NSS RURAL CAMP 20072008 DBIT, KURLA

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NSS RURAL CAMP 2007-2008 DBIT,
KURLA

• DATES 11 JAN TO 20 JAN 2008
• VENUE- JUNGLE CAMP
• WALWANDA VILLAGE
• JAWHAR, THANE.

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WELCOME
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NSS CAMP PRESENTATION

• EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY
• SOCIAL ACTIVITY
• CULTURAL ACTIVITY
• REPORTS ON VISITS
• VILLAGE OVERNIGHT VISIT
• SURVEY REPORT
• MODEL VILLAGE REPORT
• SITE VISIT
• WHATS COOKING????
• CAMP FIRE
• THANK YOU.

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EDUCATIONAL REPORT

• REPORT 1 EDUCATING 8TH,9TH AND 10TH STD STUDENTS
• REPORT 2EDUCATING BALWADI CHILDREN

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REPORT 1 EDUCATION OF 8TH,9TH AND 10TH STD
STUDENTS

• GOALS MOTIVATION AND EVALUATION OF THEIR
  KNOWLEDGE

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EXPERIENCE

• The committee worked for five days with the
  children starting from 14th Jan to 18th Jan.
• We taught them science, math and English.
• We made charts consisting of diagrams from
  geography, science and math.

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STANDARD 8TH

• A motivation lecture was conducted by our
  students.
• We also covered topics on Marathi grammar.

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Standard 9thPortion covered

• Mainly english was taught to the students.
• spellings, and sentence construction was taught.
• Basic math principles and formulae were taught.

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STANDARD 10TH

• A motivation lecture was conducted
• Easy tips on studying and attempting the board
  exams were given.
• Math formulae and English grammar were revised.

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Observations

• Their basic concepts in math and English were not
  clear.
• They lacked confidence and were reluctant to ask
  doubts.
• Education is not their top priority
• Girls were very shy and subdued and did not
  participate in class.

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Suggestions

• Students should be lectured on the importance of
  education and the role it plays in the future.
• Students talents should be recognized and
  encouraged.
• Need for a female teacher to put the girls at
  ease.
• Regular revision of topics in the class
• Better teaching methods and aids should be
  employed

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REPORT 2 EDUCATION OF ANGANWADI CHILDREN

• GOALSTO TEACH THE CHILDREN ENGLISH RHYMES AND
  NEW GAMES

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OBSERVATIONS

• The anganwadi gives basic education to children
  under 3yrs.
• Around 40 students attend the anganwadi
• The timings are from 530 to 700 pm
• It is an English medium nursery

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EXPERIENCE

• They were equipped with charts of alphabets and
  numbers but lacked charts of any other kind.
• It was a single classroom which did not have
  enough lights.
• We provided them with charts and taught them
  common nursery rhymes and games
• We also taught them to recognize shapes and write
  numbers.

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OUTCOME

• Children picked up new rhymes very well
• They were enthusiastic and knew how to
  communicate in English
• They learnt to write alphabets and numbers
• They also learnt different shapes and understood
  rhymes.

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SUGGESTIONS

• They face a problem of poor lighting due to
  frequent power cuts
• Observing this the students of NSS resolved to
  work on a project that would help them by
  providing light during power failures.
• A group of students have thought of a solar bulb
  which will work for 18 hrs after charging it in
  the sun for 6 hrs.

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SOCIAL REPORT

• GOAL TO PERFORM SOME SOCIALLY PRODUCTIVE
  ACTIVITIES THROUGH PHYSICAL WORK

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1. CONSTRUCTION

• 13th Jan to 17th Jan
• LOCATION1 min walk from camp
• AGENDA To help in constructing new school
• WORK
• Leveling of the classroom
• clearing rubble from the ground
• Sieving sand and segregating stone
• EXPERIENCE
• The classrooms needed  stones to be placed on the
  floor. In short the floor had to be leveled.
• The corridors also had to be leveled .
• Leveling was done with the mixture of dry mud and
  stones. 

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Before.
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• The stones were placed in the corridor . So with
  the help of 7 small containers and 4 pickaxes, we
  had to carry the stones into classrooms.
• This was done in a chain formation so as to
  reduce work load and lessen confusion.
• Also dry mud had to be brought from outside in
  containers and scattered all over the work area.
• Together in this way we had a mixture of stones
  and mud which helped in building the floor of the
  classroom. 

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.Before
After..
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2.PAINTING

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• Date- 18th Jan 2008
• Time- 1030am-130pm
• Work
• The walls of the classrooms had to be painted.
• Painting was to be done with the help of 3
  different materials.
• We had to apply distemper to the inner walls of
  the classrooms as well as the outer
  walls.        

