In January 2018, Maitri conducted 3 day workshop of 'Science with Fun' in Melghat. Some of the glimpses of this fun are available on https://youtu.be/OPmNDv50iRM

We concluded the workshop by doing planning for a Yearlong project of 'Teaching Science to Ashramshala children with help of volunteers'.

The main objective of this project is

• To encourage the local children of Melghat towards education, particularly science and maths. To make these subjects more fun and less fearful for them.
• To raise the curiosity and interest of children by teaching them through practical experiments and real life examples.

Ashram School at Jarida village of Melghat has been selected for this. The project outline is somewhat like this

• Every month a batch of volunteers (4-5 in number) will go to Melghat and stay in this Ashramshala.
• 5th and 6th standard students of this school will participate.
• The volunteers will teach science topics throgh experiments. 
• The children will perform the experiments themselves.
• They will be given some worksheets to srenthen the theory behind these experiments.
• Thus it will be learning sccience concepts by 'doing first and then understanding'. 
• The school teachers will also be involved so that they can solve the queries in absence of volunteers. 
• Yearlong program (2/3 days per month) will assure continuity of learning.

The pilot batch for this project was conducted from 15^th-16^th March 2018. It was a team led by an active Maitri volunteer Omkar Bhopale (Aeronautical Engineer), along with 3 other volunteers, Shatakshi Gawade (Journalist), Rahul Sakhare (Electronics Engineer) and Apoorva Safai (Biomedical Engineer). The details can be seen in https://youtu.be/EBDmCO7IlMY

We need young enthusiastic volunteers for this project who can get associated with Melghat tribal children. Every month at least 4 volunteers are required. Please contact Omkar Bhopale (98233 03065) for more details. We will shortly annouce the yearly schedule for you.

The yearly schedule for the program is as below. Book your days and be part of a wonderful experience.

Jul 2018 - 18 to 21                      Aug 2018 - 8 to 11                           Sep 2018 - 5 to 8

Oct 2018 - 3 to 6                        Nov 2018 - 28 to 1                           Dec 2018 - 26 to 29

Jan 2019 - 25 to 28                     Feb 2019 - before MahaShivratri          Mar 2019 - before Holi

We need volunteers for Nov onwards. Please contact Omkar Bhopale (98233 03065) if you wish to participate as volunteer.

The details of this project are available in power point presentation format here - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tTm7CnKumSisLRr59p_MSOPA2O__kqcmtu1t73CQuzE/edit?usp=sharing

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