I am Vikrant, coordinator Avani Smile Team and SALT facilitator. I am excited that SALT is changing the way children in village Nandwal see themselves. My focus is now is on helping children recognize their strengths and dream for their future.

If I compare my earlier way of working with what what I do now through SALT there is a huge change. Earlier I used to go to schools to deliver gender equality modules, mostly for boys, sixteen weekly sessions per school. I went as a…

I had a conversation with Sai Ranjit Kondekar, a student from Nandwal village. He is currently studying in 7th standard. During the conversation, we discussed his daily life. Due to this conversation, he started talking freely. As the conversation progressed, Sai Kondekar started opening up more. Then what does his father do, he said that his father works as a painter, but my father goes to work early in the morning for us and takes care of our house. How does he take care of the house? This…

Today, I spoke to Venkatesh Patil and Sambhav Rumale, students from Nandwal village. Both of them are currently studying in 7th standard. During the discussion, we discussed his daily life, school. We also talked in detail about his interests and choices. Due to this conversation, he started talking freely.

As the conversation progressed, Venkatesh and Sambhav became more open. Then, what work do the two fathers do and how do they take care of the house? This was discussed. When he was…

I facilitated a SALT session with 80 children in Village Nandwal. Out of them, 20 children came together to dream about their village. Cleanliness emerged as their strongest concern. Sixteen children (7 boys and 9 girls) decided to take action.

With support from the Avani team, they…

i am SALT facilitator with Avani Sanstha, a NGO in Maharashtra, India.I want to share my experience of facilitatioin with the students of 5th to 8th class of Nandwal village.

After that you are proud of what they have done with the children in their lives. All the students expressed their opinion on this and then when they were asked  that you are proud of what…

In 2019, we started the Gender Equality project in schools and slum areas in Kolhapur. We decided to work on the issue of gender equality after consultation with Gov, We received Gender Equality training from ECF.  Then we started working with children in school. We used to conduct Gender Equality modules in schools. We found it easy to work in schools with children, but working in slum areas seemed a bit difficult.…

Training on SALT Activity was organized by Avani Organization for school children in Nandwal village. About 15 children in age group of 7 years to 17 years old took part in dream building.

At the time of SALT Activity, the children shared the best experiences of their lives.…

We at Avani NGO are working on gender equality.

Recently, I had individual SALT conversations with three people from Village Nandwal, Kolhapur (India). Two were farmers, one male and one female and one is a clerk at the local university.

SALT is allowing open conversations with people. The lady shared that when she was in high school, they had take a bus as the high school was far from the village. At the bus-stop, while young boys and girls waited every day for the bus…