Month of April’s Leadership activities
1st leadership activity
Advocacy on
Women reservation
Leaders: Fathima Quddannaver
Followers: Basavraj and DB
Community: Government busses in Hubli-Dharwad On 17th April we did Advocacy regarding women reservation in government busses. In one hour we visited 20 busses and covered 22 cases. We Convinced people to provide for their reserved seats and Conductor and other passengers also involved in this activity.
Objective:To change the perspective of men to women. To encourage the women to take initiative to ask their rights. To aware the women to get their rights which are given by the Government.
Challenges:- Convincing people
- If men not ready to leave reserved seat took help of conductor
- To encourage the conductors and other passengers to get done work.
- Difficult to convince the men sitting in that seat.
- Women also s hesitate to ask the seat,
Learning:Don’t do the things where the people are not interested in that activity.
People are aware but they habitant to live in this system.
2nd Leadership activity
Health and hygie,neReproductive child health
Leaders: Fathima Quddannavar
Followers: D B Vanageri & Basavaraj
Community: Byahatti village , SHG women On 19th april 09 we had health and hyegyne session in Bahatti. Bahatti village is one of the big village in Hubli Taluka. This village lacking in health care survives. SHGs women started working on development of village but lack knowledge and awareness bound them to restrict themselves. My session provided basic Information regarding health. In this session we provided information on reproductive health and about family planning and maintains of hygiene.
Objective: To provide information and awareness regarding reproductive health
Strategies:- Gathering people in public place( temple )
- Projector, film, and pictures are used to better understand of subject
- discussion
Challenges:Gathering the community
Time limit, incontinent to visit in night to village
Learning:Arrange the activity according to villagers availability. Be Flexible while presenting. Present subject to their level of understand
This session was very good I learnt more regarding reproductive health while preparing presentation.
3rd leadership activity
Orientation on DFP
Leaders: Fathima Quddannavar
Followers: D B Vanageri
Community: Bhīma hostel, Karnataka University Dharwad On 20th April 2009 we had orientation on DFP in Bhima hostel at Karnataka university Dharwad. There were 50 students from Post graduation. The session was very good, we were two people in our team.
Objective: To bring more fellows for DFP and Brand building of DFP
Strategies: Video, ppt slides show using projector
Question answer
Open discussion
Challenge: Taking permission from boy’s hostel warden in night time is too difficult
Learning:
Coordination plays an important role in public performance.
How to convince the people
How to motivate the people to get done our work
Output: there were some students asked us regarding DFP cohort 3 application
4th Leadership Activity
Personality development
Leaders: Fathima Quddannavar
Followers: D B Vanageri
Community: Students of Inam Hongal Inam Hongal is 18km away from Dharwad, we were in two people in our team. On 21st march 2009 we had personality Development session for Higher Primary, High school, and I PUC students in Suwarna Summer camp at Inamhongal. In that session we were facilitated about English conversation such as Greetings, etc and how to take initiative by showing motivational videos, and stage courage and recreation Activities
Objective:To facilitate regarding personality development. To improve our self in facilitating. To brand building of DFP.
Strategies:- Videos show by using projector
- English conversation ppt slides
- Ice breaking
- Discussion and question answer
- Getting feedback from children
Challenges: To make understand of their understand level. To reach on time to village is difficult.
Learning: co-ordination plays an important role in public performance. Effective
interaction.
Output: overcoming by the underestimation and many children were taking initiative to come on stage though they had fear about that.
