Write, Speak, communication skill training for the grass root Animators organized by Kootu-K-Kural

Kootu-K-Kural a street theatre movement organized a three days workshop for the Animators working in villages. This held from 23 to 25th Nov. at Polur training centre. The main objectives of the workshop are:

1. To teach for writing and reading practices for improve their skills.
2. To motivate them for build their confidence on effecitive presentations, express their communications.
3. To motivate for their interest on social activities for preparing the documents.
4. To stimulate for raising the questions for collecting informations, data, from others.
5. To improve their language skills.

In this workshop 25 members participated and they are from Kootu-k-Kural team, ADECOM team, Staff of SVED and Staff of RWEDS, the partners groups.

The resource person Mr.Sivakumar took the session and he closely associated with the trainees.  He focused the topics on skeaking, writing skills, body language, expressions, approaches with others.  Every day he used different methodologies for improving the skills to the young trainings.

During the training he used the techniques on group sharing, self presentations, exercise on building language, documentary films for creating informations.

Apart from this Mr.Perumal the Director of Kootu-K-Kural coordinated the workshop.  He supported all the sessions with Mr.Sivakumar.  He motivated the trainees to take on body exercises, running, playing before the training. This residential training helped the trainees to know each other very well and they come together as a team spirit.

In the feedback everyone appreacited the organizer Mr.Perumal for conduting the workshop at the right time.  They said thanks to Mr.Sivakumar the resource person, and thanks to ADECOM and Kootu-K-Kural.

New thinking to utilize the media for the dalit development

Media is important role to plays in our every day’s life. It creates new ideas, thinking, and development in every field. But the social organizations very less utilize the media for the people development. It is very important to increase the social organization to utilize the media for the development.

Thus, the kootu-k-kural is organizing 4 days workshop on “Social Communication and Media” at Nesal, Arani Block for the staff of social organization working in Pondicherry and Tamil Nadu. This programme is starting at 22nd of November to 25th of November 2007. Dr. T. Sivikumar is the resource person for this workshop along with Ms. Lalida, Managing Trsutee, ADECOM Network and Mr. S. Perumal, Director, Kootu-kural.

This workshop covers the topic of creative speech, creative writing, and how to presents the ideas are the one aspect. The other aspects are to understand the cinema, Short film, Television and Printing Media (News Paper, Magazine. Etc.,)