Relevant Learning Outcomes:
LO3-Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience
LO4-Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences. Students can articulate the stages from conceiving an idea to executing a plan for a CAS experience or series of CAS experiences
LO5-Demonstrate the skills and recognise the benefits of working collaboratively.
LO6-Demonstrate engagement with issues of global significance.
Service Learning – Project Week Action Plan
Name and mission of NGO/ VWO being visited |
Voice of World in Purba Barisha, Kolkata, West Bengal A Multi-unit non-profit Social Welfare Organisation |
Investigation Why is this Service needed? What did you learn from investigating the issue and the NGO addressing it? 1. Interview GC student and teacher facilitators 2.Research using the NGO/VOW website 3.Contact NGO/VWO to find out more about the work they do and how you can your group can support them with their skill set. |
loving home have essentially been rescued by Voice of World. The founders are committed to giving the children in care an education, making sure they are all literate and giving those that are visually challenged a degree of independence. All that Voice of World imparts on these children are crucial to let them in order for them to live a successful life after graduation. Literacy is paramount as a skill when applying for jobs, so children that may have been physically unable to achieve employment as well as illiterate now have their doors opened for them and give a life alive that was once denied to them by society.
reduce initial costs, they used the owner’s house as the first residential beneficiaries. They have been running for 26 years and have 22 centres in West Bengal and one in Delhi and Puri. Volunteers work either part time or full time and help take care of the children. After being trained and gone through a testing process they are approved to also volunteer as educators. The founders have emphasized strongly that the quality of the teachers for the children must be high. Moreover, another part of their message and aim as an organization is to reduce stigma and marginalization of visually challenged children, as they should not be denied opportunities based on things which were not in their control.
how does it contribute to empowering the visually challenged children? c. How do the educational techniques employed at VOW cater to the needs of differently-abled Students? d. How have past trips to the GC ( can be during a previous project week or otherwise) helped in bridging a shared mission between VOW and the UWC GC members, what was the agenda during these trips? e. What activities have been conducted at VOW when students have previously visited? f. Are there any factors which have hindered effective communication between VOW and UWC? What challenges have been faced in previous UWC trips to VOW?
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Preparation SMART Goal/s for visit Use the conversations with the NGO/ VWO to inform your groups SMART Goal/s |
S (specific): Our group of 6 girls will travel to the organization every day and volunteer our time in any way they feel we could help. Every single one of us are armed with a vast array of skills that can be put into use such as ability to teach English whilst understanding Bengali, patience, maths proficiency, majority of our group members speak some other Indian language (primarily Hindi), ability to do organize and use personal opinions to advise adults on situations such as scheduling of classes, more efficient teaching methods all in a polite manner and respectable approach. We also plan to record interviews of people there including children and staff to use in Kolkata GC dance showcases for next year. M (measurable): We will be spending 5 hours 35 minutes there on most days and around 4 hours on one of the days. Voice of World leaders will be giving qualitative feedback that will be made available to supervisors. A (attainable): Dilating our time with volunteering our time in the service will be attainable as we have no other events planned. R (relevant): We will be able to make the things that we accomplish there relevant as all of us are aware of the mission and aim of Voice of World and therefore can use this criteria to check that the things we are asked to do or think of doing are relevant to the well being of Voice of World and are using our time there efficiently, not only in the short term when we are there but that it is also sustainable in the long run and we do not set up things that are then deemed useless when we are no longer there to explain how it works. We must be mindful of the context into what we are entering. T (time based): We have carefully allocated time into our project week itinerary that schedules major time spent in Voice of World. We will spend hours at VOW in the whole week with additional time spent talking to members on the phone. |
What evidence will you collect to demonstrate that your groups SMART goal/s have been achieved? (surveys, interviews, video, photographs etc..) |
We have three members of our team being trained in media. They will be with us when we volunteer at Voice of World and therefore will capture our time spent there. We will quantitatively measure our SMART goals with the following evidence:
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Student Names | Roles & Responsibilities needed to achieve the groups SMART Goals? |
Shayona Basu | Service Coordinator |
Shawronna Sengupta | First Aid |
Saniya Sohanpal | Media |
Anushka Maganti | Media |
Jingying Wang | Media |
Vidhi Shah | Logistics |
Do you need a budget? | Budget Items | Estimate in SG$ |
How will you take Action? Link to GC Brainstorm of Activities (specific activities/project plans that you will undertake, where and how it will be done, timeline, etc.) Note: At VOW, there is Projector & Screen which can be utilised for screening Digital media during the activities. |
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Timeline | Activities | Resources Needed | Who is responsible 2 |
Monday: |
Possible games that we can play with them with regards to this goal in mind:8
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Anushka:
Vidhi:
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Anushka:
Saniya: Different textured materials Shawronna: Paint Vidhi: One block print
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Wed | Electronics related learning:
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From School |
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Drama activities i.e. performing skits
Activities to do before teaching them dances:
If we finish early, we can play other games/do other activities such as:
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We all will be bringing laptops and so this is something that all of us can download and do, as if something goes wrong with one of our laptops, we will always have a backup. |
Reflection and Demonstration How will you share with the UWCSEA community what you have learned? Including – Relationships built – Partnerships strengthened – Impact measured (Service Blog, UWCSEA Perspectives, Dunia, Assemblies, Community Events e.g Family Festival) |
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Approval from Teacher Facilitator/ Project Week Supervisor | |
Approval from NGO | |
Approval from Head of Service (Project Week Only) |