Education India Project #15692

Educate school dropout children in rural India

by Light of Life Trust

Educate school dropout children in rural India

Project Report | Jun 16, 2016
Project Anando Jalna District Report Jan - Mar 16

By Kamal B. Damania | Kamal B. Damania

Two of our main programmes organized in this quarter (January - March 16) were events that focussed on the innate talents of our beneficiaries and their parents. These programmes are planned at this time of the year as weather wise it is much cooler and the programmes are undertaken in open spaces, availability of parents is higher and beneficiaries enjoy this creative space before they begin their studies for teh annual exams in earnest.

Bal Kala Mahotsav

The annual talent programme - Bal Kala Mahotsav was organized for Anando beneficiaries of Jalna District on 09^th January 2016. In all six competitions were organized: rangoli making, drama, solo singing, solo dance, group dance, essay writing. 75% of the beneficiaries participated enthusiastically in the programme. The Bal Kala Mahotsav had a tremendous impact on the children, their parents and teachers. The enthusiasm of parents seen now is far different from the earlier days when the same parents were totally against their daughters dancing on stage, working with boys together, travelling from one place to another like this, etc. This visible shift in parents thought process is a huge achievement for the LOLT Team in Jalna District.

Palak Melava

Objectives:

To give parents an opportunity to enjoy a day in their lives without tension.
To showcase their talents
To give the parents the responsibility to organize the event for themselves.

Parents took on the total responsibility of organizing the Palak Melawa, along with music system, Pandal and lunch for all the participating parents. This was a great achievement for Jalna District as it showcased the impact of all the efforts of the team over the last 4 years. Parents participated in all the activities with great enthusiasm and joy.

The impact of the programme was –

Parents enjoyed the day making the LOLT team feel they have fulfilled the objective of the programme.
Some games organized during the Melawa created a feeling of competition amongst the parents and made the winning team parents strengthen their commitment to the group.
During the question & answer session, parents participated with full enthusiasm which at some point, made the team feel that they were conducting the activity with children.
During the whole programme, there was a great response from the parents.
During the feedback it was found that all the parents had really enjoyed the sessions and activities. They commented that for the first time they felt that they were still in their childhood
Schools teachers were surprised to see the performance of the parents.
Most of the parents had attended the program missing out on their daily wages as they felt that they had to be present in such a programme.

The activities organized during the Palak Melawa were a combination of group and individual based games like - making a home out of available resources, talent show, singing folk songs, playing musical chairs, how many biscuits can one eat in a minute.

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Mar 1, 2016
Project Anando - Jalna District An Update : October to December 2015

By Kamal B. Damania | Project Director

Jyotsna* (name changed) - Std IX , Jalna District

There are six members in Jyotsna’s family comprising of her parents, two older sisters, one older brother & herself. Her parents are not interested in any of their children’s well-being. Her mother forces them to go to work on daily wages so that the family can survive.

Jyotsna the youngest child in the family is a quiet, withdrawn girl. Her parents are uneducated. They do not get along with one another and are always fighting & arguing. The older siblings are not so affected with this constant fighting but being the youngest Jyotsna is highly affected by the vile environment at home.

Though she was attending the weekend empowerment workshops she was not attending the SFSEP classes at all since the last two months. When she was asked about it she shared that due to a big fight at home she was not living at home anymore but was residing with her uncle in another village.

Her parents initially refused to meet the social worker during home visits both jointly and individually. After continuous follow ups and attempts to talk to them at length slowly one by one inroads were made with both the parents. Her mother has understood the need for her to be more supportive towards Jyotsna and has started making the efforts of rekindling her relationship with her husband and her children. Her father is still aloof but is more receptive than before.

After three months of continuous efforts the team has achieved success in reuniting Jyotsna with her parents. She has moved back to her parents’ home and has begun to attend the SFSEP classes regularly.

LOLT team continues to work with her parents to sort out issues ailing their relationship for the betterment of the entire family and its progress

LOLT supports 1700 beneficiaries like Jyotsna towards their holistic development which will enable them to break free of the generational cycle of poverty across five districts in rural areas in Maharashtra & Madhya Pradesh, India

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Nov 24, 2015
Anando - Jalna District Glimpses October 2015

By Kamal B. Damania | Project Director

Light of Life Trust

Project Anando – Jalna District

Report: July to October 2015

Programmes/activities organized in this period:

Weekend Empowerment Workshops : In this reporting period a total of 66 workshops were conducted with the beneficiaries across all the centres. Average attendance of beneficiaries was 76 %. The following subjects were covered during this period:

Effective techniques of writing exam papers.
I can do many things for my village even in my childhood
Vachal tar vachal (if you read you will be saved)
Roles and Responsibilities
Ambition and action
Effective communication

Parent Meetings

In this reporting period 12 parent meetings across all the centres were undertaken with the following objectives:

To make parents aware about the importance of the student friendly supplementary education programme and classes held in English & Maths on a daily basis.
To look at parents own dreams for their children and how to work towards supporting their children to meet their goals
To help them clearly identify their responsibilities and ways to meet them

Mahacharcha Programme

The programme was conducted for the Std X students of all centres in the month of July 2015 where ranker students and parents of the 2014 – 15 Std X batch were honored for their excellent performance and were invited to share their experiences to achieve the success. The students who are currently preparing for the Std X exams and their parents were motivated through this programme.

Celebration of Special festivals: Rakshabandhan

In the month of September the festival of Rakshabandhan was celebrated at all centres. The objective of this programme was to build the feeling of being part of a family. This festival focuses on the brother- sister relationship and its significance and importance in our lives. The girls tie a rakhi (a beautifully designed thread) on the wrist of the boys to emphasize on the relationship and responsibility of the boy to look after the girl like a sister through all ups and downs of life.

Raniy Picnic

Beneficiaries of all the centres enjoyed the picnic organized for them in the month of September 2015. They participated in various individual & team fun games organized for them by the LOLT team. The food was prepared by the beneficiaries themselves at the picnic spot. The day was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Light of Life Trust Team – Capacity Building Training Programme

In the month of October 2015 a Capacity Building Training programme for the Jalna Team (both Anando & SFSEP) members was conducted. The main objectives were

To instill the core values of integrity, passion, trust, respect, commitment & Joy in the

To look at ways in which to achieve, maintain & develop ‘participation’ of Target Audience

(Child and Parent)

Visit of LOLT CEO to Jalna District

Light of Life Trust’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Pradeep Koppikar along with the CEO Mr. Todakar Anna from Prayay Organization a NGO working in Aurangabad visited Jalna District in the month of September. The visiting team interacted with the students, parents & school authorities and received a very positive and good response from them.

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