May 31st to June 1st 2011
Seva Mandir has been engaged with adolescents over issues of gender, health, education. While we works with adolescents across five blocks of Udaipur District, Our engagement with the adolescent in Kherwada block , with funding support of Plan India, has been very intense in the last three years. During these three years, on one hand we observe a marked difference in the confidence of the young people their interest in their community’s development and their gender relations. On the other this enhanced confidence has also emboldened them to talk about their problems more openly.
One specific problem that they have raised is that of education which include issues like absenteeism of teachers, lack of teachers, irresponsible behavior of teachers, lack of facilities in schools, problems in provision of scholarship, sexual harassment of girls and child labor. The adolescent groups have approached various officials at the block and higher level several times with problems. However their concern still remains unaddressed. Therefore, they have started to feel a little disoriented and are questioning their whole struggle.
In order to keep up the morale of these adolescents, we are organizing a two day event with community members, women, and adolescents and deliberate on next steps, on the 31st May and 1st of June in Kherwada. The main objective is to involve various stakeholders including community, PRI representatives and government in finding a way forward on the issues of education and related issues.
