This is an attempt to share my experience on 02/07/11 at kukatpally ZPHS school.
I would like to extend my sincere apology to my team for late latif appearance.Like every year we started this year in kukatpally the largest school of all that are being operated by SAHAYA.I entered the session with srikanth walking by my side but he is busy in setting paper for the assessment we had planned already.It takes some time for experienced batsman like dravid to show off his regular style(sorry sreeram).I played some balls watching classes of eeshwar,neelima,neeharika,nischal and kavya in which they are trying to teach students to introduce themselves in English some of them(volunteers) are succeeded and some of them(volunteers) are suffering but in the mean time we sorted things and gained students attraction in the problematic areas too(Thanks eeshwar and lokesh for helping me).
Thumbs up:For neelima and neeharika for their discipline in class and srikanth for setting up good paper for assessment.3 newbies and their valuable feedback.
Thumbs down:Helpers should pull up their socks in maintaining discipline while our pal is trying to explain something.
Inspiration:Thrown by nischal in maintaining his class and an able editorial member.
EXPRESSION came out of EMOTION(IDEA):It is to make teams in classes so that we could extend our attention to individuals.To have an interactive session before each session to discuss on handout provided.
Thanks giving:to ZPHS kukatpally management for extending thier support,aditya for making the plan for day,nischee for content of the day
Special thanks to nikilesh for picking me up at my home Sreerem for special appearance
Finally its the same history(the work we are doing) but this time with different pages(new students with respect to thier classes)
Preparation of this academic year started
This academic year 1st activity CHART WORK is gonna help the kids a lot in learning the things quickly ..since we know that by seeing we can grasp things easily than listening ..Fabulous work by all my frndzz who coordinated n cooperated me ..The charts are prepared on basics of english that is parts of speech ..All have coordinated well in facebook by posting their ideas and by group chat the discussions went on well ..Niklesh has done a gr8 job by actively participating and posting many pics which inspired us alot ..As a part of preparing charts, i gathered the volunteers to share some views and distribute the work between ourselves .. I thank all of them specially because even under the absence of core team members they attended the meet and gave their valuable suggestions ..Seriously i experienced the hard work of core members as of a drop in an ocean ..But finally its the self satisfaction n productive work which sweeps away all the efforts put over ..i would like to thank rajshekar who pointed my few mistakes and corrected me :) Even when am discouraged at times its the volunteers who pushed n boosted me to complete the work successfully ..Frankly speaking am just a bridge between sreekanth and volunteers where an idea took its action form ..FLASH CARDS are on the way to take its implementation part ..Waiting eagerly for this academic sessions to start where all the volunteers are gonna rock on this year :) :) :)
A much needed Kick Start....
It was like any other meetings we have already conducted...wanted to discuss the future aspects and the proper path to next year's activities...
The day kicked off with a little fumble...there was a mis communication with the people at Lamakaan...but thanks to those people...co-ordinated well and gave us the space...
The meeting began on a slow note...(Thanks to my poor anchoring skills...)but gradually as more and more volunteers slowly trickled in...the interest and the involvement also grew up...
Few experiences were shared....Karun shared his opinion on facing the challenges for Sahaya...
Eshwar and divya explained the experiences while conducting the Science fair...
And there was a highly motivating and inspiring speech from Revathi...she softly asked us to introspect ourselves....which is much needed....
Just as the meeting was going a little towards the kingdom of boredom...Sowmya ma'am came in and filled our nerves with energy an enthusiasm...
A round of complex questions for her from Rajasekhar,Vivek,Srinivas turned the meeting into a sort of discussion...by the time she finished everyone had a clarity in handling the classes,motivated and were ready to take the future challenges to come ahead...in the meanwhile a bunch of volunteers ended up serving lemon water for the rest of us....
A spontaneously made skit from "creative" Karun and "Comrade" Sreeram made us understand the classroom situation in the schools...
Next came a bunch of surprises for our beloved president.....A series of wishes from far but near people....
And the meet came to an end....Giving us all a much needed kick-start to what we are trying to accomplish...
The day kicked off with a little fumble...there was a mis communication with the people at Lamakaan...but thanks to those people...co-ordinated well and gave us the space...