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• EXPERIENCE
•   There were 8 brushes given to us.  We were also
  provided 25 kgs of distemper each for the outer
  walls and the inner wall and 5 kgs of colour
  paint for the borders and front pillars.
• The mixture had to be made by mixing powder and
  water in the ratio of 11.
• Work was divided into two parts, 4 members with
  the outer walls of the classroom and the
  remaining completed the inner walls of the
  classroom.
• It was first decided that we start with the
  vertical strokes of the paintbrush and then on
  drying after two hours, we had to start with the
  horizontal strokes of the paintbrush.      

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• ACHIEVEMENTS
• The school was due to be inaugurated on the 26th
  of January for students of  8th, 9th 10th Std.
• The work is about to becompleted on time due to
  our extra effort.
• Lots of physical work was put in 100
  contribution from all students. 
• It built a sense of dedication and sincerity.

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3.BANDHARA MAKING

• 16TH Jan Time 330 pm
• Location was half an hour walk from camp
• This activity was part of SHRAMADHAN.
• Previous year NSS students had increased the
  level of the bandhara.
• AIM To further increase height of bandhara

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• By increasing the height it was hoped that water
  would seep into the soil so as to increase level
  of underground water.
• Flash floods would also be prevented and fields
  would not be damaged.
• We used shovels,pickaxes,ropes containers
• Major portion of the aim was achieved by placing
  a huge log of wood and packing it around with
  stones and sand.

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OUTCOME

• We learnt to perform hard physical tasks
• We also understood that hard work always bears
  fruit.

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• CULTURAL
• COMMITTEE

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YOUTH EVENT

• DATE 15 January 2008
• TIME 8.00 pm
• VENUE Walwanda
• Youth event was to be organized, but due
  to no prior notice very few people turned and
  that too mostly young kids which werent the
  target audience.

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YOUTH EVENT CULTURAL PROGRAM

• DATE 17 January 2008
• TIME 8.00 pm
• VENUE Walwanda
• The youth event and cultural program were
  clubbed together and were followed by a screening
  of Taare Zameen Par.

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• PROGRAMS ORGANIZED
• 1. ITI skit informing youth about various
  problems faced by them and solutions to those
  problems in the form of various ITI courses
• 2. Group dance by students of 8th and 9th std
  from the Swami Vivekananda Trust school in
  Walwanda
• 3. Comedy skit performed by students of DBIT
• 4. Group dance by students of DBIT
• 5. One act skit by students of DBIT
• 6. Screening of Taare Zameen Par

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• OBJECTIVES
• Informing youth about various options available
  in ITI colleges
• Showing villagers ill-effects of issues like
  alcohol, drop-outs, etc
• Improving interaction between villagers and
  DBSS-NSS members
• Encouraging children to showcase their talent and
  build their self-confidence

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conclusions

• Require motivation to move forward.
• Interaction between villagers and unity was
  achieved.

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REPORT ON VISITS

• GOAL TO UNDERSTAND THE STRUCTURE OF THE
  VARIOUS AGENCIES IN THE VILLAGE

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PHC VISIT

• Accessibility walk 19 kms (no vehicle)
• Maximum patients die during the rainy season.
• No permanent stretcher to carry patient.
• Only one ambulance for a population of 30000.
• Government supplies Rs.700 to pregnant women
  below poverty line so that they come for check
  up.
• No proper pre-natal and post-natal care for women
  and children
• People not educated about snake bites. Subcentres
  need medicines like paracetamol, ORS etc.

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RATION SHOP

• One ration shop for the whole village
• Cards are available for EPL and BPL
• BPL Rs 6/kg for rice Rs 3/kg for wheat and Rs
  9.50/lit for kerosene.
• EPLRs 3/kg for rice Rs 2/kg for wheat and Rs
  9.50/lit for kerosene.
• BPL and EPL are decided through govt survey.
• Once in a month per card gains 25kg rice, 10kg
  wheat and per person 2 liters kerosene.
• Above 65 years of age, 10 kg rice is free
• Three registers should be maintained by the
  ration shop cash, stock and sale.

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VETENARY HOSPITAL

• People are careless about their animals.
• Resort to superstitious practices for curing them
• Common diseases among animals are cured.
• At times, animals with incurable sickness are
  killed.

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CONCLUSIONS

• From the above visits, we realized that the
  people are exploited to no ends.
• With almost nil facilities, they are forced to
  live a life deprived of basic necessities.
• We learnt the importance of basic accessibility
  and the cruelty of profits.

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SUGGESTIONS

• To stress on education
• Health awareness is important through women self
  help groups and children.
• Elimination of red tapism is important for
  progress.
• The vet nary doctor and general doctor should
  conduct awareness programs.

