Report on Gairsain Social Awareness Camp-cum-Sponsorship Programme -21st July, 2007, Chamoli Garhwal
“Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other's welfare, social justice can never be attained.”
Who are we (The Pauri Garhwal Group)
We are a small drop in the ocean. Each member of the PG Group contributes as a drop of the ocean in all our actions and initiatives. Our objective is to empower our community, people, and state by all means. We are the first online yahoogroup which is registered as Non Profit Social Organisation with Registrar, New Delhi. Our Aims are as follows: -
• To provide a platform to all Uttarakhandis to interact with each other online where they can share their views, thoughts and help in executing various good initiatives towards the empowerment & upliftment of People, and Community of Uttarakhand. • To help the Less Privileged Children based on their talent till they become self- supporting individuals. • To help Shunned Families to live a better life during old days. • To help people with dire straits to meet the expenses for Medical Treatments. • To help in the development of Uttarakhandi Culture. • Last but not the least; give back to society by all means. ProjectGairsainIntroduction As part of the annual activity of PG Group, Project Gairsain was identified for social awareness camp cum sponsorship programme. The roots of this initiative were sown in year 2006, when PG Group launched its first ever social awareness camp in Puryadaang Inter College in Pauri Garhwal. The camp was the first learning for the PG Group and had a great success. Based on the learning of Puryadaang, we were all set for executing our second Awareness Camp in Gairsain, Chamoli Garhwal. A team of volunteers was identified who joined the Task Force of the Project Gairsain for making the entire initiative successful. Funds were also generated through members and other people of Uttarakhand for “Scholarship Programme”.
Project Summary
Gairsain Project Task Force Team comprising 10 members (8 Males + 2 Females) was all set for executing the Project. The team departed from Delhi on 19th night in a Tempo Traveller. Two members of the Task Force were to join from Mumbai directly in the Gairsain.
On 20th July morning, the team took first halt at foothills of Nanital District (i.e. Ramnagar) where the team spent some time in freshening up and then again started up the journey. The next immediate destination of the Task Group was “Maasi Village” where Shri Ram Swaroop Masiwal had made the prior arrangements for task force members for taking rest including meal arrangements. Prior reaching Maasi, we took another halt at Chaunliya Inter College, Almora where we met with Shri Bala Dutt Sharma (uncle of Kaliash Dhoundiyal) and discussed on various topics & initiatives related to education. Somewhere at 11:30 a.m., Task force Team arrived at Maasi where it was welcomed by Shri Masiwal. The first thing the team did was to pay a visit to Temple and then most of the members preferred to take a bath in the adjacent river. The entire team then visited at Shri Masiwal’s home. We all had lunch there and then we took a short nap before we started our journey for Gairsain. Soon the weather changed and we all got a big relief from the burning sky. We had not expected such a change in weather as temperature dipped unexpectedly. Finally, we reached Gairsain, where Principal of the school, Shri D S Panwar ji had already made arrangements for welcoming us.
The programme in school was to start at 8 a.m. on 21st July, 07. The Task Force team of PG Group was on time though school administration took some time in making logistics arrangements due to rain because of which the programme delayed and started at 9:20 a.m.
Session Details
1. The programme began with the introductory speech of Shri B L Verma (from Gairsain Inter College) who introduced the PG Team with the students. Shri Verma later requested the Principal of school, Shri D S Panwar, to share his thoughts with the students and also talk about the PG Group Initiatives. 2. After the speech of Principal, K. S. Rawat talked about the PG Group in detail. 3. Next Session on “Education & Motivation” was taken by Rajiv Naithani. This session last for an hour and few minutes. Rajiv shared his experiences with the students and tried to motivate them. 4. During the sessions, students were encouraged to come on the stage to share their career goals and each student who shared the same in the forum was awarded with a small souvenir by the PG Team. 5. Shri J S Bisht who joined the task force team from Mumbai also addressed the students and shared valuable information. 6. After all the sessions, the identified needy students for scholarship programme were segregated based on their standards and were directed to respective blocked rooms identified for a written exam. 7. Parallely, Career Counselling sessions were oragnised for students in class 10, 11 & 12 where they were told about various career options available to them under each stream after 10th & 12th . 8. Before closing the camp, Principal of Inter College was presented with a memorable souvenir by the PG Task Group Team.
