By Debadutta Dash | Executive Board Member, Sukarya USA
15 year old Mosina lives with her family in Palasli village with her father who works as a irrigation labourer. She had aspired to study English and computer science.
Mosina’s father never believed that it was important for a girl to be educated . He was rigid that education was not required for his daughter because she was to get married anyway. The project coordinator of Sukarya regularly counseled her father educating him about the importance of vocational training centre (VTC) facility which was conveniently located in the village. After a couple of counseling session, Mosina’s father was convinced and agreed to send his daughter to the VTC.
Mosina thanks the team of Sukarya for opening a VTC facility within her village and motivating her father to let her take classes of her interest. She has now completed her English course and the beginners course in IT scoring more than 80 % marks in both discipline. Mosina's was a success story which inspired many other boys, girls and even adults to join classes at the VTC.
In the last quarter, 313 health awareness sessions were held at the village level and 392 home visits were conducted. More than 90 cooking demos were held for creating awareness on better nutrition. More than 38 individuals were registered for IT education through NIIT at the village level and 129 computer classes were conducted along with 60 English classes at the VTC. 33 has cleared the exam and were given certificates by NIIT.
As part of the Integrated approach for creating a model village, following progranms were also conducted:
Capacity building for Panchayati Raj Institutions
Advocacy with religious leaders
Meetings organized with government frontline workers
Meetings organised wiith block and disrict level officials
Convergence, linking of Governmental Schemes connected with Community people
ARSH Session with Govt School Adolescent Girls
No. of Women Received tailoring training -10 in Neemli Village
Tailoring centre started in Lapala with 10 Participants
Social awareness sessions organized with SHGs -09
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