Thursday, 27 October 2016

Kishoris gain knowledge & Self Esteem 27/10/16 at Gorai

On 27/10/16 a programme was held for Kishoris of Gorai. The number of kishori girls attending the session was 80. The resource persons were the

Bsc Nursing staff of Hinduja Hospital and Fr. Leslie.


The session began with a welcome song. Fr Leslie then gave an introductory speech about the session.


A skit on sex education was presented. It covered various topics such as menstrual cycles, love, friendship etc. A video clipping was shown which gave information about cleanliness and hygiene and care of the body.   


Information was given how check for breast cancer and care to be taken, right nutrition to be taken and to distinguish between bad touch and good touch.



The girls found the information very useful and important. They were interested in gaining more knowledge about these topics.



     
 



Thursday, 20 October 2016

Core committee Action Plan meeting at Gorai on 20/10/16

On 20/10/16 a Core Committee action plan was held at Suryodaya Samaj Kendra. 8 members were present for the meeting and Mr. Dayanand Patil animated the session.
The meeting began with a prayer by Sr. Chrystal. Ms. Nasim the briefed the members about the deliberations of the previous meeting held between the months of July to October2016.
In the preceding meeting Mr. Macanzy Dabre had given certain alternatives to solve the water problem in Gorai. They were 1. To build a pipeline from Manori to Gorai 2. Water tank 3. Protest March 4. To write an application 5. Rain water harvesting 6. Creating awareness in every sector 7. Planting trees 8. Use of water sparingly
Among the different alternatives, the alternative to build a pipeline from Manori to Gorai was chosen. An action plan was drawn which entailed creating awareness to increase  participation and then writing an application with peoples signature and submitting it to BMCs water department.

Thus the meeting concluded with the preparation of an action plan.

Core committee meeting at Manori on 20/10/16

Core Committee Meeting was held on 20th Oct 2016 in Manori church hall at 12 pm. Meeting was animated by Mr. Dayanand Patil.

Information about the village and BMC relating to the health issues was shared. Since information from BMC was incomplete, it was decided by the Core committee to file an RTI to get the proper information. Mr. Dayanand explained how to fill RTI form.  
The core committee members were asked to take initiative to file a RTI. Two members readily took up this responsibility.
            
Mr. Dayanand asked the members to enumerate the alternatives to solve the health issue. Core committee members identified 15 probable solutions and they decided to prioritize. They chose the first option i.e. to clean self & locality.
They decided to  create awareness in the village through  Rally’s,  Zonal meetings, Role plays, church announcement etc.

            
After that the core committee members decided to meet the parish priest on 21/10/16 to make announcements regarding the above issue.     

Tuesday, 18 October 2016

Planning Meeting of Inter-religious Programme on 18/10/16

On 18/10/16 a planning meeting of Interreligious Programme was held at Juipada, Gorai. 27 members were present for the meeting.

Ms. Natal welcomed the members and spoke about Suryoday Samaj Kendra. Later on Ms. Nasim explained the vision, mission and works of Suryoday Samaj Kendra.

Sr. Christel led the discussion on conducting a programme for communal harmony and the date for the programme was fixed on 28/10/16. The members also finalized the outline of the programme.



A discussion also took place about the problems faced by people and a community group was formed so that the people could  come together and solve their problems.
On this note the meeting came to an end.


                  

Planning Meeting of Inter-religious Programme on 18/10/16

On 18/10/16 a planning meeting of Interreligious Programme was held at Juipada, Gorai. 27 members were present for the meeting.

Ms. Natal welcomed the members and spoke about Suryoday Samaj Kendra. Later on Ms. Nasim explained the vision, mission and works of Suryoday Samaj Kendra.

Sr. Christel led the discussion on conducting a programme for communal harmony and the date for the programme was fixed on 28/10/16. The members also finalized the outline of the programme.



A discussion also took place about the problems faced by people and a community group was formed so that the people could  come together and solve their problems.
On this note the meeting came to an end.


                  

Wednesday, 12 October 2016

Session for the Leaders of SHG at Devtalav Uttan

On 12th Oct. 16 A  training for all the SHG leaders of Devtalav was organised. Ms. Velencia Marvi from Uttan CCO conducted the session. There were total 19 women who attended the session.

There was a good response from the participants. She explained to them the concept, Importance of SHG, and how to conduct the meetings.



She also conducted some games and the stories through which they were able to understand in a better way. There was a good feedback from them. Through the interaction with them it was cleared that they understood the concept well. 

Tuesday, 11 October 2016

Problem solving techniques session 2 held on 11th October 2016 at Gorai

A corecommittee meeting on problem solving techniques was held on 11th October 2016 at Gorai Church Hall.

Nasim introduced the resource person and the deliberations of the previous meeting were discussed. Ms. Rosy read the response of the RTI and a discussion on it followed.  

Mr. Macanzie discussed the different steps to solve any problem. First all information regarding the problem has to be gathered. Next,  who is affected by the issue has to be seen i.e. who is for the issue and who is against has to be seen like nagar sevak, Police etc.

After gathering information there is a need to find out different alternative and choose the best alternative. Begin the chosen alternative in parts.



Prepare an outline of the activity and then conduct the activity.

The participants understood how to the solve the problems and found the session very enriching and educative.

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