Separate locker facilities: Regular children are provided with separate spaces in the form of wooden cupboards where they keep their clothes, stationery, study material or any other personal belonging. Many times, they use it for depositing their money also. This way, they have got a space that they can claim to be their own. Clothes & requirements: The regular children are provided with clothes & shoes twice a year. We have been doing it since quite a long time with the help of many generous donors. Local Outings & picnics: Children are regularly taken to interesting places for educational trips where they learn & get a chance of enjoying without being restricted. Main aim of these trips is to make children learn about different places, cultures, traditions, history or geography in a way that attracts them. Major challenges & needs at the moment We are faced with the challenge of maintaining the motivation of children to be regular for the education classes as they are highly mobile and because of being Homeless, are forced to move from one place to another very frequently.. This calls for introduction of creative methods of teaching the children which are interesting to the children and also informative. We are in the process of developing lesson plans on various subjects and issues that street children relate to & which can help them in their everyday lives, e.g. the importance of savings, substance abuse, and so on. Also, we need to develop the capacities of our Educators through trainings in communication skills, research, management of stress, anger, etc so that they are able to follow the curriculum in a more systematic way. In the area of vocational training, we are trying to create more options for the children. Support is needed for the training of the adolescents in various vocations. We are negotiating with various agencies for enrolling adolescents associated with us and also trying to build in house training/ career options for them. Action Plan Developing interesting methods of engaging with children Organising trainings of the working with children
Separate locker facilities: Regular children are provided with separate spaces in the form of wooden cupboards where they keep their clothes, stationery, study material or any other personal belonging. Many times, they use it for depositing their money also. This way, they have got a space that they can claim to be their own. Clothes & requirements: The regular children are provided with clothes & shoes twice a year. We have been doing it since quite a long time with the help of many generous donors. Local Outings & picnics: Children are regularly taken to interesting places for educational trips where they learn & get a chance of enjoying without being restricted. Main aim of these trips is to make children learn about different places, cultures, traditions, history or geography in a way that attracts them. Major challenges & needs at the moment We are faced with the challenge of maintaining the motivation of children to be regular for the education classes as they are highly mobile and because of being Homeless, are forced to move from one place to another very frequently.. This calls for introduction of creative methods of teaching the children which are interesting to the children and also informative. We are in the process of developing lesson plans on various subjects and issues that street children relate to & which can help them in their everyday lives, e.g. the importance of savings, substance abuse, and so on. Also, we need to develop the capacities of our Educators through trainings in communication skills, research, management of stress, anger, etc so that they are able to follow the curriculum in a more systematic way. In the area of vocational training, we are trying to create more options for the children. Support is needed for the training of the adolescents in various vocations. We are negotiating with various agencies for enrolling adolescents associated with us and also trying to build in house training/ career options for them. Action Plan Developing interesting methods of engaging with children Organising trainings of the working with children
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