Teaching Children to Feel, Understand, and Thrive during the Rohit Mehta Lions Quest Week
On August 26, 2025, as schools opened their gates across several Indian states, something different was happening. Teachers gathered in circles with students, not to teach mathematics or grammar, but to talk about feelings, empathy, and courage. Parents sat beside their children, writing affirmations they had long meant to say aloud. LEOs joined the community in painting colourful murals on school walls, each brushstroke carrying messages of kindness and self-worth.
Area 1: For Schools & Clubs
Awareness Seminars for schools and clubs
Teachers Training Workshops and implementation support sessions
Inauguration of Lions Quest program implementation in schools
Honouring Lions Quest teachers who are implementing the program
Press releases featuring information and success stories
Adoption of Lions Quest as a permanent club activity*
Parent Seminars in schools, housing societies
Refresher Workshops for previously trained teachers
Continuation of Lions Quest implementation with earlier trained teachers
Lions Quest/SEL Rallies with students and members
Teacher-led Roleplays/Skits on SEL topics
* minimum Rs. 7,000 contribution per district or adoption of at least one school
Area 2: For Students
Gratitude Wall and Kindness Challenges
Mindfulness sessions
Lions Quest Poster Making Competition (Theme: SEL in Life)
“Me in a Mirror” Self-Awareness Drawing/Essay Activity
Hero in the Community (Based on SEL skills): Essay/Drawing Contest
This was the second annual Rohit Mehta Lions Quest Week (RMLQW), named for the late PIP Rohit Mehta, whose birth anniversary marks its beginning. What started as an initiative to promote Social-Emotional Learning has grown into a seven-day movement touching thousands of lives.
The framework was simple yet comprehensive. Twenty-four activities were organized into three tracks, each designed to engage different stakeholders.
Twenty-three districts from MD 321, MD 322, MD 3231, MD 3232, MD 3233 and MD 3234 participated in the RMLQW celebrations, with nearly 400 Lions Quest activities — a unified effort that highlighted the Lions’ commitment to nurturing the whole child.
The participating District Governors, District Chairpersons, Region Chairpersons, Zone Chairpersons, and clubs will be honoured during the ISAME Forum 2025 at Ahmedabad. But the real recognition belongs to the students who discovered new ways to understand themselves and others.
Area 3: For Parents, Families, Community & Leos
SEL/EMEL Awareness Workshops
Parent-Child Affirmation Activities
SEL Mural Painting in schools or public spaces
“Voices of SEL” Panel Discussion (Teachers, Parents, Students, Psychotherapists)
EMEL (Empowering Minds, Enriching Life) Online and In-Person Workshops
Lions Quest-Specific Parent Meetings
SEL Art/Photography Exhibition
Social Media Campaign with daily posts during RMLQW
When the week concluded on September 1, 2025, the activities didn’t stop. Districts were encouraged to count all Lions Quest initiatives from July onwards as part of the broader celebration, ensuring that momentum builds rather than fades. The question Lions Quest in India Foundation answered wasn’t whether one week could change education—it was whether one week could inspire a year of transformation.
For thousands of students who wrote about their heroes, painted murals about empathy, or simply learned that their feelings matter, the answer became clear: education works best when it teaches both mind and heart.