  3. Video Segment In this session various videos on safety were shown to the kids to make them realize how little mistake and ignorance can lead to a sever accidents in life.   4. Question and Answer Session: In this session kids were asked about various question on class room safety, road safety and safety rules in Pakistan. Number of pictures were also shown to the Kids and the were asked about what is wrong in this picture? what are safety issues you are observing in the picture?   5.Fire Fighting Activity: In this session kids were taught about the basic concept of fire that for every fire to broke out it requires three things Heat, Fuel & Oxygen  Types of fire and type of fire extinguishers were also explained to kids and most importantly how to deal with fire hazards and how to extinguishes were also the part of this session. At the end practical demonstration of use of Fire Extinguisher was also given to the kids.   6.Outcome of the Activity: At the end of the session kids were well aware of basics of safety rules, road safety, school safety, types and use of safety signs and most important how to deal with fire.  Special thanks to Team SBS and Principal City School Gulberg Campus for their valuable effort to make this event to a success story..! Regards.! Farhan Ahmad TUNZA Eco Generation Ambassador to Pakistan
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