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| 2rd Sept | 2nd Sept – Folk arrives & rests , shopping help . Welcome dinner |
Airport pick up by school transport . Ganesh , please send someone from school. Placard says Welcome Folk School –Lakshmi Kumar . It will be 3-4 hours’ drive to Pune . You will received at Orchid school , have breakfast . Check in service apartment, sleep , rest …. Baisaki to give school phone with sim card for them to use as single point contact That night – Welcome dinner and bonding at Lakshmi’s place and discuss planning & schedule |
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| 3rd Sept | Morning – Ganesh festival |
Meeting at Orchid School – 9 am ish Ganesh with other volunteers to pick them up and take them for Ganesh darshan , lunch , walk around . It would be a long day . – to meet community and participate in celebration | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | visit – Youth organisation – CYDA Understanding youth culture and context in another culture. Full day in the organisation . Students go by rickshaw or Uber it .10.30 arrival at CYDA, 2nd Floor, 16A Atur House, Opp to Mahesh Lunch home, Dr Ambedkar Road, Pune ( on the road from Sasoon hospital to Camp) 11.00 to 01.30 Discussion on Youth issues, Policies and Programs: Challenges and opportunities in India- It will take an hour to reach in morning traffic. From there CYDA will guide to other venues for meeting . Baisaki from Orchid School will join this day .
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| 5 | Ganesh immersion – It is a public holiday | Day time – you are on your own. Road traffic will be very chaotic. So you know . – 7 pm – pick up from school . to go for the immersion procession . Ganesh and team with Lakshmi arrange for full Swedish group (18 swindians and 5 Gotland ) to visit Karve Road procession . We will return late night. |
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| 6 | Seminar with Medha ,- | Venue : Orchid School . Conf room . From 10 – 4 pm . Lunch will be served in school . Baisaki , Ganesh to oversee arrangements. Check with students about food allergy, if any . Introduction to Indian society , caste ,class , religion , gender and its impact on social cohesion |
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| 7 | Study visit to Alochana , women study documentation centre | From 12.30 to 4.00 . 45 mins rickshaw drive ) Address : Alochana Bldg no 5, Panchadri society , Ashok Path , Off Law College Road, Lane before Film Institute Erandwana Pune |
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samyak – | Study visit to understand the work organisation does . organisation that works with gender issues and sensitisation Schedule and other details will be shared soon . |
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| 10 | Sunday – holiday | Meeting to process and debrief the learning so far . 10.30 am at Orchid School | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11,12 | –Muktangan – working with residential care for substance abuse and alcoholics | Address: Muktangan Rehabilitation Center Mohanwadi, off Pune-Alandi Road, Yerawada, Pune
After Vishrantwadi police station, turn right in the lane going to Shetia hospital |
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| 13 | Eva Arrives | Ganesh to organise airport pick up as per itinerary . Eva stays at Lakshmi’s place. Form C to be done by Baisaki Full day Seminar at AIIGSS. Address – will take 45 mins by rickshaw All India Institute of Local Self-Govt Pinac Memories, Phase-2, ‘L’ Building 4th Floor Behind Kokan Express Hotel, Near Kothrud Stand Kothrud Pune-411038 Phone 020-25452301 |
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| 14,15 | Saheli Sangh | Few hours in the red light area , with an organisation that works with peer concept for support and empowerment. Will take 45 mins by rickshaw
Tejaswi Sevekari |
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| 16,17 | Orchid School staff retreat | At panchgani – overnight stay. Baisaki and Ganesh will give all details related to this travel & stay . Pick up from Orchid School . Carry original passports | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18,19,20 | Gram mangal | 2 cars / innovas to be arranged by Ganesh . Mr. Kumar will accompany you for this study visit . Namrata to confirm if she is going . Leave 18 early morning around 7.30 am for gram mangal . Stay 18,19 nights. 20th evening – reach Mumabi and check in hotel . Cars returns to Pune . |
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| 21 -23 | Mumbai | Places to visit – Dharavi , Mahalaxmi Temple , Haji Ali Mosque , walk around , final shopping and then leave 23 evening . Bjorn to book for Dharavi visit. |
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In Pune :
Saheli Sangh – Peer support group for sex workers
Muktangan – Residential care for substance abuse and alcohol addiction
Samyak – Organisation that works with gender issues
CYDA – Centre for youth development and activities
Outside pune:
Grammangal – Tribal development work , Aine village, Thane
Dharavi ( Mumbai ) slum development work – Largest slum in Asia
