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Strides Newsletter - January -2019

Academy of Teaching Excellence

From Meera Suresh's Desk

Batch 4 of ATE classes for P.G. Diploma in Multiple Disabilities have started in earnest. The feedback received from the candidates has been very good. (Course, Admin & Soft-Skills). The weekend classes are also going on smoothly. Review meeting with the faculty was held to discuss regarding the portion completion and class room status.

The University examinations were held in the Library and the seating arrangements were made for both morning and evening sessions. Went off smoothly. Examination papers were couriered every day as instructed. (after checking every paper for the roll number and other details). The papers were sent as expected by stitching the bags and sealing it with wax. The viva-voce of the candidates was facilitated by Dr. Santhanam and Mrs. Mallika. It was held on January 9. The attendance sheets of the Candidates who had appeared for the examinations were sent to the university as hard copy as well as through mail. The marks allotted by the faculty members for the viva-voce were also sent through courier as well as by mail. A few candidates have been allotted with full 100 marks for the viva voce under the guidance of Mrs. Meera Suresh.

We have guided the batch 3 Candidates in their OJT planning after their class completion. Handouts and formats for the OJT were given and explained. Letters for a few who were doing their OJT outside of V-Excel were also given with the expected reports from the concerned schools. Preferred timings were taken from the candidates regarding their OJT along with the convenient units. Feedback forms were given and taken back- faculty member, admin and soft skills.

Aptitude tests for Inclusive Education candidates were held on 10th January. Personal interview for the candidates was taken by Dr. Santhanam. Aptitude test was also done for the MD candidates who had joined late. A few students from MSW and Stella Maris were oriented on V-Excel as well as ATE. They are guided in their expected work by Mrs. Meera Suresh.

No mobilization activities were taken up since admissions were completed for Batch 4. Will be starting the same from February for the batch to commence in the month of June. Orientation of the Smart Board was given to Mrs. Usha and it is being used regularly. The register maintenance for the smart board usage has been given to ATE team of Bhaskaran and Meera. It is being maintained by us properly as expected.

Mails were sent to the faculty members regarding the submission of lesson planning. Discussion with the Batch 3 candidates was done to muster their help in the preparation of banners for the Sports day. They have accepted the same with enthusiasm. Materials have been purchased and handed over to the candidates who will be helping us for the same.

Counseling & Assessments

Greetings from Counselling Department! A month filled with festivities and sports day practice.

This month we had five new counselling clients for parenting and self development issues. We also had a few follow ups with the existing cases. There were 4 counselling desks at our Corporate counselling initiatives and we met 13 associates. The issues presented mainly revolved around relationship management and emotional regulations. Many youngsters seemed to be struggling to keep up the motivation and any kind of routine or ones own sake. The work from home solution though a boon for married employees can work against the youngsters fire to work. Its interesting to note how this option is also making people more social skills deficit.

There were 5 consultations amongst all the departments, mainly seeking admition to our vocational trianing program or school. As a team some of us continued our plant observation exercise .

YES: - At YES our counselor met 20 trainees for various issues and one parent. The interns from BALM academi continued their internship and work with individual and group. The group work involves art based and activities for self expression. They had finger painting sessions as one of the activities. Some of the trainees enjoyed it and came up with ideas as to what do they want to paint. These kinds of 'I' experiences where a young adult choses are very important milestones. The trainees have been also trained in social and other job skills. Our counsellor also met a few trainers to discuss trainees and addressing the communication with the trainees. She was also part of the Pongal festival celebration.

VTU: - There were 8 trainees met for individual work and one for communication. Four sesisons of group work conducted by our counselors and the BALM trainees. Many activities related to emotional expression, gender role understanding and safety. Two teachers were met for individual sessions. Puja along with Neha have been working with the whole group for the sports day preparation.

VRC - Two children were met for play therapy and two group sessions were conducted. One of the children was assessed earlier whose report was given and one assessment was conducted.

KLC: - four children were met for individual play, music and art therapy. Three teachers were met for individual sessions. A very beautiful task was given to our healing therapist Puja by her children. It was called Operation Love! She and the children engaged the admin department for painting, massage and talk. It was very beautiful to watch how they reach with so much love to people around unconditional something that all of us can learn from them. The admin who are our will forces always ready to stand, run, organise and magically get things going needed to be looked after too. Thanks to the children we were able to thank the admin for all the support they always extend to us.

