Project Report
| May 11, 2021
Covid update
By Yvonne Neuman | Founder
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In the last few weeks of April 2021, India has witnessed a huge spike in the number of Covid-19 positive cases with more than 300,000 people getting infected daily. As a country India is still on a recovery mode from the mammoth setback that was faced due to the Covid-19 outbreak last year, and the deadlier double or triple mutant Covid-19 variant hit them again like never before (Wave 2), making them grapple for oxygen which is now at scarce in the country and is taking lives of people even with the mildest of infection
In Bengal Local trains have stopped. Road and metro transport have been halved. Fish and vegetable market to be opened for 3 hours in the morning and in the evening.
When the pandemic caused schools to shut down, our project team members and the community volunteers tried to make ends meet so that children could stay in touch with their education. Even though it was difficult for the under-privileged children to gain access to digital education, our team ensured that at least the students of higher secondary and secondary schools remained in regular touch with them. Not only that, but the younger students were also not ignored – they equally participated in the online classes that took place for them. The post pandemic period is said to witness a sharp increase in the number of school dropouts, child marriage and child trafficking. The main reason that our team ensured that children remained in touch with their books throughout the lockdown is that the children of Rambagan have already been exposed to innumerable vulnerabilities and the lockdown period served as a favourable period to pull them back into the depths of susceptibilities.
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Nov 13, 2020
Working together to help empower children
By Yvonne Neuman | Project Leader
At
Rambagan, VITAL and CINI have been conducting numerous activities throughout
the years to help empower children. By various methods of linkages and
referrals to systems of education, protection, health and nutrition the duo
have built up a strong convergence among relevant duty-bearers and service
providers. Sensitisation has played a huge role in empowering the children and
parents of the community. They have been equipped with knowledge on how to
defend themselves against vulnerabilities.
Educational support is provided at
centres within the community. These centres which are known as safe spaces are
easy for the children to avail during the evening time which is the peak hour
of vulnerability.
Capacity Building workshops and
training sessions have helped to empower children where they are sensitised on
various issues of child safeguarding, health and hygiene, career choices,
sexual and reproductive health, anger and stress management, leadership and
communication etc.
Counselling support has been given
to the children to relieve them of the stress and anxiety they have been facing
through isolation and stigmatisation.
Creative Activities such as art
and crafts, dance, dramatics and music tend to give children new opportunities,
a break from the educational curriculum and most importantly a sense of
tranquility.
awareness programmes have been
regularly conducted to sensitise the children and the community members on
issues that have threatening the existence of children within Rambagan.
Children’s/Adolescent’s Group have
been formed to act as peer leaders within the community and propagate child
protection and empowerment within the community.
Mother’s/Parent’s Group is a group of
active guardians involved directly in promoting the safeguarding of children at
Rambagan.
Local government has been
actively supporting the activities undertaken to make the community a safe zone
for children.
Ward Level Child Protection Committee is
a convergence among the stakeholders and duty-bearers who have strictly taken
up the responsibility of making the community child friendly.
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May 18, 2020
Children in lockdown
By Yvonne Neuman | Founder VITAL
