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October 2, 2011

Campaign to save girl child at Peace Fest, Chandigarh


Chandigarh, October 1
On the second and last day of the Peace Fest, Dr Daizy Zarabi from the Regional Resource Centre, Panjab University, started the dialogue with talks on “promoting a girl child friendly society”.

The later part of the day was reserved for a campaign to save the girl child at Sector 17 plaza where young delegates distributed flyers and pasted stickers on vehicles with messages to curb female foeticide.
As part of the Peace Fest, international delegates led by American Gandhi Donald McAvinchey visited Paragon Senior Secondary School, Mohali, and a group of 20 councillors from Sri Lanka visited Government Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 46-D, and Shivalik Public School where they exchanged notes with students and administered a pledge to uphold the values of non-violence.
The second half of the day was reserved for Aids awareness activities, where the participants played a cricket match, enjoyed kite flying wearing badges bearing the message ‘play safe and live long’. A street play by artistes of Mask Theatre was also staged on the occasion.

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