Breaking stereotypes, Mending Roofs

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Breaking stereotypes, Mending Roofs

on September 07, 2020

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The Champa Story

At one of the earliest test of the Hindi version of the Champa kit [This article was written in 2006, and has been reproduced from Himalini's Blog] On my first field visit to a village in South 24 Paragnas, West Bengal I was accompanied by Banidi an elderly health worker with 21 years experience of working with communities. When we reached the village hut where meetings usually took place, she complained about her latest predicament. She had been instructed to take sessions on reproductive health with girls – adolescents, young enough to be her grand daughters. She fished out a crumpled single sheet of paper from a tin trunk on which was typed a list of topics that she was expected to educate the girls on. She admitted to me a in a soft voice that despite her best intentions she had somehow never got round to discussing the issues with girls – it never felt like the right time she said. When I nodded in empathy, she confided how she f

Games Empower

1 Games foster Experiential Learning Games present opportunities for learners to work through structured experiential sequences together, within the safe space of imagined reality. Games often include simulated characters and social situations, and provide opportunities to weigh options and imagine outcomes. They create a space for reflection on the consequences of choices, the practice of putting values into action, and analysis of interpersonal processes that mimic real life. These simulations come in handy when young people face similar situations with peer group, family or community. "What do you think she is thinking?" 2 Games are Learner Centred Games serve marginalised or learning challenged individuals particularly well. Games are flexible, and use different ways of conveying information and ideas, and this allows participants learn in their own style and at their own pace. The same game played with different groups o

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