The NTPC Talcher Kaniha is organising a four-week residential workshop on “Girls Empowerment Mission (GEM)” under its CSR initiative from May 20 to June 16 with an aim to empower girls.
As many as 120 girls between 10 and 12 years are selected from 13 neighbouring village schools of the power station and are given sessions on “Digital Literacy” like basics of computer, MS-word, paint, PowerPoint and internet. They were also sensitised of going paperless as need of the hour.
As the innovative initiatives is to develop leadership qualities among students, a mock election was conducted in which candidates went for innovative campaign for voting them through use of slogans and speeches on what they will do if voted to power.
The children campaigned with limited resources. The initiative intended to create awareness on democracy systems, make them learn how to make leaders accountable. Candidates participated in secret ballot for selecting their favourite candidate. The exercise also focused on creating awareness on exercising voting power.
Besides, they were trained on yoga, different games and martial arts being observed by coaches. After successful completion of the workshop, participants of the workshop will act as ambassadors of NTPC in sharing their experiences and learning from the workshop with outside world.