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Change Makers and Not Change Seekers! from their side depicted to the public the real monstrous Chettinad Vidya Mandir, Tamil Nadu nature of such pot holes. Te design for change contest was taken up by the Small children, the local public and the governance Class V Students (A.S. Varun Prasad, S. Nithun Selva, got together to make a change, transformed a road S.I Nitish, S.Subharaksha and S.Pooja) of Chettinad which was bumpy and flled with holes to a smooth, Vidya mandir.This contest aims at exposing and traveler friendly a stretch of 15 kms involving children in real time projects and eventually Tis good work fetched them a place in the top making them socially aware and responsible citizens twenty among the 540 schools and 705 stories (projects) and change makers. across the country. Te Disney World, one of the sponsors Te children took up the fxing of life threatening of the contest complimented the work by decorating “pot holes” on roads. Tey met the District Collector one of the primary classes. Te children also acquired Ms. Jayanthi who understood the graveness of the the privilege of presenting the project to a congregation problem and ordered immediate action. Te children of schools at Ahmedabad on 18 January 2014. We be the Change! January-March 2014 109