Extension Activity: Aduvadi Tribal Settlement

Aduvadi Colony field work was started during 2017-18 academic year, under Department of Social Work, as an initial phase phase of WMO Arts and Science College’s extension activities. As the primary step, the department conducted a need assessment session with the help of MSW students and consolidated the collected data into a vast project idea, which was presented before the college authority and a nominal fund was also offered by them. Being into the next phase, the department assigned coordination duty of the same to Mr Shuaib Muhammed and started field work of MSW students in the settlement. Three field work sessions of 21 days each have been completed in Aduvadi so far, in which seven students were involved. During this period, the following activities were conducted in the area

Key Activities

• Frequent visits and monitoring of school going children with the help of MSW students’ field work.
• Initiated IT training for community children in collaboration with BCA department of WMO College. Conducted 4 sessions in four days. 
• Home visits along with field nurse and promotor.
• Interventions on bed ridden patients of the community- Channelized medical services through ASHA worker during field work.

We had a big time gap after the last field work as we didn’t had an effective mechanism to followup the initiatives apart from field work trainees. 

Interventions

• Entrepreneurship development program for women in the community and locality: The CSR project of SBI is willing to give skill training for women form flood affected areas. Our team had contacted with the officials of SBI and we are about to organize the initial orientation session on September 29, Sunday.
• Child Cancer Awareness program: As part of sensitization initiative regarding Childhood Cancer by “Hope Foundation, calicut”, we have designed and scheduled an awareness session at Aduvadi Anganvadi on September 29, Sunday. Students will lead awareness session in the presence of officials from “Hope foundation”.

Proposed Activities

• Women entrepreneurship program in collaboration with SBI’s CSR team.
• “Open House” program of Child Line.
• Restart “A student for a child program” in association with NSS Unit (Tuition project will be clubbed with that).
• Collaborative activities with IMHANS’ Tribal Mental Health Project/MHAT.
• Day observations in community (Rural women day, girl child day).
• Available Resources 
• Contacts and collaborations in IMHANS, ITDP and Social Justice Department.
• Collaboration with CSR project of SBI (Women entrepreneurship).
• Team of college NSS unit.
• College’s willingness to accommodate tribal development initiatives as part of