Ummeed conducted life-skills workshop on 28th and 29th August,2017 with the senior boarders of Sacred Heart, Siliguri on "Developing Positive Identity and Positive Relationships." Resource Person for this session  was  Ms.Salony Priya founder director of Ummeed.

Feedback of Students :-

1. "Salony mam the free talking session helped me to understand and introspect, it was amazing experience, wish you could talk to us more often like this. Thank you mam". Ankita with Isha Mondol.
2. "Mam the frank yet very caring way you spoke to us was very touching, I felt like crying not because I was sad but felt understood". Richa, Class XII
3. "Why we feel attraction, why it's important to trust in relationship and why we get angry ? You changed my concept totally about our behavior. I promise to think and take constructive steps to mend my ways mam". Shrishti

Ummeed's counsellor conducted workshop at Lions Calcutta Greater Vidya Mandir on My Safe World for the students of class-III.
Feedback from the teachers:
“It was discussed in the workshop that the children should know about their boundaries. External boundary and internal boundary.The children were told about good touch and bad touch. They were made aware about the touch of the doctor, parents and strangers.The children interacted and were very active throughout the workshop.”

Emotional Intelligence at work place for TQM employees of TATA Steel at Noamundi mines. Emotional messages, understanding the unsaid. EQ way of being smart.
Feedbacks:

• "Thank you so much mam. I really enjoyed this session with activity and the way you teach. This is very good emotions at workplace a much needed subject " - Binodini Mahanta
• "Interesting class on emotional intelligence. This type of programme should be held twice a year" - Beena Pani Swain Tata

On 24th July '17, more than 500 Parents of Kerala Samajam School, Jamshedpur attended a Lively open interaction with purpose and clear practical guidelines for bringing up Teens. The resource person for this workshop was Ms. Salony Priya, Founder Director, UMMEED.

'It was very engaging ... to listen to several examples I could truly relate to Salony mam and understood we need to change our communication.' Mrs Srivastava

I am glad it was a full house, parents were very keen, attentive and have gone back with loads to think, implement and introspect.' Ms Nandini Shukla, Principal, Kerala Samajam School

Ummeed conducted lifeskills workshop on 20th July, 2017 with the students of class 11 at Frank Anthony Public School, Kolkata on understanding adolescent issues and building social and emotional competencies. Resource Person for this session was Ms.Salony Priya founder director of Ummeed.
Feedback of Students :-

• “It was a very pleasant and exciting experience. Things we often think about when we are alone and have a fear if not expressing them to our parents were beautifully explained and put up in a form of creative presentation along with an interactive session. Thank you.” Mir Rahemin Rahim, 11A Commerce                                       
  
• “Really respect the work that Ummeed does. It inspires the youth and inspiration does lots of magic on minds that are under construction and can inculcate new ideas and opinions that suits their personalities.  Hope that this organization keeps doing its wonderful work. Would really love to see Salony ma'am again” Amreen Firoz, 11 Science
  
• “It was a very I interactive session which set me thinking about various things and more importantly, it was something which I could relate to, to a very large extent. Also, I myself aspire to become a child and adolescent psychologist so this session has definitely pushed my spirits high. I dream to be standing and doing the same as Salony ma'am today.” Diksha Solomon, 11 Humanities

UMMEED Counsellors organized group as well as one to one counselling interventions and sessions with the students at Sacred Heart School, Siliguri from the 14th July till the 16th July on various topics such as Bullying, Smart Study Skills, Assertive Communication Training, Anger Management

• "The session has really been helpful in ways as it has not only taught me about emotions but also how to control and execute in different situations, specially 'Anger' - a much faced negative emotion. It also taught me about bullying and how to respond to a bullying situation. this was something i did not know. it was really interesting and helpful."- Kalyan Singha, Class 8 A
• "I realized that I was wrong at making fun of others and create problems for myself. Therefore I am going to change myself in these things, moreover I felt really good and happy after this session" - Ritobina Das, Class 10
• "I found this workshop very interesting, enthusiastic and even learnt how to control our emotions and saying or practicing it in an assertive manner. I guess Purva Ma'am is very experienced women so I understood very well and Mansi ma'am is just like us, very sweet and communicable and I also thank them for this opportunity I got." - Soumily Maity, class 7 A

