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1212 Urban Education Project: For Under-Privileged Kids in Vadodara
Miss Jagruti Patil (DBDS - Coordinator) was the resource person. She covered following topics in her session:
- Child Psychology, Child Personality
- Lesson Plans
- Classroom environment
- Teaching methodology (audio-visual)
- Importance of parents meeting and feedback
- Importance of sports, cultural events, festivals etc
Teachers were also informed about the guidelines to be followed from the health department and Education department with respect to the prevailing COVID-19 situation in Vadodara.
Parent-Teacher Meeting
Parent-Teacher meetings were held in small batches from 2nd to 30th November 2020. A total number of 426 parents were present in these meetings. During the meeting the Coordinator thanked the parents for their dedication, motivation and commitment to continue education of their children when they are facing many hardships due to COVID-19 pandemic. During the meeting, parents were educated on the guidelines given by education department, mandatory presence of parents with children during online classes, syllabus and evaluation of students.
Online Christmas Celebration with Kids
Online Christmas celebration was held with children from various slums of Vadodara. The COVID-19 couldn’t dampen the spirit of children and they decided to celebrate Christmas online using internet tools. Children wore Santa Claus Cap and drew sketches related to the theme of Christmas. Children sang Christmas Carols and parents also participated in this event.
1211 AXA Project: Covid-19 and Arogya Setu App awareness Campaign
Wherever it was possible, the team interacted with the women and children and educated them on the importance of washing and cleaning hand with hand wash and covering nose and face with mask and obey social distancing. They also educated them on installing Arogya Satu App. Children were given face mask after the session.
The details of sessions conducted is as follows:
Date |
Activity |
Area |
Resource Person |
No. of Participants |
02.12.2020 |
Covid-19 awareness & Arogya setu APP session for women |
Khadi Machine |
Mrs. Sarika Kadam |
22 |
05.12.2020 |
Covid-19 awareness & Arogya setu APP session for children |
Saibaba Nagar |
Mrs. Akshada Naik Mrs. Sarika Kadam |
20 |
08.12.2020 |
Covid-19 awareness & Arogya setu APP session for women |
Indira Nagar |
Mrs. Vibhawri Kamble Mrs. Rajshree Deskhaire |
15 |
12.12.2020 |
Covid-19 awareness & Arogya setu APP session for slum women |
Ambedkaar Nagar |
Mrs. Sarika Kadam |
15 |
17.11.2020 |
Covid-19 awareness & Arogya setu APP session for Children |
Vidya Nagar |
Mrs. Akshada Naik Mrs. Sarika Kadam |
21 |
19.12.2020 |
Covid -19 Awareness and Arogya setu APP session for slum children |
Durga Nagar |
Mrs. Vibhawri Kamble Mrs. RajshreeDeskhaire |
17 |
21.12.2020 |
Covid -19 Awareness and Arogya setu APP session for slum women |
Ajantha Nagar
|
Mrs. Akshada Naik |
17 |
23.12.2020 |
Covid -19 Awareness and Arogya setu APP session for slum women |
M. Phule Nagar |
Mrs. Akshada Naik Mrs. Rajeshree Deshkhaire |
21 |
28.12.2020 |
Covid -19 Awareness and Arogya setu APP session for slum women |
Vidya Nagar
|
Mrs. Sarika Kadam |
23 |
9-12-2020 |
Covid -19 Awareness and Arogya setu APP session for slum women |
Laxminagar |
Mr Nagsen Chavan |
15 |
10-12-2020 |
Covid -19 Awareness and Arogya setu APP session for slum women |
Nagpur Chwal |
Mr Nagsen Chavan |
15 |
12-12-2020 |
Covid -19 Awareness and Arogya setu APP session for slum women |
Ramwadi |
Mr Nagsen Chavan |
15 |
23-12-2020 |
Covid -19 Awareness and Arogya setu APP session for slum women |
Munjaba Wasti |
Mr Nagsen Chavan |
16 |
28-12-2020 |
Covid -19 Awareness and Arogya setu APP session for slum women |
Koregaon Park |
Mr Nagsen Chavan |
19 |
28-12-2020 |
Covid -19 Awareness and Arogya setu APP session for slum women |
Surakha Nagar |
Mr Nagsen Chavan |
26 |
29-12-2020 |
Covid -19 Awareness and Arogya setu APP session for slum women |
Kalas |
Mr Nagsen Chavan |
19 |
29-12-2020 |
Covid -19 Awareness and Arogya setu APP session for slum women |
Poona Club |
Mr Nagsen Chavan |
16 |
11-12-2020 |
Covid-19 awareness & Arogya setu APP session for children |
Munjaba Wasti |
Mr Nagsen Chavan |
23 |
23-12-2020 |
Covid-19 awareness & Arogya setu APP session for children |
Jay Jawan Nagar |
Mr Nagsen Chavan |
23 |
29-12-2020 |
Covid-19 awareness & Arogya setu APP session for children |
Kalas |
Mr Nagsen Chavan |
15 |
24-12-200 |
Covid-19 awareness & Arogya setu APP session for children |
Laxminagar |
Mr Nagsen Chavan |
23 |
29-12-200 |
Covid-19 awareness & Arogya setu APP session for children |
Poona Club |
Mr Nagsen Chavan |
15 |
24-12-2020 |
Covid-19 awareness & Arogya setu APP session for children |
Tadiwala Road |
Mr Nagsen Chavan |
37 |
Total |
|
|
|
448 |
1210 PROJECT ON CLIMATE CHANGE: promotion of sustainable, affordable and nature friendly agriculture
Government Agriculture Extension Officers, Practicing Experts were the resource persons for the training programmes. In the training they educated farmers on following:
- Government Schemes on Agriculture, Agriculture Credit, Subsidy, Finance for productive assets
- Organic Farming Practices, Preparing Organic Manure, Harmful effect of Chemical fertilizers, Chemical Pesticides, impact on environment, soil, water bodies, ground water, increased cost of farming, decreasing productivity and farm yield.
