Project IEmpower

Theme : Core Values

Volunteers: Karmanya Duggal
Aakanksha Buddavarapu
Bhavyakirti Singh
Ojasvi Khanna
Aditi Bali

Art Department- 100 girls made bags out of newspaper and while doing so they learnt the skill of patience, compassion, problem solving sensitivity, time management and a sense of responsibility because they had to make sure that they worked very slowly and surely till every girl had the steps right and then move to the next step. It was a great activity which taught them a lot of life skills in one go. It was difficult for the volunteers to maintain their cool because there were 100 girls in the room who were trying to help each other after completing their task at hand.
Theatre Department- We had 150 girls and we had a lot of group activities like enactment of particular scenes from various movies. Then we had a voive modulation exercise where they were made to stand on the stand and throw their voice and then modulate their tone and use appropriate expression.
In the end, we all bonded over a game of Kho Kho.
The theme ‘Core Values’ was related to the activities as it taught the girls to be sensitive to those in need which was clearly observed as when they finished their work, they went to help their friends who had some difficulty in doing the same. It taught them to be sympathetic.
By- Aditi Bali
(Writing Volunteer)

Theme: Introspection

Volunteers:
Vyushti Bhattacharya
Ojasvi Khanna
Devika Manchanda
Tanvi Rattan
Vridhi Sharma
Devika Jamkhedar
Sanya Lakhotia

This visit was marked by an inspiring activity that is called guided imagery and introspection. The girls were asked to close their eyes and were made to listen to a variety of musical notes and instrumental songs. They were then asked to talk about their experience and what they actually felt while listening to various sounds. As a part of the writing department, this activity was loved by all. The girls were then asked to write about their feeling and experience. This activity was done to give a boost to their creative writing, imagination and descriptive skills. They were shown the connection between thoughts, writing, music and feelings.

The Art Department helped the girls to look within by asking them to make what they felt like. The technique of paper mache was taught. An approximate 20 kgs of newspaper was recycled to make bookmarks and sculptures that the girls made out of their tiny hands. An activity that was messy and involved a lot of laughter and enjoyment followed by a singing session with the Singing volunteers was enjoyed by all.

These paper mache designs were then let to dry and the girls took them home to paint and decorate them. By this activity, not only were they made aware of paper reuse and recycle but also were given aa deeper insight to the various forms of art like sculpture and best-out-of-waste creations that in today’s day and age are very popular career choices. This visit was an eye opening one and a really enlightened one because the Writing Department themselves experienced what looking within was and how the outer environment influenced their feelings and the Art Department taught them how the environment around them allowed them to unleash the inner artist in themselves.

By- Ojasvi Khanna
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