ROJECT PROPOSAL FOR IMPARTING ADDITIONAL LIFE ORIENTED EDUCATIONAL PACKAGES IN DEENABANDHU SCHOOL
DEENA BANDHU is working for all round development of children since 1992. Over the years we have gained very useful insights into child development, learning process in children and about imparting of creative education. In order to extend the benefits of this experience to many more children we have started a primary school for the children of the community. The school accords special priority for girl child education. Since its inspection in 1998 our school is continuously growing as a real creative learning center that provides life-oriented education.
The master plan of our school has listed five additional educational packages to be imparted in 6th and 7th Standard level. They are :
1. Nutrition
2. Simple food storage technology
3. Pollutants and insecticides in food – Awareness
4. Sericulture dairy farming
5. Basic hygiene and sanitation
We have planned that these additional life-oriented educational packages may be provided in 6th and 7th standards. We believe that children of 6th or 7th standard will able grasp the contents of this education. The school is stepping into 6th standard in the year 2004 June and we intend to impart our own module of these additional packages. Among the 5 packages we intend to provide we plan to impart (1) nutrition, (2) basic hygiene- sanitation during the 6th standard. The remaining 3 packages namely- (1) pollutants and insecticides in food, (2) sericulture & dairy farming, (3) Simple food storage technology will be given in the 7th standard.
THE MODULE OF ADDITIONAL PACKAGES:
NUTRITION :
Learning about balanced diet is very important because the Indian village food habit is mainly vegetarian and even the non-vegetarians consume meat occasionally once in a week or 15 days. Therefore protein malnutrition and vitamin ‘A’ deficiency causing blindness is very common among villagers. Preparing balanced and nutritious meal with the available indigenous resources will be taught by experts in this field. Suitable communication methods will be followed while giving specific information.
Information
· Simple information on nutrition - proteins, vitamins, carbohydrates, and fats
· Sources of these nutrients and deficiency, diseases.
· Special information will be given on non-medical indigenous source of nutrients.
· Understanding that cereal- Ragi (less expensive) is nutritionally superior to Rice – to demystify the myth that Rice is for more cultured people - a social taboo
· To encourage the use of non-conventional leafy vegetables which is slowly being forgotten in the rural India
· Diseases spread by unhygienic use of the vegetables( With out properly washing, or use of leafy vegetables grown by use of sewage water)
COMMUNICATION METHODS:
· Posters, skits, film/slide shows to children, group discussions
· Field visit to nutrition centers, preparing sprouted seeds.
BASIC HYGIENE AND SANITATION:
Roundworm and Hookworm infections are prevalent in village conditions. Nearly 55% of the Indian population are infected by Entamoeba Histlytica. This is because of defecation in fields specially near the water bodies there by spreading infections through drinking water. Children need to learn personal hygiene from schools as role models are lacking at home with illiterate parents.
Information of practical importance and suitable methods are employed while imparting the education.
Information
· Personal hygiene – Head lice, Scabies, skin problems caused by fungus.
· Importance sanitation- flush-out toilets, importance of proper drainage system.
· Cleanliness in the home environment, location of waste pit, proper disposal of cow dung, hygienic maintenance of live stock.
· Health problems caused by field defecation- round worm infestation, Hook work infections, Entamoeba contaminations etc.
· Sanitation, Mosquito and Malaria – understanding the relation ship
COMMUNICATION METHODS AND ACTIVITIES;
· Posters, discussions, field visits, slide shows skits etc.
· Making models of Flush-out toilets, Septic tank Soak pits etc.
· Field visit to health centers observing parasitic worms, their eggs, understanding their enormous reproductive capacity, understanding their life cycles, health problems caused.
In all these programmes the parents of the children are involved in particular and the people of the village in general.
TIME ALLOTTEMENT FOR VOCATIIONAL PACKAGES:
We propose to impart this additional package during Saturday when the school works only for half a day. On Saturday children come to school at morning 8.00 AM and school is closed at 11.00 AM. For 6th and 7th standard children we plan to provide food in the school itself, so that they will continuously stay in the school up to 3.00 clock in the afternoon. During this period lot of activities, discussions etc. will be conducted to communicate the message of additional packages. We expect to get twenty five working Saturdays during the year 2004-2005 The details of imparting this packages will be evolved together with teachers during the ensuing summer vacations.
List o Saturdays in 2004:
June- 4 Saturdays
July- 5 Saturdays
Sept.- 3 Saturdays
Oct.- Mid-session Holidays
Nov.- 4 Saturdays
Dec.- 3 Saturdays
List o Saturdays in 2005:
January - 4
February- 4
Total 27 holidays are available (Excluding general holidays and festivals falling on Saturdays) up to Feb 2005.
BUDGET;
1. food expenses for Saturdays for children & staff 18,750-00
(@ Rs. 750 /- x 25 Saturdays )
2. Additional honorarium for teachers to conduct this 15,000-00
additional vocational packages (4teachers XRs150x25)
3. Honorarium for teachers to come during summer 7,000-00
vacation & develop the details of the packages
(7 teachers xRs1000 each)
4. Materials for poster presentation, printing pamphlets etc. 15,000-00
5.Purchase of ready educational materials for the health, 20,000-00
hygiene and nutrition
6. Expenses of field visits( 4 field visitsx Rs6000 each) 24,000-00
7. Expenses of getting specialists 5,000-00
8. Participation of parents and villagers(4 times in year 8,000-00
to organize functions 4x2000 each) ______
Total. 1,12,750-00
Funds requested from ASHA for Education, Arizona
We fervently request ASHA Arizona to support us for two of our following educational programmes.
1. For providing additional Educational packages ……… 1,12,750-00
2. For taking all the School children on an excursion…… 20,000-00
Total 1,32,750-00