Farmer’s handyman
Summer vacation is a time for children to enjoy and engage in various social, cultural, physical and educational activities that they are usually not able to participate in during school days. Leveraging this time, DEF’s Integrated Technology for Education (ITE) team in Assam organised five warm up ITE summer camps in Asanang, Jengjal, Juria, Dagaon and Alitangani blocks where more than 150 children from 30 primary and upper primary schools participated. The short summer camps, organised between July 4 and July 15, 2017, aimed at creating young leaders who think critically and act responsibly.
The ITE team engaged children in various activities that included using spreadsheets, video editing tools, photo editing software and video call apps. The camps also became centres for children to come to in the evening to dance, sing and play sports together.
At the end of the summer camp, judging by the potential of children, six of them were selected to attend an ITE Camp organised by Gramya Vikash Mancha in Nalbari district. This camp, organised from July 18-21, 2017, gave these students and others an opportunity to learn some essential life skills, participate in craft activities and talk to a professor from Trinity College in Dublin via Skype.
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