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News Letter May 2009
April 09 was full of activities for children as well as for our volunteers. The longawaited vocational training programme was started in the name ofSopanSwavalambanKendra and a new batch of PratibhaPoshanYojana(J) wasselected. We had an excursion to Bithoorfor our workers and paper-planemaking workshop for children. Here is a description about this month’s activities.
Sopan SwavalambanKendra(SSK)
The founders of Shiksha Sopan had the vision that for development in ruralareas one needs to concentrate on Shiksha, Sanskarand Swavalamban. Theyhad conceived a center where education in imparted with inculcation of Moralhuman values and also with vocational skills developed so that they can earntheir livelihood. Over the years, Shiksha Sopan developed centers andprogrammesto impart education and moral values, but vocational trainingremained limited to short summer courses.On April 3, 2009, Sopan SwavalamanKendra was formally inaugurated byShriSanjivKashalkar, registrar, IITK. With three Sewing machines purchasedon IITK Alumni Association funding, the center ad
 
mitted its first batch of 9girls from Barasirohifor one month course on Bag Making. Our trainer, aprofessional tailor, taught them to make 6 kinds of bags. MrsPoojaMishraof our campus was key motivator to start this center.In the next phase we have announced four courses, (a) Repairing ElectricAppliances, (b) Making Artificial Jewelries, (c) Beautician’s Course and (d)Sewing. We have gotten a large number of applications (more than300)showing the confidence of rural community in Shiksha Sopan.
Dr O P Mishrainaugurating theSwavalambanKendraThe first batch of 9 girls with ShriKashalkar, otherSopan workers and the trainer (extreme left)
 
Flying paper plane is a common activity among children. But lotsof aerodynamical principles can be understood and knowledge about real planes can begained by making such planes with proper guidance. Dr KirtiPrakashGupta, aformer Air force Pilot and associated with CERI Pilani, had very kindly offered totrain our children in making Paper planes. It was a very specialevent for the 26children who learned the intricacies of airplanes and made 19 varieties 0f planesin the 5-day workshop on 14-18
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April. Dr Gupta guided them every minuteand emphasized the importance to do the work with perfection, inhis words,with ZERO DEFECT. Cutting and folding had to be done with great precessionand children got the training of professionalism through this activity.The event was organized in Opportunity School Hall everyday from10AM to 5PM with lunch given at the venue itself.Children practiced flying their planes in open and learned that it is not the forceof throw that is important, but the design of plane, wind direction, angle of injections etc were the controlling factor. They experience to make littlemodifications in their planes to result in smooth flying and smooth landing.On the last day, 18
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April, children put up a general show. Each participant triedto fly the plane to keep it air for long periods, smooth trajectory without wobbleand smooth landing. The 45 minute flying show was a treat to watch. Themaximum time of air stay was 6.5 seconds.Visitors included Dr SandeepVerma of Chemistry, Dr and MrsA K Sharma, MrRS Shrivasrtav, Principal, Opportunity school together with Sopan senior workers.They all blessed the children and wished for their bright future.
Paper Plane Making Workshop
 
ManthanShivirat Bithoor
PratibhaPoshanYojanajunior test wasconducted on 22
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March and 8 children wereselected for further consideration(April09Newsletter). These were called for a grouptalk on 5
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May which lasted for about oneand half hour. Several of the children were abit nervous but our friendly approach soonmade them normal and they talked freely.Since we are to send them to a big school incity our concern was that they do not feelpressurized in adjusting in the newenvironment. Finally three children, Shaurya(father auto driver), Gopal(father dailyworker in masonry) and Deepika(father asmall farmer) were selected for PratibhaPoshanYojana(J) scholarship. We haveapproached JugalDeviSaraswatiVidyaMandirand hopefully they will be admitted inthis school soon.
PPYJ 09
Shiksha Sopan has a number of units and volunteers working these units get littletime to meet among themselves. Not only all the workers should know all theactivities well, each one of them should participate in the planning of futureactivities. With this in view we organized a day long ManthanShivirat Bithhorwhere all the Evening Center coordinators, school teachers, PPY coordinators,science cell workers and other potential workers were invited. In all 36 Sopanworkers assembled at SAC at 8 AM and boarded to charted mini bus. At Bithhorwe directly went to SitaMandirwhere there is a good natural atmosphere andopen space.The deliberations included presentation by each unit coordinator about his/herunit, the strengths and weaknesses, the future plans. Dr H C Verma presented thegeneral goals and philosophy of Shiksha Sopan while the president RanjanUpadhyaypresented the expectations from Sopan workers at the sopanworkplaceand also in social interactions. On suggestions of workers, a month long activitywas planned to make general masses in villages aware on global Drinking Watercrisis and impress upon then to stop Water abuse.
Selected children Shaurya, GopalandDeepikawith parents and Sopan workers
During the friendly Group Talk
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