Nayee Roshni – Catalyzing Change Moser Baer Trust operates on the principles of sustainability and community ownership of the programme. Considering the dynamic nature of the communities and its increasing demand for social interventions in various areas, MBT conceptualized a programme Nayee Roshni, whereby the community could sustain the interventions initiated by MBT after it phases out from targeted communities. To concretize this thought into action, Nayee Roshni has targeted the youth who we strongly feel could become the catalyst of affirmative change in their community with a little guidance. The aim of Nayee Roshni is to develop a cadre of “Peer leaders” who would be the potential “Change Makers” of their communities.
This In order to develop the potentials of these peer leaders a life skills training was organized for 60 youngsters out of whom 37 peer leaders (22 girls & 15 boys) were identified. These peer leaders were engaged in perspective building, skill enhancement and action based learning exercises. Nayee Roshni peer leaders got engaged in many community developments drives and prominently worked towards promoting schooling. Both girls and boys group conducted a survey that helped in identifying children for mainstreaming and facilitated enrollment of 48 children. The girls group performed a puppet show in the village school on Children’s Day that highlighted high dropout rate as a major concern. As part of the dual goal of engaging Peer Leaders into community action and giving them an on-job exposure, five peer leaders were made in-charge of the two community libraries (in turns) on honorarium basis to instill a feeling of ownership, self sustenance and responsibility towards these libraries. They were also provided training on library records management. Peer leader girls also organized “Jagriti Mela” - a community engagement initiative, which aimed at strengthening ties between MBT and its stakeholders in Kakrala and Aagar villages. The Jagriti Mela provided a platform for these children to exhibit their newly acquired talents and make their families and friends partners in this experience. The fair also saw the sale of old clothes, the proceeds from which were utilized for buying the books for community libraries.
Moser Baer Trust operates on the principles of sustainability and community ownership of the programme. Considering the dynamic nature of the communities and its increasing demand for social interventions in various areas, MBT conceptualized a programme Nayee Roshni, whereby the community could sustain the interventions initiated by MBT after it phases out from targeted communities. To concretize this thought into action, Nayee Roshni has targeted the youth who we strongly feel could become the catalyst of affirmative change in their community with a little guidance. The aim of Nayee Roshni is to develop a cadre of “Peer leaders” who would be the potential “Change Makers” of their communities.
