Samarthya, the human potential centre at XlRI and Sarva Milan, the city based social outfit, have lend a helping hand to the differently-abled and needy and the ways to bring a change, to communicate with them, to understand their problems, and to make them share their problems.
At RP Patel Cheshire Home at Patel Bagan, where the two groups came together and had a discussion on issues related to youth of Jamshedpur, helping and guiding them in realising their life's full potential, and the ways to undertake all these initiatives. The residents of the home also spent some time with them. The event was organised by the joint efforts of Samarthya and Sarva Milan, with a common underlying belief of living life to its fullest.
After spending time with the residents, the representatives of Samarthya and Sarva Milan interacted amongst themselves discussing the activities they do and experiences and learning from them. The very enthusiastic Father Emile was also present at the Cheshire. Also present were students from various colleges and schools across the town - Karim City College, Jamshedpur Women's College, Jamshedpur Worker's College, Jamshedpur Cooperative College, Abdul Bari College, lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial College, XITE Gamaria and KMPM Vocational College, Bistupur.
The groups learnt from each other's experiences and expressed hope that their initiatives would bring a change in at least some lives. Samarthya is an initiative taken by the students of XlRI to help school students realize their full potential by focusing on social and emotional learning. The model of Samarthya consists of group sessions delivered by a team of Samarthya facilitators for classes of school students in Jamshedpur.
These sessions consists of games and activities which pass on the learning in a fun way. Started a year ago, the group has already started making its presence feel in the various schools of city. It also successfully organiSed a conference in January on 'RealiSing life in its full potential' which was attended by parents, students and teachers of various schools of the town.
Though presently it focuses on the school students only, Conveners Alisha Gupta and Ayushee Das, second year students of Human Resource Management at XlRI, have plans to take the initiative further. Sarva Milan is a city based social outfit started by Father Emile Coelho, a Jesuit and works with the college students for the weaker and needy sections of society.