Delhi Community Service thread

[NJain]

I am not able to attach the Location sheet here.
Well, we need to finalise the location. We have to be there at school by 8AM on thursday/saturdays.

Guys who have already confirmed are:
Saurabh (Sept 22)
Apurv (Compassionate Boogeyman)
Nidhi (getmeonit)

Please send in names asap.

Nitin

[NJain]

You can do it alone - but that would beat the purpose of long term sustainability.

Come on guys. Take the initiative and lead from the front.

Dont worry PG. Its always the first initiative which needs an extra effort.

[saxenakush]

thx NJ for msging me...but i wont be a dilliwaasi nemore...leaving delhi forever on the 24th of may. Wont like to come just once n then discontinue..tht would not be fair on my part. Will try n do someting at jamshedpur once i join XL there.

regds
kush

[ManDevIan]

Hey guys!!

i really want to be a part of it....
but i am out of town these days for audit wrok.. today i am in lucknow... will be in allahabad tomorrow... and so on....

i'll reach back delhi on 23rd of May (most probably)...
how can i help??

[glow=red:1975f72f38]Prateek[/glow:1975f72f38]

[getmeonit]

This I hope is going to be the first chapter of community service from delhi-pg group.
After considering several options…we finally decided to give the NGO ”Pratham” a shot.
The aim of Pratham is to make the vision of basic elementary education accessible to all ..a reality.

On Saturday Nitin ,Saurabh and me went to the Pratham Study centre. We found a no. of positives in the way they worked…
1.Enthusiasm in the students and especially teachers. Everyone there including the students, teachers, coordinators and managers were more than keen to fulfill the goal A no. of instances substantiated that.the teacher made it a point to attend to each and every student personally by takin rounds and checkin that everyone was able to answer the qs. everytime a test was taken by the students. Also as soon as the teacher asked any question as a quiz, ALL the children would raise their hands in an disciplined manner and would try to answer even if the answer was wrong. There was this guy who was their PT teacher and he RAN for almost half an hour without stopping in between in circles, trying to help them play a game whle makin them understand the funda behind fractions,addition and subtraction.
2. The work they were doing reflected professional attitude and quality. People working there were hand picked. They had immense interest towards teachin children and were working very hard. They would repeat the same thing over and over again and as many as 24 times (yes I counted it) to explain the thing. At one ppoint of time...
a child was unable to prounounce a particular syllable…n the teacher repeated it 24 times..n fnally the student got it rightJ.Amazing level of commitment.

3. The education that they give there is complete and wholesome.They not only teach Hindi/English and Maths but also drawing, art, craft, sciences, social sciences, awareness, physical education and juss everything. The children in the age group 3-5 were only taught through games in a play way method. There methodology could beat even the biggest of the play way schools. The children were taught excellent etiquettes. Small things like wishing teachers, raising hand before speaking, taking permission before coming in and leaving, they were taught. You don’t expect a child who hasn’t studied to have these kinds of etiquettes and respect for authority. But they taught them. And more importantly children seemed to have learnt that.

4. They made sure that the child gets confident. They would call upon a child and ask him to speak in front of the class and even if the child would hesitate, they would call him again and again and help him talk in the group. And there were things incentives (other children clapping), punishments (didn’t see an example) there. Talking of clapping they were even taught a rhythm in which they were supposed to clap. one two ... one two three. And they were good at it.

5. They were professional about it. They know that they have 44 days and they have divided the entire program in 44 sessions and they make sure that complete the days plan. We were there as observers or shd I say auditors, we were to make sure tat they do things well and they didn’t try to act up in front of us. They went about their task in a routine manner completely ignoring us. And since we were auditors, one thing was clear that they have external auditors for better quality measure and control.

6. Once in a week they hold an interactive session with the parents. Like a PTI meet. In this meeting they would show that how a child has grown and would perform skits and presentations etc. They would show that on day one the child was not able to read. On day 7, the child is able to at least read 10 alphabets. People know that something is being done and make sure that they send children for the entire duration. This takes care of the rate of absenteeism.
This was the awesome and satisfyin experience we 3 had …now it’s for the junta to decide and act…coz we hv finally started with it

nidhi

[Shriyukta]

Great Work , there Nidhi , Nitin and Saurabh !!

Way to go, really ! , it sounds really neat , wish i cud join u too, but joining for 2 weeks is a no-no , as i wud be leaving Delhi in less than 3 weeks, but folks u have really done us proud, the delhi chapter seems to have finally started off and very well too

Kudos to u !

Shriyukta

[getmeonit]

thnx sriyukta for the appreciation.., n yess ur rite...the delhi community service chapter has finally taken off...but it's juss the beginin...n ppl are still to come up with their experiences...watch out this space for more

[arboreal_tarantula]

way to go delhiites ! delhiteful ! do share with the forum what u plan to do with pratham. alll the best.

[highwaystar701]

Hiya every1,
Saurabh had told me dat u guys had visited Pratham.....
and he also was waitin for Nidhi's post.....
great post and gr8 work by Nidhi, Saurabh and Nitin......
i hope the guys n gals who will be in NCR
both who have secured admissions in these regions and those newbies who will be preparin.....can contribute to it.....
though MDI guys (Saurabh u listenin.....)
hope u can take out some time.....coz u will be
screwed big time in the first sem.....
happens in most of the instis.....
i think in the first PG meet there was some1 joinin IMT also.....
MDI gang is pretty big......
PGites joinin FMS and comin to delhi can also
think n decide whether they will be able to
contribute.....
den there mite be people from IMT also
there r lots of people.....
hope some come along and work.......
chalo dats all for now....

so the Delhi Chapter takes off..........
ciao,
Gaurav
XIMB: 2003-05

[Saurabh Garg]

Me back finally after two days...

Yes we did a few things and yes it felt good...

@ Nidhi: Where is the rest of it?
@ Gaurav : Yeah I have HUGE ears
@everyone else: feels good to something. PLEASE come in and be a part, even if for two weeks (@ Shriyukta with a small y), it is really awesome experience.

Hope ore people turn up.