Anuraag | The NSS Newsletter13th October, 2012

A Helping Hand

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Umang Thareja Shushman ChoudhuryNishant Kishore Jot Sarup Singh Sahni

Anirban Chandra Aditya Bikram Bhandari

Dr. Goutam Saha

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Ans- Each NSS volunteer should have a wilful heart and a love and Unit 1. respect for the community. Each one of us should always remember Village:- Sonamukhithese three key words 'love', 'willingness' and 'respect' and everyone should serve the community with full dedication.

Program officer:- Prof. A. George1.Q - Please explain the work your group is doing.

Group Leader:-Ans - There are basically two types of work that we do in the village, first

1.Q- Please tell us about the work your group is doing.one is continuous work and the other is

Ans- Our entire group is divided into four sub-groups. Three of these vocational training. Continuous work

groups are working in the following three schools:-includes the work which we do in the

(a)Bengali school.schools and vocational training includes

(b)Hindi Bharti school.all the strategies taken by us for training

(c)Ambedkar School.the youths of the village. The entire

And one group is engaged in the youth empowerment. This group visits group is further divided into four sub-

the East Sonamukhi village where groups, three of which are engaged in

there is a youth club and teach the continuous work and the fourth one is

interested young people some associated with training the youth. The

te c h n i ca l t h i n g s l i ke t y p i n g , three sub-groups engaged in continuous

applications of Microsoft office, work cover three different schools of the

elocution etc.village, which are:-(a)Bengali school

2. Q- How do you feel in doing the NSS (b)Hindi school.

work?(c)Ambedkar school.

Ans- I think that going just for two The work done by them in the schools includes teaching the curriculum

hours in a week is not going to help the syllabus, sketching and drawing, conducting small tests and then

villagers a lot. We should give them rewarding those who perform well in these tests. They are given various

m o r e t i m e fo r t h e i r p ro p e r sorts of prizes like books, pens, crayons etc. Sometimes our group

development. Teaching the village members also help in cleaning the school premises and they also give

students and helping them in different fields really feels great . And we the students the lessons on environmental cleanliness. The fourth group

also feel ourselves to be emotionally attached with the village people.is engaged in the youth training in which they identify some students from class 10 to 12 who are interested in pursuing higher studies. These

3.Q- What else are you planning to do in future?students are given some training in whatever work they are interested to

Ans- First thing is that we are thinking of organizing a competition in the do in the future like joining the army, account keeping, teaching in

schools like drawing competition and some audio-visual sort of primary or secondary schools etc.

competition in which first we will show them small documentary movies We also organize various campaigns in the village which are basically of

and then we will ask questions related to those movies. We will also the following three types:-

teach them typing and some basics of computer. We are also going to a) Youth Training campaign.

have a tree plantation and plastic free campaign in the coming days.b)Plastic free campaign.c) Counselling of the rickshaw pullers

School Headmaster:-.

1 .Q- Please highlight the 2. Q- What type of response has been there from the school

benefits your school is getting management side?

from the NSS team and your Ans- All the three schools (Hindi, Bengali and Ambedkar School) are very

satisfaction with the work supportive and they really want our members to work with their

done.teachers in helping the students. And there has been a continuous and

Ans- The school children are appreciable participation by the students of these schools in cultural

very much motivated towards events conducted by us in the village. They actually motivate their

education and this is only students to participate in our programs. So, overall the school

because of the NSS volunteers management is very cooperative.

who teach them and solve their problems with a great

3. Q- Are you satisfied with the work put in by the volunteers and their love and dedication. The

commitment level?number of students has really increased in our school in the last few

Ans- All the volunteers i.e. the first and second years are very years. Some of the students even wait for the Saturday when the

enthusiastic and dedicated to the work assigned to them. They are very volunteers would come and teach them. Earlier they didn't even know

cooperative because without them it would have been very difficult for what they want to become in future but now many of them tell that they

me even to organize the NSS day of the last year. They are actually the want to study in IIT.

real back-bones of our work. And looking at their commitment level, i think that this year also they are going to work with the same dedication.

2.Q- What kind of help the NSS team has promised to do in future?Ans- They have told us that they would organize competition in the

4. Q- What problems are you facing during your work?schools and distribute prizes among the students. Time and again they

Ans-We have absolutely no problems, neither from the school have also helped the school in kind as last year the NSS team had given

management side nor from the villagers' side. They all are very some chairs to our school and this year also they have promised the

cooperative. We are not doing anything against their interests so rather same .

than creating problems for us they are assisting us in our work.

3.Q- What are the problems you or the students have faced during this 5. Q- What is your future plan in this semester and the next one?

whole programme?Ans- In this semester we are mainly planning the youth training,

Ans – We have faced absolutely no problems from the side of NSS counselling of the rickshaw pullers and then extending it to their

volunteers. They come every week and perform their work in a very children. We are trying to make the plastic- free campaign even stronger.

disciplined way. They never do any activity which can create hassle for us and for our students.

