A four-day ASOP
(Australian Sports Outreach Program) Gold Participants training workshop was
organized at Tikkling Camp, Gurgaon. 25 participants from Magic Bus, NAZ Foundation, and Rashtriya Life Saving Society
attended. The objective of the workshop was to train these Gold participants
and to acquaint them with the Award Philosophy.
Day one was dedicated to
the orientation of the Gold Award participants, acclimatization with the
beautiful surrounding of the Tikkling camp, ice-breaking session and the camp craft.
A session on the use of First Aid at the
time of crisis by Ujjwal of RLSS was the big highlight for the day.
Participants also pitched their tents themselves and were taught camp craft. Bivujit Mukhoty the Programme
Manager of IAYP and a team from ICNL helped set up the camp.
On the 27th of December
the Award Journey
and Award Philosophy sessions conducted by Ms Raina Krishnatrey and Ms Pratibha
K Singh. The morning session began by brain storming session and asking
participants about the Award programme. With the help of various activities,
stories, chart activities, fun games all the sessions were conducted. All four
sections of the award Programme: Skills, Service, Physical Recreation and
Adventurous Journey were explained thoroughly by providing appropriate examples
and giving relevant details. Participants showed their inquisitiveness by
asking questions at the end of each session. Participant gave their feedback regarding
the language use, as some of them were not very comfortable with the English
language. The trainers kept the feedback in mind and tried to use English and
Hindi in proper proportion so as to make every participant comfortable and Award
Journey understandable. Participants showed their enthusiasm not only in
listening to the trainers but also in the tasks assigned to them. Some of the
participants made very creative record entries which impressed the Trainers.
The sessions of day two
would have been impossible without the support of Volunteers from Ansal
Institute of Technology: Nivedita Parashar, Sonal Muskeen, Avi and Aviral who
came all the way to enjoy and learn more about the Award Programme conducted by
NAA (IAYP).
On the third day the
participants with the trainers and volunteers were taken to the Aravalli Hills for the river crossing activity. This was
again a great fun and enriching experience for all.
The main aim of the ASOP Project is to use sport for development and
provide sustainable livelihoods to Community
Sport Volunteers (CSVs). The Award Programme Foundation and their Skills
partner B-able are developing a curriculum to help the CSVs learn skills for life and provide vocational training. To develop
the programme Sumiran & Sugandh of B-able conducted a half-day workshop, to showcase
the Skills opportunity and work out ways to offer skills training to the Gold
Award participants.
The Workshop was first of it’s kind and helps build the delivery of the Award Programme in partner
organisations, and help adult volunteers understand the needs of young people.
- report contributed by
Bivujit, Pratibha and Raina.
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