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Timeline of Events
APRIL 2012
Training and
Evaluation
• The month of April was conducive for imparting Training for volunteers, organizing Camps
for trainees and village children. 3 English coaching camps for 42 volunteers were
conducted at Head Office and the resource persons were Brother Jayaraj SJ, Brother
Velangini SJ, Mr. B. Kantha Rao and Mr. B. Hanmanth Rao.
• Summer Camps on ‘Tailoring and Handicraft’ were conducted for 20 school going children
at VDTC Puthur, Tamil Nadu Region.
MAY 2012
JUNE & JULY 2012
Special Training
Networking
During this period the following special camps were organized at Odisha Region. Besides,
Evaluation of Hyderabad region of VRO by an outside agency was initiated.
• Camps/Workshops at Odisha Region
• Syllabus Preparation Camp for Learning Guides
• First Aid Camp by St. John’s Ambulance for all Volunteers
• Workshop on Village Survey and Resource Mobilization for all Volunteers
• Spoken English Training Camp for all Volunteers
• Ms. Shanti Yeachuri & Padma Reddy, (Development and NGO Management
Consultants) conducted an Evaluation study of VRO Programs and Activities of
Hyderabad Region in the month of May 2012.
Collaborating and Networking with other NGOs for an effective service delivery, VRO participated in
the following programs.
“LEARN WITHOUT FEAR CAMPAIGN” was conducted on 13 th June – 2012 in Head Office,
Pedakakani by Coordinator of ASSIST-­‐India from Bollapalli, Vinukonda area. The participants were
15 Volunteers from VRO and ASSIST India, 15 Children from Tamil school, Perecherla and
Rajupalem, 40 children from Government school, Pedakakani, 15 parents of the children and 8
Government staff. Besides, MDO & MEO from Pedakakani contributed a lot by their presence.
Ms. Shanti Yeachuri & Ms. Padma Reddy were the resource persons for the workshop on Current
Status of VRO Programs and Activities and animated the volunteers making use of the findings of
their evaluation report of Hyderabad region. Field Coordinators and senior volunteers 40 in all
participated in the two day work-­‐shop at Satyodayam, Hyderabad on 19 th & 20 th of July, 2012.
AUGUST 2012
Staff Welfare
A decision on the Welfare of the senior staff working for a long time in the organization was taken
and necessary procedures were worked out towards availing the Health Insurance facility offered
by Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI). 25 volunteers were selected on the basis of their
seniority and were issued the Health Insurance Cards. A couple of volunteers made use of the
Insurance package during the reporting period.
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