Bulding Students Courage Bank

Tarun Kumar Maiti

Objectives :

To awaken the students (Adolescent Youths) skilled development programme for the youth
leaders of District Health Resource Centre for effective implementation of Health promotion at the rural & rural areas.
To orient the student of higher schools and colleges regarding health promotion.
To sensitize the youths to take part in health promotion.
To create resource groups to sustain the awareness programme in each district.

Activities done :

Intensive training on capacity building given to the district coordinators on HIV/AIDS
Orientation of the students and youths attending high schools and rural college on health with emphasis on HIV/ADIS
Advance course for core group members on HIV/AIDS & Health promotion
Conducting the awareness programme on public health & HIV/AIDS by the core-group members in schools & colleges level in 18 districts of West Bengal.
IEC promotion at the rural areas through the Dram & folk media.

Out reach:

1100 of schools & colleges and 100,000 of students has been coverd at the rural & Urban areas of West Bengal
500 no. of Youths has been trained by our Resource Centre for the spread health message at the rural areas
18 District Health Resource Centre has been developed in whole state of West Bengal
Most of the girls students & youths are involved in our programme
Local Panchayat & others Govt. officials are involved in our programme
Lots of appreciations, remarks, & requests have been received from the different houses like schools, colleges, teachers, parents & govt. departments.

Impact:

Youth is a creative force to bring a change in every walks of life to make a healthy society. Thus skill development is very important and necessary to achieve this goal. We believe in the idea to promote:
Cross Country visit
Exchange of cultural and health information with priority on rural health
Village based Youth leadership development to sustain health programmes
Social consciousness creation through the rural youth leaders
Involvement of youth in the field of social work in the rural areas.

Lessons Learned :

Tremendous response of the youths in rural & urban areas.
Large numbers of girls students take the leadership to spread the health promotional activities at the rural & urban areas.
Parents & teachers participation to enrich the health promotional activities.
Youth ability to organize the programme on HIV/AIDS & general health in schools & colleges.
Youth ability to run session & demonstrate ideas with in the schools & colleges campus by their own.
Youth ability to design health programmes and carry out interviews, study, inter school contest etc.