Ummeed conducted lifeskills session on 6th July, 2017 at Frank Anthony Public school Kolkata, our oldest partner school, for students of class 10. The session enabled students to reflect on many relevant adolescent issues such as peer relationships, parental expectations, gadget addiction, substance abuse and empowered them to understand how these are related to basic human needs. The interactive session provided a platform to the students to learn from each others experiences and also share pertinent incidents that they face difficulties dealing with. Resource Person for this session  was  Ms.Salony Priya founder director of Ummeed.
Feedbacks of Students :-

• “Salony Ma’am has taught us today that anything is possible! We should think about ourselves and analyze where we are wrong and if we are in fact, wrong, then we should rectify ourselves. We should fight against temptations, which are nothing but FAKE PLEASURES. Our actions not only affect our lives, but may also affect the people around us, so we should carefully evaluate our actions” – OROOZ AZMI, XA
• “Salony Priya madam’s speech was outstanding and very heart warming. It made me understand the real meaning of life and the responsibilities that I’m expected to follow. It also gave me a big lesson on realizing the big mistakes that we’ve all made consistently throughout our teen lives. We all will try to work towards the betterment of our futures. Thank you Ma’am for this wonderful workshop!” – DIVYANT GOEL, XB
• “Today I learned that we should become independent, responsible and sincere not only towards ourselves but also towards our work. We should not indulge in temptations and addictions, as our adolescence is a growing phase in our lives and it’s very crucial to our future wellbeing. Thank you very much ma’am, for conducting this enlightening workshop!” – MANAV RHANDELWAL, XB

"A pioneer pilot project of Bhowanipur College in Calcutta, at time of College admissions taking up skill mapping and mental health awareness for students. BGES Society invited Ummeed Counselling services headed by Mrs Salony Priya  for creating a strength based analysis of the new students joining first year under various graduation programmes. Students are undergoing individual counselling sessions to understand their own psychological competencies which would enable the college to provide best of value add on activities beyond academic, build skills, provide counselling and allow several trainings that are need based.

A very comprehensive and unique student centric activity led by Spriha Patronobis, Head counselling projects  for 20 days.

Feedback of Teachers :-

• Transforming the teacher to a counselor, to know the adolescent psychology and dealing with the adolescent child were the topics discussed in the workshop today. I will apply the SWOT technique and the concept of the 4 c's. The resource person is brilliant, knowledgeable and is a good guide. – SUBHAMAY BANERJEE
• Today workshop helped me to understand how to analyze a child, deal with a child’s emotions and the aggressive behaviour of the adolescents. The program was very fruitful for us. We have been able to learn the correct meaning of adolescent. – SAHELI GOSWAMI
• Knowing the actual need of the child, helping the child to excel in life and the transformation of a teacher into a counselor were the topics that were addressed in the workshop today. I would like to incorporate the SWOT tool in my classroom experience. Salony Ma’am was excellent. – SAUAGATA PARIAL

Teachers of Frank Anthony Public School, Kolkata successfully completed their Basic Counselling Skill Course. On 28th June, 2017 during the certification ceremony Principal Mr. Myers addressing students, apprising them of how Ummeed has empowered teachers to be pastoral guides. Resource person was Salony Priya, Director of Ummeed.

Feedback:

• "Thank you ma'am for your support and guidance, for sharing your experience and knowledge with us and helping us throughout the course in becoming pastoral guides, hoping that we can make a  difference to children. Thank you ma'am once again and wishing you and your team all the best for all your future endeavours." - Clayton D'Rozario, Teacher
• "Thank u Salony Ma'am for sharing with us your knowledge and experiences and helping us to become pastoral guides.Good wishes to you and your team. God bless you all." - Josephine Biswas, Teacher