By Rajshree Rathore | Head of Educational Services
Boarding Homes:
August
In August, the girls entering their first year of university were shifted from Sheerni to Abhaysthali. They spent the month awaiting their documents and completing all of the verification requirements to obtain admission into K.N. College. The girls who were going into second year of university started to obtain their results. Some passed and some are awaiting the result of their re-evaluations. The girls at Abhaysthali take on different orders for sewing too. August had a lot of holidays, which the girls at Sheerni and Laadli celebrated wholesomely. All of them continued school as usual. There were two workshops at this boarding home; one on Rakshbandhan and the other on Janmashtmi. Unfortunately, several girls at Sheerni suffered from some ‘minor’ health issues. They also had their first unit test, and despite all the interferences [holidays and sickness] obtained fruitful results.
September
In September the boarding home for Laadli and Abhaysthali was combined, where the girls from Laadli moved and settled into the Abhaysthali home. School for Laadli and Sheerni continued as usual. There were 5 workshops conducted at Laadli and Sheerni on; Charity, Environment, Hindi, Peace and Cinema. The sewing classes at Laadli were halted during this month, but continued at Sheerni. The girls at Sheerni also continued their self defence classes, and received results for some of their exams. Five girls at Abhaysthali went back to their villages. Manisha continued teaching at Fatima Center, and Lalita resumed college, so she stopped teaching at the center. Three girls received their exam results, two passed, and one - Lalita - has requested for a re-evaluation. Nisha is still waiting for the result of her re-evaluation.
October
In October the rest of the girls continued college as usual. Some girls from Laadli and Sheerni had their FA II exams from the 10th - 12th of October. There were two workshops at Laadli; World Students Day, and BAD Touch. Sewing resumed at Laadli and continued as usual at Sheerni. This month the girls had holiday 21st - 26th of October for Diwali for which most of the girls went home to their families.
November
The girls of Sheerni participated in Sports and two of them are selected for state level and are doing practice for it. Rest all girls are having their regular classes and the school going girls are preparing for their half yearly exams which will start in the month of December. Girls participated in International Transgender Day.
Empowerment Centers
Educational and vocational studies continued as usual at the Empowerment Centers during the months of August till November. The students started advancing further in their sewing classes, where those that were not as well versed started becoming more familiar with the machines, and fast stitching. There were some difficulties when teaching the newer women as some have never had any formal education previously, which makes it very tough for them to memorise and retain information. Some women are facing challenges in that they are unable to regularly come into classes due to household tasks and pressure. We are avidly working on bettering the lives of these women, in the best way possible where we give them the extra time whenever they find it, or repeat a subject with them if they feel that they are falling behind. The English, Maths and Hindi classes have been helpful for the women who are being purposely ignored in their own language [marvadi]. We would like to give them an opportunity to have an audience that will listen to them.
Primary Education Centers
At the primary education centres we continue to revise English, Mathematics and Hindi with the students. We faced some monsoon rains during this period and some challenges as a result, but we were quickly able to work around them with the help of our funding and drive to ensure that the students are always taken care of. Our most successful contributions to the lives of the children we teach at the education centres have been the workshops we conduct. We taught the children methods in which they could improve their memory; we taught them several of these, so that they could find out which learning mechanism suits them best. Additionally, we also conducted several practical workshops on crucial events that are occurring in the world. With such workshops we aim to improve their knowledge of the world, and introduce them to new vocabulary and concepts. We also hope that they will be able to learn about the various opportunities that the world has to offer and strive to achieve more.
In September we received District Award for our work.
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By Rajshree Rathore | Head of Educational Services & Office Coordinator
By Rajshree Rathore | Head of Educational and Vocational Skills
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