The seeds of the Pravah –NSS relationship were sown in the year 2008, when NSS invited Pravah to be part of the NSS advisory board to contribute towards enhancing and deepening the NSS programme in the Delhi University. Pravah and NSS have been on a regular dialogue since then. Through this partnership, Pravah willwork intensively with the programme coordinator, programme officers and student leaders, who are the torchbearers of the NSS programme, to create learning opportunities that will help them carry forward their responsibilities in the most effective ways. Through this effort, we will co-create a model for effective leadership and active citizenship within NSS. Some of the key elements of the engagement with the student leaders will be: Building self-awareness Leadership skills Social action. Communication for change.
For details click here-
Note on partnership
Thursday, October 6, 2011
The Process so far
The process so far:
- Meetings with Dr. Lyall (NSS coordinator, D.U)
- Meetings with NSS program coordinators of 6 colleges
- 3 day workshop with NSS volunteers of 6 colleges (4-6 from each)
- 2 day workshop on designing Action Project for the 6 teams
- Mentoring of teams by Pravah mentor and respective NSS P.O
For details of the workshop:
Thursday, February 17, 2011
The story of action project!
Zakir Hussain has been one of the most active team in the partnership. Ayesha (NSS president), Rifaquat, Deepika and Lokesh were nominated by PO to be part of the leadership journey initiated by Pravah in NSS units of DU. The sincerity of the team has been visible in participation of the team of the 4 NSS leaders in workshops as well as successful completion of action project which was to organize a cleanliness day in college in order to inspire students to not litter and keep public spaces clean.
The real world leadership journey of the team began when they began conceptualizing their action project- in identifying the need which they wanted to address, the results they wanted to achieve- here is when they learned the basics of planning any intervention for change which they had never done before. The team sat together and brainstormed on their action project keeping their audience in mind and finally developed consensus around a few activities that they thought could bring maximum result, i.e. inspire students most. They decided to clean the college campus themselves to inspire other students and combine it with other activities that give the message clearly/ visually and excite people. A plan was made in successive meeting where the core group roped in more people to be part of the project. Consequently on the 1st Nov 2010 cleanliness day was organized in the college which began with a poster and slogan making competition followed by street play on the theme to spread the message and mobilize people for the final activity, i.e. college cleaning.
The poster and slogan making completion was a hit with 21 students participating. The posters were displayed in canteen area where students usually hang-out and litter. The street play that succeeded was prepared by students – this was completely lead by one of the core team members who managed to hold auditions with support of theatre society of college and form a group. The group prepared an original script and managed to put up a great act that was seen by approximately 200 students. College cleaning was a big success with principle of the college and some faculty joining students- approximately 100 people took part in the drive, the NSS received much appreciation for organizing the day so well.
Reflecting back the team feels that it has been a great learning experience for them since the action project has taught them to be a team player. It has empowered them to plan and organize large scale activity involving many people. Designing and then doing a project that aims at inspiring others by first doing things oneself has strengthened the belief in ‘change self first and then you can change the world’. But all these learnings have come after surpassing challenges including taking time out from busy classes and with great difficulty, organizing and coordinating the street play group. It is the result of their action project that the canteen area looks cleaner now as students have started using bins to throw waste. The drive has managed to spread consciousness on clean campus. The leaders feel that the project has given them a different identity in college as people have started recognizing them… most importantly it has helped them realize their own capabilities in leading/ public speaking/ taking decisions and has given boost to their confidence. :)
The real world leadership journey of the team began when they began conceptualizing their action project- in identifying the need which they wanted to address, the results they wanted to achieve- here is when they learned the basics of planning any intervention for change which they had never done before. The team sat together and brainstormed on their action project keeping their audience in mind and finally developed consensus around a few activities that they thought could bring maximum result, i.e. inspire students most. They decided to clean the college campus themselves to inspire other students and combine it with other activities that give the message clearly/ visually and excite people. A plan was made in successive meeting where the core group roped in more people to be part of the project. Consequently on the 1st Nov 2010 cleanliness day was organized in the college which began with a poster and slogan making competition followed by street play on the theme to spread the message and mobilize people for the final activity, i.e. college cleaning.
The poster and slogan making completion was a hit with 21 students participating. The posters were displayed in canteen area where students usually hang-out and litter. The street play that succeeded was prepared by students – this was completely lead by one of the core team members who managed to hold auditions with support of theatre society of college and form a group. The group prepared an original script and managed to put up a great act that was seen by approximately 200 students. College cleaning was a big success with principle of the college and some faculty joining students- approximately 100 people took part in the drive, the NSS received much appreciation for organizing the day so well.
Reflecting back the team feels that it has been a great learning experience for them since the action project has taught them to be a team player. It has empowered them to plan and organize large scale activity involving many people. Designing and then doing a project that aims at inspiring others by first doing things oneself has strengthened the belief in ‘change self first and then you can change the world’. But all these learnings have come after surpassing challenges including taking time out from busy classes and with great difficulty, organizing and coordinating the street play group. It is the result of their action project that the canteen area looks cleaner now as students have started using bins to throw waste. The drive has managed to spread consciousness on clean campus. The leaders feel that the project has given them a different identity in college as people have started recognizing them… most importantly it has helped them realize their own capabilities in leading/ public speaking/ taking decisions and has given boost to their confidence. :)
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
DU NSS Fest- in collaboration with Pravah
Dear All,
Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who made the NSS Youth Festival the fantastic show that it was, and to those who couldn't join us - we missed you!
