Date: 02/02/09, Start Time: 9:20
Topic: Public Health
By Mrs.Meenakshi,

Started with the introduction of the group members, by sharing Name, background and the activity done during the week end. It was a good activity at the beginning of the day’s process to learn about Public Health. The faculty person started the session with introduction and definition to Public Health. After providing a brief idea about PH, a small tele film was screened on Indore. The tele film consisted of the approaches that were used to provide Public Health in the area of slums which are in and around Indore.

Followed by this, the fellows were asked to answer the questions based on the approaches that were used in the area of Indore. The questions were also focused on bringing out the innovativeness in the fellow members. Duration of 30 mins was given to answer the questions given and the answer sheets were collected back for correction.

Followed by the refreshments break, the focus on module continued to go depth in understanding the context of Public health. The strategy that was used by the speaker was so good that it kept all the fellows intact with the on goings through the two way discussions. The fellows were so much encouraged that everyone showed the interest of sharing their views and ideas without any hesitation. Mr. Golden Frankly’s presence gained the group by his personal sharing.

Later, the group was divided into 4 sub groups and a similar case was given to two groups on which the groups were asked to debate with one group ‘for’ and ‘against’ related to the case they were given. It was a great experience to many of the group members as the debate was healthy with pre-guidelings and facilitation by Mrs.Meenakshi and gave a break for lunch. The two topics were one that emphasized on opinion about Public Smoking and the other on Sex Education for school children.

After breaking for lunch break, later the group of two members was made and were given 2 scenario of the NGOs on which the fellows were asked to discuss the problems existed in the case and also it led path to think innovative idea on addressing the problems that were presented in the case given. All the fellows took part in expressing the ideas that they had towards the problem.

The next activity was done forming sub groups consisting of 3 members in each group and asked to write a project proposal to the funders (Ajay, Malini and Chandrashekar) to get grants for the activity what were the fellows would like to start up with. It was rather a good session to learn the criteria to receive funds from a funding organization. It helped understanding the approach required in receiving grants for the social development activities. This concluded the day’s activity.

As per my observation, I would like to share that all the group members showed high participation in the group activities and sharing their valuable ideas during the session. The credit goes to Ms. Meenakshi that she adopted the method of teaching where all could open up with their views towards the topic. The session was concluded at 5:45pm.