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Nurturing and Educating for Social Transformation (NEST)

NEST (Nurturing and Educating for Social Transformation) is a project of FIDESIndia Society. NEST is also a bird’s nest, where the young are taken care of It is a children’s village for orphaned and abandoned children. It is a home away from home providing an alternative family for children who have fallen out of the NEST of their natural families.
At present we have 50 children living in four homes. In each home there is a care taker to look after the needs of the children. Besides them there are three volunteers from Germany sent by ‘weltwaerts ‘an organization of the German Government. We have completed the construction of 6 homes and an administrative Block is nearing completion. Our children are hailing from diverse social, economic and cultural backgrounds from the states of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and parts of North India. Medium of communication is English. In this era of globalization children need the best education possible to compete with others. Hence they are sent to St.Clare Convent School following ICSC syllabus.Finances: The expenses for the running of the project are met by local and international donations.
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NEST

Projects for Quality Education and Accommodation
for Children

Gurukula

Children's Village

Eco Watch

Prateeksha

Sunshine

Color Fest

Spoorthy

Gurukula

Free tuition centers and personality development programs for urban and rural children

 

GURUKULA Tuition Centre is one of the Supportive Educational Initiatives of FIDESIndia Society. It is a free tuition centre for poor rural children only. For the last 10 years, FIDESIndia has been working to educate children from slums, abusive backgrounds and very poor backward families. The village people are very poor and many of them work as coolies and their existence depends upon their daily work. They themselves are illiterate and have to work hard to earn their living. Many of the children stop going to school and go with their parents for work. Therefore FIDESIndia wants to give a future to these poor children in this competitive world. A small step towards this is Gurukula tuition centres.

Organizing free tuition centres in the remote villages for the poor children helps to induce interest in children and thus reduce school dropouts; imparts interest in learning; promotes good results and shows great future. Since they are poor they are not able to send their children to the Private schools because the fees structure is very high and they cannot afford. These children go to the government schools and in India government schools are very poor regarding the quality of education. So these children find it difficult to compete with the children from the private schools when it comes to higher education and job. Therefore FIDESIndia Society after having studied the situations and conditions in various villages, it has identified 30 different remote and poor villages and established 30 Gurukula Tuition centres. For this year 2014-15 we have identified 5 more centres. By organizing free tuition centres it caters good and quality education, reduces the school dropouts, and improves in their school performance and in their results.

FIDESIndia society identifies the teacher in that particular village or nearby to take tuitions and they are paid as an honorarium by the society. The society supervises the different centres regularly and it also conducts trainings for the Tuition animators once in four months in order to evaluate the progress and the achievements and equip the animators. It gives trainings for tuition animators on various topics: skills in taking tuitions; leadership qualities; method of handling children; personality development; Group dynamics; progress maintenance of the children, etc.,

FIDESindia society appoints a supervisor who will be visiting and monitoring the tuition centres. The society also conducts for children in different centres: moral class; children’s parliament; motivational classes; personality development; personal hygiene; importance of education. It also conducts various competitions in order to in still in them interest in learning, fearless participation, and improve their skills.

FIDESIndia Society organizes this event once a year in society’s premise. It organizes various competitions such as: Drawing, speech, essay writing, solo singing, group songs, dance (single & Group) & various Sports events. This is to improve their talents and having identified their talents they are encouraged to grow in that. FIDESIndia Society distributes good and useful prizes.

It has reduced school dropouts; it has improved school participation and performance; it has improved skills and given a moral boost for children from the poor families. All the parents are appreciative and encouraging; children are also happy and focus on studies and their motivation level is high.

NEST

Children's Village

To provide a peaceful and productive environment for all children, especially children who are in need of care and protection, (boys and girls) to have a positive experience and awareness of the dignified decent life in every day. To help each individual student to strive to do their best at every task, meet their individual goals; instill self-confidence and self-esteem in every aspect of their lives. And above all else, to teach each child to display courtesy for every person; have respect for each other, their parents and those around them; and to be honest, have a great spirit, and finally to develop self-discipline. 

We strive to create a “just” society where all people can live with dignity, social security, peace, and rejoicing their rights and fulfilling their duties to the society and to the nation.

Eco Watch

Social Awareness Programmes

FIDESIndia offers ecological and social awareness programmes for the NGO groups and staff members of various organizations like schools. Students of colleges and schools also are targeted. These programmes help to create in the beneficiaries a sense of social commitment and a concern for creation. Many schools and voluntary groups have extended invitation to us towards conducting this type of programmes. We have a target of about 10 such programmes in a year. The venue is selected carefully and the programmes are conducted in villages or in slums where the people also can participate in the programme
Prateeksha Homes

