Rural camp commences at Emesiiphro village
Source: The Sangai Express
Senapati, August 26 2023:
The Department of Social Work 3rd Semester of Don Bosco College (Autonomous) Maram, is holding a week long rural camp at Emesiiphro village, Senapati District.
28 students along with two Assistant Professors, Dr Evergreat Wanglar and Dr Taithul Rita Chinnehoi Zou, arrived in the village yesterday, said a press release by the College.
Village Headman TH Kashiipri launched the seven day rural camp with a flag hoisting ceremony in the presence of NG Asahrii, Chairman and Pastor Mathew of Mao Baptist church, Emesiiphro.
The primary objectives of the camp is to give Social Work students a better understanding of rural living and help them enhance their professional skills by establishing need based programmes and awareness with the help of the local communities, as well as to assist students in integrating key life values.
Additionally, it aims to bolster students in developing personal and professional abilities and also to encourage self growth in the process of decision making, planning, organizing, coordinating, recording and writing reports.
Furthermore, it is focused on helping the villagers in making them aware of their own problems and to take effective action towards improving their own situations.
It may be noted that the students will carry out various other activities such as Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) using the tools such as; Social Mapping, Resource Mapping, Scoring and Ranking, Pie-Chart, Seasonal Calendar and Transect walk during the camp.
Moreover, the students will carry out soft skills classes on various topics such as; emotional intelligence, self confidence, self esteem, intra-personal skills, leadership and adaptability, added the release.