Career Counselling Session at Youth Group Meeting, 30th June, 09

Date: 30.06.09

Place: Pardarshita, F-185, New seema Puri, Delhi-95

Resource person: Mrs. Saraswati

On 30.06.09 we organized career counseling for the youth of Seema puri. Counseling is started with the introduction of youth with the recourse person, In which every member of the youth told about himself/herself i.e. about name, class school name, hobbies, courses they want to do, etc. after that the resource person Mr. Sarswati Nayar introduce herself with the youth group. She also told that she doing social work from last many years.

After that she starts counseling with the student who enter in the tenth class and the student who clear tenth class. She told that the student of tenth class can do the following courses:

                                              

After that she completely gave a speech on these topics then she told the students who are interested in math, those students can take commerce..

After that she told that the students who take science can choose medical line, student that take commerce can choose CA line, and the student who choose arts have many line e.g. Govt. jobs, political party etc. Then the students asked many questions from Resource person and she reply very smoothly to students.

Then she starts counseling with the 12th class students.

She explain the three steams fully- Engineering, Commerce and Medical

Then the resource persons inform that after 12th you all can enter in the collage according to the choice of your course.

Even you all can do these courses from the private collage.

B.P.P:- Bachelors Preparatory Programme

Then she briefly told about this course, she told that the student who is failed in 10th, and the 11th, 12th student can also do this course,

This course is done from IGNOU and the age limit of this course is above 17.

Fees structure: Rs. 2000.

Duration: 2Years

She also told that this course is equal to 12 pass.

IGNOU: - Indra Gandhi National Open University

Indra Gandhi National Open University can start lots of courses. Center of the IGNOU is open in all states of India.It also start vocational courses i.e. moter viding, book viding, radio and TV, Plumbing etc. along with all other courses are running i.e. B.A, M.A, PhD etc. IGNOU can also send for the training for many courses i.e. BSW, MSW, B.ed etc. The fee structure of all couses is different i.e. starting from 800 to 25000. And the exam of these courses is held in June and December.

                 

AFMC:- Air Force Medical Collage

The student can be eligible in this course after 12th. This course can be done after clearance of entrance test.

                 

Vocational Courses: -

These courses can be done with the continue of 8th, 9th, 11th, and 12th.these courses can be applicable for girls and boys, the fee structure of the courses are different. These courses art promoted by, Ngo’s, private institute and collages.

• Steno

• Typing

• Beautician

• Airhostess

• Modeling

• Photography

• Nursing

Courses Related to Agriculture:

• Dairy Technology

• Portly Technology

• Rural Management

Courses related to Mass Communication:

• Advertising

• Film Making

• Public Relation

• Journalism

Courses Related to computer and IT (information Technology)

• Animation (cartoons)

• Call center training

• Web designing

• Web Developer

• Out Recourses

For the entire above course English is must and the fee structure of these courses is near about 1 lakh

In the end of the session she told about the some good collages.

Report on Exposure Visit by Youth Group & Rag pickers, November 2009

As we are working with youth and rag pickers group in Bawana and while with youth group in Seemapuri. The youth group at the both locations are participated in our various activity like school admission campaign, school awareness campaign, PDS camp, health issue, sanitation issue etc. The rag pickers group not that much strong. This group is in primary stage. So we organized an exposure visit from 6th to 9th November, 2009 of 16 youths and 8 rag pickers to explore their knowledge and develop their understanding.

So with 8 rag pickers and 8 youths from Bawana and 8 youths from Seemapuri we went to Chakia village which is located in Chandouli district of U.P and Nagepur village which is situated 44 Km away from Mughal Sarai Station. In Chakia the group interacted with the group named Youth for Democracy who are working for NREGA and different social issues in the villages of Chandouli district and the group interacted with Lok Samiti in Raja Talab, Varanasi. Lok Samiti is working with weavers at Raja Talab and its surrounding villages for their betterment.

Day 1: We reached Chakia village on 7th Nov, 09 at 8:30 A.M. and stayed at a guest house of forest department which is situated near Latif Shah Dam on Karmnasha river. After breakfast and tea the introductory session has held. At first the group introduced themselves and there after Mr. Jai Shanker introduced his team to our group. Then the group of 24 persons divided in to 5 sub groups and leadership of these subgroups given to Rajeev, Farhan, Rakesh, Sapna and Anzar respectively.

Mr. Shrawan Kumar Kushwaha from Youth for Democracy has taken a session of youth group and briefed the youth about the situation of the area and the life of the community who are living in the remote villages and forests. Mostly adiwasis are living in this region. Mr. Kushwaha briefed the youth that how our country is deviated from its objective he also briefed the youth about Bhagat Singh’s life and his objectives.

