Support 500 Underprivileged Children for Education

Following were the list of activities which were conducted during the period ranging 01^st April, 2017 till 30^st June, 2017 in the areas covering Worli, Karjat, Mangaon, Nandurbar, Alibaug, Jalna and Washim Districts in Maharashtra state of India.

 1)      Group Discussion with students:

Group discussion with the students who have completed their class 10^th and 12^th was conducted at the Worli centre of Light of Life Trust. Eight students who have given their exams and were now looking forward to pursue their higher studies were invited to participate in the discussion and were informed about the various career options available to them and it also evolved as the platform to weed out their doubts.

Objective: The main objective of this activity was to involve student interaction and alsodevelop a platform to express their thoughts and career preferences and recommend them the best career opportunities matching their profiles and needs.

2)      Special Sessions:

Special sessions on ‘Impact of hormonal changes in teenage’ was conducted at KBP school, Pirkon village in the tehsil of Uran, Raigad district by Light of Life Trust. This guidance session was conducted for students of 8th and 9th std. and accordingly a session on ‘Motivation and love towards animals’ was conducted at Worli centre, Mumbai of Light of Life Trust.

Objective: The main objectives for conducting these kinds of programmes are to bringenlightenment and knowledge among students and also develop better understanding of various topics which they are unaware of. Also, the session towards developing the love towards animals was to weed out fear and develop better bonding between humans and animals.

3)      Group Meeting:

Group meeting was conducted by a representative from Light of Life Trust for Anando Plus students at Wai, Shelubazar and Khiniraja centre in Washim district. Total 44 students participated in the program.

Objective: The focus of this meeting was development of 'Task Force' - a group of Anandoplus students who become the representative of Light of Life Trust and carry forward different activities of LOLT.

4)      Newly enrolled Children & Parent Meeting:

At several centres of Light of Life Trust viz., Watur and Mantha centres in Jalna district, Nutan Vasahat centre in Jalna district, Bhatepuri centre in Jalna district, Karjat centre, Khopoli - Khalapur taluka of Raigad district, Alibaug centre, Tiware & Kondiwade centre - Karjat of Raigad district, for the newly enrolled students along with their parents a meeting was organized. Also, beneficiaries of Anando and Anando Plus interacted with the parents and students and shared their experiences. They also explained to the new joiner's along with their parents the various activities, workshops, supplementary Math and English sessions conducted by Light of Life Trust.

Objective: The main objective of this event was focused on disseminating the knowledge ofthe project Anando and Anando Plus, about Light of Life Trust and its Vision, Mission, Goals & Objectives.

5)   Study Material distribution:

At Karjat office, activity of making sets of book for distribution to SSC students was conducted. Two parent representatives were present to volunteer for this activity from Kashele village.

Objective: The objective was to provide study material to the underprivileged students.

6)      Workshops for the students:

Many workshops were conducted across all the regional centres of Light of Life Trust as follows:-

1)      At Khopoli - Anando Plus centre and at Lokkruti centre, Mohili – Karjat of Light of Life Trust, a one day Journalism workshop was conducted. It was conducted to build up interest of the Anando Plus students. In this session he gave detailed information on the Journalism course as well as career opportunities in this field. In all 22 students participated in the programme.

2)      At Worli centre, Mumbai of Light of Life Trust a Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) workshop was conducted. It was a very enlightening workshop for the students.

3)      At Worli centre, Mumbai of Light of Life Trust a session on 'Best out of Waste' was conducted. Students made new notebooks out of the old ones.

4)      At Jagruti centre, Tiware - Karjat, 'Anant' team organized Tabla workshop conducted by Avartan Gurukul, Pune. This workshop was conducted under the program Anant. Students who are interested in learning fine arts are trained for learning music and dance.

5)      At Worli centre of LOLT, 'Calligraphic Workshop' was started with enrolment of 10 students.

6)      At Thane centre of Light of Life Trust a workshop for women's titled 'Mahila Udyojak' was conducted informing women's about empowerment through skill training resulting in employment.

Objective: The objectives of these workshops were varied. But the common objectives weredeveloping the skills, interests, hobbies, enthusiasm, energy, enlightenment and among students.

7)          Guest Lecture:

1)      At Worli centre of Light of Life Trust, a seminar on 'Knowledge about gender equality’ by guest faculty from Akshara NGO.