Early Intervention

From Lalitha Sridhar's Desk

Eye Contact and Eye Tracking in Young Children

Eye Contact is a form of non verbal communication and has a large influence on social behaviour of a person.

Strategies to encourage eye contact:

Model appropriate eye contact with your child. Look at your child when you talk to him / her.
Bring object / toy up to your eye level to encourage your child to look. Initially, he/she may only look at the toy, but gradually some eye contact will emerge.
If your child is cooperative and understands what you mean, you could say "look at me"
Sometimes gently touching your child's chin can be a reminder to look. But do not drag your child’s face round to make them look.
Stand in front of your child when he/she is on the swing /rocking horse etc. Occasionally stop the swing and say "Ready get set" wait a few moment, in the hope that they may look at you and then immediately say "Go". As they turn to look at you more readily, you can encourage a vocalisation for "Go".
Blowing bubbles, and then waiting, is often a successful way of eliciting eye contact.
Use a variety of ways to gain your child's eye contact. Do not constantly nag him/her with "Look at me, look at me".
Some children feel more comfortable when engaged in a gross motor activity. E.g. On the swing, having a tickle. The child may give spontaneous eye contact during these activities.
Praise all spontaneous eye contact, (i.e.., say "Good Looking".)

Eye – Tracking skills and why it is essential:

Eye tracking is the ability to visually follow a moving target or switch attention from one object to another.
Some children need to be taught to 'track' or follow, an object with their eyes. This skill is important for all daily activities including reading, writing, drawing & playing.
Strategies for teaching eye tracking:
Blow bubbles, feathers in the air, or balloons.
Sparklers: move around and get a child to follow.
Torch activities: Follow the light along the wall cover torch with different colour paper to make it interesting.
Toys that move on their own (Using remote/ Pull back and let go) Eyes follow the objects.
Roll a ball, extend range and length of rolling
'Throw at target' activities
Books: If the child likes books, looking at the pictures can be great. Pop-up books can be used if the child is not as interested in books as these are often more interesting.
Puzzles: Start with their special interest. Quick puzzles where they just need to look quickly to complete the puzzle. Then build up

Kaleidoscope Learning Centre

From Gita Bhalla's Desk

The new year started on a activity filled note. The upcoming sports day preparation and practice began in right earnest. Dates, venue, races, drills are being finalised. Children are getting their share of movement, coordination, body geography, working with space and time, stepping with rhythm and music all together with an event like this coming up. The theme this time is Around the World in Eighty Minutes, and the places around the world are being showcased through their peculiar customs, races and fun activities.

The Blue Sky Choir was invited by Madras Kids Education Revolution summit on the 20th of January at the prestigious IIT auditorium and was enthusiastically received by nearly 600 students and their mentors from Teach For India of Times of India group.

On the 9th volunteers from Wipro visited V-Excel Chennai centres and 11 of them visited Sharada. 7 Wipro Senior Staff came to KLC. They got some brief information about the running of the school, went around the school, asked relevant questions, watched the students and teachers sing together and also watched the practice of the drills of the junior group. Their visit was a short one and they appreciated the work done by V-Excel.

Pongal celebrations were completed with the customary boiling the Pongal over in the pot, sharing sweets, gathering the community in a dance on 17 of January.

We were extremely fortunate to have our mentor for Curative Education , Dr. Lakshmi Prasanna for an afternoon in service with the teachers of KLC. She spent time in the classes interacting with children and later addressed the teachers concerns. It was an extremely helpful, and motivating experience.

In a rare take off from the special education in senior school who were exploring the theme of revolution and revolts in history and studying the various shapes taken by the revolts , including the non cooperation movement of Gandhiji and his unusual non violent Kranti. Inspired by these the students decided to unify the entire Sharda building into a beautiful cooperative , sharing community. Towards this end they invited the admin department to interact with students during their circle time and later some students and teachers gave their signature foot massage to the hardworking , helpful admin department who keep the running of the school in order. The spreading of joy in this unusual manner made the Love Kranti a unique experience for all at school.

