Soroptomist International at South Kolkata on 8th March at Ananda Nibash, an institution for Aged Women

UMMEED along with Soroptomist International of South Kolkata celebrated International Women’s Day on 8th March at Ananda Nibash, an institution for Aged Women. Psychologist Kasturi Mukherjee from UMMEED gave a Talk that highlighted the importance of believing in one self and having a positive self image. She encouraged the women to reflect on their past achievements and draw strength from them in order to be able to live their life with an optimistic outlook.

Empowering Educators at Little Scholars Montessori House Kolkata on 20th March, 2014

Feedback from the Teachers

• "The session was motivational and interesting.It will help us to become good teachers for the new generations.The session helped me to have a better understanding of child’s development." – Ambreen Iftekhar
• "Salony Mam's sessions were very exciting and interesting.We learnt many new things which help us in our personal life, professional and our social life as well.I learnt not to be judgmental, be patient and observant" – Debolina Banerjee
•  "Sessions with Salony Mam is very interesting and loved by all.It was a very energetic session for the teachers.We came to know how to handle each and every child with care which is every child’s initial needs" – Srabonee Bhattacharya
• "I got different ideas how to deal with small children, how to interact with them and observe them are everything was very well explained which will help us in our personal life as well." – Sohini Mullick

Sensitizing Teachers at St Thomas Girls School Khidderpore, Kolkata

Feedback from the Educators

• "The session has helped me to understand our children better and to know which child needs care and where.Great portions has covered nearly all that we need to learn at the level we are teaching but it will be really great if we could have a thin line information, how to deal with other stages too.You are great! You have given us a lot of information.Thanks and it was very interesting" – Gloria Acton
• "It helped me to learn to locate the child having dyslexia in a better way and is able to deal with the problem he faces more effectively and it has helped me to have better understanding of the children I teach" – Rita Barno
• "This session helped me to understand and define learning disability and create an awareness of how LD can be classified.The topics discussed were very relevant and Salony Mam was very apt and helped us a lot in understanding children and their difficulty in a better way" – Chanda Khan

Inaugural session at Citizen Public School with Salony Priya, consultant and Intln Director (Lions), Mr Sunil Agarwal

Empowering Educators at Bhawanipur Gujarati Education Society School, Kolkata

Feedback from the Participants

• "It was a very educative session, thank you mam, for making us aware of the different life skill, which can be taken up for the students" – Clara Gomes
• "The session was nice but more visual aids would help to understand and co-relate it better" – Suhrita Banthia
• "Mam you are an excellent spokesperson and always guided us with constructive views" – Baishali Dutt
• "The session was an eye-opener, very flexible and highly contemporary" – Krishna Gadhia
• "It was an eye-opener, it clarified my doubts and helped me look at it from a better perspective" – Disha Gadhia
• "The session was very interesting and I got many ideas to guide students to live a better life" – Sangita Gupta
• "Session is very relevant for me, it clears the concept about Love and sex, and Gender issues and the related problems should be discussed among students" – Bisakha Gupta

Experiments With Discipline by design at Kerala Samajam Model School Jamshedpur on 8th February 2014

Workshop on Cogmed Coach Training at UMMEED Training Hall on 30th November, 2013

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Empowering Young Minds on Gender Issues at Frank Anthony Public School on 18th November, 2013

Feedback of the Participants

• "Today’s session was a knowledgeable session in which we learn that only internal bodies are different of girls and boys. Their hobbies, work etc can be the same" – Yashvi Muvarka, VI-C
• "From this session we learned the difference between girls and boys. We learned about gender and sex. We learned that how to protect ourselves from strangers and how much close can one should be with us" – Afshan M.N.Rehman, VI-C
• "Today’s session was very good because we could learn that what is the difference between girls and boys and how we can protect our body from strangers" – Shahneela Naser, VI-A
• "I learnt that girls and boys are equal, we can wear dress of our choice, there is no difference between boys and girls and we can wear any colour dress of our choice" – Drishti Arora
• "From today’s session I learnt that we shouldn’t protect ourselves from strangers. And I learnt that there are differences between gender and sex" – Uneeba Shahab, VI-B

Empowering Students at Holy Cross School on 7th November, 2013

Feedback of the Participants

• "From today`s session, I learnt that I will help the person who gets bullied and raise their voice against the person who bullies. I will also try to understand people who are a bit different from others" – L.Ronald, 7-A
• "I have learnt that being a topper is not all, having a good character is everything, we should make anti-bullying club and encourage others to stop bullying, Hats off to UMMEED" – Subhaditya Bhattcharya, 7-B
• "From today`s session, I learnt that how bullying happen, and how we can stop it, I will try my best to help others and support people who are being bullied" – Anand Rampuria, 7-A
•  "I have learnt a lot more about bullying and understood that it affects others and our society, I also found interest in 6 pillars of character building, I will also take permission from my teachers to make anti-bullying posters in my school and I will ask others to co-operate as well" – Anukrita Pal, 7-B
• "From today`s session, I will follow the points from Bully Blocker pledge, and I will try my best to use the six pillars of character in my life, and make school a no-bully zone" – Anindita Paul, 7-B
• "From today`s session, I learnt that bullying can hurt one`s emotion and let others feel down, being popular in such a way is just bad, I will try my best to stop bullying" – Maithali Ghosh, 7-D
•  "I have learnt to stand by the person who is being bullied and if it’s not in my limit then I would take help from an adult" – Debarghaya Das, 7-C

Empowering Young Minds on Gender Issues at South Point High School on 23rd September, 2013

Feedback of the Participants

• "I should help the opposite gender if they need any help. I should make them friends and play. I should behave properly with the opposite gender" – Souradip Das (VI CG)
• "We would give equal opportunities to girls, because if we don’t respect girls how will we get love from our mothers and teachers, and by the way this is not the ancient time that girls are unequal, this is the modern time where there is no such rules and everyone is equal" – Annay De (VI CG)
• "I will always behave with people of other sexes properly and maintain a proper distance with them. I will respect them and provide them with love and care" – Swarnava Sengupta (VI CG)