- Agricultural production systems, vermicomposting, soil testing, ecological biodiversity, biological pest control, crop rotation, livestock management practices etc.
Practical demonstrations and Farm visits were also undertaken during the programme. Organic kits were distributed to help the farmers in starting organic farming, Farmers were also linked to the government schemes to avail benefits of farm equipment and subsidy.
No |
Date |
Place |
Activity |
Resource Person |
Participants |
1 |
25-Nov-2020 |
Village Pendapur, Taluka Aurangabad |
Organic Manure + Demo |
Mr Agham (Agriculture Officer) |
15 |
2 |
30-Nov-2020 |
Village Malkani, Taluka Mantha |
Soil Health Testing |
Mr Agham (Agriculture Officer) |
22 |
3 |
2-Dec-2020 |
Village Varud, Taluka Mantha |
Organic Fertilizer + Organic Kit distribution |
Mr Agham (Agriculture Officer) |
15 |
4 |
6-Dec-2020 |
Village Ranmala, Taluka Mantha |
Agricultural Government Schemes + Soil Health Testing |
Mr Pawar ( Taluka Agriculture Officer) |
20 |
5 |
11-Dec-2020 |
Village Boyegaon, Taluka Mantha |
Agricultural Government Schemes + Organic Farming |
Mr Mogle (Taluka Agriculture Officer) |
25 |
6 |
15-Dec-2020 |
Village Dhoksal, Taluka Mantha |
Agricultural Government Schemes + Organic Farming |
Mr Sunil Chavan (Agriculture Officer) |
18 |
7 |
17-Dec-2020 |
Village Maltondi, Taluka Mantha |
Soil Health Testing + Demonstration |
Mrs Dudhate, (Panchayat Samiti), Mr Agham (Agriculture Officer) |
23 |
8 |
20-Dec-2020 |
Village Puri, Taluka Aurangabad |
Soil Health Testing + Demonstration |
Mr Swapnil Wagh (Agriculture Officer) |
18 |
9 |
22-Dec-2020 |
Village Maltondi, Taluka Mantha |
Agricultural Government Schemes + Subsidy & Financial Aid |
Mr Shivaji Rikame (Agriculture Officer) |
12 |
10 |
23-Dec-2020 |
Village Boyegaon, Taluka Aurangabad |
Changing Crop Pattern + Soil Testing demonstration |
Mr Swapnil Wagh (Agriculture Officer) |
19 |
|
Total |
|
|
|
187 |
1209 Spice Making and Marketing Project Vadodara
Mrs. Prabhavatiben and Mrs. Parulben were the resource persons. These meeting were held in batches of 4 women each keeping the social distance and safety precautions in wake of COVID-19 pandemic. Follow-up sessions were held to track the progress of women and to understand and resolve the problems and issues faced by women. During the meetings women shared their common problem of closure of business activities and struggle to survive. The resource persons suggested them to make small pouches of spices and sell to shopkeepers to generate some income.
This project is financially supported by Mix for Kids (Germany).
1208 Medical Care Project for Underprivileged Kids in Vadodara
Medical Camps:
A Medical camp was held on 19th December 2020 at Chaturai Nagar. Dr Yogesh Agrawal and his team of two para-medical staff examined 31 girls and 26 boys. Free medicines were distributed to children. Most illness cases related to fungal infection, common cold, calcium deficiency, skin infection and anaemia. Vitamin tablets were given to kids.