Under the guidance of Lakshmi Sudhakaran a group of three girls are being prepared for a dance performance for the annual Javate, Aditi teacher of Grade 1 trains Yadavi in recitation, Vatsala took charge of the children taking up art and Ponrajam helped Abhishek to tell a story in his own words. Prajwal a kindergarten student is going to play the keyboard. All these practices are happening along side for the Javate event organised by Lady Andal School annually . This time it is on the 2 of February 2019.

Dr. Maria from AIMS Media, Delhi visited Sharada and met with the parents of the students in the AIMS course and updated them on the progress of the students and also took feed back from the parents. We had further discussions on the next step that we needed to take in this existing course.

Gowri, our teacher from senior school got married on 25th of January in Chennai and the occasion was attended by the rest of the staff.

Another first for the family of KLC was the announcement of the Presidents Award given to a parent of one of our students Balaji from Grade 6. He is also the husband of Muthulakshmi one of our well loved teachers of grade 4. Mr I Srinivasan, was given this award for his honest service in the Police Vigilance Department, for his services.

The child study this month has been successfully conducted on Srilatha from Grade 4. It is almost a magical slow transformation that is seen in children who are taken up for study. The loving interest shown by the teachers , holding them as questions and taking them into their night life, seeking help from the spiritual guides has a great therapeutic effect on the children and we do see a change in the targeted behaviour once the three to four weeks of study are concluded.

Shashi, Vasanthi and Latha were the teachers who being trained from Savera as part of the Tiffin times project. They attended the training programs this month and will soon be training the students.

V-Excel Educational Trust

Felicitations for Mrs. Jayanthi Vishwanath

We are happy to inform you all that Ms. Jayanthi Viswanath, Regional Director, Satellite center, Nashik, was felicitated on January 3, 2019 on account of Women's Liberation Day celebration, being the Birth anniversary of Savithri Bai Phule.

A Visit by His Holiness Shri Vidhushekhara Bharati Swamiji

We are happy to share about the visit of His Holiness Shri Vidhushekhara Bharati Swamiji to our Nashik center on 10th Jan 2019 in the evening. It was an unique divinely joyous experience for all the staff and special students of Nasik Center.

His Holiness visited all the classrooms in the school and blessed our students and distributed fruits to all of them. Achyaryaji observed the children very keenly and inquired about the lessons, activities and therapies being imparted to the students. Later he listened to the students sing a bhajan and chanting of Ramraksha Stothra. It was truly a very divine experience for all the employees and students of the school.

His Holiness' visit has re-energized our spirits and all of us feel truly blessed. His presence has recharged the energies of the atmosphere of the premises and the occupants. We are very thankful to the Nashik branch of Sringeri Mutt’s manager Shri Ramgopal Iyer for his kind co-operation and making this rare event possible.

Tarang in Chennai

This month's Tarang at BVB, Mylapore on Thursday, January 31, 2019 featured a vocal concert by R. Sai Vignesh. He is a B.com graduate and he is pursuing M.A.Music currently. He has been learning Carnatic Music for the past 15 years. He has participated in several music competitions and has got awards like, "Valayapatti Kashyap" award, "Bala Kala Rathna" award from Bala Kalasaagaram trust, "Best Vocalist" award from The Music Academy, Madras. He is a All India Radio "B" high grade artist and currently performing in many leading organizations. He also participated in Airtel Super Singer, a reality show conducted by Vijay TV and came till Top 7. Currently, he is singing for many leading music directors in the industry. Sai Vignesh is also giving live performances in various parts of India and abroad countries like USA, Canada, London, Germany etc. Recently, he performed with Isaigyaani Shri Ilayaraaja in his live-in concert last month at Sydney and Singapore.

AIMS Media 18-month AEMP Program Conclusion

IIt was a happy moment for all of us at Youth Empowerment Services, when 9 of our trainees got the completion certificates from AIMS Media after successfully completing the 18 months introductory course on Ability Enhancement Multimedia Program (AEMP). Dr. Maria Kapasi of AIMS Media gave away the certificates in the presence of few enthusiastic parents.

