JWALA 2K23

  In this current era, it is very important to expose young people to a kind of environment that involves living working, and sharing to create a wide range variety of life experiences. The problem with today's youth generation is that they are active on social networking sites while not when it comes to real society. The community living camp's main aim is to make teachers more socially responsible and to strengthen their social relationships in the immediate community. The art of living in a multi-cultural setting is indeed a herculean task. Community teaches values such as honesty, mutual trust, healthy social relationships, mutual respect, equality of male and female, national integration, communal harmony, and religious tolerance through secular attitude and patience.

A community living camp was organized as part of our 2-year B.Ed curriculum, which was scheduled for 5 days from 2nd March 2023 to 6th March 2023. It was a residential camp.

Fatima Memorial Training College Mylapore organized a community living camp from the 2021-2023 batch and it was named 'JWALA 2K23'. 5 groups were created and 49 student teachers were divided into these five groups and several duties were assigned to each group each day of the camp.

Day 1

As it was the first day of a community living camp we all reached a college in time. The program began by invoking the blessings of the almighty by the college's student teacher. Dr. Lakshmi Natarajan, our Principal welcomed the gathering inauguration by Dr. Darshana, principal of Badriya Training College. She gave us some valuable information about the camp and its values and our responsibilities. After the inauguration session, it was lunch break. After having lunch we had a session on the topic 'Physical Inactiveness and Challenges'. It was taken by Dr. Saju S sir, it was an effective class. Then we had a tea break. Only the inauguration and the session were the main programs. After the National anthem, few students stayed back at college, rest went to their respective homes.

Day 2

On 2nd day, we were set to report at 8:30 a.m. we had a Zumba fitness class. We were trained by Thushant sir. The session only started by 9:00 a.m. Zumba classes are very effective they help to relax and contract our muscles. After the session by 10:00 a.m., we had breakfast. After that we had another session on the topic 'Learning Styles and Pedagogy Practices', it was an amazing class. After the session, it was lunch break following we had indoor and outdoor games which were very interesting and we enjoyed them a lot then we went for outdoor games. Then we had a tea break by 4:30 p.m. Then we were engaged in cleaning. By 5 p.m., the National anthem was sung. Some students went home while a few stayed back. It was a memorable day.

Day 3

Coming to the third day of our camp, every student reached the campus by 8:30 a.m. Today also we had a dance fitness class by Thushant sir. Then we had breakfast, and after that, we went to CWC, Kollam to visit the children there. we spent some time with them then we left from there, back to college. We reached back by 1:30 p.m. We had our lunch, After lunch break we had a session named 'ക ച ട ത പ', it was an interesting and activity-based class then boys around went to play cricket seeing the cheers and batting, and girls joined too. Then we had tea. There was a community prayer at 6:30 p.m. after that Ganamela was there. As it was the day we had to stay, there raised some issues based on it but soon it was solved. The day was amazing and then we all went to sleep.

Day 4

Now we are on the fourth day of a community living camp. We had a meeting with the principal, and after that, we went to Happyland at Trivandrum, as part of the camp. We reached there only by 12:30 p.m. and went on to some rides. At 1:30 p.m., we had our lunch. Then we went for rides, we enjoyed it well. After tea break, we all went for water rides and a wave pool. Then after freshening up we left from there and then we went to Varkala Cliff, It was a very soothing experience. the sunset, people around, the atmosphere, etc., were something to be witnessed at least once. From there we headed back to our college and we reached there by 8:30 p.m., by 9:00 p.m. we had our dinner, then we arranged the campfire and we all enjoyed ourselves. This day also there was a stay and so after all enjoyment, we went to sleep.

Day 5

It was the last day of our camp. A yoga class was scheduled but unfortunately, it was canceled as the students' health condition was a bit rough so it was scheduled for some other day. At 9:00 a.m. we had breakfast then there was a meeting among the teachers and principal. After that, by 12:30p.m., Valedictory function started. Every student shared their experience at the camp. Then we went to have the lunch. After that everyone where again assembled at the seminar hall. Now it was time for teachers to share their experiences and thoughts. After that, we all were back home.

 The camp was good and we all enjoyed it a lot...