6. Q- What is your message to the other groups and volunteers?

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Group ReportsGANGADHARPUR VILLAGE UNIT of administering polio drops, the need for abstaining from intake of This unit was busy with a plethora of activities. After a detailed meeting in alcohol, smoking, consuming tobacco and the issue of prevention of the first week, they began with an extensive plantation programme spread of mosquito related diseases by the simple use of a mosquito net. where numerous varieties of plants like the Akashmani, Radhachura, Guava etc and others were planted in the village. The program officer GHAGHRA UNITsupervised the correct planting and information dissemination. The group carried out a tree plantation programme in the Ghaghra They also surveyed the quality of the drinking water in the village wells, primary school and Jagriti Vidya Mandir, planting multiple saplings and which was quite poor, and have thought up steps to combat it. A literacy erecting protective fences around each of them. Moreover, the sub-programme which will be acted upon regularly was also thought up and groups have initiatives towards organising a medical camp in the village, commenced. to the empowerment of women there, and the general informal

education of the students in the primary school. CHATTISGARH HIGH SCHOOL UNITThe unit has four sub-groups with a uniform distribution of girls, boys and SHOLADHAR VILLAGE UNITBengali students for efficient working. The major long-term The group, like all others, had a busy month, firstly with the well cleaning responsibilities of the unit will be in the areas of tree plantation, programme in which two wells central to the village were cleaned using organising a campaing to reduce usage of plastic, and the counselling of lime and bleaching powder, with the help of the villagers.rickshaw pullers to help them. There was also an effort in the school to gauge the knowledge of the This month, there was a programme for planting trees in the premises of students in various basic areas, according to which the group would the Bharati Hindi G.S.F Primary School in Sonamukhi Village. The proceed with the education programme. Plans have also been made for volunteers helped the Forest Department in purchasing the 80 saplings stitching classes for women and a football match. needed, the headmaster in getting the necessary permissions, and the villagers in getting the implements required. The event was documented PARIAPARA VILLAGE UNITby the Central Team of NSS. The unit started off with the seniors going to the village to inspect the

condition, before the induction of the first years to the group. A football BALA SHIKSHAN KALA KENDRA UNIT match was held on that day, with dozens of village children eagerly Over the last month, this unit arranged for and carried out the collection participating. Thereafter, they paid a visit to the Agricultural and Food and distribution of books and cloth for the children of the village school. Engineering Department on campus to see what farming techniques Responsibilities were divided between collecting the materials for could be implemented to help the villagers. distribution, calling the students from their homes, identifying them by class and finally issuing the books. Children from classes 1 to 4 were PASCHIM PATHRI AND PORAPARA UNITcovered. This unit took a wonderful initiative to organise a workshop and training

session for making handicrafts for the purpose of sale, in Paschimpathri RAKHALGERIA VILLAGE UNIT village. Around 25 women participated in it. Because of the positive The volunteers here took it upon themselves to try and impart some feedback received, the unit plans to convert this into a weekly programme education to the school students beyond their mere school curriculum. with a concurrent marketing drive.They are trying to expose the children more and more to the world around The volunteers have also prepared a teaching program for 45 students of them, and the kind of opportunities available if they pursue their classes 5 to 8 in the Porapara-Chamlusai villages. The program will focus education. on non-traditional knowledge to stimulate an interest in English, They also introduced them to the concept of a computer and showed Mathematics, Physics and the Biological Sciences them some interesting things on the laptop screen, something most children there were seeing for the first time. GHOLGHORIA VILAGE UNIT

The unit spoke at length to the villagers to find out the major problems KASHIJORA VILLAGE UNIT they were facing. Thereafter, a sub-group dealing with educational Besides regular activity of engaging with village primary school students, development was given the task of teaching students of the primary the unit carried out a drawing competition to encourage talents among school. Students of the group take shifts and try to visit daily to teach for village kids, a special on games like Kho-Kho and Kabadi, a colourful some hours. awareness rally with posters and slogans where village school kids and On a different note, a tree plantation programme was arranged for over young students of IIT Kharagpur walked together. The theme of the rally the barren land of the school premises. Around 60 sapling were planted was health and hygiene. The posters and slogans depicted the importance and a protective fence put around to keep out grazing animals

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FOR LOVE OF THE GAME

IN PURSUIT OF CLEANLINESS

SPREADING AWARENESS

EMPOWERED WOMEN

TOWARDS SELF SUFFICIENCYBACK TO SCHOOL

THE GRASS CAN BE GREENER

FERTILE ENDEAVORS

EXAM TIME

THE WAY FORWARD

DIFFERENT STROKES

UNITED BY SPORTS

AWARENESS RALLY

SPREADING THE WORD

MEN AT WORKEACH ONE, TEACH ONE

A Message from the Dean, AA & IR

Congratulations to the National Service Scheme (NSS) Chapter of IIT Kharagpur for their

dynamic activities. In India, NSS has come up with the idea of involving students in the task of

national service with the central theme of social responsibility.

The NSS Chapter of IIT Kharagpur has played an important role in character building and

orientation of the students to community service while they are studying at the Institute. The

NSS team has provided remarkable support to the Institute. Their key activities like literacy

programs, health awareness programs in the rural areas, blood donation camps and recent activites of women

upliftment in the society are largely appreciated.

I wish NSS team all the best for their future activities and programs

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