IdentifiedStudentsforScholarshipProgramme
1. Suraj Singh 7th standard 2. Rajender Prasad 7th standard 3. Akbar Ali 7th standard 4. Vijay Singh 8th standard 5. Neeraj Singh Negi 8th standard 6. Devesh Chandra 9th standard 7. Neeraj Prakash 9th standard 8. Maimuna 12th standard 9. Sunita Kotwal 12th standard 10. Anita Rawat 12th standard
Other than the school fees, PG Group has sponsored below mentioned heads under the scholarship programme –
a. Tuition Fees b. Books c. Stationery Items d. 2 set of Uniform to each employee
FeedbackfromthePrincipal/School
The entire camp was appreciated well by the Principal and the School Faculty. At the closure of the camp, Principal shared his overall feedback which was very positive about the camp.
Principal also extended sincere thanks to Project Gairsain Task Force Team for holding the valuable sessions for motivating and encouraging the students in the School.
FeedbackfromtheStudents
School children were also very happy and they appreciated the entire initiative of PG Group. Students told us that such an awareness camp never ever happened in their school before and each task force member helped them to shape their career and they were highly influenced with the thought process of the task force team members. They also took note of the contact details of PG Group so that for any assistance or guidance they can contact the PG Team.
They also requested the PG Task Force Team to visit once again for the similar camp.
FeedbackfromtheSchoolPrincipal/Teachers&SchoolChildrenreflectedthattheProgramme/missionwereaGREATSUCCESS.TheyheardalltheteammemberssilentlyandwereveryeagertoknowmorefromthePGGTaskTeam. List of Members who Joined the Task Group
S. N. Name of the Participant Information/ Experience imparted on 1. Smt J S Bisht Education / Careers guidance / Health / Information & Communication/ Social evils / Self-employment/ Environmental Awareness/ Natural Calamities, Government Schemes & RTI & other welfare schemes for poor & SC/ST 2. Ms. A. Sharma 3. Subhash Pokhriyal 4. Deepak Kala 5. R P Chamoli 6. K S Rawat 7. Rajiv Naithani 8. Shri J S Bisht 9. Kailash Dhoundiyal 10. Subhash Kandpal
ThankYouNote
PG Team extends the “Thank You” note to all such members, people and Institutions who helped the PG Team with their financial and moral support, without which the initiative could have not been successful.
PG Team would like to share the name of all such members below –
1. Sh Sanjay Kukshal 2. Smt Richa Pant 3. Smt Chanderkanta Pandey 4. Sh Rajiv Naithani 5. Sh Deepak Dhyani 6. Sh Atul Nauriyal 7. Smt Sunita Kathait 8. Sh Subhash Kandpal 9. Sh Deepak Rana 10. Sh Gautam Rawat 11. Dr Ravi Joshi 12. Sh Divakar Uniyal 13. Sh Jagdish Sajwan 14. Sh Surendra Singh Bisht 15. Sh Bharat Bhushan Lekhawar 16. Sh Anil Gaur 17. Sh Ashwani Thapliyal – Contributed Rs. 10k for the scholarship programme. 18. Sh Umesh Thapliyal 19. Sh Ashok Suyal – Contributed Rs. 25K for the scholarship programme 20. Smt Poonam Rawat 21. Nidhi Bahuguna 22. Savita Sati 23. Nutan Pokhriyal
We also extend our special thanks to one of the business friend of Shri Subhash Pokhriyal who donated Rs. 5K to PG Team for meeting with the logistics expenses like Gift, Souvenir and Banner expenses for the Camp.
We would also like to extend our sincere thanks to the volunteers of the Task Force Team who joined the Project Gairsain and organized the camp.
OurFindings……at GIC Gairsain,Chamoli
1. Even the school & place is very famous, students were totally unaware and ignorant of happenings around them. 2. The students were totally unaware of their future career. 3. The cultural, social and religious systems restrict women’s education, economic independence, and political and social participation. 4. Women are still accustomed to subordination. Male dominance is seen & is very common. 5. Almost all are unaware of governmental welfare programs that are designed for them. Even not a single student was aware of RTI. PGG Task team has given them tips for all the schemes/acts. 6. Students & people of the region are still unaware of the concept of self-help programs. 7. Many of the adults abuse alcohol and drugs adversely affecting their economic condition and health. Transportation,Boarding&Lodging..byPGGTeam..!! The expenses arising on account of transportation, boarding, lodging and any other misc. expenses during the trip were borne by the individual members of the Task Force of Project Gairsain who participated in the Camp voluntarily. Per head cost worked out to be Rs. 1850/-for the trip.
FeedbackSeeking..!!
The intent of sharing this report of the Project Gairsain with all the members of PG Group is to seek individual feedback on the efforts being put in by the PG Group for completing the Gairsain Project successfully.
Please feel free to post your comments. Your response in this regard is highly appreciated. Thanks.
Best Wishes,
Team Pauri Garhwal Group!
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