An attempt to give hope to children who do not have chance for quality education

PRATEEKSHA HOMES Formerly known as SFS boarding homes and later renamed, as prateeksha is the most traditional of the ministries of the MSFS. Prateeksha as explained in its original Sanskrit give its meaning as hope in English. The term denotes in SUPPORTIVE EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE project component an attempt to give hope to children who do not have chances in their life either because they are poor or because they don’t have a chance in life. This is one of the oldest of our innovative ministry efforts and the province runs it with the help of all our registered charitable organizations through homes for children all over Karnataka and certain parts of Kerala for the benefit of poor rural and urban children. Establishment of homes for orphans, semi-orphans and poor rural children was always a priority of the province and there are many children who have gone through the portals of the Prateeksha homes during the past 18 years. Hitherto there are 5 such homes established.
A new home in Electronics city was completed in June 2006. This has the capacity to accommodate about 60 children. A new Home for the children in Ulickal is completed in the year 2009 and kadisenahalli in 2009. A new home for the children is proposed in Mundargi in Gadag district for about 30 children.
The Station was established in early 8os but the home was started in the year 1991 by Dr. Mathew Kozhppakalam. A new home was built for the boys in the year 2006 with the assistance from Augustinians in Klosterneuburg. Now there are facilities for accommodating about 60 children. Fr. Timson Parakkottu is the present Director of the Prateeksha Home in Electronics City.
The mission station was established in 1977 with erection of St. Joseph’s Church. Later SFS Schools started. At the time of starting the school a boarding was also started under the title, ‘SFS Boy’s Home’ by Rev. Fr. Joseph Pazhayatil with intention of providing free lodging and education for 20 children. It was not continuous and was revived again under Fr. E.Raja and was placed under the care of FIDESIndia and renamed as the ‘Prateeksha Home’ in 2008. At present Fr. Jojo Kolorickal is the Director. . There are 4 boys today in the boarding but the boarding consists of dormitory, study hall and other facilities capable of handling 20 children. There are 170 Catholics today with Fr. Sebastian Kulangarathottiyil as the Parish Priest and Fr. Jojo Kolorickal as the Assistant.
In Kadasenahalli a boarding was started in 1987 by Fr. Elanjipuram. Kadasenahalli became a parish in 1989 as St.Anthony’s Parish. The Boarding got its full pledged facilities in 2009 with the sponsorship by the Augustinian monastery, Kliosternberg-Austria and the boarding was renamed as Prateeksha Home on Feb.18, 2009. At present the Director is Fr. James and there are 10 inmates. The centre has spacious bedrooms, study halls, recreation halls, along with teacher quarters and the presbytery attached so that they are regularly monitored for the progress. Facilities are provided for the supervised study of the village children in the evening. For the continuity of the centre benefactors are provided and centre must now use its facilities properly and to the satisfactory level as there is capacity for 40 inmates with adequate facilities. The future plans are to provide computer facilities and tuition classes.
A boarding was started in this centre in the year 1990 by Fr. Jose Puthiaparmbil under the title, ‘SFS Boy’s Home.’ Later Fr. James looked after it for 9 years and now Fr. C. Joseph for almost 5 years who is also the present director. It was renamed as Prateeksha Home in 2008 and there are 16 inmates on the regular basis. Gokunte as parish was established in 1928 as ‘St. Francis Xavier Church’ and was entrusted the MSFS in 1970. Under Fr. C.Joseph the boarding has revived with the help and donation by Ms. Judy Waradale an Australian. Its continuity and maintenance is assured with the sponsorship as of now. Earlier SFS schools used to contribute Rs.30000/- together as a quarterly installment. Undertakings are still on to make the Prateeksha Home as a centre with family atmosphere and to equip the centre with facilities feasible for better education in the village. The boarders go to St.Ann’s School managed by SAB Sisters.
This boy’s home was started on 1st of June 2004 by Rev Fr Varghese Puthuparampil, with five children. This home has given place for 45 children so far. The present Director Fr Anil Thondampallil took charge as director in 2006. New building of the boy’s home was inaugurated in 2008. At present the home has 13 children. The home consists of semi orphans and children from the poor families. Recruitment is strictly based on interview and the mark obtained in the annual examination. Fr. KV Joseph is the present Director.
Sunshine/Kiran

Financial assistance to poor students and support to drop outs

This is to give an opportunity to semi-orphans and other neglected children below poverty line and to assist them through their formative years. FIDES India supports at present about 100 school going children for their education and 25 for their higher education (Colleges, Technical Institutes, and Nursing Students etc.) Special attention is given to dropouts. FIDESIndia has organized children who have dropped out from regular school. Many of them are working to support their families. In a survey conducted by FIDESIndia in April-May 2004 the Organization identified almost 300 children from 6 slums in the city and the outskirts of Bangalore who stopped their studies for various reasons. After meeting the children and parents separately and together and after having done necessary counseling FIDESIndia identified 25 children and 10 of them wrote their SSLC exam so far. Personnel (Paid or volunteers) are appointed to take care of these children and all their educational expenditure is met by the society.
Colour Fest (Rangoli)

Talent Enhancement and Value Education

Project RANGOLI as the name indicates is a programme meant for the talent enhancement and value education, to bring out the colour in the children. Primarily meant for the children belonging to schools located in backward areas. FIDESIndia society hosted talent day programmes for children belonging to various government schools in the city and in the Bangalore rural. This is an occasion for the children to prove their talents and to come up in life. Children are given prizes and merit certificates for the various competitions that are held. FIDESIndia recognized the children who are outstanding in their academic performances by constituting prizes for the best performing student in each of these classes.

FIDESIndia offers value education programmes to schools and colleges. Separate programmes are conducted for the teachers and the students. The FIDESIndia team goes from school to school giving programmes on topics such as character formation, Leadership, Motivation etc. FIDESIndia has organized such programmes in slums and villages too for the last three years. FIDESIndia organizes one-day seminars and value education programmes for children from various city schools on request. A nominal fee is charged for such schools. Cultural programmes and competitions in speech, essay, and chart preparations based on the theme and skit and dance competitions are part of it.

Spoorthy

A Resource and documentation centre for Education and Awareness

FIDESIndia has established a Value education library for the use of its beneficiaries. There are over 400 documentaries and feature films on Values / Social Issues for the benefit of various schools and social groups. There is a team who goes from place to place to organize programme for schools, NGOs and other service industries.