Let's Connect For A Cause: Happy Faces and Bright Smiles..My Volunteering Experience

Happy Faces and Eager Eyes awaited our return each time-

"Teacher when will you come again. We all will wait for you", said a 12 year old in his enthusiastic voice.
All of us volunteering for the Computer Literacy project were motivated and moved by witnessing the drive of these small kids going to Municipal schools to learn from us.
Even though they came from poor background without access to technology, their desire to pick up a new skill was far reaching.

Citizens Association for Child rights also got student volunteers from H R College of Commerce and Economics on board to volunteer in this initiative.

Saachi Jain Jaiswal, Director of Enactus H.R College of Commerce and Economics and also our esteemed volunteer, shares her account of implementing the Computer literacy program in BMC schools

The Beginning

"Collaboration of CACR with Enactus H.R College provided a new experience not only for me but also for other students of my college. Working in the D.N Nagar municipal school and teaching children of 6th and 7th standard computer literacy was an enriching experience.

To see them understand and comprehend what was being taught,to empower them with computer literacy so that they could improve their future, and the feeling of self satisfaction for investing energy and time trying to make all this happen was truly gratifying for me.

A wonderful experience and a step towards an educated India!

The Rationale'

Computer Literacy is really important in today’s world. Before teaching these students, we attended a training sesion to understand the entire process of executing this program in schools. This session happened in the premises of my college and was truly enriching and fun. I was confident enough to go right ahead and teach these students.

The first day was surprising because my assumption that these kids had no idea about computers was proven wrong.Lot of the students knew about power point /excel,but when it came to executing and working on the computers, they hesitated as their practical experience was limited. They weren’t sure which keys were used for what purpose.

So How was it done?

I conducted the training, three days in a row in the DN Nagar Municipal School.

Day 1:

We started off with the basics of computers- for example the start button, the keyboard, desktop and so on. The students took keen interest and wrote down notes as we continued further into the class. We also conducted a small quiz session where the students were awarded chocolates for correct answers. We tried to make the session as interesting as possible.

Day 2:

We went a little deeper, trying to explain how to cut, copy, paste,and also some of the most important uses of word document. As the video continued, we would sometimes pause and explain to them in greater detail and also do some practice on the word document so that they understand better.

Day 3:

A practical session was conducted wherein all the students were taken to the computer labs and asked to execute step-by-step all that they had learnt.

We guided them at every step and also let them try out new things. We set a format in which they executed each and everything that they had learnt in the previous two days.

This session was a success and the students were excited to learn more.

This initiative by CACR is truly wonderful as it is empowering the youth. These learnings will give the children a better tomorrow and a better future. Computer has become mandatory and need for the day. Even a normal job requires the basic understanding of computers.