In the after noon session Mr. Santlal briefed the group about NREGA and various schemes which are run by government. He told to the group that in the year of 2005 the parliament passed two strong acts one is RTI and another is NREGA. The group was not unknown about RTI act but NREGA is new for them. Mr. Santlal described the important points of NREGA to the group and said that mainly it gives the guarantee of 100 days employment in a year to the people of villages. Thereafter he briefed about various schemes like widow pension, old age pension, janani suraksha yojna etc.

After this session the youth and rag picker group enjoyed their evening at Latif Shah Dam and also interact with local community and their life.

Day 2: In the morning of 2nd day i.e. 8th Nov, 09 all youths and rag pickers moved for Chandra Prabha Vanya Jeev Vihar which was 16 K.M from the chakia guest house. At Chandra Prabha the group enjoyed the water fall of Dev Dari and Raj Dari. They also interacted with Mr. Anil Kumar Pandey, Forest Officer, Chandra Prabha Vanya Jeev Vihar. Mr. Pandey briefed the group about the importance of forest and nature. He also gives the details of this sanctuary that what types of flora & fauna are in this area and they are useful for us.

In afternoon we left the place and moved for Chakia guest house. After lunch at guest house we left the place in the evening and reached to Lok Samiti organization in Raja Talab (Varanasi). All members had dinner and went to bed.
Day 3: The morning of 9th Nov, 09 started with Morning Prayer with school children of Asha Samajik  Vidyalaya then all had breakfast. Most of the youths have taken classes at Asha Samajik Vidyalaya for 2 – 3 hours. Thereafter, they went to the nearby villages to meet with the people and know about their life. The main occupation of that village was weaving, they weave silk sarees. They were all surprised when they came to know that the whole family is working from morning to late evening for saree making but they hardly earn 200 to 300 Rupees per day.

In the evening we all left the place and reached to Varanasi station and took the train and returned to Delhi next morning. From the exposure visit most of them got knowledge and experience about the village life of our country. It was an interesting tour and very learning because the group came to know how the youth in the village selflessly work for the social cause in the adverse conditions.

Report on Capacity Building of Youth Groups, October 2009

As we are working with youths of Bawana & Seemapuri since April’09 and since then youths are actively involved in various activity like school admission campaign, school awareness campaign, cloth distribution to fire victims in Bawana etc. They are also sensitizing and assisting the community in various issues like sanitation, health, education, PSD etc. Therefore strengthen of the group is necessary. It is also important that these groups will work as a resource group for the community who can understand the need of group, give the leadership to the community, by knowing how to access the various entitlements etc.

Therefore to fulfill these objectives a capacity building training of youth group was organized at USO house, New Delhi on 14th October’09. This training was attended by 20 youths from Bawana and 14 from Seemapuri. Out of total 34 participants 16 were girl and 17 from Muslim community. This meeting was started with the welcome note by Mrs. Ritu. She welcomes the resource person Mrs. Amita from ISST and introduced her to the youth group.

After that an introduction round has held in which Mrs. Amita made pairs of youths and told them that every one will introduce his/her partner. Each one made pair and introduced their partner as per guidance of Mrs. Amita. Thereafter the resource person interact with every youth and said them that what capacity we have. Every youth participated in the discussion and shared their capacity.

Mrs. Amita told to the youth group that we are a human being and because of that we have some responsibilities towards our family, community as well as our country. To fulfill these responsibilities we need groups which do the work together. She also focused on the importance of group. The youth groups from Bawana and Seemapuri got actively involved in the discussion.

Mrs. Amita related the active involvement of youth group with the steps of success. She divided the whole subject in nine steps which are as follows:

Step 1 (Time Management): She briefed the youth group that if you want to be succeed in any area then you should have follow first step that is time management. It will help you to do the work in time.

Step 2 (Responsibility): Mrs. Amita briefed to the youth group that in group activity the responsibility of work is on every individual and each one do their work as per their responsibility. The feeling of responsibility in each member will help the group to get success.

Step 3 (Unity): In regard with this step Ms. Amita briefed the youths that it is the most important step to get the success. She also told the story of poor farmer and his four sons and related the story with the importance of unity in a group.

Step 4 (Positive Attitude): It is the key point to get success by an individual or a group. She said that when we start any work with a positive attitude surely that work will be completed in the desired goal. She also told the group that for positive attitude our habits should be positive because habits become our attitude.

