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“Fitting in” Streamlining education and life skills for positive youth

“Fitting in” Streamlining education and life skills for positive youth. Building lives and Future of Children living with HIV Fr. Mathew Perumpil , MI Bangalore-India. Beginning of a journey!. In 2008, we opened the SCH doors to 20 children.

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“Fitting in” Streamlining education and life skills for positive youth

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  1. “Fitting in”Streamlining education and life skills for positive youth Building lives and Future of Children living with HIV Fr. Mathew Perumpil, MI Bangalore-India

  2. Beginning of a journey!

  3. In 2008, we opened the SCH doors to 20 children

  4. Today, we have over 150 in our centreand supports hundreds of children in the community through the community outreach program

  5. Why Sneha Care Home? Prepare infected children to become responsible adults

  6. What is Unique of Sneha Pre-Adolescent Phase….. • Child at the Centre • Bring back the lost childhood into their lives • Focus more on the Child than HIV • Help them bloom as blossom as children • Holistic and Comprehensive in approach • Home away from Home

  7. What is Unique of Sneha Adolescent Phase... • Help children transition from Childhood to adolescent years.. • Self-directed learning process • Job-oriented training and education • Value formation and Life skill education to move into responsible adulthood • Mentoring and support to settle in life as adults

  8. Mission Statement To ensure quality of life for the CLHIV by comprehensively addressing their real and felt needs on health, education, and psycho-social support.

  9. Focus on Education

  10. The BIG Questions • What Happens to children who finishes(if they are lucky) after the high School? • What Jobs will they get? • How will they get financial support for higher education? • Where are the drop outs…? • How is the HIV program for children prepared for guiding these children for successful future lives?

  11. Education at Sneha Existing models simply do not prepare the children for a future life. Unique Features of our model • Individualized and child focused • Creative • Self-directed • Life-oriented • Job-oriented • Focus on Personality development and Building of self esteem and confidence • Exposure to various job related areas early on to help students discern what they could potentially choose.

  12. Education .. Features • Flexibility to choose subjects • Integration of co-curricular activities • Online platforms for learning. • Mentoring support through volunteers for special needs • Value integrated education

  13. Vocational Training The program is designed to help students, both in formal education stream and those who have stopped formal schooling to identify and train themselves in a skill that will help them obtain a job in the future.

  14. Training Areas • Language and communication training for BPO jobs. • Retail and Communication for Marketing and sales person jobs. • Data Entry Operation and Computer Training(front desk jobs) • Hospitality, Travel and Tourism Training. • Fashion Designing, Embroidery and Tailoring • Arts and Crafts • Electronics • Farming and agriculture

  15. Case of Manisha

  16. Handholding, Mentoring and Internships • Link with persons, firms and NGOs • Create a platform for volunteers to mentor • Generate job opportunities • Establish partnerships with corporate and government • Let children explore creatively how they can build their future by entrepreneurship.

  17. Building a Brighter Tomorrow, Today

  18. Can this model be replicated?

  19. Thank You

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