Thrissur: Come monsoon, the kids here are set to unravel a riot of colours in different designs.
This year’s school season will see a whole new lot of umbrellas in the market, with the students of Sarvodayam Vocational Higher Secondary school in Thrissur opening an umbrella manufacturing unit in their school. The initiative, Oru Kudayum Kunju Pengalum’, is named after a famous Malayalam short story and it aims at raising funds to support their fellow students suffering from chronic diseases.
It all started on May 1st, when a batch of 50 students in the school took training in umbrella manufacturing from Krishnendu, now a 6th standard student of the same school. The students were given a week-long training in the craft, including designing and screen printing etc and they picked up the art so fast that the manufacturing unit was set up in the next week itself.
“We always wanted our students to give back to the community. But these inspiring kids exceeded our expectations to implement a scheme to improve the lives of those in need’’, said Sasi Kumar, the school manager, who devised the scheme.
With over a thousand umbrellas neatly stacked one above the other in its store room, the school has now launched the trade fair to sell the product and raise money. Besides, the school has also deployed a marketing team from the Commerce stream to identify the market and improve sales.Priced between Rs 200 and 300, the product has already got a few takers, mostly people living around the school, in addition to the school students.
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