Health Awareness Session for Adolescent Girls:
Two health awareness sessions were conducted for adolescent girls on 3rd & 10th December 2020 in Chaturai Nagar for 37 girls. Mrs. Jagruti Patil (Coordinator) was the resource person for these sessions. The objective of the workshop was to educate adolescent girls on their health, hygiene, reproductive health and COVID-19 pandemic and precautions. She covered following topics in these sessions:
• Physical and Psychological changes.
• Menstruation details and cleanliness
• Information about sanitary pads.
• For stomach and back pains they should consult a doctor.
• Reproductive health risks
• Difference between COVID-19, common cold, FLU, Allergies.
• Preventive measures
• Government guidelines
• Stigma prevention and positive attitude
These sessions were conducted privately with a batch of only three-four girls at time.
1207 MGL Disha Project: Remedial Education Catering to More Than 500 Slum Children in Mumbai
Fr Rolvin D’Mello (Executive Director - DBDS) speaking on the occasion said that, “audio-visual aids such as charts, videos, models, etc are used in teaching and records are kept to track the progress and learning achievements of every child.” He also added that this remedial classes are extremely essential for shaping the bright future of these children; since due to the coronavirus pandemic the schools are closed and for most of them are not able to attend any form of online education.
1206 MGL Disha Project: Health Awareness Sessions in Slums of Mumbai
The objective of these sessions was to educate people on health, hygiene and health risk behaviour in context of COVID-19 pandemic, Cancer prevention and treatment, Nutrition and Mental health.
The details of these sessions are as follows:
No. |
Date |
Topic |
Area |
Total Present |
Resource person |
NGO / Hospital |
|
|
|
|
|||
1 |
11-12-2020 |
Awareness on Cancer |
DBDS Matunga |
45 |
Ms. Minal Desai |
Tata Hospital Preventive department |
2 |
12-12-2020 |
Awareness on Anti-tobacco |
Agarwal wadi |
40 |
Mr. Sunil Chavan |
Nashabandi Mandle Mumbai |
3 |
15-12-2020 |
Awareness on Cancer |
Ram gad Mahim |
41 |
Ms. Minal Desai |
Tata Hospital Preventive department |
4 |
15-12-2020 |
Awareness on Anti-tobacco |
Ashok nagar, Kurla |
50 |
Mr. Sunil Chavan |
Nashabandi Mandle Mumbai |
5 |
15-12-2020 |
Awareness on Cancer |
Vijay nagar, Antop hill |
55 |
Dr. Pinky Patil |
Kalyani Jain Sanstha Mumbai |
6 |
17-12-2020 |
Awareness on Cancer |
Kamani |
30 |
Dr. Pinky Patil |
Kalyani Jain Sanstha Mumbai |
7 |
19-12-2020 |
Nutrition |
Ghatkoper |
47 |
Ms. Surekha Pednekar |
DBDS |
8 |
22-12-2020 |
Awareness on Cancer |
Kamaraj Nagar, Sion Koliwada |
41 |
Ms. Minal Desai |
Tata Hospital Preventive department |
9 |
23-12-2020 |
Awareness on Cancer |
Bhimwadi, Wadala |
40 |
Dr Pinki Patil |
Kalyani Jain Sanstha Mumbai |
Total |
|
|
389 |
|
|
1205 MGL Disha Project: Financial Literacy for Under-Privileged Women
Women also took benefit of various schemes like Post Office Saving Account, Sukanya Samruddhi Yojana (Ssy), Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana, Public Provident Fund, India Post Payments Bank (Ippb).
The details of these sessions are as follows:
No. |
Date |
Area |
Total Participant |
Total Account opened |
Account open/ Subscriptions |
||||||
SB |
SSY |
PMJ JY |
PMS BY |
IPPB |
PPF |
Pension |
|||||
1 |
01-12-2020 |
DBDS Matunga |
38 |
20 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
7 |
- |
- |
2 |
02-12-2020 |
Ashok Nagar |
56 |
20 |
2 |
4 |
- |
- |
13 |
1 |
- |
3 |
03-12-2020 |
DBDS Matunga |
30 |
37 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
15 |
- |
4 |
4 |
05-12-2020 |
Ganesh nagar |
36 |
8 |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
5 |
1 |
- |
5 |
07-12-2020 |
Sangam Nagar |
41 |
25 |
4 |
9 |
- |
- |
12 |
- |
- |
6 |
08-12-2020 |
Azad Nagar |
34 |
19 |
- |
9 |
- |
- |
9 |
1 |
- |
7 |
09-12-2020 |
Imamwada |
53 |
12 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
8 |
3 |
- |
|
Total |
|
288 |
141 |
18 |
34 |
3 |
7 |
69 |
6 |
4 |
1204 MGL Disha Project: Advance Skills Training for Women
Fr Rolvin D’Mello (Executive Director - DBDS) speaking on the occasion said that, “we are also running basic courses in computer, tailoring and beauty care. However, this advance level training being imparted under the MGL project is specifically geared towards preparing the women for jobs and small-scale business. Through our past experience we are sure that almost 95% of these women who are trained use the skills for earning better livelihood. Thus these skills help the women in a big way in financially supporting their families.”
