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21st
Anniversary of OFFER
Date: 30
Aug’06
OFFER
celebrated its 21st anniversary with Honourable Mayor
of Kolkata as Chief Guest and along with him eminent
people from the art, music and movie world joined us
and appreciated the work being done by OFFER and wished
us for continuing the development in the same spirit.
Workshop
on Legal empowerment to combat Trafficking and HIV/AIDS
Date:
24th Sept.’06
A legal aid clinic for legal study, research and community
support was inaugurated. Workshop and training s for
legal empowerment of ‘Barefoot lawyers’
to combat trafficking and HIV/AIDS (Barefoot lawyer
is a person who doesn’t hold a professional degree
but has the knowledge of useful laws and acts. They
counsel people and suggest the legal option available
to solve a problem). A Local Area Network (LAN) of barefoot
lawyers was established for providing legal guidance
to sex workers for the protection of their Right to
Health. OFFER partnered with National Legal Service
Authority (NALSA) and MatriSangha Jankalyan for the
event. A delegation of Supreme Court judges headed by
Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, and the Executive Chairman
of NALSA attended the same and participants were 51
community workers.
Anti
Trafficking Movement
Date:
26 Feb’07
OFFER organised an Anti Child Trafficking Rally at Barasat
to strengthen the system for stopping trafficking and
child labour along with Bachpan Bachao Andolan (New
Delhi) and other NGOs in West Bengal. About 5000 women
and children participated in the same.
Workshop on Pedagogy System
Date:
21-22nd April’07
OFFER organised an workshop which presented the pedagogic
system developed by Foundazione Patrizio Paoletti and
discussed how it can be applied in schools and other
educational contest. The topic studied include: the
concept of learning to learn, the ideas of mediation
and translation, the concept of emotional intelligence,
the model of the trine brain, the role of the five senses
in learning as well as the potential of data-based knowledge
in contrast to information- based knowledge.
Summer
Camp for Mentally Challenged Children
Date:
21st – 25th May’07
OFFER organized a summer camp during the vacation of
Apanjan Day Care Centre. During the first four days
children with disabilities were trained in various prevocational
activities. There were interesting activities like making
mask, making writing pad, snacks packaging. On the last
days of it there was an exhibition in which the stuffs
made by children while undergoing this training was
exhibited and also sold. Along with that a cultural
program was being organized in which children performed
beautifully. These types of event help the children
to be self-dependent and to raise their self-esteem
as they become very proud when they see the stuffs made
by them are being displayed and appreciated. There was
an encouraging participation from guardians.
Seminar
on HIV/ AIDS in Children
Date:
12 June’07
The
facilitator of the seminar was IN charge of Paediatric
HIV/ AIDS clinic, Apex Referral Centre Dr. Subhashish
Bhattacharya. OFFER feels that awareness about HIV/
AIDS is the most important part to control the alarming
rise. Dr. Subhashish Ghosh gave a presentation which
included the Statistical, Technical and Social side
of HIV/ AIDS. The presentation was quite informative
and the feed back from participants (Staffs of OFFER,
local gram panchayat, youth club) that they have gained
a lot of knowledge and facts about HIV/ AIDS. Dr. Subhashish
Bhattacharya said that apart from Medicinal support
for a child with HIV/ AIDS nutritional support and Psychological
support are also the important factor to our fight against
HIV/ AIDS. He also briefed about the importance of up
coming therapies like play therapy and animal therapy.
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