Community Ownership and Development - Towards Sustainable Livelihoods!

An interactive session was held between the (PSI) and the Bal Sansad members on 10th May 2018. 22 participants from Pali and 10 from Chowk attended this session. The Police Patil of Pali Village. the CCO & CSA staff were also present for the meet. The structure and law pertaining to remand home and information about the activities carried on in the remand home were briefly discussed by the PSI. He explained with examples about the remand home and the reason of their establishment for a Juvenile delinquent. He said that a Remand Home is a place where a person who has been arrested and charged with a criminal offence until their trial is detained. It is an observation home for the Juvenile Delinquent where changes are brought in the behavior of these juveniles. He further said that the Juvenile Delinquency is participation in illegal behavior or the habitual committing of criminal acts or offences by minors below the age of 18 years. He also explained the protection against...

On 23 rd November 2017, forty seven Bal Sansad children were present for the input session on gender equality at Gorai. The objective of the session was to create awareness on equality and respect for women. The resource person Ms. Nasim   Kasughar, CCO staff explained to the children various ways in which discrimination starts from our house to society. They are limited to access resources and opportunities such as education, job, healthcare services etc.   right from food, education, work   to behavior. Most of the time people underestimate the efforts and hardwork put by women and their capabilities. The list of Indian women who have made great achievements in various fields all over the world are in plenty for e.g Mother Teresa . Sunita Williams, Kalpana Chawla etc. An interaction session as a follow up on the input session was held on 30 th November 2017 at Gorai again with nineteen children from Bal Sansad participating. The children were asked quest...

The input session on the Indian Constitution and its importance was held at Church Hall, Pali on the 23 rd of November 2017 for 41 Bal Sansad children. The resource people for the session were CCO staffs Sr. Nisha, Ms. Carol and CSA staff Ms. Rasika. The session began with an ice breaker game. An introduction and basic information on the Preamble of the Indian Constitution was shared. Furthermore, the topic on election & representation was explained in a simple manner with adequate knowledge of who and where one can vote, what is the democracy procedure to elect a good responsible and sincere candidate. An interaction session was held with a set of questions being asked and exercises were given in order to help the children remember the important terms in the Preamble and ensure they understood the subject matter. Children took keen interest in preparing posters and charts during this activity. With the help of this session Bal Sansad learnt the importance of the Preamble...

On 23 rd October 2017, two hundred and twenty Bal sansad children attended an input session on Communal Harmony at Gorai. The objective of the session was to create awareness of peace and equality amongst children in the society. India is a land where all the major religions of the world is practiced by their respective followers. Nevertheless, it has also been the reason for the disunity and disharmony   in the country.   Communal Harmony is necessary for   the growth and peace of the country. The concept of religious equality was explained to the children.   Also, about the Indian constitution which states it an individual’s right to chose his/her own business & religion. And that everyone should respect all religions as humanity is the true religion . A follow up interaction session was held on the 26 th October 2017 at Gorai to ensure the children thoroughly understood the importance of communal harmony.

On 25 th October 2017, a session on information about the police and interaction with the Nagar Sevika was held at Church Hall for thirty-one balsansad children at Chowk. The Nagar Sevika  shared and explained her role and areas of work. Children happily interviewed and spoke freely with her. She was impressed at the keenness with which the many questions were asked. She advised the Balsansad to study hard and told some even had great chances of becoming a future Nagar Sevak / Sevika. The children were very excited. The second session was taken by the Police who explained to them about various weapons used by the policemen to train cops. He introduced the children to various services being provided by the police station for the fisher folks and how they could access these services. He said, a police force is a constituted body of people empowered by the state to enforce the law, protect property and limit civil disorder. Thereafter children put forward some questions, to the ...

A three days diwali camp was held at Church hall, Pali for the Bal Sansad group from 16 th to 18 th October 2017. Forty nine children attended the session. The resource persons for the camp were Fr. Sandeep Borges, Br. Melborn, Ms. Sanjina Bhandari, Ms. Sneha Patil and Ms. Nasim Kasughar. On 16 th Oct. the first day of the camp Fr. Sandeep Borges highlighted on the topic called ‘Responsible leadership & Facilitation becoming Animators’ for thirty six  Bal Sansad  children. Through games & interactions he explained how one can be a responsible leaders or Facilitators and explained the roles, responsibilities and qualities needed for it. Good facilitators are a good communicator, respecting the views of other members in the group; he/she is a good planner, optimistic, sincere to the given task, approachable, good general knowledge, sense of humor, responsible etc. The children learnt that the good values imbibed during childhood is useful to take responsibili...