Community Ownership and Development - Towards Sustainable Livelihoods!

  The lack of information ration subcommittee along with CC members organized an informative seminar on ration issue which was held on 16 th Dec. 2017 at Church hall Pali. A total of 87 head of the families participated in the meeting in order to solve their rationing issues. The main objective of the session was to provide information on food security act and to make people realize the strength in unity while dealing with issues. The resource person for the session was Mrs. Taruna Kumbhar, member of the Rationing Kruti Samiti(RKS), works on issues related to the Public distribution system and Food Security. Mrs. Taruna began with highlighting the rights of a ration card holder.  People asked many questions in relation to the ration distribution, the basic rules and regulations, the procedure for getting beneficiary stamp etc. All the questions and doubts were cleared.  She promised that (RKS) will guide to fill the form in the camp, but the beneficiaries should ta...

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...

On 17 th October 2017, a session on Food Security was conducted by Ms. Nassim, CCO staff at Gorai. Food security basically means the availability of food and one’s access to all. Thirty-five children from the Bal Sansad was present for the session and were explained about food security, and its importance. Food is a basic requirement throughout life. Eating healthy and consistently with a balanced diet is very essential. Ms. Nasim explained to the children that its important to eat nutritional fruits and vegetables for one’s proper growth and development. Eating healthy benefits the body by stabilizing the energy, improving the mind and helping maintain a healthy weight. Children were engrossed right through the session, actively participating and eager to learn the Human right to Food. Ms. Nasim encouraged the children to adopt healthy eating habits and recognize the impotance of food security at home.

On 28 th October   2017, twenty three Bal Sansad children assembled at a Hall in Gorai for an input session on Food Security Act. The resource person for the session was a CCO staff. The topic was chosen to give awareness to children on the importance of food and eating the right kind of food every day. They were also taught to be cautious about not wasting food and ways to create awareness around, beginning from their own homes. Bal Sansad’s exposure visit to the ration shop took place on the 9 th of November 2017, twenty two children from the Bal Sansad gathered at the Gorai Ration Shop to gain more knowledge about the Food Security Act and Public distribution system. Children freely interacted with the Ration shop keeper and asked many questions like the types of ration cards, the quantity of ration, each family is entitled for etc. At the same time, the children also informed the shopkeeper of how unhappy they and their families were as the right amount of ration wa...