V-Excel Remedial Center

From Lekshmi Ramesh's Desk

VRC Group

We started the group by December and is going great with kids getting settled. They’re now included for sports day event of KLC too, which is a great thing to share with. Ever since we’ve started, we do come across some "Aha" moments with our kids as they’re getting variety of exposures to show their individual reflections. Shyam, the youngest of all is having a great time and is very regular to the class. He now calls his classmates "Anna" (brother) and is happy to say "Good Morning" to them. He repeats many words attends by teachers at the right context. For example, once things are self or group lunch he would say take towels and would set the dining mats too. He will be the first to say hand on chest and to be ready for prayer. He's able to wait and do participate in sports drill though we support a lot keeping him happy and composed.

Yogesh is showing up his beautiful dimension. As we started to draw our lesson in the main book, we were amazed to see his drawing skills. He draws Animals & birds with details and appropriate proportion. He enjoyed drawing on the SMART BOARD and looking towards to nourish him this special talent.

Sivasaran is a boy who needs friendship and wants to be a leader. He is able to manage with his mood swings with varied exposures. He's enjoying sports drill downstairs and is volunteering to keep the classroom clean. He helps Yogesh to understand classroom activities like story telling in English, as Siva looks like a great English to Tamil translator!

They all enjoyed a surprise visit-(as part of Nature walk) to the street bound (roadside) farm near the school. Came back with great stories of the visit and had a gala time for su

Bridges Learning Academy

This term started with celebrations and fun. Pongal festival celebrated by the students of VRC , in their own traditional way.

9 Volunteers from WIPRO, visited V-Excel Chennai centres and 11 of them visited Sharada. 4 Wipro Staff came to VRC They got some brief information about the running of the unit from our HEAD, went around the school, watched the students and Teaching styles and also participated in the art work done by our students. Their visit was a short one and they appreciated the work done by V-Excel.

NIOS

3 students would be appearing for the forthcoming NIOS exams. Timetable has been prepared and they have started preparing for the exams.. They had paid the exam fees and they are going for the PCP-contact classes in the study centre-Saraswati Kendra- Chennai-18

Primary & Pre NIOS

Second term assessment has been completed and regular portions for the third term has started for the students.

Neev Group:

D.Abhishek - 3rd C
Abhishek joined Cathedral School in the academic year 2018. He had studied 1st.and 2nd standard in an English medium school. Now he is studying in Tamil medium. Abhishek was referred by his class teacher because he was not able to cope up with the syllabus.the remedial teacher found that his attention, memory, reading and writing skills were age appropriate.his problem was he had difficulty in learning all subjects in Tamil.

He needed individual attention training in Tamil language. Every day he was trained to learn Tamil alphabets. Once this was learnt two and three letter words were introduced. In the last six months with rigorous training and practice.he is able to read from his text books at school. He now makes an earnest efforts to read on his own. Though he has spelling difficulties while writing,he tries to practice it. So individualised training has helped him to become confident and academics has improved.

Nalandaway:

We started on 2nd January after the Christmas break holidays. We spoke with the children about they spent their vacation and what a new year means. Along with our regular activities we did some craft work for Pongal. We spoke about it and its importance. Kids were very happy and showed lot of interest.

The attendance after the Pongal holidays was very less mainly due to the teachers strike. We just had only one or 2 students for about 7-8 days. The picture shows children practicing their Occupational Therapy activities. The activity performed below is very helpful in maintaining balance of the body. The kids performing are Saiprasad and Afzal of grade 2. Saiprasad is a child with Down Syndrome who is also non-verbal. Afzal is a borderline intellectually-challenged child with attention and motor skills issues.

We plan to continue with our regular activities and sessions along with introducing new ones in the month of February. We hope students' attendance will get back to normalcy soon.

Satellite Centers

From Jayanthi Vishwanath in Nashik

The New Year ushered in good wishes and blessings for our Nashik Center. His Holiness Shri. Vidhushekhara Bharati swamiji of Shri Sringeri Sarada Peetham visited our school at 4.20 pm on 10th Jan 2019. It was an unique Divinely joyous experience for all the staff and special students of V-Excel Educational Trust, Nasik.

