Support 25 Transformative Night Village Schools

Operation Vasantha (OV) has been impacting the lives of disadvantaged rural children since 2009. This highly interactive and empowering initiative addresses the problem of school dropouts. It also aims to educate families on the importance of education          and     engage dropouts. and other children through interactive activities and fun learning sessions. These activities include parents counselling, health and hygiene camps, and education on ecology.

Local college students are trained and given support from Agastya to teach children in their villages. These individuals willingly spend their evenings educating and inspiring weaker students and school dropouts from their villages. The target students, many of whom are first-generation learners, had dropped out of school for a myriad of reasons. Firstly, some were “encouraged” to do so to work and contribute to the family’s income. Secondly, younger siblings often have to give up their studies if their older siblings were already pursuing higher education. This is because many families cannot afford the hefty economic burden of putting all their children through school.

During Oct 2021-December 2021, 25 units of OV center reached 2,482 unique number of children and 43,485 student exposures. Apart from regualr school syallbus and home work.  Given below was the activity conducted in the OV center.

1. Organized Aids Awareness Programs on December 1^st by OV volunteers and OV Students to the Community.
2. Conducted OV Meeting during Founders Day Program. Agastya Team, OVV and OVIs participated in this Program.
3. OV Kits Received from Kuppam Campus Stores. Children actively did hands on activity through kit.
4. Conducted Virtual training program by Pune Team in OV center. Volunteers and students participated.
5. Students and OV volunteers participated in Mini Media Arts Event at Kangundhi High school. Noolukunta and Marwada OV center visited by Mr. Natesh and Ms. Chaya from Agastya, Mr. Natesh gave an orientation on makergat program to OV volunteers and OV students at Noolukunta.
6. Media Team Conducted Dhwani community fair at Marwada OV Center. Govt Teacher and school community chairman, community members participated. They appreciated the work done by students.
7. All OV Center volunteers celebrated Dussara festival in their OV center.
8. Makergat Kit distributed in Noolukunta and Dk Palli OV Centers.
9. OV center conducted OV fairs and Parents meet.
10. Celebrated Gandhi Jayanthi  in OV Center.
11. OV volunteers conducting Mini Science fairs and Parents committee meeting. Through this program, parents were known about what their children  done and learn while they are attend the classes.
12. OV Volunteers received feedback and suggestions from students’ Parents.

Feedback

“I like daily activities conducted by Agastya and happy to learn LOT – Programming and MS office thank for Agastya to conducting this event”. – Nandini, 5^th class, K.D.Palli.

“In the center children are interest in learning new ideas, which is not related to their subject. They participate and ask more questions until they clarify their doubts and asking open ended questions”. – Chandrashekar, Volunteer Noolukunta.

“My Daughter Swapna she goes every day to the OV center. I had seen lot of changes in her behavior and creativity thinking. She collects all the materials that are available in and around the community. she makes waste to recycle. Like water bottle house, drip irrigation with water bottle etc”. - Sabira, Parent, V.Mittapalli.

Links:

• http://www.agastya.org
• http://agastya.org/operation-vasantha/
• https://twitter.com/agastyasparks