Madhya Pradesh

• Muskaan- A new initiative

We have started a new initiative under project E-Siksha by the name of Muskaan at Guna, MP. Under this programme we have started additional activities in six new villages with primary level children. This programme includes conduction of educational movies shows, providing story books, recreational activities, sport activities, session on life skill education, awareness on health & importance of education. Through this initiative we are covering a total clientele of 406 beneficiaries out of which 79% belongs to SC/ST & OBC background.

We have been carrying out this programme with UNICEF & District Health Department. Under this programme we are targeting only truck drivers & all our services cater to the needs to truck drivers on Agra-Mumbai highway from Awan to Guna belt. We aim to cover total of 5000 truck drivers and provide them facilities such as promotion of condoms among truck drivers, STI clinic facilities, referrals on doubt cases to district ICTC, condom demonstration & creating awareness about HIV/ADIS & STI.

We are also in process of carrying out Rapid Situation & Risk Assessment Study about the clientele group. Under this survey we have planned to cover 10% of the total clientele to conduct an in-depth survey to measure the attitude, knowledge and awareness level of the clientele group.

Asom

• Training on Vermicomposting

A one day training program on vermicomposting was organized at Barbarua Development Block on 18th June. The program was attended by representatives of 44 Self Help Groups of the area. The training program was attended by Mr. Lakhydhar Barua, Manager (Project execution), BCPL He appreciated the endeavor made by GIDF for women empowerment of the area. He also briefed about present need of organic farming & how they can benfit from the same. The training program was attended by resource person from Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dibrugarh, Mrs. Anuradha Barua and Mr. Rishikesh Ojha of KVK, Dibrugarh who briefed on the production technology of vermicompost. Mr. H K Dutta, APO ( Agri) of DRDA, Dibrugarh discussed about different aspects of vermicompost including its production to marketing.

For more information on our activities and initiatives please visit www.gidf.org

Pune

• Fun with learning

Well, it was fun seeing small children taking a break from their regular class activities & getting involved in various other activities thereby learning & having fun at the same time. At our Pune center teacher involved students in activities like dance, music, drawing, craft work etc. The children’s were also made to participate in the mud activity where the educator taught them how to make different objects with mud. The overall idea was to develop skills in students so that they can become more active with their growing age.

• Dindi

In Maharashtra Aashdhi Ekadashi of god ‘Vitthal’ is a big festival (as like Jaggannath Rathyatra, Orissa). During this festival people from Maharashtra & Karnataka make groups called warkari & walk towards Pandhrpur Vitthal Tempale, Maharashtra. As in kothrud area majority of people are warkari so we planned to carry out this activity in Kishkindha Nagar, Matoba Nagar Center.

The children’s were made to wear warkari dress wherein boy’s wore ‘Sadara Lenga’, Gandhi cap & girls wore Nawari Sari Traditional dress of Maharashtra and took Tulsi plant in their hands. For this Programme our educator made a ‘Palkhi’ & this rally was called ‘Dindi’. Children enjoyed a lot & sang the songs of gods during the Dindi.