His Holiness visited all the classrooms in the school and blessed our students and distributed fruits to all of them. Achyaryaji observed the children very keenly and enquired about the lessons, activities and therapies being imparted to the students. Later he listened to the students sing a bhajan and chanting of Ramraksha Stothra. It was truly a very divine experience for all the employees and students of the school. His Holiness' visit has re-energized our spirits and all of us feel truly blessed. His presence has recharged the energies of the atmosphere of the premises and the occupants. We are very thankful to the Nashik branch of Sringeri mutt’s manager Shri Ramgopal Iyer for his kind co-operation and making this rare and memorable event possible event possible.

On 3rd January 2019, our Regional Director Mrs.Jayanthi Vishwanath was felictated by Maali Samaj Sewa Mahila Samiti on the occasion of the Birth Anniversary of Smt. Savithribai Phule. Savitribai Phule was an Indian social reformer, educationalist, and poet from Maharashtra. She is regarded as the first female teacher of India. Along with her husband, Jyotirao Phule, she played an important role in improving women's rights in India during British rule. She played a key role in the empowerment of women in Indian villages.

On 12th Jan, the First Annual Sports Day was celebrated. The MLA of Nashik Mrs. Devayani Pharande was the Chief Guest. The Event was flagged off in the morning by Shri Prashant Khedkar, Proprietor of Brindavan Constructions, who is also an avid Marathon runner. All the students participated in the events and won several medals and certificates.

On 26th Jan , Republic Day was celebrated in the Center. Mrs. Neeta Arora, an eminent Parent trainer and Life coach in Nashik, hoisted the National flag. Thereafter the children sang group songs related to patriotism and gave short speeches, recited poems on current topics like Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan and on the greatness of some famous National Leaders.

From Gopal Jahagirdar in Solapur

On 9th January Sri Madhav.Deshpande, PRO of Precision Foundation visited our center and he stayed about nearly two hour and observed every section and knows about our needs and assured us for help.

On 10th January our school gathering held in Shivsmarak Theatre and the Chief Guest of this event was Dr. (Mrs.), gynecologist, with Amruta Kadadi, Dr. Yasmin Saifun and Sri Murgesh Sankh and Mallikarjun Kadadi (both are advocates of Solapur) The performance of dances and stories are very beautiful.

On 26th January Republic day flag hosting was done by Dr. Kotwal (Physician and Founder-Director of Narmada Hospital) and his wife Dr. Nisha Kotwal (gynecologist). They observed our center and our work and they pleased with our work and they assured us of their support.

From Abhyasa Kendra - Srirangam

We, at Srirangam Centre, organized our Pongal celebration in Kumarakudi village which is about 8km from Srirangam. Our trainees were in their traditional dresses.

Pongal celebration started with a small Pooja followed by traditional dance, songs and games. All the trainees participated enthusiastically in all the activities and all of them were given small gifts. It ended with the traditional lunch. The entire day was spent happily.

From Outreach Centre - Pollachi

Awareness Program

The New Year stared with an awareness programme on 02 Jan 2019 for primary teachers at MMS School located about 35 km from Pollachi.The awareness programme was on Learning Disability. About 25 teachers from KG to class V attended the sessions. The session lasted for an hour and teachers interacted with the speaker and clarified their doubts about how to indentify children with learning problems. The Management and staffs of the MMS School thanked the team OutReach for the free awareness camp on Learning Disability which will help them to identify children at an early stage. Feedback forms were also collected from the teacher participants.

Republic Day Celebrations

OutReach Remedial Center staff and students celebrated 26 Jan 2019 Republic Day at a tribal settlement 35 km away from Pollachi in the foothills of Top slip. The tribal settlement with 150 families and their children reading in a government elementary school. The republic day celebrations commenced with flag hoisting around 35 tribal children studying in the school, Head Master, teachers, tribal head and OutReach Management, staffs and students participated.

Tribal school children were assembled in a classroom and sweets was distributed to the students. Children of OutReach Remedial center enacted a drama on moral values to entertain and educate the school children about values in life.
The tribal school children were divided into groups and few group games was conducted to them. Children had fun and in the noon they were taken for a nature walk in the nearby woods were they spotted few birds of Anaimalai hills and had lunch near a perennial stream.
The day out with the tribal school children was a good learning experience for all.

