Location: Bhogpur village, Dehra Dun district, India

Location Bhogpur village, Dehra Dun district, India Introduction The CAS project spanned two days in Bhogpur village. As a group of 32 students, we firm to combine creativity, action and service into 1 positive approach to work on in the village in the short time we were there. twenty-four hour period 1 Total number of hours 4 hours Total distance trekked 4 km After lunch, our group decided that it was important for us to find taboo the problems of throng in the area and to attempt to address them in some(prenominal) ways possible.To do this, it had been suggested that the group divided itself into pairs of two and went admittance to door in the village, inter playing with the villagers. Although I believed that the idea was, on the whole, a positive one I was still apprehensive roughly the approach. Nevertheless, forcing myself to throw out any negativity, I decided to participate wholeheartedly in the interaction with the people of the village. Initially, my friend Shivaa n and I had a hesitant start. I was extremely conscious and felt downright idiotic expecting unknown villagers to pour out their problems to strangers. exclusively as we kept trekking through the village, I realized that the distance was more everyplace in the head. The villagers ranged from old women to middle aged families and young adults. Some were in truth hesitant in talking to us but soon started interacting openly. Others were extremely vocal throughout. Shivaan and I noticed an underlying set of problems that pervaded the entire village. These include a water problem, an economic divide, gender issues, etc. I mulled over all these problems in vain.What was the solution that I could provide in a day, in a flourish to people who were far removed from who I was or where I lived? In the evening, my perception underwent a change. We decided to found up a program that would encompass two plays, a jump routine and a panel discussion. I was part of both the plays and enjoyed o utlining the storylines and acting and directing at the same time. As we practiced, I thought about the initial negative attitude that I had had regarding the solutions we could provide to the villagers about the issues that they faced.Day 2 Total number of hours 4 hours Total distance trekked 2 km This was the day of the performance. Before an early breakfast, we moved to rehearse and dupe a run through of the entire performance one concluding time. Although there were occasional glitches, I managed to keep calm and be confident. We thence trekked to the village area. After literally tugging villagers out of their homes to create an audience for our performance, we started. only four items were great successes.The smiles on the faces of the children and the curt nods between the adults said it all. Although it would view as been far too optimistic to believe that we could make a Brobdingnagian difference in merely a day, I am veritable that we did make a difference. We did en sure that the villagers realized what their problems were and also offered rudimentary, individualized solutions. With a smile on my own face, I realized that the entire driveway resulted in success we had, in some way or the other, managed to positively affect the villagers lives.