community service

Just now read a report about a tanker mowing down people sleeping in foot paths in a north indian town. I know India is complicated with people who have no place of their own , so where is the question of community arises, vis a vis my previous article.
But our community projects have to include them also those individuals who are unfortunate to be in lower stata of society and the middle class and upper class have to be forced to do something about it stopping the blame game.
Since I am drawing all my thoughts to the experience I am gaining abroad , the thought flows are going in that direction only. There are many more methods to go about it but these also I feel can be given a trial.
Here the school grades are connected with the community activity the kids do. points are given for the community service and it is a must for kids of high school to do certain hours in any community activity. For example the work in church is considered as community activity. I saw my friend's child working in the temple. The temple runs a vegetarian eatery profits of which go to the temple fund. So this kid was working there helping taking orders at the counter. This is a honorary work which she did in week ends which added to her credits in school which is a must.
This can be extrapolated , and like shram daan, it can be made compulsory for school kids, especially in the elite schools to do few hours in week ends anything from spending time in an old age home, or teaching kids in the slums, or keeping the surrounding clean. all this if can be done in orderly way with tie ups with many social organization, will help our communities to improve.
I don't know how it will help people still sleeping on the pavements but at least it will make our kids aware of others.