Vocational Training Unit

From Usha Rajagopal's Desk

The highlight of the beginning of this New Year 2019 was the Pongal celebrations at YES, Mylapore. It was celebrated in the traditional way and in a grand manner at YES on the 14th January. Sreyes trainees and teachers participated merrily in the Pongal celebration.The trainees of both the vocational units sang songs and danced merrily. Not to be left behind in the celebrations, the teachers also performed "Kummi". Everyone experienced the joy and happiness and some trainees understood the importance of Pongal festival.

As part of experiential learning, many outside visits took place during this month..To begin with,Sreyes trainees accompanied by teachers visited Adyar police station. The trainees had a wonderful learning experience.

The trainees were ushered into the various rooms in the police station like Reception area, Inspector’s room, Sub-inspectors room, prison room, computer room, CCTV room, DGP’s room, rifle storage place etc and shown revolver, Walkie-talkie. Finally, the DGP, Mr. Sashank interacted well with the trainees and answered to their queries. The trainees were delighted to introduce themselves and talked freely. One could not miss the twinkle in their eyes. Chinmay, one of our trainees even sang a song. Some of them learnt that the police personnel are to be approached for any help in case of any emergency, assistance etc.

We had quite a few visitors coming to our center to observe the trainees and have a look at our products made by them.

Wipro volunteers visit at VTU Sreyes during the 2nd week -Around 10 volunteers from Wipro split themselves into many groups while each group observed the trainees doing various production activities. They enjoyed their time interacting with the trainees, knowing more about the various products made by the trainees. Great experience.

Mr. Naveen Adithya from "Bhumise" organic store, Sholinganallur visited Sreyes to buy our products. Bought 120 newspaper bags and 2 jute shopping bags for display at his store. Grundfos visit –Ms.Mahathi and Tessy from Grundfos accompanied by one of their colleagues from Denmark visited Sreyes in the month end. They observed the trainees involved in the training process and were eager to see our facility in regards to the Thozhi project, Sanitary napkin division, origin of this unit and its journey since inception, growth and the future expansion plans.

Oral order confirmation received from Ms. Gayathri, Lady Sivaswami School ex-student, for 500 sanitary napkin pieces every month for the entire year. Many orders were received by various divisions and we could meet our deadlines within a short notice. Eg. 50 bean bags order of Alphabet School , 30 Brown thick paper bags as gift hampers to the Wipro volunteers.

Few new products were also tried out. Shopping bags in different types and various sizes were made out of the used kurtis & new shopping bag made out of jute material with zip attachment was stitched by the tailoring division. Our art teachers taught the trainers and trainees, the art of "Liquid Embroidery" on gada cloths. Some of our products were displayed at the MSW college exhibition, Guild Service, Egmore on 22nd Jan.

Our trainers and Mr. Mannivannan attended the Hospitality Training programme at Hotel Savera , the second training session of "Rane Tiffin Times". During the 4th week of January, teachers from Sreyes and the Co-ordinator participated in the "Aavaz" app demonstration held at E.I. by Mr. Ramachandran. Although the demo was for short while, it was quite informative and useful. He mentioned about some of the features that could be customised and effectively used based upon the needs of the individuals.

With the upcoming sports day, the practise was going on vigourously. Sreyes trainees with the teachers participated in some of the practise sessions that took place in Sharada under the guidance of Neha and Puja. Thanks to Gita mam for her guidance and suggestions on the costumes for the events. Props and other item preparations had begun.

Sanitary napkin vending machine got installed at VTU Sreyes in the sanitary napkin production room. This initiative "Thozhi" is been supported by Grundfos & Catalyst Trust. This month we had three new consultations. Consultation and assessments were completed for 3 students, Viz. Ashish Chandra, Badhusha and Srinivasan.

Last week of the month had been quite hectic. Visit to Light house and Marina beach as part of experiential learning proved to be quite enjoyable and educative experience for all the Sreyes trainees and teachers. The purpose of the trip was to familiarise them with some of the important landmarks of Chennai. From the light house 9th floor, the trainees enjoyed the breath taking view of the marina beach,fisheries settlements,the police headquarters,chepauk stadium and doordarshan tower. Also, they visited the lighthouse museum and took a stroll towards Gandhi statue. January 30th being Gandhi's remembrance day, was significant with lot of activities. Trainees were able to relate to Gandhiji and his struggle for freedom. While returning, they saw some of the important landmarks like University of Madras, Presidency college etc. Some trainees could really connect and understand the importance of our heritage.

