Archive for June, 2007
Weekly Update – A New, More Focused Vision
There was a major change in direction this week. All the GDL team members refined their vision for the coming year, and carved out very focused project descriptions that will aid in delivery.
Asking myself where my interest lay, I realized I wanted to work in helping technology solve a developmental issue. One of the key [...]
06.02.07 � 06.09.07
The Past Week: 06.02.07 � 06.09.07
Current project
Tested two of the women’s (Bhani Ji and Meera Ji’s) blood for their hemoglobin levels who weren’t around when I had done so previously.
They both qualified as having anemia so I gave them a supply of iron [...]
Read More..>>Itching to Start
Well, since the last time I wrote I made some progress on my project and began to rethink it again! But don’t worry; the essence of what I am ready to do now is not too different from what I had been planning to do. To start working on the project, I approached three principals [...]
Read More..>>Anemia Awareness Camp
On the morning of Sunday, June 3rd GDL held an Anemia Camp in Jatavas, one of the mohallas in Bagar where the anemia awareness campaign is currently focused. The objective of the camp was to raise anemia awareness in the area, and to get women tested to get an idea of how big [...]
Read More..>>Ward 11 Sanitation Proposal
Ward 11 Safai Project Proposal
Summary
GDL Bagar aims to find and implement effective solutions for improving the street trash situation in Bagar. With the support of the municipality representative, the GDL team has chosen Ward No. 11 of Bagar in hopes of making it a model ward for safai. The proposed project will focus on [...]
Bringing Broadband To Bagar
Connectivity, via the Internet, is in today’s world an essential part of almost productive computer application. This blog, as a mean of sharing experiences and learnings, is a testament to the same.
Bagar enjoys an existing base of around 50 computers, along with a significant proportion of the population that can afford to buy their own [...]
Lessons Learned in Livelihoods
As a member of GDL, I contribute to the team via my work in the livelihoods sector. As the first batch of GDL volunteers, it was imperative for us to conduct a needs assessment of Bagar. Through this process, I discovered that the economy is struggling and that there are few forms of [...]
Read More..>>Challenges in Parental Involvement
This past year has definitely been marked by its ups and downs. For some reason, it’s so much easier to remember the downs. Knowing this, the least we can do is take some of these downs as challenges and from them take away any lessons we can.
Challenges for Short Term Vision of getting parents more [...]
Read More..>>Challenges in Reaching Goals
There have been many challenges that have stood in the way of my goals. Some center on certain social factors, some of which I wasn’t completely aware of, while others have simply to do with bad timing.
I believe my biggest challenge in this project has been getting the individual women to want to be part [...]
Challenges
Last week I discussed some of the successes during the marketing and selection phases for the class. This week, I wanted to share some of the challenges faced during the class.
One of the initial frustrations I had was the problem of retention – students grasped concepts in class, they answered related questions, but two [...]
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