2)      At Karjat, Light of Life Trust organized a guest lecture for 8th and 9th STD beneficiaries. The topic of discussion was 'Adolescent age, changes and challenges: Part II'. This session was conducted by Dombivili Rotary Club.

8)      Summer Camp / Activities:

Following summer activities and camps with different event and activities were held across regional centres of Light of Life Trust. As follows:-

1)      On 28th May, 2017 at Thane centre of Light of Life Trust, LOLT organized 7th day of the 'Summer Camp' and the session was conducted on Craft making.

2)      On 30th May, 2017 at Thane centre of Light of Life Trust, LOLT organized 8th day of the last 'Summer Camp'. This was a prize distribution ceremony and it also included fun and dance activity. In all on the last day 25 students participated for this event.

3)       On 1st, 2nd and 3rd June, 2017, at Khalapur centre of Karjat district, Summer Vacation camp was organized and the session was conducted on spreading computer knowledge among students. Students were taught to create Gmail account and were also taught how to send an email on day 1. On the second day 'DMLT session' was conducted and on the third day 'Dance session' was conducted by Anando Plus students for the participants.

4)      On 2nd of June 2017, at Bhatepuri centre - Jalna district of Light of Life Trust. 2 days Summer Vacation Event was organized. Students enjoyed various activities during this event on day 1. On day 2, a journalist from IBM Lokmat visited the camp and informed the children about benefits of reading the newspaper and also informed them that how the news are gathered and written. A session of drawing was also conducted among the students.

5)      On 2nd of June 2017, at Tiware centre and Diksal centre, Karjat, summer activity was conducted at Tiware centre and students were taught to make "Best out of Waste". Students made Photo Frames from the Newspaper. At Diksal centre students we taught to make paper bags from newspaper and later in the afternoon drawing session was conducted for them. The best part of the event was in the evening students went to the market and made awareness among the shopkeeper about the use of paper bags and avoidance of plastic bags.

 6)      On 3rd June 2017, at Tiware centre of LOLT, session on Agriculture was taken during the Summer Camp. Practical knowledge on Grafting was given.

 7)      On 3rd June 2017, at Khopoli centre of Khalapur Taluka of Raigad district of LOLT, LOLT conducted 2 days Summer Activity. On the first day "Akshar Moti Handwriting Course" and "Self Defence Training for Girls" was conducted.

 8)      On 3rd of June 2017, at Kondiwade centre of Karjat region of LOLT, summer vacation camp was conducted and a session on 'Dance in Drama' was undertaken.

 9)      On 4th of June, 2017, at Karjat centres of LOLT a summer camp activity was conducted and an activity on 'Origami art' was taught to the students followed by singing session in the afternoon. In the evening students distributed paper bags to the shopkeepers which they made on day 1.

 10)   On 4th of June, 2017, at Kondiwade centre of Karjat district - LOLT, on the 4th day of summer vacation activity student made costumes from newspaper for dance. These dance costumes were the visualization from Natyashastra in which there are four drama styles viz. Agnik, Vachik and Asharyam. From this style student learned 'Drama in Dance'.

11)   On 5th of June 2017, at Washim zone centres of LOLT, Summer Vacation activities were conducted for the students. This included Orator ship skill computation, Handwriting skills, Mehendi designing.

12)   On 5th of June 2017, at Jeevan Asha Community centre - Tiware - Karjat, one of our Anando Plus student conducted dance session as part of the summer vacation camp for the students.

13)   On 6th of June 2017, at Chowk centre of Karjat zone - a summer vacation camp was organized for 6 days starting from 1st of June up till 6th of June. Sessions, events and activities conducted during this period are: Spoken English, Making flower pots from the newspaper, Drama session, card making session and also parents meeting informing them about the Educational Material Distribution program. Also, uniforms were given to the students during this event.

14)   On 6th of June 2017, at Alibaug zone - summer activities were conducted for the students, this simultaneously started in Alibaug centre, Borli centre and Nehuli centre and the activities would go on for 6 days starting 6th of June. Following were the activities which were conducted: Plastic Craft making activity, Varali painting, Special guidance session of Dramatic Skill Development. Singing & Acting, Elocution and Presentation.

• Project report from April to June 17 (PDF)