By Chandni Patel | Fundraising and Communications Manager
When Komal* first arrived at AAWC she had never attended school before. Through AAAWC she enrolled in a nearby government school where she began to thrive academically. She also began to take keen interest in extra-curricular activities such as singing, art, crafts and playing the guitar. With her thriving desire to learn, this year she has been enrolled in an English medium school and is enjoying challenging herself. She is a confident student and often helps her peers during the computer literacy classes at AAWC center. Exhibiting good study habits, she is a role model for younger students.
AAWC had an exciting summer with numerous activities, sessions and workshops conducted for the girls. They enjoyed their summer at AAWC and hope you had a wonderful vacation as well!
Organization Updates
Festive Celebrations: Udaan Felicitation was celebrated to commemorate the girls’ in-house achievements. Dance performances and skits complemented the program.Mother’s Day was celebrated where the children made greeting cards using apalm printing technique for their mothers who were delighted to see their children’s art work!
Accolades: AAWC was shortlisted among the 150 globalwinners of the Connected to Care Program, an initiative by BASF.
Capacity Building: AAWC staff attended a session on Time Management, addressing topics such as goal setting, priorities, disturbances and efficiency at work.
Monthly Check-ups: A medical camp was conducted by Decimal Foundation for the Umang and Udaan beneficiaries.
Udaan Updates
Empowerment: Aakar Social Ventures conducted a Menstrual Hygiene Session using innovative videos and images, sparking lots of questions from the girls.
Career Guidance: College girls attended an Aptitude Test to guide them in selecting a career path. They all scored well and were recommended to graduateand pursue creative fields.
Mentoring: Project Lighthouse concluded a year’s association with AAWC and the Udaan girls. A closing ceremony was conducted where the mentors and mentees exchanged handmade greeting cards listing five things they learned from each other.
Edutainment Workshops: Mehendi (Henna) Class began for the girls during the summer vacation. The girls learnt design techniques and various complex patterns.
The girls learnt to make a delicious Pineapple cake and decorate it with frosting and toppings and also participated in a chocolate-making workshop. They also learnt the art of candle-making such as gel candle, ice cream candle, and wax candle.
4 of our Udaan girls learnt Folk Dance at NCPA, earning certificates. They then taught the dance to the younger girls at the center which they later performed at the Udaan Felicitation Program, encouraging bonding between the girls.
The girls learnt origami and self-portrait thanks to Volunteer B’jorn and about the Indus Valley Civilization through Volunteer Antoinette.
English Class: The older girls attended King’s Learning Program to gain efficiency in English and the younger ones have been taught spoken-English by volunteers at the center.
Recreational Excursions: The girls visited the National Gallery of Modern Art, identifying different styles of paintings and also spoke to an artist about his work at Jehangir Art Gallery.
Udaan girls participated in an Inter-NGO Art Competition and three of them won prizes!
The Udaan girls enjoyed a wonderful afternoon at Amarsons Garden where they had a great time sliding, climbing and running around the park.
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