Sushila

September 2024 My name is Sushila Devi Paswan, and I come from the Dalit community. I am a proud member of Group 4 in the WAWCAS Program. My family consists of seven members: my mother-in-law, my husband, three daughters, and two sons. My eldest daughter works as a housemaid in Hetuda. Joining the WAWCAS group […]

August 2024 Time flies by so quickly, almost without notice. It’s been 15 months since we formed our group, and many of those months have passed with various challenges and progress. However, during this time, I’ve learned so much about moving forward in life. In the past, I used to work in a brick factory

July 2024 During our recent group discussion and exchange program, we engaged in an insightful activity designed to illustrate the dynamics of conflict. After reviewing issue-based training from previous sessions, our facilitator introduced a game that vividly demonstrated the concept of unequal resource distribution. A piece of paper with chocolate on top was placed in

June 2024 In May 2024, our group, RT-Wt-04, came together for an important session on violence, facilitated by our trainer Sangeeta Singh. We started by delving into the concept of violence and what it truly means. Violence, we concluded, is not just physical harm but also the way we treat each other with disrespect and

May 2024 Our trainer, Sangeeta Singh, reviewed our last session and we discussed what she had seen during home visits.  Sangeeta also thanked us after seeing good changes in our lives. Then, the she started to discuss HIV/AIDS. Before this, I wasn’t familiar with the subject. Here is what I learned:  Not everyone with HIV

April 2024 During our training session today, we discussed child development. Our trainer asked us about both the enjoyable and tedious events we experienced during our childhood, and each participant shared their own personal experiences. As a child, we felt happy when we received love, encouragement, and praise from others, and when we had the

March 2024 After reviewing the previous session, we started today with the question of what do you know about safer motherhood?  We didn’t know what to say and therefore we looked into each other’s faces. Then our trainer said that safe motherhood means ensuring that all women receive the care they need to be safe

February 2024 After reviewing the previous training, today’s session started with the food. Sangeeta (our trainer) asked: what did you eat yesterday for dinner? We were all surprised when she asked about the food, and we laughed and then started to share. After that she asked, what we understand when we hear the word “Nutrition”.

January 2024 Hello and Namaskar! I hope you are doing well. Here in Tarai, the weather remains misty every day, and the sun is barely visible. Despite the cold weather, there are still lots of mosquitoes in our area. Before the training session started, our trainer greeted us and began with a review of the

December 2023 Our group has a norm of conducting Issue Based Training (IBT) every second week of the month. During these trainings, we learn many practical things. We develop indicators and prioritize them based on our needs and urgency of the issue. Today’s session was focused on sanitation, and after reviewing the last session, the