DBDS staff along with the instructors are ensuring the smooth functioning of the training programs and placements as well.
The details are as follows:
No. |
Starting Date |
Course |
Total students |
Venue |
Instructor |
1 |
02-Dec-2020 |
Advance Beautician |
24 |
DBDS Skill Development Centre |
Ms. Snehal Bhopi |
2 |
02-Dec-2020 |
Advance Tailoring |
19 |
DBDS Skill Development Centre |
Reena Devi Kothial |
|
Total |
|
43 |
|
|
1203 MGL Disha Project: Free Health Camps Benefiting 2594 Poor and Needy
Patients were diagnosed to be suffering from Diabetes, Blood Pressure, Joint Pain, Fungal Infection, Flu, Gastric Problem, Skin Infections, Fever, Cold, Vision Problem, Anaemia etc. Free medicines were given to patients. Iron, vitamin tablets and skin ointment were given to patients who were anaemic and suffering from skin infection. The DBDS staff and volunteers from the slum were extremely helpful in logistical arrangement such as putting up chairs and tables, arranging water, visiting families in slums and informing them about the health camp and in managing the crowd.
The details of these camps are as follows:
No. |
Date |
Area |
Total Patients |
Male |
Female |
Children |
Medical Team |
1 |
25-11-2020 |
Sion Koliwada |
128 |
29 |
69 |
30 |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
2 |
26-11-2020 |
Nanabhaiwadi, Wadala |
99 |
14 |
75 |
10 |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
3 |
27-11-2020 |
Bhimwadi Antop hill |
103 |
39 |
52 |
12 |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
4 |
28-11-2020 |
Dinbandhu Nagar |
102 |
11 |
91 |
0 |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
5 |
01-12-2020 |
Naupada, Kurla West |
105 |
28 |
76 |
1 |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
6 |
02-12-2020 |
Sant Gyaneshwar nagar, Bandra East |
101 |
34 |
55 |
12 |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
7 |
03-12-2020 |
Ganesh nagar Wadala |
120 |
13 |
81 |
26 |
Dr. Dinesh, Dr. Sheetal & team |
8 |
04-12-2020 |
Bhartiya Kamala Nagar Antop hill |
107 |
19 |
70 |
18 |
Dr. Dinesh, Dr. Sheetal & team |
9 |
05-12-2020 |
90ty feet Sakinaka |
116 |
34 |
64 |
18 |
Dr. Dinesh, Dr. Sheetal & team |
10 |
05-12-2020 |
New Transit Camp Antop hill |
115 |
16 |
69 |
30 |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
11 |
07-12-2020 |
Durga Mata Mandir Shanti nagar, Antop hill |
95 |
16 |
78 |
1 |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
12 |
08-12-2020 |
Beheram Pada Bandra |
116 |
30 |
68 |
18 |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
13 |
10-12-2020 |
Azad nagar Ghatkoper |
101 |
24 |
64 |
13 |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
14 |
11-12-2020 |
Ramgad, Mahim |
105 |
19 |
86 |
0 |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
15 |
12-12-2020 |
Khadi no.3 Kurla |
116 |
37 |
76 |
3 |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
16 |
14-12-2020 |
Karimwadi, Wadala |
100 |
60 |
40 |
- |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
17 |
15-12-2020 |
Pratiksha nagar |
100 |
16 |
73 |
11 |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
18 |
17-12-2020 |
Mahim Reti Bunder |
116 |
62 |
30 |
24 |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
19 |
18-12-2020 |
Shanti Nagar Antop hill |
111 |
31 |
71 |
9 |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
20 |
19-12-2020 |
Jai Santoshi Mata nagar |
101 |
6 |
95 |
- |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
21 |
19-12-2020 |
Tambe nagar, Wadala |
100 |
30 |
61 |
9 |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
22 |
21-12-2020 |
Bharani naka Antop hill |
108 |
13 |
83 |
12 |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
23 |
22-12-2020 |
Antop hill Church, Kamraj nagar |
129 |
21 |
74 |
34 |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
24 |
22-12-2020 |
Ashok Nagar |
100 |
3 |
96 |
1 |
Dr. Ashwin Pandye & team |
|
Total |
|
2594 |
605 |
1697 |
292 |
|