At the Understanding Our Backyard event hosted by Mycelium Ecology this Sunday at Bangalore Creative Circus, our 9th graders and above took on the challenge of volunteering, performing, and setting up stalls. The journey wasn’t without struggles: Who takes responsibility? How do we share work fairly? What do we do when enthusiasm doesn’t match effort? What strengths do we each bring?
Through these questions came conversations, honest, messy, and powerful. Slowly, judgments were resolved and trust was built, and the team began to come alive. Each student found their own way to make a contribution. Some took complete ownership of tasks, others stepped in to support, and many brought in skills from past experiences to create something meaningful together.
As a team, they ushered the audience, managed registrations, performed a dance-drama on Bangalore’s water crisis, held an interactive installation about “What’s in your water?”, and even became the voices of rivers in a riverside chat with panellists.
When purpose drives action, something beautiful happens. Not only do children rise, but the team itself becomes wondrous.
Contributed by Archita Anish, YoDA ‘2027 (11th grade), Student at Sparkling Mindz Global School
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