When we wonder, if sitting through forty minutes of Moral Science and Social Science classes, a specific syllabus can really turn a student moral and responsible, we strongly feel the need to go beyond the elaborate tests and scoring process to find if the social concerns actually mean anything to them and how often will they make any effort to create a difference?
We are not planning to perform any analytics to gauge effectiveness of that learning that was based on scoring. We at RSF intend to engage today’s young minds in a practical experience, a social phenomenon with a personal and participatory approach - with the simple intent to develop an inclination in them to care for an issue, support a cause, and stand the whole way, when the need arises. That we believe would be The Last Chapter of any book on morals or social science – Walk the Talk.
Down the generations, the good old stories teaching good habits and morals are most often forgotten while unlearning and learning newer techniques to survive in the corporate world. Even a Corporate Social Activity is reduced to just a parameter to assess leadership skills or branding initiative rather than be an element of change for specific social cause.
Most of us have devoured those chapters as texts, not teachings. Even today many harbor skewed interests in the name of community initiatives -enjoy a free ride to an Old Age Home, an orphanage, a great excuse to tell your boss you will miss that meeting due to your participation there.
What is seriously missing is the sense of purpose, tenacity to work for the desired consequence when we pursue or support an issue, and sadly most often - it remains an escape from mundane daily grind. Do we need to go back to school to brush a few beliefs?
While the content is all the more polished, well researched and significantly refined now with statistics being displayed on fancy digital boards, the age old question remains – Do you care enough to awaken yourself to actually act on it?
The Last Chapter, Ramosara Foundation's School Connect Program evolves from those Social and Moral Science books to go beyond with its base built on the fact that enlightened future leaders will not lecture, but live a life to demonstrate that learning in reality. We have chosen students of today as a strong medium to create awareness about the little known Dementia, in India.
The surest way to let people know about something important, is to use a voice that will be echoing today and tomorrow.
The workshop will be held only during weekends, lasting for an hour including Q&A and will cover,
· Stages, Causes & Symptoms of Dementia
· How to identify seniors reflecting these symptoms?
· Treatment
· Helpline
· Sensitivity towards them and their care givers – Role Plays
· What Next?
Everyone who attends will be provided a certificate of participation and the best of the lot will be RSF ambassador.
Write to Ramosara.foundation@gmail .com to enroll for this program.
All donations / funds to be vide cheque in favor of RAMOSARA FOUNDATION
