COMMUNITY
New Delhi, India
250 Meters of Happiness in Delhi
COMMUNITY
New Delhi, India
250 Meters of Happiness in Delhi
Project Team
HumanQind
Social Innovation & Lead Architect: Ruchi Varma
Design, Planning and Execution: Ruchita Agarwal, Shweta Kadam (Landscape Architect), Aastha Khatri, Ajinkya Mishra, Abdul Ghani, Faizan Ahmad, Kavya, Richa, Aarush
Research, Data, Technology, Communication: Tarusha Mishra, Ishnita Nayankar, Abhaya Jha, Kaustuv de Biswas, Avikal Parashari
Community Projects & Illustration: Anja Schwegler, Satish Chauhan, Chitrankan
DAV Public School, Vasant Kunj, Delhi
Class 4C (2019), Priyanka Tyagi (Principal), Anju Puri (former Principal), Manju Arora, Rosy Sudhana, Jyotsna Jha, Manju Raveendran, Rajiner Kaur, Deepika Sehrawat, Smriti Ray, Swastika Sharma
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250 meters of Happiness is a symbol of voice, visibility and agency of young humans to cultivate 'compassion capital', foster humane relationships and cultivate safe, shared and flourishing futures through collective action.
Overview
45 children die everyday on Indian roads. Children have no voice visibility and agency and are leading invisible childhoods.
In pursuit of building compassion capital, a classroom of 9 year olds with HumanQind codesigned a blueprint for their school street. That street today is 250 Meters of Happiness, India’s first school zone designed by India’s young. Every element from blueprint is a reality. The transformation of 7000 sq.m of public space positively impacts everyday safety and happiness of 10,000 children across 4 schools.
It is also the pilot of Delhi Safe School Zone Initiative, expanding to 11 school zones impacting 100,000 students
Institution
Transportation Research Injury Prevention Center, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Community Organization
HumanQind
DAV Public School, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India
Community Engagement
Through compassion in action curriculum, human centered design workshops, advocacy, exhibitions with all, students made it a shared purpose of entire school. With implementation, community art and management collaboration alongside government, a unique community government model has been developed.
Partners
GGSSS & GBSSS, B1 – Vasant Kunj, New Delhi
Public Works Department, Delhi Government
Delhi Government – Lead Agency for Road Safety – Transport Department, Education Department, DM South, South Delhi District Administration, Traffic Police, Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Office of MLA Mehrauli, Vasant Kunj RWA Federation
Delhi Government – Lead Agency for Road Safety – Transport Department, Education Department, DM South, South Delhi District Administration, Traffic Police, Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Office of MLA Mehrauli, Vasant Kunj RWA Federation
Echoing Green
Dalai Lama Fellows
Contact
References
- How Children Co Created 250 Metres Of Happiness Around Schools — questionofcities.org
- Streets for Life – 250 Meters of Happiness, WHO SEARO
- 250 Metres Of Happiness Children In Delhi Turn Roads Outside School Into Fun … — ndtv.com
- Walking Lanes Cycle Tracks Play Areas How Schools Are Creating Safe Zones For… — indianexpress.com
- Humanqinds Vision Children Co Designing Safer Streets — proximate.press
