Evangelical Social Action Forum in association with Healthbridge Foundation of Canada is organising programs for celebrating International car free day in Bangalore from 23^rd September till 4^th Oct, 2012. Two weeks programs will have awareness and signature campaign at different colleges & Corporates in Bangalore.

Campaigns like this will promote alternate forms of transportation, active lifestyles, safe environment for pedestrains especially children & elderly, less pollution, save on money & fuel and encourages us to be in a healthy environment.

ESAF will be organising awareness programs and signature campaigns in various educational institutions like St. Joseph’s Arts & Science College, Mount Carmel College & Kristu Jayanthi College. Competitions such as collage and painting based on the theme “The City I want to live in” also will be held from 23^rd onwards.

 In Azim Premji University ESAF has already initiated awareness campaign a week back which will be continued till 23^rd September.

Cognizant Technolgies Solutions (CTS), ORACLE, SASKEN Technologies will have awareness campaign at all their campuses.  CTS to have awareness campaign from 24^th -26^th at their three campuses along with the signature campaign. ORACLE also has similar intiative in 2 of their campus in Bangalore from 21^st onwards. SASKEN Technologies have designed a special intiaitve as part of their “Joy of Giving” week program where employees are encouraged to particpate in the car free day awareness program by supporting ESAF on 4^th October. They are encouraged to use public transport and last mile connectivity is organised by the company as part of supporting the nature by not using the car on 4^th October, 2012.

Car Free Day awareness posters are displayed at Crossword, Sapna book centre, Asian Trading Corporation, Just book community library chain, Gopalan Grandeur apartment, CUPPA, MTR eateries @ Forum Mall. Other book stores in the city will also have the poster display from tomorrow till the weekend. On 22^nd September leaflets will be distributed through newspaper.

The team expects that awareness campaign at various locations will have a reach of nearly one lakh people. These initiatives and signature campaign will encourage the government to provide better access to public transportation especially the last mile connectivity.

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Hi, We are happy to share the news of car free day awareness campaign happened in Bangalore for the last 10 days and the link for media coverage is listed below.

http://prajavani.net/include/story.php?news=10699&section=56&menuid=13

Pushpa Achanta of citizensmatters.in has also helped us to create the awareness through her blog

http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/view/4553-car-aside

Thanks Manju

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Hi, We are happy to share a news article written by Saswati Mukkherjee in Times of India emphasizing importance of safety space for pedestrians .The link of the same is given below.

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-22/bangalore/34652725_1_pedestrians-parks-commercial-street

The article gives a gist of what ESAF is working on in Bangalore.

With Regards

Rosemary

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