Final Report

Social internship in SNEHALAYA

Submitted by :
• ILIYASH AHMED (2nd Semester)
• NISHAN MEDHI (2nd Semester)
• MAYUR TRISHNA KALITA (2nd Semester)
• UPASANA CHOUDHURY (2nd Semester)

Submitted to:
Submitted on:
Birendra Baxla
01/07/2019
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JORHAT ENGINNEERING COLLEGE
 CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Trainees Objectives
• Planned Activities
• Activities Undertaken
• Major Learning of the Interns or Trainees
• Self-Evaluation of the Interns or Trainees
• Skilled Developed
• Suggestions
• Observations
• Photos attached
• Conclusion
 INTRODUCTION

As directed and under the guidelines by ASTU, we the

students of Jorhat Engineering College are undergoing
our social internship in Snehalaya -Don Bosco. It has
been a great experience and immense joy for us to bond
with the children residing here in different homes. We
would like to thank Birendra Baxla Sir for guiding us
during the internship and solving all the queries.
Interacting with the kids and understanding the problems
underlying beneath, we hope to make a thorough project
on this, providing constructive suggestions with a will to
make children’s life better.
 TRAINEES OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the trainees during the internship are:

• To understand and implement the theories related to child
development.
• To display appropriate leadership skills.
• To recognise the needs of children in the health care environment
• To gain an understanding of the effects of stress and trauma on
children and adolescents’ behaviour and development.
• To understand the roles of child care professionals and to educate
others on the role of Child life.
• To gain knowledge of how to assess, plan, organise, implement and
evaluate Child life interventions.
 PLANNED ACTIVITIES

These were the activities that we planned on implementing in the homes.

• Moral and social awareness
• Basic Mathematics
• Motivational Speech
• Dance, Yoga
• General Science
• General knowledge (Quiz)
• Games and sports activities
• Painting, drawing
• Spoken English, Extempore Speech
 ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN

We proceeded according to our scheduled plans and were quite successful

in holding and undertaking many activities. Due to the shortage of time
and the half yearly exams going simultaneously, we had to cut down some
activities, still we all had a great time. The things we successfully
conducted were:
• Teaching Mathematics: The maths exam was nearby and the children
were tensed, so we conducted a class trying to cover some specific
chapters, in which they are lacking behind. After that, a small test was
taken, in which most of the students did well. It was fruitful.
• Teaching Science: Understanding and learning science is often found
to be uninteresting by these children. So we conducted classes and
surprisingly, they took them very well.
 ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN

• Spoken English: It has been seen that many children are afraid to
speak English boldly and hence get deprived of the fluency and self
confidence. We showed them videos on different lessons of grammar
and greetings. They loved it.
• Dance: A 2-hour dance class was conducted. And surprisingly, they did
very well and there were some exceptional good dancers among them.
• Motivational speech: We gathered the children and gave speeches
about life lessons, motivations, discipline, cleanliness and importance
of education.
• Sports: We played basketball with them and there are quite good
players among them.
• Moral and Social Awareness: Presentation was given on Child labour
and the dangerous consequences on a child due to this social curse.
 MAJOR LEARNING OF THE INTERNS
As an intern, it was our first time in an orphanage and the past few days
were filled with many experiences. Some of them are
• We got a first hand teaching experience. Teaching them various
subjects, it boosted our vocabulary and self confidence.
• The working of CWC and child line and how they operate in picking up
a child to getting it registered. We learned various and detailed aspects
of it.
• We planned various activities and acted accordingly. Teamwork and
leadership skills were enhanced during the process.
• Through interaction with the kids, our communication and vocabulary
skills were boosted and we had a great experience with them.
• A child may have undergone some trauma or abuse during their
upbringing, and thus interacting them with kindness and gentle
attitude is the right way.
SELF-EVALUATION:

1) While interacting with the children we had to be very patient.

2)We should also have a way with our words so that we don’t hurt their emotions.

3)Moreover, we realised that we were poor with our teaching skills which we had to furnish
to explain the children.

4)We believe there is scope of improvement in our situation handling ability.

SKILLS DEVELOPED:
During the due course of this internship, we were able to garner many invaluable skills such
as :

1)Leadership quality
2)Time Management
3)Patience
4)Situation handling
5)Mass communication
6)Presentation skills
SUGGESTIONS:
1) Visits can be arranged for different schools to SNEHALAYA centres so that other
children can observe the operations of SNEHALAYA and interact with kids of their
age group.
2) The English(both written and spoken) of the children is a area which can be
worked upon .

OBSERVATIONS:

1) One of the notable observations during the internship was the well-organised
administration and smooth system of the SNEHALAYA CENTRE FOR CHILD RIGHTS
which enabled us to conduct our activities in fluid manner.

2) The environment and ambience of the HOMES were very hospitable and
homely for the children.

3) The children in the homes we visited(JYOTI SNEHALYA, BELTOLA AND

SNEHALAYA BOYS HOME, DHIRENPARA) were very obedient and well-mannered .
Most of them listened to whatever they were instructed to do, which is a sign of
care and discipline they are learning here.
PHOTOS OF THE ACTIVITIES
CONDUCTED
INTRODUCTORY SESSION WITH THE KIDS
MATHEMATICS TEACHING SESSION
 STORY TELLING SESSION

SPOKEN ENGLISH SESSION

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON CHILD TRAFICKING

SHOWING THE KIDS A SHORT FILM ON CHILD TRAFICKING

CONCLUSION:

Overall, it was a rich and memorable experience for us.

The time spent with the kids was really worth it. We
learned a lot and inculcated numerous lifelong values
and skills in us. The systematic operation of the
SNEHALAYA centres is really notable which is assisting
homeless children to prosper and grow in a true
manner(As the motto speaks).