Seeds Of Compasion Report 

Program Name: Seeds of Compassion [ SOC] Date of Activity: 27th August, 2026
Venue: TCV Day School, McLeod Ganj
Reported by: Tenzin Palmo (Intern)

Specific activity:
1. Introduced Earth Day, observed annually on 22nd April, and discussed the
importance and why we celebrate it.
2. Introduced the children’s storybook, “འཛམ་གླིང་སའི་གོ་ལའི་ཉིན་མོ།” by Tsering Palzom.
3. Conducted a creative activity in which children reflected on how to protect the Earth
through small, everyday actions.

Key Objective: To help children understand the importance of protecting Mother Earth not
just on Earth Day but in their daily lives. The session aimed to convey that Earth Day serves
as a reminder of our responsibility to care for and protect the Earth throughout the year.
Total Participants: 25 Students

Resource person:
Tenzin Palmo (Intern)
Mindu Tsomo (Project Coordinator)

Activity Overview:
● The session began with an introduction to Earth Day and a discussion on why we
celebrate it every year on 22nd April. Children were encouraged to think about the
importance of the Earth and why it is our responsibility to protect it.
● The Children were then introduced to the children’s storybook – “འཛམ་གླིང་སའི་
གོ་ལའི་ཉིན་མོ།” by Tsering Palzom. The story was used to make the discussion
about Earth Day more engaging and relatable for the children.
● In line with the story’s theme, the children were asked, “What can we do to protect
the Earth?” They were given colourful, leaf-shaped pieces of paper on which they
could either write or draw their ideas. Each child came forward to share their idea
and then stick their leaf on the tree drawn on a chart, gradually creating a collective
“Tree of Promises”.
● The Session concluded with the children raising their thumb and making a collective
promise to protect Mother Earth and keep their surroundings clean and safe, inspired
by the students in the storybook.

Methodology:
● The session started with an interactive question: “Which day is your favourite day
that makes you feel happiest?” Most students shared different answers such as their
10th birthday or receiving gifts from others, sharing a birthday date with a famous
person. Their responses were then connected to the idea that, just as people have
special days, the Earth also has a special day dedicated to it- Earth Day. Earth Day,
celebrated on 22nd April every year, was introduced as a day to raise awareness
about environmental protection and encourage people to take responsibility for
keeping the Earth clean, healthy and safe for the present and future.
● To make learning more engaging, the storybook, “འཛམ་གླིང་སའི་གོ་ལའི་ཉིན་
མོ།”, was introduced. The story was particularly relevant to the session because it
presents a similar setting, where a teacher introduces the importance of Earth Day
and encourages students to think about what they can do to protect the Earth.
● Before revealing the children’s responses in the story, the students were allowed to
share their own ideas. They were provided with colourful leaf-shaped papers and
asked to respond to the question: “What can we do to protect the Earth?” The
children could express their ideas either through writing or drawing. They were
encouraged to understand that there were no “wrong” answers and that even small
actions can contribute to protecting the Earth.
● After completing their leaves, the children came forward one by one, shared their
ideas with other students, and placed their leaves on the tree drawn on the chart.
This activity allowed the children to express their creativity while also showing how
individual actions can come together to create a collective effort to protect the Earth.
● To conclude the session, the children raised their thumbs and made a collective
promise, inspired by the storybook, to keep the Earth and their surroundings clean
and safe. The activity reinforced the message that protecting the Earth is not
something we should do only on Earth Day but something we can practice through
small actions every day.
Future improvement:
Being prepared to answer children’s creative questions they might ask during the session
related to themes; they have many unexpected questions that one might not have thought of
before as an adult.

Activity Status: Completed