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Kishori Vikasam, a ray of hope for girls
A three-day ‘Kishori Vikasam’, a residential outreach and awareness programme, to improve the lives of adolescent girls began at Government BC Girls Welfare Hostel, Odachipurupalli in Parawada mandal, on Saturday under the leadership of St Joseph College UNICEF coordinator K Manikya Kumari.
Visakhapatnam: A three-day ‘Kishori Vikasam’, a residential outreach and awareness programme, to improve the lives of adolescent girls began at Government BC Girls Welfare Hostel, Odachipurupalli in Parawada mandal, on Saturday under the leadership of St Joseph College UNICEF coordinator K Manikya Kumari.
Highlights:
- A team of seven trained peer leaders of the college created awareness on the issues related to girls such as health & nutrition, personal hygiene, child labour, discrimination of girl child, female foeticide, child marriages and child abuse
- Students prepared beautiful and informative posters on all these issues and explained about the consequences of ill aspects and how they affect their lives as adolescents
A team of seven trained peer leaders of the college created awareness on the issues related to girls such as health & nutrition, personal hygiene, child labour, discrimination of girl child, female foeticide, child marriages and child abuse.
The students prepared beautiful and informative posters on all these issues and explained about the consequences of ill aspects and how they affect their lives as adolescents.
They were also advised to fight against and report to the authorities when they confront such issues. The peer leaders also enquired about the facilities being provided by the government to the girls hostels and verified the status and utility of toilets, quality food supply and other residential facilities.
The programme was facilitated by Prof RD Sampath Kumar, Andhra University NSS Programme Coordinator, BV Subba Reddy- UNICEF Consultant, ,Hyderabad and Dr Y Ramesh Babu – Project Coordinator UNICEF/NSS/AU. The Principal of St Joseph College provided necessary help to conduct this programme successfully.