On the last day of the month, Sreyes trainees and teachers attended Tarang concert, Carnatic musical programme by Sai Vignesh & his group of artists. He captivated the attention of the audience with his melodious voice and lively interactions. It was quite a delight to watch our students connect with him and enjoy his performance to the fullest.

Youth Empowerment Services

From Rama Nagarajan's Desk

July 2019, was a month of events and outings.

Greetings from YES team. Beginning of the New Year was marked with a happy note of our trainees placed in Blue Lagoon receiving their first salary. Our trainee Samyukth's mother has extended her willingness to donate a two wheeler for YES which will be very useful in our door delivery of our products and in the Laundry Services.

On 4th January 2019, our trainee Prahladh's parents invited us for the dance programme of their daughter Niveditha at Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan at 4.15 PM. They have arranged for the transport. YES staff and trainees attended the one and a half an hour programme. Our trainees were spellbound and enjoyed the programme. Thanks to Shri.Gopinath and Jayanthy Gopinath for inviting us to a wonderful programme.

Mr and Mrs. Mohan Iyer from Canada visited on 3rd Jan 2019 seeking admission to their son Vinay. They were very much impressed about our training programme and planning to come to Chennai in the month of Oct ’19. Mr. Vijay from YMCA, visits YES two days a week to assess our trainees about their physical fitness. He has assessed 28 trainees and will be submitting the reports next week. The rest of the trainees will be assessed in the following week.

For the Wipro volunteers, we made assorted chocolates and packed in goody bags and sent it to the Head office on 7th Jan 2019.

On 7th January 2019 Ms. Lalitha Sridhar met 3 YES parents. Harish and Deveswar’s parents have been suggested the way forward to be followed for 2 months and then decided to meet us at the end of March 2019. Mother of Vidya, candidate seeking admission in YES was met by Ms. Lalitha and then confirmed her admission.

On 8th January 2019, from 'Udavum Karangal' 3 vistiors visited YES. They were very much impressed to see the trainees kept engaged and happily involving themselves in the training programme. On 9th January 2019, the Wipro volunteers visited YES at 11 AM. They were overwhelmed to observe our trainees making cupcakes and chocolates. One volunteer gave his photo and our trainees immediately printed it on the mug. The whole process was done by our trainees independently.

Our trainers John Bosco and Divya attended a Tiffin truck demo session at Savera on 8th Jan 19. We have started our yoga practise for the Sports Day. On 18th January 2019 our staff Yuvaraj along with Gayathri attended the Hospitality Training programme at Savera Hotel.

On 14th January 2019, we celebrated Pongal in the traditional way. All the Men Staff and trainees were in white dhothi and women in saree. VTU staff and trainees joined with us. Our Lady staff performed 'Kummi'. It was a gala celebration with joy and laughter. On 18th and 19th Jan, our trainees were busy preparing chocolates, Idly Milagai Podi and Rice upuma Mix for the exhibition at 'Guild of Service' on 22.01.19.

On 22nd January 2019, 2 consultations were done for new admission. On 22nd January 2019, Mrs. Rama attended Sports Day meeting held at our Head Office. YES trainees are practising one Spanish and one Russian dance.

On 22nd January 2019, we had the course completion ceremony of our multimedia course conducted by Aims Media. It was a happy moment for all of us at Youth Empowerment Services, when 9 of our trainees got the completion certificates from Aims media after successfully completing the 18 months introductory course on Ability Enhancement Multimedia Program (AEMP). Dr. Maria Kapasi of Aims media gave away the certificates in the presence of few enthusiastic parents.

On 29th January 2019-a meeting was held with Dr. Santhanam and Shri. Anand to discuss about the MSME programme to trainees and parents. We discussed about the EDP-A short term Entrepreneurial programme. Interested parents will meet Dr. Santhanam for further guidance about the EDP.

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