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Aseema Charitable Trust is a Mumbai based non-
ASEEMA governmental organisation with the main objective मन का वातावरण

of providing underprivileged children with a quality
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education. Through the use of technology, high- व क कटाई, कारख़ान का बनना,
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quality educational materials and a nurturing environment, the students are learning करता हर मन य इसक चचा ।
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new content and developing useful skills with each session. Due to the guidelines परत यह भी तो परख लो ज़रा,
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provided by the organisation, volunteers are able to provide students with a holistic ह मन का प रवेश व छ कतना।
and relevant education that they can apply to their daily lives without much difficulty.
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As volunteers at Aseema, in the first session, we were introduced to the organisation सभी आज दौड़ लगत। े
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and its key objectives. Browsing through their website and conversing with one of ं कत या वचार करने ठहरे हो कभी,
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their supervisors helped us in achieving clarity about how to proceed and utilise each क ज़रा मन क वातावरण म भी सफ़र कर।
session efficiently. Additionally, we understood the role we were going to play to
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make a difference in these students' lives. In the first few weeks, we worked as
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content creators. Each of us were allotted a subject, a topic and a grade-level at the
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beginning of our sessions. We prepared materials that would be sent out to the
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students according to our designation. Whether through recording videos or
interactive tutorials, finding or making questionnaires, worksheets or games, we सन लो ती , समझ लो ती ,
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were completely engaged. I'd like to add that because we had SMART goals, we were ह ि थ त द षत मन क भी।
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extremely productive with the tasks completely. Eventually, after we developed the और कछ ह ह वह गने-चने,
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content that Aseema needed, we began to teach the students, whom we provided िज ह ा त स ची मन क शां त।
the resources to, directly. During the week, Ms. Sheetal Daver would send across the
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aspects that we had to teach to ensure that we had enough time to plan our lessons. Some mathematical skills we taught them included multiplication, Arzoo Usgaonkar Manav Shah
division and remainders. Moreover, we developed their English-speaking skills by playing games and conducting conversation classes. These
communication skills are essential for them to improve their job prospects, self-esteem As part of the Service aspect of IBDP CAS, Kareena Shankta of Grade 11 proposed the Birsa Munda
and confidence. We have also conversed with them on a personal level and built a safe School Service club. The objective was to expose the students of Birsa Munda High School in BIRSA MUNDA
space for them to talk about their problems and passions openly. These little Manika, Latehar district, Jharkhand to a range of extracurricular activities.
conversations, according to me, motivated the children to continue learning and hope
The project was guided by CAS- coordinators, Miss Nitika Gupta and Mr. Sreeraman Ramanathan and
for a better future.
project supervisor Miss Uma Shivayogimath. 10 volunteers - Kareena Shankta, Ria Mittal, Mehak Tiwana, Raghav Agrawal, Ahaan Bhansali, Rajveer Batra,
Our experience working with Aseema was enriching and unforgettable. We, ourselves, Devasree Jain , Ria Punater, Dhanya Shah and Sia Harisingani, conducted 6 activities for a total of 110 kids. Activities included singing, dancing, storytelling,
volleyball, football and badminton over the virtual platform of Microsoft Teams every Friday.
learned innumerable things while teaching such as collaboration, video-editing,
improvisation and time management. Technology played a very prominent role in The school was introduced to Kareena Shankta by Dr. Veenapani Seksaria, who is currently heading the COVID-19 relief project – The Shakkar Paara
making this activity possible. We could connect and interact with the students despite Project. Akash Ranjan, ex-BSF officer and coordinator of the Right to Food and Brother Markose, was in charge of the school. The school required a dire
revamp in terms of extracurricular structure and vocational exposure. The school accommodates both residential and day-scholar students. Most of the
the Covid-19 situation. Lastly, we would like to thank Ms. Sheetal, our CAS
children belong to poverty-struck tribal and Maha-Dalit communities of Manika and are taught by teachers who are mostly part of the same
coordinators and Aseema to make this experience extremely special.
community.
Annette Mehta “We have been teaching the children how to play badminton online.
Sia Harisinghani Badminton was a popular sport at the school, and many children joined
in for our sessions, eager to learn. However, teaching a sport online was
quand nous nous retrouverons: always going to be challenging, so we tried our best to make the sessions
nous verrons nos amis, TOYBANK worthwhile. We started off, by explaining the rules of the game, and
nos familles, introducing the children to the equipment. After this, we taught them
nos collègues, how to grip the badminton racket and serve. In the span of a few weeks,
et ce sera super. The Toybank Service Club has worked hard the children were already comfortable playing shots such as the toss and
over the last semester to help the NGO the lift. Slowly, they were capable of having long rallies amongst
quand nous nous retrouverons: provide for ‘at-risk’ children during these themselves. There were difficulties we faced, for example, often due to
nous partagerons nos rires, difficult times. They help them by enriching
nos sourires, their learning with different forms of poor wifi our sessions would be cut short- depriving the children of a
nos expériences, holistic teaching. We had divided ourselves learning opportunity. Furthermore, due to lack of equipment, there were
et ce sera amusant. not enough rackets and no net at the school. However, on the whole,
into groups to help different parts of the watching the children play, and being able to teach them a sport that
quand nous nous retrouverons: organization. The groups were the Buddy they liked was an enriching experience, and one that I will always
nous ferons la fête, Program (4 people), Social Media remember. Always enthusiastic to learn, the children motivated me to try
nous chanterons, Management (2 people), Fundraising (2 out new things too. From them, I also learnt how to be grateful and
nous danserons, people) and Playbook development (2 make the most of what I have. I hope I can continue teaching them in the
et ce sera libérateur. people). The Buddy Program regularly held future, and be able to impact their lives as much as they have impacted
sessions with 2 children, teaching them Art, English and Math.
quand nous nous retrouverons: The Social Media Management group worked on a monthly mine.“ Dhanya Shah
nous nous sentirons plus heureux, newsletter to all of Toybank's subscribers and supporters. They “We are thoroughly enjoying teaching the children. We have already
plus sain, wrote a lot of enriching articles. The Playbook group created a taught them close to 12 dances and what really amazed us was how
mieux, handbook, which contained guides and instructions for all actively they participated and took initiative. Not only did we teach them
et ce sera cathartique.
different sorts of learning activities, which was then released to all dance routines, but also exposed them to different cultures through
quand nous nous retrouverons: the Toybank children. Students managed to find innovative dance genres like Bhangra and Garba. We have planned a cultural event
le monde sera un meilleur endroit, learning games and put precise instructions for the children to and virtual sports highlight that will be broadcast live. Going forward,
mais implement those games on their own. Lastly, the fundraising our aim will be to accentuate their local dance as
je ne sais pas quand ça arrivera, group strived hard on their fundraising page to create a much as possible in order to empower the T A N I
et vous non plus. sensitization message. Recently, the fundraiser page went live!. They have already received over Rs. 3000 in children and show them the importance of U S ABILITY
donations and aim to achieve much more. The Toybank group have been striving hard to help the NGO reach S
Vir Datta cultural roots.” Kareena Shankta and Mehak
out and help more at-risk children.
Tiwana.
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