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a campaign called ‘Early Bird’ something similar in films too.
for children. This organisation So many jokes are made on
runs a special kind of library to these piles of files in government
tell children about birds. Not only offices; so many stories have
this, it has prepared a ‘Nature been written. These files used to
Education Kit’ to create a sense gather dust after lying in offices
of responsibility towards nature for years and years and would
in children. This kit contains start accumulating dirt.
storybooks, games, activity A special Swachhata
sheets and jigsaw puzzles for Abhiyan was launched to
children. This organisation remove such decades-old files
takes children from cities to and scrap. You will be happy
villages and introduces them to to know that this campaign
birds. On account of the efforts has brought amazing results
of this organisation, children in government departments.
have started recognising many Cleanliness has freed up a lot
species of birds. The listeners of of space in offices. This has also
‘Mann ki Baat’ can also develop brought in a sense of ownership
a different perspective in among the people working
children to see and understand in the offices. They have also
their surroundings through such become serious about keeping
efforts. their workplace clean.
Friends, you must have often
My dear countrymen, you heard elders say that where there
must have noticed that as is cleanliness, Goddess Lakshmi
soon as someone mentions a resides there. The concept of
‘government office’, a picture ’waste to wealth’ is very old
of a pile of files emerges in in our country. In many parts
your mind. You must have seen of the country, the ‘youth’ are

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