“There is a lot Beyond Boundaries” (CIL Leadership Programme I: ``Bring out the child in you to excel’’)

Programme profile:

· Programme duration: 52 Week, 500 hours
· Sessions: In consultation with students (Monthly plan)
· Eligibility: Std V to Std IX
· Participant Strength: 20 per batch (One year)

Core Areas of intervention:

Leadership Effectiveness
Career Orientation
Field Visits
Cultural Orientation
Value system inculcation
Entertainment and Group cohesiveness
Self Evaluation and Goal Setting

Leadership Effectiveness:

Confidence building
Self Analysis
Communication skills
Group dynamics
Public Speaking
Mind skills
Creative Writing
Memory retention and enhancement

Career Planning:

Aptitude Tests
Identification of potential career options
Professional exposure and Interactions

Field Visits: Exposure to realities of life:
Stays and interactions with farmers, tribal communities, slum dwellers…
Action research on relevant issues of significance
Visits to places of interests, events…

Cultural Orientation:

Formations of Cultural teams
Introduction and crash programmes in dance, theatre, folklore, painting, singing…
Exposure to various other art forms and traditional knowledge

Value orientation:

Inculcation of humane values of compassion, caring and sharing, respect for elders and culture… through practical experiences.

Entertainment:

Visits and reporting of various events, places…
View the world in a different way – Walks on the beaches, treks, nature exploration…
Group activities like cooking, jungle survival…

Evaluation and Goal Setting:

Evaluation of personality (Themselves) through the activities mentioned above.
Setting immediate, long term, individual and group goals for a brighter and fruitful tomorrow.

Some of the proposed Activities:

Frequent interactions with children from special schools, Government schools…
Production of a monthly bulletin
A day in Akashavani
A Day in Pilikula
Visit to an Organic Farm
Two-day village/Hamlet (Tribal area) stay
Visit to Newspaper Office, NCC Firing range, Port, Airport…
Opening personal bank accounts to inculcate the habit of saving
Hosting a child from village of tribal hamlet
Maintaining traffic signal for a day…
Enjoy a circus/Karavali Utsav/Movie/Shopping mall…
Interaction with eminent personality (Every Fortnight)
Clay modeling
Street plays
Production of a drama, dance sequences…
Celebrations of birthdays (With a difference)
Observing important days (Martyrs’ Day, Quit India Day…)
Release of anthology of poems and short stories (By the participants)
Visit to District hospital, jail, fire station …