New Event: Kids Summer Camp: 'Explorer's Playground' 25th to 28th May 2025
CEC Mumbai
The Conservation Education Center (CEC) of the BNHS announces ‘Explorer’s Playground’: a 3 Nights - 4 Days summer camp in Dahanu (designated 'eco-sensitive' district).
The camp will be hosted by the CEC team in the designated ‘Eco-Sensitive’ district of Dahanu. Blessed with tremendous natural beauty, the Dahanu district boasts of large swatches of forests, pristine beaches and landscape dominated by the indigenous cultures. Under the guidance and supervision of the BNHS Education team, the campers will be exploring the natural world; indigenous knowledge systems and livelihoods of the local population and how they seek prosperity in consonance with the natural world.
Dates: 25th May (Sunday) to 28th May (Wednesday) 2025
Camp Arrangements:
1. Comfortable AC bus travel to and fro Mumbai and also within the camp.
2. Comfortable, large, contained AC rooms. (3 kids per room).
3. The camp site is centrally located within the landscape that we cover within the camp.
4. Neat and well maintained campsite with well appointed facilities, hygienic kitchen (providing both veg. & non-veg. food), cordoned play area, swimming pool etc.
5. The ratio of participants to resource persons is 4:1 respectively.
6. The BNHS team includes both males and females.
7. A BNHS vehicle with BNHS staff will travel with the camp and oversee it.
8. BNHS has a huge experience of organising summer camps successfully.
9. A parent can be allowed to join; only if they ensure that they will not interfere in the camp proceedings.
10. To avoid constant distraction due to mobiles we will give the campers scheduled time (every evening) when they can call back home.
11. We will make a group chat and include all parents in it to keep them updated with the kids activities and images.
Itinerary:
Day 1.
08.30 AM Assemble outside Oberoi Mall on Western Express Highway
11.15 AM Arrive at the Camp Site
12.30 noon Introduction the camp, room allocation and camp rules
01.15 PM Assemble for Lunch
02.00 PM Ice-Breaking, Group Formation and introduction to Dahanu region
03.30 PM Lime Water Break
03.45 PM Visit to a nearby Warli Village
06.45 PM High Tea and briefing session
07.30 PM Introduction to the Warli Community and their Art 09.00 PM Dinner
10.00 PM Summing Up Day One (feedback & time to call parents) 10.20 PM Lights Out
Day 2.
05.45 AM Wake Up Call
06.30 AM Assemble at Dining Hall for Tea/Coffee/Bournvita 07.00 AM Nature Trek to Segvagadh for foraging colours (Warli Art) 10.00 AM Breakfast at the campsite.
10.45 AM Distribution of materials for DIY Warli Art workshop 11.30 AM Begin with making your individual Warli art
01.15 PM Lunch
02.45 PM Continuation of making your individual Warli art 04.30 PM Lime Water Break
05.30 PM Setup insect stations
06.00 PM HighTea and briefing session
07.30 PM An Audiovisual on Colours in Nature
08.30 PM Observing Insects at the Insect Stations
08.00 PM Sky Watching Session
09.15 PM Dinner and time to call parents
09.30 PM Summing Up Day Two
10.00 PM Lights Out
Day 3
05.00 AM Wake Up Call
05.15 AM Assemble at Dinning Hall for Tea/Coffee/Bournvita 05.20 AM Sky Watching Session
06.30 AM Shore Walk at the Dahanu Beach
09.00 AM Breakfast at the camp site.
09.30 AM Visit to the Orchid Farm
12.30 PM Lunch
01.30 PM Resume Making the Warli Art
03.30 PM Lime Juice Break
03.45 PM Outdoor Activity
07.15 PM High tea with Reflections and Discussions
08.15 PM Campfire and Dinner
11.00 PM Lights Out
Day 4
05.30 AM Wake Up Call
05.45 AM Assemble at Dining Hall for Tea/Coffee/Bournvita 06.00 AM Nature Trail to Barhat Caves
10.30 AM Breakfast at the Campsite
11.00 AM Free Time (clean up, gather your things, pack your bags) 12.30 Noon Lunch
01.00 PM Group Presentations, Certificate Presentations & Closure 03.15 PM Depart from Camp-site
06.30 PM Drop Off at Oberoi Mall
Instructions:
1. Parents should ensure that they hand minimal cash with the kids and no jewellery and costly items.
2. Participants should carry at least 5 sets of dry clothes with them and their swimsuits.
3. Participants should carry at least 2 pairs of footwear (shoes and sandals) for the camp.
4. Comfortable Bedding will be provided.
5. Participants should carry all their personal toiletries and medicines with them.
6. Parents, pls. let us know if their kids are taking any prescription medicines, so that we can ensure no lapses.
Costs:
For BNHS Members: INR 20,000
For Non Members: INR 21,000
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/pNnkbQ5ndp9GtNrr7
For details & queries pls. contact: Shardul 9821120494 / s.ba...@bnhs.org
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