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BRIEF REPORT ON FELLOW-LED ACTIVITY

Purpose: To create awareness on process of recycling the paper and its importance. How one can contribute to the environment by using the recycled paper.

Mobilization: It has planned that to organize a visit to paper recycling unit by taking some college students. We went to the Architecture Department and explained about handmade paper products to the Head of the Department and staff. HOD permitted to announce to the students in class room. Around 40 students of architecture students are curious and got ready for the visit.

Resource generation: On 10.11.2008 there was a paper exhibition by Kirti papers ltd organized by the Deshpande fellows to promote the sales of handmade papers. We negotiated with paper unit manager to arrange a vehicle to the students to visit the unit. He agreed to arrange a vehicle on his own. 35 students participated in the visit. We moved from the canteen of BVB college campus at 2.30 pm in two batches and ended at 6.30 P.M.

Experience of the visit: By visit we came to know the raw material for paper manufacture. 80% is cotton waste and remaining by recycled waste paper. It is purely handmade process. the technical team explained about the manufacturing stages and designs we are usually  carried by the unit.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Conclusion & Feedback: In Hubli there is only unit there is lot of scope to promote handmade Recycled paper. The students who participated in the visit expressed their opinions:

Susanna, 1 st semester students: thank you Deshpande fellows for making this possible. We learnt a lot from the trip.

Geeta, 1 st semester; First I don’t know how papers are made? i.e hand made papers. Now I came to know the process. It’s really eco-friendly.

Team: The visit organized by the team of 4 members Savitha.k , Rajendra , Paramjeet and Shravani.

This is the one of fellow led activity where we did awareness program on water born deseases and HIV/AIDS 

                                                GUEST SPEAKER VENU GOPAL

M.S Venu Gopal is visiting faculty in J.S.S Law College Mysore he holds the degree of Bed, M.A, and LLM University of Mysore. He has vast teaching experience and also served as Director in Vivekand institute of Leadership Development Mysore. Worked as N.S.S officer of J.S.S Law College and has conducted Legal aid and literacy camps from last 20 years. He has translated many Poems, Plays from English to kannada , he has vast experience in development sector and has built teams and institutions.

Pro Venu Gopal had a unique way of conveying concepts and ideas through lectures, songs, individual activity and group activity. He was specific and clear in his thought; he brought out different dimensions of social entrepreneurship.

He said social entrepreneurship is to bring development but it is not to create gap, not to destroy the capacity of culture but to create and originate. Social entrepreneurship builds his/her capacity by building capacity of others. Development is not to impose, it is participatory and mutual.

Fellows were amaze to see the energy level of the guest speaker at this age, and his thirst to do more and more. 

On 20^th morning we participated in discussion of’ youth in development’ organized by All India radio dharwad.

To share our thought with youths through radio we thought that if we convey our message by community program then we can reach only 70-80 people but if we share our feelings and thoughts through media then we can reach lakhs of people specially youth. Because the program is in ‘yuva vani ‘ we gave many examples which we experienced during our fellow ship program. It is true that every moment in life is unique we felt that within 30 minutes we reached lakhs of people, its motivated to do more and prove that we are doing the same thing but in different way. we always talk about that self reliance is the best way to become sustainable,  We invited all the youths to lets join our hand to change the world through changing our self.

Many formal financial institutions are not reaching the poor households and for the most part to women, then the poor households will go to money lenders for taking money. The system of loan facility and accessing account is not so easy because they have to keep 500-1000 Rs as deposit to open an account and for loan they have to keep something for security. Among poor the women is defenseless group , this problem is more sensitive in country like India because the women can access many of the things but she is having less ownership on the property and money.

Hi,

 It is my great opportunity to share with you about my experience in deshpande fellowship program. here i am writing very few things from which i am trying to tell you what is happening with few people who are dedicating their life for the society, and how they are doing ? when i was in eighth class i use to think that what i  can do to my people? many people are doing some thing to society what am i doing? i chose social work for my graduation, through the news paper i came to know about this fellowship and i got selected.