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SIGNATURE CAMPAIGNA DFC 2012 PROJECT BY ANANDO
OUR GROUP
All of us live in the same
locality and have been
friends for a long time. So we decided to work together for this year’s DFC project
AMISHA
POOJASARASWATI
AMRITA
POONAM
FEEL
Our mothers
are very
dear to us
and we
wanted to do
something
for them
While we all go to school many of our mothers are not literate. Whenever they have to sign a
letter or document they
give their thumb
impressions
IMAGINE
We wanted to change that …
we wanted them to be able to say confidently that they could sign!
And we could teach them ourselves!
We visited the houses in our locality and talked to our mothers, aunts, grannies and neighbors to learn of their views
We asked them about when they had spare time and how often they could get together.
10 ladies showed an interest in our venture!
With the help of our mentor we drafted a letter
and took permission to use the local community
room
We could now meet here every
Sunday afternoon.
DO
It was now time to get ready for
our teaching experience!
We collected paper, pens, slates , chalk and dusters …making sure
everything was clean and ready
to use.
Before long our classes had started !
Out of the 10 ladies, 4 came
to learn. But we were not
disheartened….. it would help us
teach more effectively we
felt.
We held our classes for 1 hour every
Sunday afternoon.
In between we encouraged
them to keep practicing. The
ladies could take the slates home to do so.
Those who were not teaching helped with
organizing tea, alerting
everyone when the classes
would start and generally running errands.
One of the mothers
already knew how to sign her name .
But she wanted help to perfect the letters
and improve the way she
wrote.
Another wanted to learn at
home as she felt shy about coming to the
community centre, which is a public place.So one of us taught her at
home.
Soon everyone was writing their
names confidently !
And then they were writing with pens as well as with
chalk.
We were surprised to see
that it was more difficult
for the ladies to write in pen
than in chalk.
SUCCESS!
We wanted to give something to the ladies to reward them for
their efforts and help them remember this
experience.
So we made picture frames and inserted
their own photographs in
them.
On the last day we had a party!
We held it at Amisha ‘s house
and all of us played hosts.
Amisha thanked everyone and
then we presented the
gifts to our students.
All the ladies spoke of their childhood experiences with education and why they never went to school. There were some interesting stories there!
They also said that they would now be proud to ask for a pen every time they had to sign rather than extend their thumbs.
BAHUT BAHUT BAHUT MAZA AYA!
We were a bit scared at first as we thought that the ladies would not listen to us and we would get scolded at every turn! But it turned out just the opposite……
The last day when everyone was so happy gave us a warm glow inside. It was the best day!
STUDENTSPEAK
They can hold their heads high now!
It did not matter that only 4 came. We were able to teach them better.
FUTURE PLANS
All the ladies want to learn more !
We are planning to set up more classes and teach them basic numbers and reading skills in the coming months