MONTHLY ACTIVITIES

June 21, 2009

MONTHLY ACTIVITIES

SECOND MONTH ACTIVITIES

“Hubli Champions” have galloped into their second month, since its inception. And in their second month, the agenda for their activity was Health. The Champions gathered in the early hours of the 26th July, 2009 at the Deshpande Foundation’s premises. An introductory note was delivered by the Director of DCSE, Mr. Naveen Jha. During this session, Naveen talked on public health and  introduced the concept of Medical Entrepreneurship and explained two models on the same. This was followed by a discussion.

After the introductory note, site visits were arranged for the “Hubli Champions”.  They visited three sites, which are NGO partners of the Deshpande Foundation, and are work exclusively on Health aspects.

1. Bhageerath: The team of “Hubli Champions” went to a village called Shivhalli to study the works done by Bhageerath NGO. Here they saw that a bio-gas unit has been set up, which runs the kitchen waste from Anganwadis. Apart from this, the Champions made a through study on the Eco-Sanitation Toilets, constructed in this village. And other steps taken by the Panchayat towards the better health of their village. Looking at the extensive work done by the Shivhalli Panchayat, they are going to be awarded the “Nirmal Grama Puraskar
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2. Toxics Link:

The “Hubli Champions” visited Navanagar’s Hospital. Navnagar is a locality in Hubli. Also they visited Dharwad Hospital. And under the guidance of “Toxics Link”, they observed how to the hospital waste is managed. To know more on the activities of “Toxics Link,”

Click the following link: “TOXICS LINK”

3. Visit to KHPT: The “Hubli Champions” team visited the KHPT office and learned about the different HIV/AIDS related awareness programs, their different approaches to educate the masses. One such approach is “Peer Education Model” of spreading HIV/AIDS related awareness. To know more about the activities of Karnataka Health Promotion Trust (KHPT)

Click the following link: “KHPT”

After the site visits,  the members joined back at the Deshpande Foundation’s premises and debriefed on the visits made. Following this, interactive sessions were engaged by the invited resource persons. Mr. Ravindra from Grama Shikshana Foundation, talked on oral health and ill effect of smoking and chewing of tobacco. Followed by this, Dr. Gajanan from KHPT discussed on different aspects of HIV/AIDS awareness. Both the resource persons addressed to the doubts and queries asked by the “Hubli Champions” in detail.

Apart from this, the activities done by the members in the previous month, where in the agenda was Education were discussed. It was brought to light that the Champions have organized their resources and contributed books to the Akshara Foundation.

Thus another month has rolled by in the calender of events of “Hubli Champions”.

FIRST MONTH ACTIVITIES

RICE COOKER

The “Hubli Champions” were on their first visit on 13th June 2009. It was an early morning excursion to the “Akshaya Patra” Akshaya Patra is a mid-day meal program. An initiative which is run in collaboration of Public-Private Partnership. We learnt that the kitchen here in Hubli, is one of the largest of the kitchens run by the “Akshaya Patra”. It is from this single kitchen, that today they are able to feed well cooked, hygiene and healthy food to almost one and half lakh school children everyday!!! in Hubli-Dharwad region. The standards maintained here are of international level. It was amazing to see the effort and dedication put into the task to reach out in such large numbers. The staff begins cooking as early as 5 am everyday and right from storing the grains to the point of consumption, all the steps are monitored and every small detail is double checked. Through the efforts of many people, spread across the world, today millions of children are assured at least one square meal in India. To know more about the foundation click the following link: “AKSHAYA PATRA FOUNDATION” After the “Akshaya Patra” visit, the members assembled back at the foundation, where Naveen Jha the Director of “DCSE” briefed regarding the current education system and some related statistical data as well. Then the group was broken into two. And one headed to visit the” Agastya” Lab and the other headed to see the works of “Akshara Foundation” in the slum areas of old Hubli.

Akshara Foundation in Hubli is actively involved in providing elementary education to mainly  the school dropouts.  It encourages every child`s education. Their motto is “Every Child In School And Learning Well”.  They have made provision for libraries and computers in the slum areas of Hubli and Dharwad. This motivates the children dwelling in these slum areas to learn to read and write. They also have accelerated learning programs, which help the child to bridge the gap accordingly before he or she is admitted to any school. To know more about the foundation, click the following link: “AKSHARA FOUNDATION”

“Agastya Foundation” works for the grassroots education. It has it`s mobile lab set up currently at the  “Indira Gandhi Glass House”, Hubli. This is a very unique science lab, where in many of the school level science experiments are conducted with utmost ease. The lab is so well designed, that it facilitates children to visualise the solar system and phenomenons like eclipse  in a more practical and fun way.

Apart from this, there are many more interesting and fun ways of learning science in Agastya`s mobile lab. If you ever happen to come across any of the Agastya`s lab, then definitely make a short trip to one. It is worthwhile. To know more about the foundation, click the following link: “AGASTYA FOUNDATION”

The “Hubli Champions” were on their first visit on 13th June 2009. It was an early morning excursion to the “Akshaya Patra” Akshaya Patra is a mid-day meal program. An initiative which is run in collaboration of Public-Private Partnership. We learnt that the kitchen here in Hubli, is one of the largest of the kitchens run by the “Akshaya Patra”. It is from this single kitchen, that today they are able to feed well cooked, hygiene and healthy food to almost one and half lakh school children everyday!!! in Hubli-Dharwad region. The standards maintained here are of international level.

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