AUDITORIUM
Designed by SPRAT’s President, Mr Hasan Jowher, with assistance from students of the National Institute of Design (NID) and the School of Architecture and few other individuals, the AUDA-Muskaan Park has become one of the most valuable recreation facilities located in the Vejalpur-Juhapura junction on “Ekta Maidan” in Ahmedabad.
Inaugurated in January, 2006, AUDA-Muskaan is our only park as of now. Based on our belief in the power of rationality, the park constantly promotes science by means of posters and demonstrative science “toys”. Apart from promoting science, we also sponsor various secular workshops, events , and VIP visitors.
Attended by over 1200 children and adults every day, both Muslim and Hindu, and host to various workshops and our annual Auntie Anjolie Painting Competition, AUDA- MUSKAAN has evolved into a treasured part of life in the Vejalpur-Juhapura area.
Unique Features:
It is efficiently run by MUSKAAN Advisory Council (MAC) comprising local Hindu and Muslim activists, talented professionals, police officers, social activists and park experts. MUSKAAN is all the more special as it has been completely made of recycled materials such as telephone poles, waste cables, automobile tyres etc, so that select play equipments can be replicated in poor bastees. Generously supported by BSNL, Indian Oil Corporation, Ahmedabad electricity Company, Gujarat Electricity Board, ONGC etc besides a number of big and small industrialists like Wagh Bakri Tea, Dalma LLC, Shree Cement, Mayapuri Works, Nerolac Paints, waste goods merchants and private individuals some contributing as little as Rs 20/- which is equally valuable to us.
Considerable voluntary labor, transport, erection, painting etc has been received. Unique and imaginative play equipments created by experts including faculty and students from National Institute of Design, School of Architecture, ITI Sarkhej etc. There are separate segments for children, adolescents and adults. A number of initiatives such as walking tracks Frisbee and paleta tournaments, laughing club, educative drills etc have been interwoven.
MUSKAAN is a perfect example of seeing science in the smallest objects and activities along-with a unique way of uniting people from different communities , which is the need of the hour.
PARTNERS
Generously supported by BSNL, Indian Oil Corporation, Ahmedabad electricity Company, Gujarat Electricity Board, Vejalpur Nagar Palika etc besides a number of big and small industrialists like Wagh Bakri Tea, Nerolac, Sagar Pharmaceuticals, Anil Bakeri group, Dalma LLC, Shree Cement, Mayapuri Works, Spraylac, Sagar Developers, Abad Constructions, numerous waste goods merchants and private individuals.
Institutional collaboration with the Sundervans, Prakriti [personally by Ms Mrinalini Sarabhai], Mountaineering Association, Amateur Astronomers’ Association etc.
Above mentioned joined us for the following objectives:
- Promoting Communal and Social harmony through affordable recreation
- Improving Health and Happiness through pleasurable activities: smiles on parched lips
- Inspiring the poor to set up their own recreational gadgetry recycling everyday waste
- Offering healthy competition, sportsmanship; valid window for youthful vigour
- Hub and launching pad for allied recreational activities, tournaments, waste recycling
- Promotes scientific temper, rational thinking and respect for tools and machines
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