Rishilpi Review

Vol. 2, No. 9 © 2015 by Rishilpi International Onlus September, 2015

News from Rishilpi International Onlus

Prolonged waterlogged cause of sufferings for Rishilpi people

Rishilpi International Onlus has been serving poorest in the South western Bangladesh include Sat-

khira, Jessore and Khulna district. Basically , this

geographical region is disaster prone and people of

the region are sufferings every year in natural

disaster such as cyclone, flood and waterlogged.

Rishilpi Bangladesh Head Quarter is located at

Satkhira district and land of this area is lower than

the other part of the district. So, every year during

moon soon July to October Rishilpi campus sub-

merged with the rain water that impede for con-

tinuing the project activities. Sometime water logged

situation turn in to the flood situation and extreme

suffering start and even need to suspend the activi-

ties.

This year monsoon raining began in July 2015 and

started to inundate few parts of Rishilpi campus and gradually a elongated waterlogged situation

been created.

The situation has been turned into the flood due to

incessant rain that submerged the maximum area of

Rishilpi campus. Surrounding community is also

about to under water as many house are inundated

and road of the community about to flood. It was a big challenge for us to cop the situation, Sufferings were increasing amongst the Beneficiar-

ies, Children with Disability and community people

also.

The warerlogged situation went to worse in the

september 23, 2015 and almost every part of the

campus flooded. Suffering was increased for the

persons with disability to attend the workplace,

attend school and receve treatment or theraphy as

follow the scedule. Rishilpi authority try to cop the situation with some alternate arrangement. Hostel

students were shifted to first floor of rehabilitaiton building, dispensary services re-arranged in the

new location of reahbilitaiton bulding. From the end of September 2015 situation is improving.

RISHILPI REVIEW September 2015 Page 2Monthly Parents

meeting

The School for Speech &

Hearing Impaired Children

(SSHIC) has organized the

parents meeting on

September 17, 2015. Key

objective of the meeting is

to progress sharing of stu-

dents with the parents and

exchange views with them

for further improvement.

During the meeting teach-

ers delivered some mes-

sage to the parents of

proper management on

daily living activities, food

habit and study at home

and to see their home work

as well as progress.

The major agendas in the

meeting were: Contribution

Fee, Regular Attendance,

Special coaching, Model

test of class five, of SSHIC .

and also discussed Mainte-

nance of Hearing Aid, sign

supported Bangla practice

in the home. Parents and teachers

together discussed in the

meeting and took some

decision that would

effective to obtain good

result in the annual

examination to be held on

December 2015.

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Address/ Contact Rishilpi International Onlus

Gopinathpur, Binerpota, Satkhira Phone: 0471-63527, 63027 rishilpibd@rishilpibd.org

On Job capciaity building innitiative of

Physiotheraphy unit

Rishilpi Health Program intents to physical rehabilitation of

disabled children as well as social integration and provide

physiotherapy to maximize the physical ability of those children

who are suffering from cerebral palsy

and other disorder. Many disabled

children are neglected in the family

and the society due to their physical

inability.

Physiotherapy unit provide physio-

therapy according to the plan and

gradually it enhances the capability of the children with disability.

To ensure the quality of services skilled physiotherapy staff is

needed and the unit organizes in-services training for the physio-

therapy Assistant/attendant for strengthen their capacity so that

they can provide services independently.

The project has an ongoing staff capacity development plan for

physiotherapy staff, so that they can more successfully handle the

children with disability. They physiotherapy Unit has yearly plan to

ensure that all personnel who work with children with disability

have access to relevant in-service training opportunities in order to

foster evidence-informed practice.

Physiotherapy unit organized the in-Service training for physiother-

apy staffs on 20 September 2015 at Head Quarter. Total of 17

Physiotherapy staff attended the training. Key topic of the training

was ‘Electrotherapy and professional behavior’ Facilitator of the

training was Physiotherapist Mr. Mehedi Hasan, and Mr. Shankor

Kumar Dhaly. Director, Rector, Assistant Director and Manger-HR

were present in the opening session of the training and they have

stimulated the Physiotherapy staff to ensure the quality of services.

Rector Loura Melano spoke in the

training session

RISHILPI REVIEW September 2015 Page 3News in Brief Digital class

innaguartion at RCS

Rishilpi Center School

has inaugurated the digital

class room and an opening

class was conducted on

20th October 2015

using multimedia projec-

tor. RCS has received a

Labtop and multimedia

projector to arrange the

class and few teachers were

trained on to operate the

class. Director, Rector, As-

sistant Director and some

Manager were present in

the inauguration session.