Step 5 (Mutual Respect): The resource person briefed the youth group that if you want to be in a group then mutual respect is necessary for every individual. So it is also an important step of success.

Step 6 (Friendly Behavior): Mrs. Amita briefed to the youths that to work in a group your behavior should be friendly. She also said that if there is lack of friendly behavior within the group you can not succeed in your task.

Step 7 (Knowledge): She told to the youths that when you are taking initiative of any group work be sure about its background and plan according your knowledge. The knowledge is also the key point of the success. It is the knowledge that will reach you to the top of the success.

Step 8 (Action): In concern with this step of success the resource person briefed the youth group that after passing the seven steps of success you will have to take the action against your work. In absence of action no one will succeed in life. So it is the important step of success.

Step 9 (Victory): It is the last step of success. Mrs. Amita said to the participants that if you follow the steps of success then the last step of success will be automatically comes in your path that is known as victory. The victory will lead you to do more and more group work.

All the participants actively participated in the whole session of training and they also entertained their selves by various activity like sang songs, presented jokes, played street play etc between the training session.

Mr. Rajiv, Project Manager, has also taken feed back from the youths about the training session. Each participant shared their view regarding training session they told that it will help them in how to work in a group, how to work for community, understanding the problems, lead the community in a positive way, follow the steps of success etc. Some participants also pointed that the resource person not explained the last two steps of success.

This training was also attended by Rakesh, Rajeev, Sapna, Vishnu and Farhan, who are working in Bawana and Seemapuri with Action Aid.

Pardarshita: Annual Report from April 2008-March 2009

Mission:

To fight corruption and ensuring transparency and accountability in the Governance system thereby empowering the marginalized section.
About the Organization:
Pardarshita is a non-profit organization. It was registered in December 2005 founded by activists associated with Parivartan. Pardarshita has been formed with the aim of fighting corruption and ensuring transparency and accountability in the Public Governance systems thereby empowering the marginalized sections. The goal of Pardarshita is to spread awareness about Right to Information (RTI) and empower common people to use the RTI tool to ensure access to his/her rights and entitlements.
 Objectives of the organization:
• to create awareness amongst the common people about their rights.
• to make the government authorities more accountable and transparent.
• to ensure good quality of education for every child by invoking right to education.
• to conduct research on how the fund is being utilized in government run schools.
• to motivate the marginalized section of the society to minimize their dependency and create sustainable systems
• to form community based groups.
Executive Committee:
Rajiv Kumar- President
Ritu Mehra- Secretary/ Treasurer
Shaweta Anand- Executive member
Diwan Singh- Executive member
Momin Khan- Executive member
Ram ashish- Executive member

Main Activities:

Establishing of Resource Centre:
A resource centre has been established at F-185,186, New Seemapuri. The purpose of the centre was to spread awareness and disseminate information and capacity building of local community. The resource centre is equipped with ready information on PDS, Social welfare department schemes, schemes of SC&ST & OBC Department and information with respect to issue of Voter I D Card and enrolment of their names in voter list. The other schemes of Delhi Government like Ladli scheme and insurance schemes for the poorest of the poor.

The broad outcome of the Resource Centre is given below:
1. The forms of different schemes are freely and readily available to the people, now they need not to run from pillar to post for getting the forms
2. The people are being assisted for filing the forms and simultaneously the educated member of the family which is being provided the assistance is also being taught that how to fill the form.
3. The people are being aware about their rights.
4. The people are gradually acknowledging the power of Right to Information Act and now they them selves ask to file the application under the RTI Act if their work gets stricken in the Govt. Department.
5. The people being aware about the different schemes which are being introduced by the Govt. from time to time.  

Beneficiaries: No. of Ration cards released: 250 cards approximately.

No. of people received for old age pension: 25

No. of women received widow pension: 15

No. of voter I-cards released: 200 approximately.

Admission Campaigns:
The activities of Pardarshita started from the admission campaigns in Delhi at various locations like inside the DC office complex, outside Metro stations, in different communities and in the trade fair too.
The basic objective for organizing these camps was to assist parents for the problems which they are facing during the admission of their wards in the schools run by the Government because the principals and the teachers ask for the unnecessary documents for the admission. During this campaign laisioning with the Deputy Director of Education and Director of Primary Education was also done for facilitating the parents. More than 500 complaints against 54 schools were collected from the parents for the denial of admission cases, and these complaints were presented in the High Court during the court proceedings and as a result Hon’ble court issued contempt of court notice to all these public schools.

