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Category: Staff Engagement

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KalyanMitra – Social Psychology

Event Date: 3rd July, 2024  After the successful staff session on mental health, we planned the next session to focus on breaking down concepts related to social issues. The session started quite late because everyone is from different work sections with varying duties and some of them were delayed because

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Appreciation – A Simple Gesture That Goes a Long Way!

Event Date: 15th August 2024  At the Dongri Observation Home, some of the staff members have been working for over a decade, while many others have been working for more than several years. Moreover, most of their work is a thankless job, oftentimes even behind the scenes. There is a

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Safar Zindagi Ka (Ep 4) – A Lifetime of Experience

Event Date: 6th June 2024  In Episode 3 of Safar Zindagi Ka, with senior guard Popat Sabji, we witnessed a powerful example of transformation. His story inspired the children and the staff. This motivated us to bring out more such stories which can lead to similar positive changes in Dongri

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Safar Zindagi Ka (Ep 3) – A Transformative Journey 

Event Date: 18th April 2024  After two successful episodes of “Safar Zindagi Ka” (SZK), everyone eagerly anticipated the lineup for the third episode. We aimed to feature someone from Dongri known for their connection with children, and the name that immediately came to mind was ‘Popat Sabji’, a name that

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Karan

KalyanMitra – Mental Health

“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity.” – Rollo May Event Date: 14th May 2024  Detailed Session Plan  This session was more about understanding human psychology and factors that affect social behaviour than mental health itself, but we chose to name it mental health

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KalyanMitra – Jane Apane Aap Ko

“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending.”  ― Thich Nhat Hanh  Event Date: 24th April  It is important for me, as a human,

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KalyanMitra – Gratitude

Event Date: 19th March 2024 Detailed Session Plan  One day at lunchtime me, Karan, Sneha and Xavier sir were discussing ‘gratitude’ after looking at the quote below on the calendar. Xavier sir shared that a person who has gratitude, will be peaceful in life because he/she will get very less moments

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Blooming Women’s Day

Event Date: 14th March 2024 Dongri’s medical unit staff, Dr. Pradnya, had sweetly requested us to plan a women’s day celebration the next day. Since it was a very short notice we were thinking whether we should take it or not, because the next afternoon, we also had the Safar

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