Build Capacities of 400 Deprived Girls in Gujarat

A Life Skill programme was held on 10 June 2019 at Bapunagar Centre with Youth Girls from the community.

A total of 19 participants were present. The group comprised of a mix in relation to age, education qualification and occupation. 

The session started with an Introduction wherein each participant had to mention her name and the number of siblings she has. The idea was to gauge their status in their families. Most of them have 3 sisters and a brother. 

In the next session, the participants were divided into four groups and were instructed to share their dreams and the obstacles that they face in fulfilling it.

The responses stated by them were:-

Their Dreams…

To become a bank manager

To start tuition classes

To establish a business

Obstacles faced…

Lack of finance to study further and to set up business and tuition classes

The trainer then explained the following points to them:

• Link between dream and reality
• Often there is a big gap between our dream and reality
• We should dream big but it has to match with the reality so that we can move step-by-step to fulfil it.
• For Eg, to become a bank manager it s necessary to secure a suitable degree in Banking. Similarly, for starting Tuition Classes it is important to start realistically on a small base with few students, prove your worth, earn a name and then open a Class.
• Lack of finance as stated is not the real issue. This point was explained with the help of a story.

 Learning:

• As long as the farmer had a buffalo, he did not have to work hard as he was treated with pity and the village people fed him and even allowed him to graze the buffalo in their fields.
• We all have a 'buffalo' in our lives that gives us something easily and prevents us from moving ahead through hard work.
• The obstacle of 'Lack of finance' voiced by the participants is the 'buffalo' in our lives.
• This makes us vulnerable and we live on pity.
• We disguise laziness as being satisfied. But in real terms we are not satisfied, we are actually lazy. Without putting in hard work one cannot attain satisfaction.

 At the end of the programme, the participants were encouraged to reflect on what they have learnt for a satisfying future.

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