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Day 1
The welcome address of the workshop was given by Mr. Sarat Patnaik of
practical experiences of being involved in the process from the day of its
facilitators along with Mr. Ramakrishna Surdeo, the chief trainer of the
reporters to mark the beginning of the workshop. With this the workshop
The participants were divided into six groups with each group consisting
facilitator had conveyed the message that the groups would remain the
same throughout the workshop. The first task of the workshop was to
reflect on the work that has been done already by the child reporters in
the process. Hence each group was given copies of the last three issues
paper and then make a list of the issues which have been highlighted and
then also make a list of the issues that can be further included and
minutes for this task and then asked to present what they had come up
with. The presentation was done solely by the child reporters. Before
start with a song or mimicry. This was done to keep on renewing the
group questions were invited from the other groups. This gave the child
Health Health
1. Narrating history of their village and the life experiences of the village elders.
2. Report on the activities of the Govt. employees present in the village
Day 2
To make members of the community aware about the merits of The day
The proceedings of the previous day were recapitulated and then the
facilitator of the workshop went on to outline the next task for the
groups. The groups sat together and collated their thoughts on the role
of child reporters and the skills and knowledge that a child reporter
observations like the role of the child reporter in identifying issues and
analysing them were made. The particular observations made have been
given below.
Role of child reporter
of the problem.
• Collecting information about various schemes of the Govt.
about this.
education of girls.
observers.
• To try and collect news about events taking places within the
the village.
knowledge and attitude that the child reporter should posses to carry out
All the participating members were formed into two groups. One group
consisted of only the child reporters and the other group consisted of
the teachers and the process facilitators . The group consisting of the
child reporters got engaged in exploring the kind of help they required
from the teachers and the facilitators while the group consisting of the
teachers and facilitators came out with a list of their role and
then made their presentations during the workshop; the contents are
While children and the adults took part in the workshop at Koraput , one
inaccessible areas
Four groups were formed; two consisting of teachers and two of children
The groups immediately went down to their task and they presented their
village quack, which is mainly used by many in the area and their
• Special care should be taken for the health of the children as mal
special attention.
• Help of the ANM should be utilised and if she is not present then
• NGOs working in the area should also make people aware about
Educational Issues
• Many people in the inaccessible areas are not educated hence they
teachers can reach the school in the remote areas. Many teachers
Social aspects
• The single biggest problem affecting this area is the lack of proper
not visit the area. But in this area Naxalites never attack Govt.
• Steps should also be taken to remove fear from the minds of the
processed the collected data and classified them to develop an outline for
Main Objectives
on child reporters
• Child advocacy
Actions Taken
module
1. Foreword
2. Acknowledgement
3. Background
4. Introduction
5. Executive Summary
7. Child Rights
specific skills
• Education
• Socio-cultural
• Economic
• Environmental
Nature of reporting
Govt. teacher and PGCD Co. drafting the module PGCD Co-ordinators drafting the module
UNICEF, Orissa
of Sundiguda School
10. Social & Cultural – Ms. Jayashree Patnaik & Ms. Urmila
The PDF version of the first Oriya draft of the module is given as the
Prepared by
Ramakrishna & Om