The meeting began on a slow note...(Thanks to my poor anchoring skills...)but gradually as more and more volunteers slowly trickled in...the interest and the involvement also grew up...Few experiences were shared....Karun shared his opinion on facing the challenges for Sahaya...
Eshwar and divya explained the experiences while conducting the Science fair...
And there was a highly motivating and inspiring speech from Revathi...she softly asked us to introspect ourselves....which is much needed....
Just as the meeting was going a little towards the kingdom of boredom...Sowmya ma'am came in and filled our nerves with energy an enthusiasm...
A spontaneously made skit from "creative" Karun and "Comrade" Sreeram made us understand the classroom situation in the schools...
Next came a bunch of surprises for our beloved president.....A series of wishes from far but near people....
And the meet came to an end....Giving us all a much needed kick-start to what we are trying to accomplish...
BOOKS to BASICS
Kids at school love art & crafts...
Their arts are all over classes...
Imagine what would happen if they didn't have their sketches, crayons, water colors, pencils.....
If we can make up for lack of some thing from some where from other sources... then it would allow us to provide them resources more efficiently...
BOOKS to BASICS is a new concept just based on that.
HELP us provide school supplies to those who are in need of them...
Envision a worls where every child has access to books n basics.
They do not have even basic material like drawing sheets, kids reuse papers over and over again, they do not have their required source like water colors, sketches, crayons...
Books - Basics is an extension to the last years Book collection Drive. Last year we ware able to gather very few books. This year Sahaya would like to to collect as many supplies as possible for the needy.
Drive details and collection procedure will be published soon....
Far better
These are good days for us in SAHAYA here; days when we literally start seeing our dreams come true. We all had great dreams when we started SAHAYA…To expand to more number of schools …To make Computers just another learning tool for kids…to have an institutional/teaching organization that works on our syllabus round the year, researching and constantly tweaking and updating it to suit kids better.
But today suddenly all our great dreams don’t seem that great compared to where we stand, what we can achieve and what is required of us. The role of SAHAYA in an school two years back is no longer its role today; it’s much broader. The role of a SAHAYA volunteer two years back is no longer the same; it’s far greater.
Looking back at the year gone past, and all the classes we took as Sahaya volunteers, I keep trying to evaluate whether we changed anything in the system, whether we made a difference at all…
One of the reasons why Sahaya is such a great idea is because it offers responsibility to the volunteer and not simply an opportunity to feel good about himself / herself. Last year, this responsibility entailed that we come on time, come prepared, stick to the timeframe of the syllabus, and such. Looking at it this way, Sahaya is really an exercise in self-discipline.
And personally, I think I could have done better. Quite often, I thought that our teaching was not as effective as it could have been; sometimes it seemed as if the kids were having trouble grasping the lessons. Maybe that would not have been so if we were better prepared. Or maybe we were just expecting too much out of the kids….
This post is a tribute to all those volunteers who are coming forward and taking charge in SAHAYA. It’s function is to celebrate each and every one of you who have chosen to make a difference.
But today suddenly all our great dreams don’t seem that great compared to where we stand, what we can achieve and what is required of us. The role of SAHAYA in an school two years back is no longer its role today; it’s much broader. The role of a SAHAYA volunteer two years back is no longer the same; it’s far greater.
Looking back at the year gone past, and all the classes we took as Sahaya volunteers, I keep trying to evaluate whether we changed anything in the system, whether we made a difference at all…
One of the reasons why Sahaya is such a great idea is because it offers responsibility to the volunteer and not simply an opportunity to feel good about himself / herself. Last year, this responsibility entailed that we come on time, come prepared, stick to the timeframe of the syllabus, and such. Looking at it this way, Sahaya is really an exercise in self-discipline.
And personally, I think I could have done better. Quite often, I thought that our teaching was not as effective as it could have been; sometimes it seemed as if the kids were having trouble grasping the lessons. Maybe that would not have been so if we were better prepared. Or maybe we were just expecting too much out of the kids….
This post is a tribute to all those volunteers who are coming forward and taking charge in SAHAYA. It’s function is to celebrate each and every one of you who have chosen to make a difference.
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Journey for the future continues.... cheers to all those who are a part of it...
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