India June 14 Monthly Achievement

Monthly achievement report 15.07.2014

JUNE 2014 Achievement Report

Don Bosco Art and IT projects and

the newly painted library at SDPY

Don Bosco Boys Home Art project

Summary

Three volunteers returned to the home for the rst time since April t!o of

them to underta"e a ne! art pro#ect !ith the $oys a %roup of 2& orphans.

The plan !as to cut up a photo into di'erent se%ments and have the $oys

paint an individual se%ment of the photo each onto canvas.

The (T lesson !as underta"en $y the third volunteer the plan !as to %au%e

the a$ility of each $oy $efore startin% a proper pro%ram the follo!in% !ee".

The li$rary at S)*+ !as painted $y three volunteers over a !ee" in order to

%ive the pupils a $ri%hter place to learn in.

Don Bosco Art Lesson

The t!o volunteers !ent out and

$ou%ht a lar%e piece of rolled

canvas paint and paint$rushes.

They too" old sheets to protect the

,oors and ta$les at the orphana%e.

-ne of the volunteers chose a

picture to paint and divided $oth it

and the canvas into &0 pieces.

ach se%ment of the picture !as

printed out in A5.

The volunteers !ere %reeted at the home !ith ,o!ers $efore the children

!ere split into the art %roup and the computer %roup. They tau%ht the "ids

ho! to mi/ the paint to%ether for di'erent e'ects. The $oys !ere then %iven

a num$er !ith each num$er correspondin% to one of the &0 pieces to paint.


y the end of the t!o hours all &0 se%ments had $een completed and !ere

dryin% ready to $e put to%ether on the follo!in% Sunday for the %rand

reveal.

The $oys massively en#oyed the activity and !ere as"in% 3uestions a$out the

ne/t steps and !hat they !ould $e doin% in the comin% !ee"s. The

volunteers !ere very !ell or%anised and communication $et!een them and

the )on osco sta' !as very %ood.

IT esson !t the "oys# home

ittle information !as provided $y )on osco a$out either the resources

availa$le or the a$ility of the $oys so it !as do!n to the volunteer to

improvise !hen they arrived. There !ere 14 $oys in the lesson of mi/ed

a$ility and 4 computers availa$le. They !ere set typin% tas"s to complete to

measure their competency !ith a computer the volunteer !as informed that

the $oys only used to computers to play %ames they !ere ho!ever familiar

!ith a "ey$oard. hile lesson !as fairly $asic plans have $e%un to $e dra!n

up for a lon%er term pro%ram to improve their $asic (T s"ills !hich could $e

useful later in life.


-n $oth )on osco activities it !as o$vious ho! much en#oyment the $oy

!ere %ettin% they loved interactin% !ith the volunteers and "ept as"in%

them to come $ac" the follo!in% !ee". 6( !ill $e comin% $ac" every

Sunday to run arts and computer classes for our very enthusiastic orphans8

The scarcely used li$rary at S)*+ !as loo"in% a $it %loomy $efore three

volunteers decided to $ri%hten it up. They dre! up plans liaised !ith the

principal and implemented the !hole thin% themselves. The initial plan !as

to rearran%e and paint the entire li$rary and create a pro#ector room in one

half ho!ever due to contrastin% vie!s from the principal and the senior

principal compromises had to $e made. The !alls !ere cleaned $efore the

outlines of the paintin%s !ere dra!n. The li$rary !alls are no! home to t!o

mon"eys a ti%er a $ird and several coconut trees as !ell as a colourful

interpretation of the li$rary rules. Several shelves !ere also reor%anised to

ma"e them easier for the students to pic" a $oo" they !ould li"e. (n a recent

meetin% $et!een 6( sta' and $oth principals a re3uest $y a volunteer to


allo! the pupils more li$rary time !as put to the S)*+ heads and is due to

$e further discussed at a future meetin% this !ee".

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India June 14 Monthly Achievement