-RIO-

Collaborative

Meeting Media and Publication Unit

has conducted a meeitng on

3rd September 2015.

Purpose of the meeting is to

ensure effective

collaboration between

Meadia & Publication Unit

and Manager-

Communication &

Documentation. Team

members are pledged to

assure of collaboration and

cooperation in efficient

manner to reach the goal of

Rishilpi

Celebrated International Literacy Day 2015 Rishilpi Centre School (RCS) has participated the program of Inter-

national literacy day was organized by Government with a team

consisting 20 students

and some teachers. They

joined dto the rally and

took part in a discussion

meeting at Shilpokala

A c a d e m y .

RCS students participated

in in an Essay Competi-

tion held at the academy

and Sagor Sarker of Class X won the 3rd prize on behalf of RCS

RCS has organized a discussion meeting in the school on the occa-

sion of literacy day celebration based on the key theme: Literacy

and Sustainable Societies. Assistant Director M.A Bari and teachers

of the school discussed in the meeting and motivated students for

illiteracy free society.

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Refreshers training for CPS teachers

Community Primary School (CPS) promote the equitable and quality

of education for poor and marginalized community children. Qual-

ity education

depend on

competence of

teachers hence

the Rishilpi has

on job training

arrangement for

the teachers.

.

As of regular

plan Rishilpi

Education

Program has organized refreshers training for CPS teachers on 2nd &

3rd September 2015 was held at Rishilpi training centre. The train-

ing program was inaugurated by the Assistant Director Mr. M.A

Bari while Director of Rishilpi International Onlus Mr. Vincenzo

Falcone and shared his personal feelings and opinion in the session

with the teachers. In his speech he gave importance of this training

to boost the community primary schools for the development of ru-

ral community children.

A total 52 teacher’s from various institutes were attended the

course. Program Officer-CEP Mr. Sotodol Das has coordinated the

overall training session and key Facilitator of the training was Mr.

Prodip Kumar Gain, Assistant Teacher of Rishilpi Centre School .

Assistant Director took part in the disscussion meeting on the occation os Internatioanl Literacy day

Refreshers training for CPS teachers

RISHILPI REVIEW September 2015 Page 4Skill development

training

for mothers.

Mother skills development

training is one of the activi-

ties to prepare mother as

Therapist for their children.

During treatment session

mothers are closely

involved for enhance their

capacity; they learn basic

physiotherapy and postural

technique. The project

encourages mothers of

newly admitted disabled

children to attend every

treatment session. The

main purpose of the train-

ing session is to make every

mother as therapist of their

own child.

Physiotherapy team

provided skill development

training to the mothers,

provide them information

to increase knowledge and

educate about the impor-

tance of physiotherapy. The

training involves giving

good advice and guidance

to mothers to continue the

therapy at home every day.

In September total of 45

mothers has attended the

training and they are now

competent to provide

therapy independently to

their children at home

EMPC–way of community engagment for child

marriage prevention

A meeting in regard to prevention of child Marriage by Early

Marriage Prevention Committee (EMPC) members, organized by

Education Support Program (ESP), was held at the Gopinathpur

Government Primary School on 9th September 2015. The meeting

was conducted in the chair Mr. Manindranath Karmaker, the Head-

master of the school that school while Mr. Shibu Hembrom,

Supervisor of Education Support Program assist the committee

members to direct the

meeting properly.

There were 07 EMPC

members and other

community represen-

tative spoke on the

occasion. It has come

out from their discus-

sions that

the child marriage

is a curse for the soci-

ety and nobody will support any more any initiative of child mar-

riage. The committee members are pledge to prevent early marriage

in their society and encourage to the people to continue the girl

child education at least of HSC level. **************************************************************************

ASP members get together in a monthly meeting

ESP organize regular meeting with ASP members and as per plan

different awareness message share with ASP members for their

learning and action in their personal life as well as influence to their

family to practice it . ESP

conducted a ASP meeting

with the ASP members of

Gopinathpur and

Binerpota villages. The

meeting was held on 20th

September 2015 at RCS .

Purpose of the meeting to

collection monthly sav-

ings and conducted awareness session with a specific message. Key

topic of the month was " FLOOD AND WATER BORNE DISEASES "

as it is rainy season in Bangladesh, many area are waterlogged and

flooded by rain water. The facilitator has discussed the topic and

aware ASP members and their mothers bout flood. During flood

what measured should be required to protect the damages and dis-

eases. Mothers of ASP members also attended the meeting and pro-

moted for girl child education.

EMPC meeitg was held at Gopinathpur village on

September 09, 2015

Program Animator Mrs. Rojina is Facilitating the

meeting