Saturday, May 3, 2014

Value-based training for Tata Housing villages youth


Overview  

In order to create leaders of sanitation in the villages of Vadasar, Motibhoyan and Khatraj (Kalol block, Gandhinagar District), we invited a 6-member delegation from each village (3 youth workers, a primary school teacher, an anganwadi worker, a village panchayat member, an asha worker) and 2 block officers to a 3-day training workshop at Environment Sanitation Institute, Sughad, 16-18 September 2013.

Topics and sessions

Topic 1: Being the change through values. We strove to inculcate strong values and habits in participants through:
·         Daily prayer, safai, inspirational readings and circles of sharing.
·         Sharing of Gandhiji’s philosophy through visit to Sabarmati Ashram.

Topic 2: Sanitation and health. We trained participants on technical sanitation skills and habits through:
 Overview of Tata Housing and how we can work together to build model villages
·         Creating a vision of sanitation in villages with Jayeshbhai Patel, Director of ESI
·         Government Sanitation Schemes with two Taluka Panchayat members
·         Preventing water-borne diseases with Devenderbhai of ESI.
·     Building strong sanitation and nutrition for children with Sharmishtaben, principal of anganwadi worker training     centre.
·         Low cost sustainable Rural sanitation technology.
·         Showing them Documentary about sanitation, water & health. 

Topic 3: Leading others. We introduced participants to inspirational community leaders through:
·         Field visit to Safai Vidyalaya and Manav Sadhna, two NGOs based at the Gandhi Ashram working with sanitation, education and community development
·         Toilet inauguration in Vadasar village.
·         Session on becoming a community leader with Christopher Loman, leader in the Loving Community leprosy community in Ahmedabad
·         Session on Gram Swaraj, spirituality and service with Gopaldada, follower of Gandhiji and Vinoba Bhave,
Feedback. Participants stated that they learned the following from the program:
·         Why toilets are important for the social, economic and physical health of a cillage
·         How to care for children in terms of sanitation

·         How to build unity in a village

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