Share Stories Open Minds
Actively supporting, nurturing and disseminating creative and critical activity in the field of the arts in India, especially fine arts, theatre and cinema
A propos de vous
A propos de vous
Prénom
Peace
Nom
Works
URL Twitter
A propos de votre organisation
Nom
The Seagull Foundation for the Arts
Pays
Inde, WB, Kolkata
Pays dans lesquels ce projet crée un impact social
Inde, WB, Kolkata
Votre organisation est-elle une
a. organisation à but non lucratif
Votre rôle dans l’éducation : [case à cocher]
Agent scolaire, Travailleur social.
Le type d’école(s) à laquelle votre solution est destinée :
Autre
Depuis combien de temps votre organisation opère-t-elle ?
Plus 5 années
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Innovation
Sélectionnez la phase qui s'applique le mieux à votre solution
Croissance (votre pilote fonctionne et commence à prendre de l'ampleur)
Depuis combien de temps votre solution est-elle en vigueur?
En place depuis 1 à 5 ans
Le besoin : quel problème tentez-vous de résoudre ?
They're beggars and criminals with wasted lives of misery and pain. They are not the same as you and me. That is the first impression most of us derive of the children living in slums. Refusing to see reality and understand their circumstances we get judgmental. Growing in an environment of poverty, violence, abusive behaviours, rejection, we cannot be moral polices. To affect attitudes and values, to change thinking is not an easy task. Extremely intangible, very hard to quantify and pin down, as very often people will say one thing but think/do another. And yet we realized that it is only in the realm of values and attitudes that we can make a longterm difference. To provide inputs and allow critical thinking among children is what we aim at.
La solution: quelle solution proposez-vous ? Soyez précis !
To stimulate young minds into thinking, questioning, probing preconceived notions and prejudice, challenging and coming up with their own answers is our endeavour. We are merely trying to bring them material to respond to, to react to, to think about and act upon. Stories, Films, people, performances, workshops, debates. To start a churning, to table the concern, to bring it to the forum. To make youngsters aware that there are a lot of people who believe that an alternate existence is possible. There can be mutual coexistence and communal harmony, and that they can be part of this network. This process is called seeding.
Share Stories, Open Minds taps into the inherent creative impulse present in all of us to address value systems. It attempts to sow the seeds of tolerance, peaceful coexistence, living with difference and communal harmony, which is the scope of the PeaceWorks project.
Le système : décrivez un exemple spécifique montrant de quelle façon votre initiative fonctionne ; indiquez vos principales activités.
The project Share Stories, Open Minds is a tie-up between PeaceWorks and Nabadisha, an initiative of Kolkata Police which works with street and slum children and is run entirely by volunteers. In just over a year’s time we are working in seven centres. The project started with a simple idea: focusing on the value of stories in our lives, and how they shape our upbringing and our childhood.
In order to engage underprivileged children, driven by physical hunger and a thirst for knowledge, the project uses a careful selection of stories along with an open-minded attitude where one is able to innovate and adapt to the challenging conditions it is likely to encounter. Stories meant for such a project go beyond mere narration. They inspire children’s imagination and their sense of adventure, to grasp and internalise the positive message it sends.
We now feel the need to engage in more extensive methods to sustain the actions, not only for the children but also for the volunteers. Through experience we have also realised that this method is an effective tool to work with and more children can be reached out to. The primary activities are
• Storytelling
• Workshops
• Trainings
• Exposure trips
Le marché : qui sont vos collègues et vos concurrents ? Identifiez les autres personnes qui travaillent à répondre au même besoin et indiquez ce qui vous différencie d'elles. Comment ces concurrents pourraient-ils influencer votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
There are plenty small and big organisations who work for the benefit for slum and street children. To name a few Child Rights and You, Save the Children, Child in Need Institute, Hope Foundation, Mass Welfare Society, Pathfinder are all organisations who cater to the needs of children primarily by providing meals, study material, education support, and clothing.
