Questions for call with Sidhbari Ground Team on 5/24/13

Sidhabari team(Narendarji, Sheetalji, Sunilji)  will be available to provide more information about the trip on 5/25/2013. I am collecting Questions that people would like to ask before the call.

Questions So Far:

Can we collect things to bring to the people there i.e. warm clothing, toiletries, --what kinds of things would they need/want that our kids can gather here to bring to them?

Early morning Routine:   

• Reconfirm morning schedule and Cord staff agreement for all student participation.

Self Discovery

• Is each team seeing the same group of teens for all 4 days
• How will be the Structure of the "Self Discovery" day.
• Can we get dedicated time for our youth to run part of the workshop independently 1-2hr per day for 6 sessions.
• What would be the limitations of subjects if we select from the list in the manual. 
• Are these kids stop study after 10th grade? 
• Any other recommendations for preparation in this area. Some of the topics under discussion
• Self empowerment. Self defence(karate/taekwondo demo?) + Role play how to handle day to day handling of situations. Less to no dialogues (must be in Hindi)
• Youth will share their career dreams/aspirations with them and encourage/facilitate yuva to visualize career outside of the box
• Nutrition- Balanced diet  addressing Anemia and calcium deficiency after child birth

Community Trips:

• We have a HHH volunteer experienced with Differently abled children. Can he help in any way.
• Previous group feedback was to take small toys made for spina bifida kids. Any thoughts?
• How about items/toys to take? Resistance Bands like the ones used in Physical Therapy?
• Confirm slum visit items are similar as balavihar
• Can we collect warm clothing, toiletries, books that also can be taken?

Field Work:

• More detail each day of field plantation
• What is the difference between the Field Plantation and System of Rice Plantation. 

Balvihar:

• Confirm this is a balavihar visit and not Balwadi
• Couple of the youth want to teach Basketball  to kids there. Can this be fit into the schedule? Temporary hoop? How about Soccer? Is that easier?
• Recommendation for topics 
• Age group of the kids?

Mahila Mandal:

• Confirm that the youth can present an Video/Demonstration. 
• Any other prep needed?

Sightseeing:

• Finalize on trip to Dharamshala on one of the off days?
• Recommnedations for rest of the two days?

What is involved in the Presentation Day? Any prep needed before?
Can we collect things to bring to the people there i.e. warm clothing, toiletries, --what kinds of things would they need/want that our kids can gather here to bring to them?