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Seminar on Child  Protection Policy at St. Anthony’s, Jaigaon

Jul13

 

On 8th July 2017, the school management of St. Anthony’s, Jaigaon organized a seminar on Child  Protection Policy for the teachers of the school.  The resource person was Sr.Stella P, the animator of Auxilium  Barasat and the Education coordinator of the province . After a few introductory words from Sr. Margaret Ferenandes, the principal, she was welcomed by the high school and higher secondary co-ordinators  with the traditional khada and a bouquet of flowers.

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The session aimed at creating awareness among the staff members regarding the policies of the Act. The session was introduced with the words from the Gospel, “I have come that they may have life and have it abundantly”  with a power point presentation.

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Sr.Stella gave a detail information regarding POCSO,UNCRC,RTE and Juvenile Justices Act which aims at protecting the children from physical ,mental , sexual and moral abuses upto the age of 18. She invited everone to undertake sincere initiatives  in creating congenial and holistic atmosphere in the school.

Ms Sabita Rai

EDUCP Policy Seminar 

Jan11

Seminar

On 29 and 30 December 2015, 50 Sisters from the different communities of the Province participated in the EDUCP  Policy Seminar  (Education and Child Protection Policy) at Auxilium Convent,  Bandel. The resource persons were Sr. Stella Potteparambil and Sr. Leelamma Palliparambil, the coordinators of the Education and Social Ministry Sectors of the Province. They commenced the seminar with the basin spirituality of sharing the Word of God. Sharing in the group was indeed a beautiful God experience for everyone.

Sr. Stella explained about the Education policy of the Province with regard to the Admission Policy, Curriculum, Terms and conditions, the important role of the Founder Body, Managing committee etc. She also transmitted about the World Congress for Catholic Education  which she  participated in Rome, 18-21 November 2015 on the theme “Educating Today and Tomorrow A renewing passion” on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s Declaration Gravissimum Educationis and on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Apostolic Constitution Ex Corde Ecclesiae.

Sr. Leelamma through her presentation  dwelt about  the  various types of child abuses, prevailing  laws and rights, preventive measures, code of conduct, prohibitive behaviour, structure of the complain mechanism etc.  She also brought forth various examples through PPT in order to clarify the various skills.

Sr. Kanchan  Karuna  Bara  enlightened  the group  about the Educational Rights of Minorities.

The participants appreciated the Team members for organizing the seminar.

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CPP Awareness Program for the formees

Nov19

On 11 November 2015 an awareness Program on Child Protection Policy and safety measures were conducted at Auxilium Aspirantate, Barasat for the neighbourhood communities. The participants were 75 formees and 8 Sisters of various congregations in and around Barasat. It was held from   2 pm – 5 pm. The resource persons were Sr. Leelamma Palliparmbil and Sr. Sherley Kalapurayil.

The participants were Novices from Bethany convent, the Daughters of the Cross, candidates of Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul, Helpers of the Holy Souls in Purgatory and our Aspirants from Auxilium. Sr. Leelamma dealt with the topic “Child protection, care and safety” through various video clips to illustrate and explain the topics to the participants. She elucidated to the participants about the “Type of Abuses” and “Preventive Measures” to be taken for the Child Protection and safety.

Sr. Sherley K. spoke about ‘Children at Risk’. With the help of a video on “I am a Child” she conveyed the message that every child has a right live in the family and society, where the child can grow and have a great future.

At the end Sr. Flora FC thanked the sisters for enriching the candidates with social awareness program, especially the merging issues of child protection and safety.

 

 

Workshop on Chid Protection Policy

Oct2

Child Protection Policy

A Workshop on Child Protection Policy was conducted at the Provincial House, Dum Dum from 29 – 30 September 2015. There were 39 participants. The resource persons for these days were Rev. Father Joe Xavier sj and Sr. Isabella Alphonse FMA of the Chennai province.   At the inception we were led to a prayer moment followed by felicitations and a warm welcome to Sr. Isabella and Fr. Joe Xavier. Provincial Sr. Rose Ezarath in her keynote address exhorted us live our commitment to the full with a passionate love for the young after the heart of St. Don Bosco so that our mission may be truly fruitful.   With a brief brain storming by Fr. Joe, we were made to realise what are child abuses, by whom they were created and the challenges we may encounter to face them so that we could acknowledge them, be aware and how they could be protected.

The baton was then passed to Sr. Isabella who proceeded with the Purpose of the Workshop enabling us understand the FMA-INDIA Child Protection Policy, the Content, Process and the Final Document which was a journey to be viewed globally and nationally with the situation of the Children and the young.

Fr. Joe in his next main session explained in detail: The FMA Child Protection Policy with its Preamble, Guiding Principles, Objectives, General Guidelines for Child friendly Organisational Governance and Complaint Mechanism. He said it is very important to know the Structure of the Complaint mechanism, the role and function of the Child Protection Officer, of Child Protection Committee, the Animator, of the Local Enquiry Committee, Province Enquiry Commission, of the Provincial and the Procedures to be followed in all cases of complaints.

Our next Session led us to group work to take up a mock Session of a child abuse situation and follow the right procedures to be adopted for its protection of the child. We observed the first group’s presentation after which there were interventions from the assembly to share some gaps in the proceedings. It was a great help as Fr. Joe guided us on the right way to go about this case. The second day’s program led us to yet another very important aspect of this workshop ie the Activity Planning Matrix, viewing the overall goal, the objectives, Indicators and the Person/Persons responsible for the activity and the Monitoring. A Core group took care of compiling and synthesising the group work that eventually would be carried out in regard to Child Protection Policy in the Kolkata Province.

Ultimately, we expressed our sincere gratitude to Fr. Joe Xavier and Sr. Isabella for enlightening us on this most needed policy of the day, for their generosity and availability in appropriating this issue in depth to the understanding of each of us. We also extended our grateful thanks to Sr. Rose Ezarath our provincial for extending this golden opportunity for us and helping us get enriched and fortified with the very  words of Jesus : “Let the children come unto me for unto them belongs the Kingdom of God.”

Sr. Geraldine Barratt