This time the visit to ZPH School, Gandweed came after a
long wait as the dates kept changing due to certain circumstances. Finally we left
on a very special day, Valentine’s Day! Until the last moment, we weren't sure
how many volunteers were accompanying us to the school but to our surprise, we
had 7 volunteers who were willing to take part in it and celebrate Valentine’s
Day with the children. And that made this trip even more special. We as a team
were able to make a fun filled educational day for the kids. For a change, they
were not bored about having to sit in the classroom but were rather excited about
the activities and the learning time.
When we made our first visit to this school, we had noticed
that the students were very poor in speaking and reading English, but after a
year of tutoring them through the Virtual Classroom we noticed that there is a
lot of improvement in their speaking, reading and writing skills now. It was really
amazing to see the growth in the students. In fact each of the volunteers
report regarding the performance of the students development was satisfactory. Most of the
students this time volunteered to participate in all the activities including
giving little speeches on the stage.
But there were still a few students who needed personal care
and individual attention to overcome their fear and shyness, at least for that
day. We are hoping that the schools would continue to encourage the students to
be aware and eager to learn.
Volunteers Report:
This was my second trip to this School. The first time I was
accompanying the team but this time I was entrusted with the responsibility of
teaching the standard 9th EM students. To my surprise the topic was on
“DOWRY”. In response to the teaching, I got wonderful opinions of various kinds
from the students but most importantly their opinion on how the Dowry system might
be gradually going away from their homes and the society. The students
participated in different activities like quiz, speeches, writing and reading.
Most of them performed very well and were very well behaved as well. I had a
wonderful time and experience with the students and the team of volunteers too.-
Vinai David
This was my first visit to the school and without a thought it
was amazing trip and I had a good time with the kids. I was given class 8th
EM and a few activities like a written test, discussion about the Dowry
system, running dictation and storytelling. It was a fun time and also very
educational for them. Few of the kids especially among the boys were gems! They
were very active and enthusiastic especially Vinay, Bharath and Manikanta.
Girls on the other side, with a little more encouragement and support can
perform very well too.
One request is that teachers should encourage the kids in
their respective area of interests as I had come across one boy, Rama Krishna
who was very talented in drawing. There might be a lot of hidden talents among
the kids. Few were very excited about rendering the movie dialogues as well
which proves their confidence and no stage fear, such people should be
encouraged too. On the whole it was a fun time for me too as a volunteer. I
would love to be a part of more such activities.-
Hephzibah
Pursuing my B. Tech final year in JNAFAU spa, this was my
first visit to the school and I loved it a lot and I really loved the views of
EFF and proud to say that I’m part of it. I really had a good time with the
children. I attended 7th EM, the children in the class were really
talented –Honestly I was expecting it. I began by conducting an exam in which
few children had problems in understanding the question, some of them performed
well. After the exam the next activity was “act out an activity, child labor,
chain spelling and word game. The children were really good at this chain
spelling I really enjoyed the time spent with the class and certainly would want
to continue my contribution to EFF.
Few girls in the class were really active: Akhila, Anusha,
Shreshta except a few boys remaining all were good as well- They just needed a
little push. I loved being a part of it and would love to continue being a part
of it.
- Dinesh
I’m a degree final year student at Nizam’s Degree College. I
really like the efforts being made by EFF to provide education for children in
remote areas. It was really great that I was part of it, even if it was just for
a day! And I would like to be part of it for many more events. I went to two classes
and the children were very well behaved.
I was asked to conduct written test and some other activities. The
students responded to the best of their ability, though there were many
mistakes grammatically while communicating in English, yet they tried to speak in
English. So as a whole all of them need to make a lot of improvement in learning
the English language and I feel they are all have enough enthusiasm not just to
learn the language but to do so much in life. - Abhinay
I attended Classes 9th TM, 8th TM, 7th
TM, and 6th TM. Students were asked to pick up a chit from a set of scheduled
topics and Draw on the topic. The students were explained about the purpose of studying,
drawing and its use for the academic purposes and career prospects. I Efforts was
made towards developing their drawing skills using basic shapes and perspective
techniques. It was good to see the progress from my last visit.- Santosh
This was my second trip to the School. I went to 7th
class and conducted many activities like quiz, speaking skills and reading skills,
each student has a vision to improve themselves, but most of the pupils are
having stage fear. I felt that an extra attention towards the students will
help them train well to be free from stage fear and perform their best in
speaking English. If the students are provided with English to Telugu and Telugu
to English dictionaries they would perhaps put extra interest in learning and
knowing the meaning of the new words and formation of sentences.
This was my first visit and it was a wonderful experience
with the kids of class VI EM. Since they are from Telugu medium back ground it
was very hard for them to speak and write in English, however they did to the
best of their abilities. According to my observation, since they are beginners to
English medium, students need to put extra interest especially in learning
English language. - Rakesh
I began my session with 9th TM students with
different activities like: Dowry system, storytelling, running dictation, ‘what
is your aim in life’ and G.K. Most of the students were very active in the
class and each one tried to speak in English. It was surprising for me to see
Telugu medium students speaking in English. During our first visit to this school,
after EFF adopted it, the most kids would respond “Madam don’t speak to us in
English we don’t understand”. But today I’m proud
of their progress.
A huge thank you from EFF
to our wonderful volunteers for
coming with us all the way and doing what you did there! The students were
charmed and motivated and we are sure, they will start to dream bigger. Thank
you once again for making the first Valentine’s Day so special for the kids!
Dictionaries and general knowledge books were
given as gifts to the students who
performed well in the class room activities.
