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Friends of Children (F0C) was founded in 2003 by a group of individuals with a dream to lend a helping hand to society. The underlying objective was to reach out to deserving youth using education as a medium to help them grow as strong individuals with an opportunity for a sustainable livelihood. What an incredible journey it has been...8 years and going strong.
Our core objective is still the same – “Empowering through Education”. FoC sponsors higher education as well as vocational education for meritorious students subsequent to their initial school years. At present we do not accept applications for sponsorship below standard 10.
From 26 students in 2003 we now have around 350 students across the greater Maharashtra region. Our activities have also widened to include a number of complimentary areas in addition to financial support, such as provision of textbooks, trainer camps & skill sessions, mentor & guide networks, Spoken English training sessions etc. We continue to grow and evolve.
There are many ways that you can help –please check the "How Can I help - Important Donor information" link for additional details.
Our core objective is still the same – “Empowering through Education”. FoC sponsors higher education as well as vocational education for meritorious students subsequent to their initial school years. At present we do not accept applications for sponsorship below standard 10.
From 26 students in 2003 we now have around 350 students across the greater Maharashtra region. Our activities have also widened to include a number of complimentary areas in addition to financial support, such as provision of textbooks, trainer camps & skill sessions, mentor & guide networks, Spoken English training sessions etc. We continue to grow and evolve.
There are many ways that you can help –please check the "How Can I help - Important Donor information" link for additional details.
Every child has a DREAM & YOU have the POWER to fulfill it.
Monday, November 09, 2009
The workshop on English communication was scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, 8th November at the FoC library. Around 20 students attended. Vani and I conducted the workshop; Aparna was also present.
We started out by discussing why it's important for the students to be able to communicate in English. The students came up with a number of reasons, including English being the medium for studies after a certain level; being able to communicate across regions and cultures; accessibility to knowledge and literature; and career growth. We then discussed problems they face in this regard, and arrived at lack of vocabulary and knowledge of grammar; lack of confidence and of practice; fear of embarrassment; inability to think in English as the most common.
We divided the students into teams and asked them to come up with solutions to the problems identified. We pooled the results together to arrive at a list of ideas that the students agreed to implement, including:
Having decided that practicing speaking in English, even imperfectly, would help improve their communication, we asked each student to stand up and speak for at least one minute on any topic of their choice. Some of the students rose to the occasion and spoke fluently, if not perfectly. Others had to be prodded to try, but in the end everyone stood up and spoke at least a couple of sentences, and four of these reluctant speakers promised to work on a topic and make a short speech at the beginning of next month's session.
It was also decided that one student would take down minutes through each session, and these minutes would be read out at the beginning of the next session, to reinforce what they had learned.
The workshop ended at 4 p.m. Before ending, we discussed with the students and agreed that interactive sessions like this one would help the students gain confidence and work on their skills. The next such workshop is on 20 December, with two main items on the agenda:
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