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OVERNIGHT VILLAGE VISIT

• GOALTO EXPERIENCE THE LIFE OF THE TRIBALS AND
  UNDERSTAND THEIR PROBLEMS

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OBSERVATIONS

• They were very hospitable except in some specific
  cases where they refused to let the boys stay
  overnight.
• Poor standard of living
• Simple food
• Location

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its our home
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PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

• Aldo 2hrs.
• Medical checkup
• Sensitivity
• Drinking problem
• Some houses have luxuries like T.V and DVD
  players.
• Education
• Value for things

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SURVEY REPORT WALWANDA
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Objectives

• To learn about the Socio-economic status
• To find information on the educational status
• To interact with the villagers

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Conclusions

• Self Sufficient
• Eating EGGS is a luxury
• Alcohol Abuse (80 income)
• Not keen on Education

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• Live for the day
• Dont dream BIG in general
• Early Marriage
• Superstitious

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MODEL VILLAGE VISIT

• GOALTO SEE A MODEL VILLAGE AND UNDERSTAND THE
  EFFORT INVOLVED IN CREATING SUCH A VILLAGE

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VISIT TO CHOWK

• On 19th January at 1030 am we visited the
  village called chowk which is a model village
• Chowk is situated at a distance of 5 km from our
  base camp
• Chowk won the NIRMAL GRAM PURASKAR in the year
  2005 and the award was presented by the former
  president Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam.
• A model village is a village which satisfies
  certain criteria laid by the government for eg
  clean roads ,one toilet per house etc.

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Model village visit
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• The village has 100 tribal population and yet
  the initiative was taken by the villagers to
  develop their village
• Today the village boasts of clean streets, public
  toilets, abolishing of child marriage etc.
• It has also become a 100 alcohol free zone and
  has employment plans for villagers.
• Women empowerment was also on their agenda and as
  a result the present head sarpanch and assistant
  sarpanch are women.
• The literacy rates in this village are also quite
  good compared to neighbouring villages.
• Weekly meetings for both men and women are held
  to formulate new plans.

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Model village
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OUTCOME

• One amusing practice carried out in the village
  is that girls are only married to grooms who had
  toilet facilities in their house.

• We understood the planning and effort behind the
  concept of model village
• We also learnt that we should take the
  initiative for a positive change to take place in
  our city or town.

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SITE VISITS

• GOALTO SEE THE VARIOUS TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF
  THE AREA AND TO RELAX

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JAWAHAR FORT

• 18th Jan Time-330pm
• Jawahar fort is located at about 12km from the
  camp
• This fort was built in 1940 by kings who were
  believed to be the last descendents of shivaji.
• This fort is more of a palace and is a private
  property
• Gigantic in size and splendid in style, this
  palace is a majestic piece of art
• Wonderful marble floors, high ceilings, numerous
  rooms, antique furniture, sprawling lawns and the
  typical English style stone walls are some of the
  features of that palace.
• The Raja definitely seemed to live in luxury. It
  was a learning and fun experience to look through
  the palace and also a good piece of History to
  take back home.

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Jawhar fort
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SUNSET POINT

• After a historic visit we headed of to appreciate
  natures majesty, the Sunset. A few minutes walk
  to our destination and we were all basking in the
  setting suns beautiful red rays.
• The picturesque colours of red and yellow in the
  sky are ofcourse awesome. The whole background
  was basically a perfect postcard image,
  Beautiful!
• Sounds of clicking cameras and a lot of calm and
  peace were definitely something we received!
• All in all a relaxed, fun filled visit!

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Sunset point
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WHATS COOKING???
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CAMP FIRE!!!!!!!
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Thank you!!!!!

• Special thanks to all the guests and teachers who
  visited the camp

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WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK

• Mr.PHONDEKAR the head coordinator of NSS
• The management of DBIT and also DBDS
• MR.JOAG for sparing his precious time and coming
  to visit us.
• Fr.MARIO VAZ
• Fr.ADOLF
• Fr. BOSCO
• MR.CHANDRAKANT Mr. MELVIN head of DBDS jawahar
  region
• MR.ROYAL DSOUZA NSS coordinator for DBIT

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NSS district coordinator Mr.
Phondekar
DBIT principal Dr. Joag
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• SPECIAL THANKS TO
• Mr. Arvind
• Mr.Nilesh
• Mrs.Neelakshi
• Mrs.Shilpa
• Mrs.Rohini
• Mr.Sameer
• Mr. Jackson
• Ms.Geena
• Mr. Abdul
• Mr. Prasad

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Thanks to DBDS staff
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• Mrs.Meenakshi
• Mr.Das
• Ms.Gejo
• Mr. Mohan
• Mr.Nitin

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THANK YOU