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Series on Gandhi ji & Swaraj – ek Khoj

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

A series of sessions were organized for Seva Mandir’s employees and volunteers on “Gandhi ji and Swaraj – an exploration”.

A total of 14 sessions were held mentored by Mr. Kishore Saint. The objective of this course was to acquaint the partcipants with the true meaning of Swaraj (self rule) and its implications in our work approach. Seva Mandir’s approach to development work is much influenced by Gandhi. During the course the book “Hind Swaraj” was explored and discussed in depth. Various other articles, Gandhi ji’s own writings, the context in which Gandhi ji used the term “Swaraj”, what it meant to others and how everyone interpreted it, were some other key points that were discussed in detail.

These fourteen sessions were held between January to June 2011 and a total of 22 employees and volunteers of Seva Mandir participated in the course. The sessions were very helpful in developing an understanding of the relevance of Swaraj in today’s context and the work that Seva Mandir does.

Seva Mandir’s constructive work approach has a very close relation to Gandhi’s philosophy of constructive work. The sessions also attempted to delve into the ‘man’ Gandhi and the journey of him realizing the life’s truth. The participants were able to know more about India’s history in reference to pre and post independence times and connecting these ideas with development and the evolution of Seva Mandir’s philosophy for its development approach.

A valedictory was organized on the 16th July 2011 in Seva Mandir’s conference hall for the the first batch of the participants of this course. Everyone shared their learning and experiences. Many of them have written articles which will be complied and published. A few participants have developed a script for acting out a drama on the learning of this course. Two other participants have produced short movies and power point presentation about Gandhi ji and the learning of this course.

Mr. Ajay S. Mehta (President Seva Mandir), Ms. Neelima Khetan (Trustee Seva Mandir), Prof. Shah (Director, IIM Delhi) and Mr. Kishore Saint (mentor of the course) gave away the certificates of participation to all the participants.

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Orientation Training of Vikas Mitra Fellows

Monday, July 11th, 2011

On 20th and 21st July 2011, an orientation training of the Vikas Mitra Fellows has been organized. The training will include presentations on past fellows’ experiences of working on social issues in their region. They will also be oriented about the recent Right to Education Act, NREGA, ICDS and other welfare schemes and programs by the Government. The objective is to provide these fellows with information on these issues so as they can address problems with the implementation of these programs in their villages. The training will also aim to acquaint them about the expectations from them in this fellowship program including their roles and responsibilities. Each fellow will have access to a mentor while working on social issues in his/her village.

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Art Therapy Students in Seva Mandir

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

In June a group of 15 students from Foundation for Sustainable Development organized many trainings with Children’s Corner, Women Short Stay home, Youth resource Centre, Learning Camp. One of the trainings was organized with youth and children of Urban Block where Seva Mandir is operational with slums of the city. The 20 day training was focused on the theme as how the art can help express feelings. In the workshop, with the help of painting, clay art and making cloth dolls the trainees were taught to express their feelings.Later on the 26th June, the material produced was put up in an exhibition in “Suchna and Prasaran Kendra” (Radio office).

These students are pursuing studies in Art. The students emphasize on using Art Therapy as Psychological problem solving therapy to address variety of issues. Some people are comfortable talking about their problems, others aren’t.  Some aren’t really sure how to fully express themselves. Art Therapy is for some a more comfortable means of communicating about their issues, and can also become a recreational activity that people can use to relieve stress and continue to work through issues in the long term.  The purpose is not just to create art, or even to teach art skills for the sake of doing art.  The art skill training is done with the goal of allowing these people to use them to make the most of the therapeutic benefits of the art activities. It’s also like learning from surroundings. The purpose of Art Therapy is to give people a mode of expressing themselves, their emotions towards a variety of issues through art.

 

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MBA Course in Rural Entrepreneurship

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

Seva Mandir has collaborated with a team of consultants for a short course (6 months) on Rural Entrepreneurship, Administration and Management. As a part of this course, a two day assessment workshop was organized during 8 -9 February 2011 in Udaipur. 35 entrepreneurs from different enterprises like Daal Mill, Fisheries, Soy processing, goatery, handicraft, ornamental fisheries, vegetable cultivation, Daliya making etc. participated in the workshop. The purpose of this workshop was to screen and select the final list of participants for the course. A group of 20 entrepreneurs were selected for this course after screening test.

The first training under the course was started from 22 to 27 March 2011. The training focused on basic mathematics and business accounting. 21 people (including 10 SHG in-charges) from all the 7 blocks participated in this programme. 5  consultants of the CREAM team conducted the training

The second training under the course from 22-26 April 2011. The training focused on business finance and accounting which included discussion on viability of business, opportunity cost, different types of profit, income statement and cash flow analysis, working capital, types of cost etc. 19 people including 10 SHG in-charges and 9 rural business entrepreneurs from all the 7 blocks participated in this programme. 5 consultants of the CREAM team conducted the training.

The third training under the course from 21-25 May 2011. The training focused on sales and marketing. 17 people including 9 staff and 8 entrepreneurs from all the 7 blocks participated in this programme. 3 consultants of the CREAM team conducted the training.

The fourth training under the course from 18-22 June 2011. The training focused on operation management. It taught us various aspects of operations like the three basic flows of operation, working capital management, inventory management and interlinking of operational flows etc. 15 people including 8 staff and 7 entrepreneurs from all the 7 blocks participated in this programme. 3 consultants of the CREAM team conducted the training.

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