Education India Project #20683

Educate 500 Girls in Tribal India

by K C Mahindra Education Trust

Project Report | Nov 17, 2015
Project Update, August - October 2015

By Jayavardhan J | Project Leader

Baseline Assessment Training

This report gives an update on the activities conducted as a part of the Nanhi Kali Project in Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh during the last 3 months.

Base Line Assessment

The entire Nanhi Kali team was provided training sessions on how to conduct Baseline assessment of Nanhi Kalis and the assessment process began in the month of August. In this process, a total of 4812 Nanhi Kalis were covered.

Academic Support Centre Opening

In the month of August, around 266 Primary and Middle school Academic Support Centres were opened in all the three blocks. 266 Community Activists out of 400 candidates were selected for these Academic Support Centres and the centres started functioning.

Around 120 Academic Support Centres were opened for High School Nanhi Kalis in the month of September, 2015.

Independence Day Celebrations

Indian Independence Day was celebrated on 15th August, 2015 in all the Academic Support Centres. Several games were organised by the Community Activists for the Nanhi Kalis and winners were awarded with different prizes.

Teachers Day Celebrations

All the Academic Support Centres celebrated Teachers Day on 5^th September, 2015. The Nanhi Kalis and their Community Activists took part in these celebrations. The Nanhi Kalis presented gifts and greeting cards to their tutors as a token of their gratitude.

Kit Distribution

Kits were distributed to all the Nanhi Kalis in Karahal block of Sheopur district in the month of September and October, 2015. The Nanhi Kali Coordinators and Community Activists organised the Kit Distribution event at different villages for which the parents, teachers and members of the community were invited to attend.

Community Activist Review Meeting

CA review meetings were organised in all locations in order to orient the CAs about the use and maintenance of the registers and in order to develop their class management skills. The Community Activists were introduced to the community and the importance of including the community members in the functioning of the project was explained to them. The academic progress of the Nanhi Kalis was also discussed during this meeting.

Alumni Meeting

Block level alumni meeting was conducted in the month of October, 2015 which saw the participation of around 250 alumni. Their challenges and issues were the topic of discussion during this meeting so that a plan of action may be prepared to use the available resources to address these problems.

Independence Day Celebrations

Community Activist Training

Links:

Nanhi Kali Website

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Aug 20, 2015
Nanhi Kali's efforts to stop Child Marriage

By Jayavardhan J | Project Leader

LADO ABHIYAN with CEO to Stop Child Marriage

In addition to providing academic and material support to underprivileged girl children, Project Nanhi Kali has also been trying to address social issues related to girl children. Community meetings, which are conducted every month to review the activity plan for the upcoming month, also provided an effective platform to discuss the various social evils present in the society which affects the future of the girl child and how these evils can be overcome.

One of the most commendable achievements of these meetings was educating the community on the evils of child marriage, and successfully stopping such marriages. The Nanhi kali Team was successful in curbing several child marriages in the district of Sheopur in Madhya Pradesh. Child marriage, which is one of the reasons behind Nanhi Kalis dropping out of their schools, has been a common phenomenon in the district of Sheopur. In the month of April 2015, the Nanhi Kali team conducted a careful survey which helped them in identifying 16 Nanhi Kalis who were about to be married off on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya. Akshaya Tritiya is considered to be a festival and a holy day for the local communities who organize mass marriage events. The Nanhi Kali team discovered the venue to be Akhaya Tritiya Samhelan where the mass child marriage event was scheduled. The list was then submitted to the District Programme Officer of Women and Child Development Department, who then issued a letter containing the names of the Nanhi Kalis, and demanded the authorities to take appropriate steps to put a stop to such activities. The story was published in all the local newspapers who took an active interest in covering the entire process.

The Nanhi Kali team has been regularly following up through home visits, parents’ meetings, meetings at village level, and meetings with government departments to ensure curbing the social evil that is Child Marriage.

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