It was an exciting two days, which opened with everyone from Dr. Lyall, Programme Coordinator NSS to Dr. Usha Rao, Chairperson NSS, saying wonderful things about Pravah :-). The VC, Dr. Dinesh Singh also spoke straight from the heart, and inspite of a tight schedule, stayed on to listen to the guest of honour - Arjun Shekhar, who not just floored the students and teachers, but also the VC equally! Thanks Arjun!
We organised a panel discussion by young leaders - Jayant Singh, and MP, and a friend, Suhail Akram, from the media and of course a former GXr and Pravah intern, and our own Meenakshi Bhanjdeo from PJI. The panel was moderated by Shraddha and Sonal S., who were absolutely excellent. We were told that this was the first time the panel discussion had been so interactive with such a strong audience participation - and truly representative of the youth!
That afternoon we ran parallel sessions facilitated by Ponni (gender), Ravi Gulati (Sustainable Development - Lastasica) and Lokasish (Peace and Conflict). Again these sessions offered something new to the students and each of the sessions had an average of 30-40 participants.
The second day again had a host of parallel activities. The NSS annual debate is a huge attraction for students, and this time, with one of the topics being centered around development programmes, we invited Gopal Jain from Oxfam to be one of the judges. He was around for almost 5 hours and seemed to have enjoyed the debaters. At the other end, we also hosted our mini Music for Harmony, with film screenings, and a host of young musicians, from Manzil, SMILE, and many musician friends. It was a great precursor to our main event on 21st Jan and has hopefully managed to build up enough excitement.
The festival ended with presentations made by various NSS units on their activities through the year. Focus was brought on the 4 colleges that were a part of the NSS-Pravah Pilot Programme and the students did a great job of sharing not just their work, but also their learnings, challenges and celebrations. Their presentations were a testament to how Pravah's interventions supported their learning and action and we hope they were inspiration to many other colleges that were there listening to them.
All in all, what a wonderful two days and a result of real synergy created across Streaming and YI. A big thank you to everyone who has supported the inception and development of the partnership with NSS and of course everyone who made the partnership programme and the NSS Festival what it was. Thank you Meenu, Sonal C., Shraddha, Lokasish, Neha, Sonal S., Pooja, Astha, Shilpa and so many SMILErs for being an integral part of the partnership programme and for making the festival something all of us here, and many from the campus will remember for a long time :-)!
Love
Kanika
Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who made the NSS Youth Festival the fantastic show that it was, and to those who couldn't join us - we missed you!
It was an exciting two days, which opened with everyone from Dr. Lyall, Programme Coordinator NSS to Dr. Usha Rao, Chairperson NSS, saying wonderful things about Pravah :-). The VC, Dr. Dinesh Singh also spoke straight from the heart, and inspite of a tight schedule, stayed on to listen to the guest of honour - Arjun Shekhar, who not just floored the students and teachers, but also the VC equally! Thanks Arjun!
We organised a panel discussion by young leaders - Jayant Singh, and MP, and a friend, Suhail Akram, from the media and of course a former GXr and Pravah intern, and our own Meenakshi Bhanjdeo from PJI. The panel was moderated by Shraddha and Sonal S., who were absolutely excellent. We were told that this was the first time the panel discussion had been so interactive with such a strong audience participation - and truly representative of the youth!
That afternoon we ran parallel sessions facilitated by Ponni (gender), Ravi Gulati (Sustainable Development - Lastasica) and Lokasish (Peace and Conflict). Again these sessions offered something new to the students and each of the sessions had an average of 30-40 participants.
The second day again had a host of parallel activities. The NSS annual debate is a huge attraction for students, and this time, with one of the topics being centered around development programmes, we invited Gopal Jain from Oxfam to be one of the judges. He was around for almost 5 hours and seemed to have enjoyed the debaters. At the other end, we also hosted our mini Music for Harmony, with film screenings, and a host of young musicians, from Manzil, SMILE, and many musician friends. It was a great precursor to our main event on 21st Jan and has hopefully managed to build up enough excitement.
The festival ended with presentations made by various NSS units on their activities through the year. Focus was brought on the 4 colleges that were a part of the NSS-Pravah Pilot Programme and the students did a great job of sharing not just their work, but also their learnings, challenges and celebrations. Their presentations were a testament to how Pravah's interventions supported their learning and action and we hope they were inspiration to many other colleges that were there listening to them.
All in all, what a wonderful two days and a result of real synergy created across Streaming and YI. A big thank you to everyone who has supported the inception and development of the partnership with NSS and of course everyone who made the partnership programme and the NSS Festival what it was. Thank you Meenu, Sonal C., Shraddha, Lokasish, Neha, Sonal S., Pooja, Astha, Shilpa and so many SMILErs for being an integral part of the partnership programme and for making the festival something all of us here, and many from the campus will remember for a long time :-)!
Love
Kanika
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Kirori Mal College
Project: Clean, Green and hygienic college
Objectives:
- To make college campus clean , green and hygienic
- To sensitize college students and staff about importance of plantation and cleanliness
Activities planned:
-Organizing activities like plays, debates, workshops, movie screenings, poster making etc for generating thinking and dialogue around plantation and cleanliness with participation of college societies
-Organizing plantation and cleanliness drives in college with participation of students and staff
Laxami Bai College
Project: to motivate college students to work for the disabled children who come to campus
Objectives:
- Generate a shared understanding and sensitivity towards disability issues to get more and more people to volunteer
- Fulfill needs of disabled children
Activities planned:
-The NSS leaders and volunteers to develop an understanding of disability through workshops, movies screenings and interactions
-Calling for volunteers to interact with disabled children and make the campus more and more disabled friendly
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