We focus on educating children to think critically and make informed choices as against merely imbibing from their environment.
Maintenant que vous avez bien réfléchi à votre participation, aidez-nous à la présenter.
décrivez votre organisation, votre programme ainsi que les services ou les produits proposés (1 ou 2 phrases brèves). [136 caractères/25 mots]
The organization actively supports, nurtures and disseminates creative and critical activity in the field of the arts in India
expliquez le caractère innovant de votre initiative (1 ou 2 phrases brèves). [136 caractères/25 mots]
The project works through arts and culture, with young minds, to foster a spirit of peaceful coexistence & mutual respect
Impact social
This Entry is about (Issues)
Jusqu'à ce jour, quels résultats a obtenu votre projet ?
Over a years time we have expanded the project from two centres to seven centres. The eagerness with which children await these sessions is heartening. The one hour time they spend with the volunteers transports them in to a world of Fairy tales, Arabian nights, Panchantantra, Akbar and Birbal, and so on. They travel the world. But they are immediately grounded by the discussions and activities that are followed. This makes the children think and ponder for themselves. They see self worth in their existence. And over a period of time a gradual transformation in the behaviour and mannerisms is noticed. They present themselves as responsible young adults who are the future generation.
Quelles sont vos prévisions en termes d'impact au cours des trois prochaines années?
The impacts we oversee over the next three period is:
• Coverage of all 17 Nabadisha centres.
• Increase in number of children and volunteers.
• Other institutions can replicate the Model being created by the organisation.
Les meilleures propositions possèdent un programme solide détaillant leurs prévisions pour atteindre et suivre leurs objectifs de croissance. Identifiez vos objectifs à 6 mois pour accroître vos résultats
• Increase in centres and children • Workshops for volunteers • Avail the expertise of Art practitioners
Définissez les trois tâches principales à accomplir pour atteindre ces objectifs à six mois
Tâche 1
Intense Publicity of the project and intake of new volunteers
Tâche 2
Creating a network of resource persons
Tâche 3
Monitoring and coordinating the process
Et maintenant, voyez les choses en plus grand ! Identifiez vos objectifs à 12 mois
• Workshops & Exposure trips, • Assessing the learning of the children. • Older children become volunteers
Définissez les trois tâches principales à accomplir pour atteindre vos objectifs à 12 mois
Tâche 1
Organizing the workshops and exposure trips
Tâche 2
Preparation of assessment tools
Tâche 3
Identifying and training potential children from the centres to become volunteers.
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world [125 words]
PeaceWorks initiated its work with young adults hailing from well to do families who enjoyed privileges and opportunities whom a large section would not be able to afford. It was felt that this section of society also needed to be sensitized and given exposure towards the struggles of the underprivileged.
There was always a tug in the heart to work with the other section of children. The chance meeting with Kolkata Police initiated our intervention in their Nabadisha Project that works with slum and street children. What better way to tap young minds but through the art form of Storytelling! We grew up on stories and have passed on the same to the next generation. There is a bountiful of stories that teach morals and values. With funding nearing an end by Ford Foundation simultaneously, and starting this new project, with the help of volunteers it has been an exhilarating experience and needs to expand and sustain itself. The need is immense which needs to be addressed & sustained
Viabilité
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
Avec quelle équipe (employés, bénévoles, etc.) pensez-vous atteindre vos objectifs de croissance définis dans la section sur l'impact social? [75 mots]
The core team consists of two persons from the Seagull Foundation for the Arts, 2 volunteers each for the Story Telling sessions (i.e. 14 volunteers at present).
Expliquez plus en détails les besoins et les offres indiqués ci-dessus ou proposez un type d'aide non mentionné dans la liste
Financial support is required to expand the work proposed in section 5, 6, 7, 8 of Social Impact. Publicity, getting art practitioners, providing training all entails expenditure. Not compromising on the deliverables the finest of services will be provided.
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