During this campaign more than 700 students were facilitated for the admission in Public schools under EWS quota and more than 300 students were facilitated for admission in Govt. and MCD schools.                 Beneficiaries: Number of admissions in 54 Public schools: 700+

Number of admissions in Govt. & MCD Schools: 300+

Financial Assistance to students:
The rules which were formed for the admission of children under Economically Weaker Section quota stated that those students will get financial assistance at par with the students of Government school, for expenditure on account of uniform and books. Therefore parents were mobilized and around 90 RTI applications have been filed by the parents in the education department demanding for the same. As a result the students were given a cheque of Rs. 580/- according to the standard in which they were studying.

Beneficiaries: Number of students given financial assistance in Public Schools: 1000+

Capacity Building Initiatives
Capacity building has been the forte of this period of work because various issues had to be clarified at the community level. Hence the team organized several trainings of the women’s groups, youth groups and rag picker groups on RTI, PDS, sanitation etc. the results of the trainings have been very promising which is visible from the fact that many RTIs have been filed after the trainings. The chief trainings organized in the past quarter include:
Training of women group on PDS and Education and Public Development Works helped in forming issue based groups in Seema Puri. A group of women named Mahila Ration Samiti which is working on improvement of ration distribution system has been formed. The other group which is functional in monitoring of the students admitted under economically weaker section quota is also formed; another group which is actively trying to improve the condition of park in their community is also working hard.
Youth Groups
Youth groups have been given strong emphasis as they are the future crusaders of the area. We have organized some special trainings focusing on the needs of the youth in this quarter. Issues like livelihood, PDS, RTI, street theatre activities have been organized by Pardarshita. The youth have benefited greatly from the regular meetings and trainings by Pardarshita.
A two days leadership workshop was also organized for the youth and it was organized in Dehradun. Training on RTI and personality Development was given to them. The strong presence of youth members in our rallies and meetings verifies the close association. The youth group is currently being given training on theatre also and is in process of preparing small street plays on relevant issues such as PDS and education. After his training the youth group offers that they will give regular time to the resource centre, and since then 3-4 youth volunteers are regularly coming to the centre and are learning how to draft application the process of RTI filing and is preceding processes.
Assistance camp for getting Voter I-Card:
It is the right of every citizen of India to vote whosoever has attained the age of 18. The Govt. issues a voter I card within 21 days of filing of form 6 with the SDM (electoral), but it has been noticed that either the people fail to get form 6 from the electoral office or if they happen to get the form in that case their voter card has not been issued by the department.
Therefore an assistance camp with the help of volunteers of Pardarshita was organized in Seema Puri and Bawana. These two camps were organised by the youth group in order to assist the people for filling form-6 and for new BPL ration card.

Outcome: More than 300 form-6 were filed for voter card.

Around 45 RTI applications were filed to know the status of the form which the people have submitted for getting voter cards.

More than 400 voter I-cards were released.

Assistance camp for PDS:
The public distribution system (PDS) ensures the distribution of essential items such as selected cereals, sugar and kerosene at subsidized prices to holders of ration cards. The PDS also helps to modulate open - market prices for commodities that are distributed through the system. The Department of Food & Civil Supplies, Govt. of Delhi, manage the PDS in Delhi by enforcing the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, and various Control Orders made there under.
However, it is also a known fact that the people across the country face different problems in respect to issues of PDS. Pardarshita started identified PDS as one of the potential problems faced by people in slums of Delhi. The major problem which came to notice was that people have applied for the ration cards but they failed to get the cards from the Food & Supply office and beside this the people who want new ration cards and if they go to the circle office the inspector does not issue forms to them.
Therefore camps were organized in order to assist those people.

Outcome: More than 200 forms were filed for new ration cards.

Around 50 RTI applications were filed to know the status of the form which the people have submitted for getting new ration cards.

Around 75 people got their cards which were lying with the department.

Community Watch Group Meetings
Regular Group meeting have been held with women group and with youth group. The meeting with the youth has been organised to discuss the local problems like PDS, Sanitation, roads, communication etc and to identify their roles in the same. Their capacity has been built on the use of RTI, PDS and different Government schemes. The youth group consists of 150 persons in Seema Puri at present. They are also devoting their time for the resource centre too. To engage the youths a computer literacy classes are also being held on a daily basis. 7 computers have been raised through community contribution and are being managed by the youth group in propagating computer literacy.
The women group has more than 60 active women at present. These women are now working on issue based mode like ration mahila samiti is working on ration, EWS monitoring group is working on ensuring the financial assistance in the public schools.