Balika Bhavan Project obsolete – 2018
Balika Bhavan is an orphanage run by the Mar Thoma Syrian Church in the southern state of Kerala India. Our program debuted at this orphanage with 26 girl students in 2017. All of the girls at this orphanage are coming from underprivileged or broken families.
2017 program lifted up the students and showed them a world outside the 4 walls of an orphanage through a number sessions we had with students.
In a nutshell we showed them to dream about a better future.
This year we structured our curriculum and we will focus on 3 elements
- Awareness about vocational careers & assess each student on their potential future career based on talent and interest and drive them to pursue the career
- Focus on English language
- Focus on essential life skills
The program started on 8th September 2018 and spans across several months. Program sessions are primarily on weekends and other holidays when the students are free from their regular school activities.
Location
Activity Report
Date: Sunday, 9th September, 2018
Topic: Career Planning
Resource Person: Shammas Abdul Khader
The first session about career planning was about understanding personal strengths and its impact on choosing a career. Tried to make the session active and interesting by adding games and activities and gave an overview about personality, aptitude and interest.
The students were active and alert, and were interested on the subject. It has been understood that all children are aware about the importance of having a career and have a desire to get a job after their studies to make a living. All students are above average and could not find anybody below average. That indicates all students have the potential to reach a career suits them.
The next sessions will be about career exploration, personal counselling and suitable courses for each career which are easily accessible from Pathanamthitta. And also follow up with the students and Balika Bhavan authority till they reach to a career.
