The week-long ‘Seeds of Hope’ exhibition that was inaugurated on October 12 concluded on Sunday. Over 12,000 visitors from Bhopal and other cities including Indore, Jabalpur, Betul, Gwalior, Hisar, Visakhapatnam and 90 students from Higher Secondary schools of Pachor visited the exhibition during the course of seven day.
This week-long exhibition had been organised under the aegis of two eminent organisations, the Soka Gakkai International and Earth Charter International. The main theme of this exhibition was to bring awareness about the importance of sustainable development and it also brought eight case studies of individuals who took an initiative to work for sustainable communities, thus highlighting the ‘power of one’.
Dignitaries and important persons working with the Central and State Government also visited the exhibition during the week. Chhattisgarh former Director General of Police (DGP) and Chairman Public Service Commission (PSC) SM Shukla, visited the exhibition on the last day and sharing his views, he stated that “It is the most excellent exhibition, most dedicated volunteers; many important things to learn and practice from the exhibition.”
Brigadier Prabir Goswami also visited the exhibition and shared his comments that he was deeply impressed by the skill and manner of exhibition and that he would pray and hope that people would implement some of these thoughts in their daily lives. He said that he too would make an effort to practice this.
The exhibition was visited by people from different walks of life, including people with special needs who thoroughly enjoyed the theme of the exhibition and the panels that were on display.
Bharat Soka Gakkai has expressed gratitude towards all those who made an effort to visit the exhibition and also their members and volunteers as well as all others who contributed for the success of the exhibition.