K Raheja Corp. Press Meet on Teaching Tree Carnival - CSR Initiative for Poor Kids at Raheja Mindspace, Hitech City, Hyderabad

The Teaching Tree Carnival a part of K Raheja Corp’s CSR initiative titled ‘Teaching Tree’, where students from low income groups are set to participate in a one-day carnival at Mindspace’s Central Recreation Garden - CRG on 20th January, 2017, 11am onwards. This open-to-public event will showcase handmade artworks of students, reaching out to a captive audience of over 60,000 people working at Mindspace and is open to public. The carnival will showcase interactive stalls, showcasing the work of various projects undertaken by students who have been enthusiastically creative about art and craft, which will be for sale. The Teaching Tree Initiative in conjunction with NGO Teach For India, is giving students the perfect platform like the Teaching Tree Carnival to showcase their talent and garner support from the corporate world. The carnival comes as the next leg to the very successful ‘Book Donation Drive’ hosted in April 2016, where employees of Mindspace opened their arms to contribute, resulting in the setting up of six libraries in schools for these students.

The Teaching Tree Carnival will showcase handmade trinkets including bangles, earrings, bracelets and more. Origami (Paper Made) products such as flower sticks, star hangings, snowflakes and many others made by students will be on display. A stall under the name of NutriKare will sell chocolates made by these students. There will be stalls with decorative materials, stationary products and much more.

• The art and crafts became an integral part of learning in the schools to equip students further to address challenges they face in their everyday lives. For instance, the inconvenience of students to carry their books without bags, founded the need for creating bags from old t-shirts. An art well mastered and which will be displayed at the stalls.
• A live arts workshop stall will have students create artwork, prepare bookmarks, learn the art of origami and craft wax products. The workshop will be open to attendees/employees, who will be involved in the process and in creating the final product.
• Interactive stalls comprises of games around the need for speed; three characters and a story an interactive format with visitors; challenging your creativity will be the ‘Genesis challenge’, wherein a material will be given to the participant, using this they need to create something unique in a stipulated time.
Apart from stalls, workshops and interactive sessions, students will be performing to showcase their talents to larger group of audience in the form of dance, drama and others. Entertainment in the form of a tarot reader, a magician and more will also be seen at the carnival, to ensure the students and visitors have a wonderful time.

Speaking on the initiative, Mr. Vishwas Dhumal, CSR Head, K Raheja Corp said:
"The endeavour of our CSR initiative Teaching Tree, since start, has been about empowering students from the poorer sections of society. While education is at the core and we are working towards doing away with education inequality, a carnival like this opens doors to a new world for these students. The students are extremely talented and are great at creating several artistic creations from bags to paintings, from quilling to diya’s and we thought of creating a platform for them to showcase their work and be appreciated from the world outside of their own. We want to give the students a fun day at the Teaching Tree Carnival, leaving both them and us feeling fulfilled."
Mr. Vishwas Dhumal, CSR Head, K Raheja Corp added “The carnival is intended to give the students a fun time, while allowing them a chance to showcase their skills, bolster their confidence, and feel appreciated. The employees of Mindspace have displayed their generosity in the past, when we hosted a Book Donation drive, an outcome of which has led to the successful setting up of 6 libraries in schools. We are confident of them coming forward and showcasing their benevolence this time too. We are sure anyone who comes to this carnival will take a piece of the students’ art and heart back with them."

About K Raheja Corp:
K Raheja Corp is a success story spanning six decades and today stands as the most trusted ‘destination developer’ of India. Premeditating the changes in the industry they are continually crafting state-of-the-art spaces to meet the ever-changing demands and requirements of the market. With business diversified across realty, hospitality and retail, the company has gained acumen in all sectors of development. K Raheja Corp has pioneered the concepts of self-contained townships and commercial business districts in the country. Today, it offers multiple formats ranging from residential apartments to office spaces, and retail to entertainment creating self-contained luxurious neighborhoods.

Teaching Tree
Teaching Tree is a K Raheja Corp-Mindspace initiative in association with NGO Teach for India which aims to end education inequality, through a teacher training program. Its objective is to illuminate the lives of countless students from low-income schools. The idea being to make the education programs a more holistic one. They empower the teachers through sponsorship of the Teach for India – fellow’s (trained teachers) stipend, along with initiatives which can galvanize further support for the kids through the year.