Hi All Thanks a lot Satyajit Da for zipping the SIPA2014 pilot episode in an excellent capsule to gallop by anybody not involved in the mission The SIPA mission will definitely be a successful milestone in coming years with our devotion , strategic wayforward & planned dedication
Together we can Regards Satyen Sent from Satyen's iPhone On 04-Jun-2014, at 0:03, "Binoy Bordoloi [email protected] [SupportAChild-Assam]"<[email protected]> wrote: > Very nicely summarized, Satyajit > Let's continue with the same drive for next year internship. > All the best > Regards > Binoy da > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:41 PM, [email protected] > [SupportAChild-Assam] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear all, > > Good news to share with all of you - the SIPA 2014 pilot has successfully > completed! Four students finished a month of valuable training in May to > learn about manufacturing (building rickshaws in the CRD Factory - 3 > students) and working in a service oriented firm (NEHERBS - 1 students). Many > thanks to CRD, NEHERBS, Parijat Academy, Pragyalaya, and Swayam_An Approach > for partnering with us! Without their invaluable help, this pilot would not > have happened. Special thanks to Uttam Teron of Parijat for hosting the > Titabor student from Pragyalaya, Ranjit Bhuyan, in Parijat Academy (near > Guwahati) during the internship. > > To recognize the students on this milestone, the AFNA volunteer team involved > in SIPA 2014 had a Skype call earlier today with 3 of the 4 students (the 4th > couldn't make it to the Parijat location on time). Binoy Bordoloi da (New > Jersey), Jib Talukdar (Toronto, Canada), Pallav Saikia (San Francisco ), me > (Seattle), and folks in India from CRD (Dr Pradip Sarmah in Delhi), Parijat > Academy (Uttam Teron and students in the school outside Guwahati), and > Swayam_An Approach (Satyen Mahanta in Jorhat) participated in the skype call. > Although Pinky Pradhan could not attend the call, her help was invaluable as > an AFNA Fellow in the SIPA 2014 project and we are deeply grateful for it. > > During the call, we awarded certificates to each students. We also had a good > discussion with all of them about their experience. This was despite > load-shedding at Parijat. I am grateful to the advancement of technology with > battery powered laptops and mobile 3G internet that could not keep us from > continuing this valuable conversation even when the power went off! > > The AFNA web-site article on SIPA accordingly has been updated with > information and photos; you can find it through our home page > www.assamfoundation.net. Information is also posted on AFNA's facebook page > www.facebook.com/ assamfoundation. Please check these out and share with your > friends. > > With this milestone, we have a foundation to build on. But, a lot more needs > to be done to further develop this crucial "workplace readiness" element. The > SIPA 2014 team is currently brainstorming on three things: > > 1. How to make this learning "sticky" for the students who went through it, > and how can we help translate this experience to employment and a career for > each of them? > > 2. How can we make the learning transferable to other students (leveraging > the experience of these 4 students) so that they'll get career awareness by > watching and listening to the experience of the 4 students? This is to > interest more students in participating in such workplace readiness programs > (i.e. the DEMAND side) > > 3. And, how do build capacity to scale the program further to include even > more students in the years to come -- from 4 to 14, to 40, 400, and beyond in > successive years. (i.e. the SUPPLY side) > > Please help us to think these crucial questions through and help us come up > with action plans to carefully address. We need your help with ideas and > involvement to build this program out accordingly next year and in the years > to come. As Satyen said, together we can! > > Thanks, > - satyajit > > __._,_.___ > Posted by: Binoy Bordoloi <[email protected]> > Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group > • Start a New Topic • Messages in this topic (6) > VISIT YOUR GROUP > • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use > . > > > __,_._,___ _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
