A lifeskill session on "Goal Setting, Time Management and Addiction" was conducted for the senior students of class XI and XII at Hariyana Vidya Mandir on 16th and 17th October,2017 by team Ummeed.
Reflection of the participants :-

1. "The session was very motivating and interactive. It gave us some idea about how to plan and achieve our goals and ways to concentrate on our work by using internet judiciously. The session was very helpful" - Sayanika Barua, Class 12
2. "Today's session was a wonderful counselling session, which imparted me a lot of brilliant ideas to manage time and proceed towards goal effectively. Speaking skills of the counsellors were appreciable and meaningful. I would like to attend such sessions again."- Debargha Pal, Class 12
3. "It was really an enriching experience for me. many of my doubts are clear now. I really feel overwhelmed after attaining these counselling session. I am looking forward for more such sessions. Thank you maam." - Aindrila Acharya, Class 12
4. "The session was good and interesting. It helped in realization of various facts about time utilization and addictions." - Shoili Chowdhury, Class 12

Ummeed conducted a life skill workshop on "Social media influence and addiction" for the classes XI and XII at Adamas International School on 11th October,2017. Resource person for the session was Ms. Salony Priya founder director of Ummeed.
Reflection of the participants :-

1. "Ma'am, I am spellbound by your session. In this era we are indulged in the teachings of 6 or 7 books but the best teachings we get is through interactions of human relations. I need to thank you for this once again! " - Deepan Roy (Humanities)
2. "This is a very good initiative taken by Ummeed and specially by Ms.Salony Priya. I have benefit a lot from this workshop and I can also relate myself with some good as well as bad habits which i will try to change". - Aditya Paul (Humanities)
   
3. "The workshop was very helpful and an eye opener for us. Thank you for coming to our school and interacting with us, it was truly a pleasure for us to have you and listen to you.Thank you Salony Ma'am!"- Critika (Commerce)
4. "Thank you so much for today's session. It was really a nice experience where I understood who i am and where i truly stand. I will not lie about the fact that I am a social media addict. You have really made us understand the pros and cons of it. I would really want to attend more such sessions in school. Thank you once again". - Ananya Ghosh ( Commerce)

Ummeed conducted lifeskill sessions on 10th October, 2017 at Contai Public School for the students of classes X, XI & XII. The session enabled students to understand the importance of life skills and to reflect on relevant adolescent issues such as internet addiction, time management and  empowered them to understand how these are related to basic human needs. Resource Person for this session was  Ms.Salony Priya founder director of Ummeed.
Reflection of the participants :

1. “The session conducted by Salony maam was very interesting and enthusiastic. We came to know about many life skills including time management, the discussion on how to take right decisions helped me a lot and I understand the mistakes I have done. This session would be a memorable discussion in my life.” -  Soumik Par (X)
2. “After attending Salony maam’s session, I felt good and motivated. She inspired me a lot, she helped me with a lot of information to avoid internet, she brought out many new skills in me and I learned a lot today. Thanks to her for holding a session in our school and it will be our pleasure to have her here again.”  – Moudeepa Poyrah (XI)
3. “It was a really wonderful session this which we never knew was highlighted in front of our eyes. Now I’m sure we or at least me, I can avoid such happenings, I’m impressed by this session. Mrs salony maam just nailed it.” -  Riturka Ghosh (XII)

Pastoral Guides of Frank Anthony Public School Kolkata, enhance their Attending and Responding skills as part of their Basic Counselling Skills Training on 7th November,2017.

Empowering students of Bhawanipur Education Society College on "Emotional Intelligence and Positive Psychology interventions" on 16th September,2017 by Ms. Salony Priya, Founder and Director of Ummeed and Team.
Reflection of the Participants :-

1. "It was motivating, helpful, interactive and we should be needing more such workshops to be conducted to overcome our difficulty" - Sagnik Chatterjee (1st Year, English Hons)
2. "This was a very insightful session and I believe such counselling should be done on a regular basis." - Aadam Rahman (1st Year, B.SC Economics)
3. "From today's session my learning is to do something productive and live long with enjoyment." - Babbu Singh (1st year, BA History Hons)
4. "After this workshop, I get to know how to deal with my emotions, improve my self-esteem." - Paridhi Agarwal (Economics,2017)

Caregivers of  the residential school at Sunbeam Suncity, Varanasi, attended a two days sessions on developing an insight to equip oneself to provide life skill sessions to children in their care on 12th and 13th of September, 2017. The session was conducted by Ms. Salony Priya, Founder and Director of Ummeed.
Reflection of the Participants :-

1. "We need to see ourselves in mirrors shown by Salony Mam " - S. Ghosh Superintendent of Bhagwanpur
2. "We are waiting for next session mam as you make us feel We Can !!! Thank you for sharing such practical ways" - Ruchi Singh
3. "Day to day hostel situations were very simply explained by mam, bullying was very eye opening I will surely try this mam" - Vivek
4. "It was two power packed days, thanks salony mam for motivating my team" -  Ashish Hostel Superintendent

Empowering Educators as Pastoral guides to understand the Social and Emotional needs of Adolescents in their care  at Delhi Public School, Varanasi on 9th and 10th of September, 2017 by Ms. Salony Priya Founder and Director of Ummeed.
Reflection of the Participants :-

1. "Salony ma’am is excellent. Words may fall short to define ma’am. Personally I feel we should keep on meeting such a positive lady from time to time".- NANDITA SINGH
2. "Salony ma’am your explanation and examples are very apt and the way you have shown the insight to deal with the various situations in real school scenario is very helpful. You are very energetic and enthusiastic".- NILAJANA CHAKROVERTY

Ummeed conducted a session about "Emotional needs in Adolescents"  for the educators of Frank Anthony Public School Kolkata, enhancing their skills as pastoral guides during BCS session on 7th September,2017. Resource Person for this session  was  Ms. Salony Priya Founder Director of Ummeed.

Educators of Gems Akademia International School were certified for the successful completion of the Basic Counselling Skills course in collaboration with Ummeed on 6th of September 2017.
Reflection of the Educators :

1. "The session was wonderful. Taking back lots of valuable knowledge on how to understand and support my students emotional needs. Thanking you for being such an excellent guide!" - Gargi Roy Choudhury
2. "We are at the end of our counselling session where we learnt a lot from this. I thank Salony ma'am and her team members to be with us. We are enriched with a lot of knowledge from this course. It will help me to understand the issues of the students". - Joydeep Chatterjee
3. "I can handle my own child and my students more sensitively from now on. I have learnt to break my stereotypes about different issues which will help me to become open minded and non-judgemental."- Sayanti Chatterjee

Ummeed conducted Empowering Educators workshop on "Adolescent Handling" on  2nd September, 2017 at Holy Cross Hazaribag. Resource Person for this session  was  Ms. Salony Priya founder director of Ummeed.
More than 15 schools of Hazaribagh, Chandankyari, Ghato, near Ranchi attended in this workshop. 100 teachers of various Schools of Hazaribagh as St Pauls School, DAV School, Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir, DPS Hazaribagh,  Campion School, Mount Litera Zee school attended interactive session on handling adolescent behavior.
Feedbacks of Educators :-

1. "Blessings Salony for your compassion for adolescent and practical insight" -  Sister Kiran Principal
2. "Workshop by Salony maam was excellent, very simple yet extremely practical approach helped a lot of  us to  learn" - Rekha Singh, Holy Cross