The supplementary nutrition program was evaluated internally. On the basis of results, it became clear that there were many students who needed to access the supplementary nutrition service and were not being able to because of a lapse or an inadequacy in systems.
In Phase I, each student was asked to declare show that they had carried lunch or were going to be sent lunch later. Those who had neither arrangement were provided lunch at school. Those who could contribute were asked to pay Rs.2/- for the meal. In addition there was a list of students (including students sponsored by Room to Read) who are on a comparatively permanent list of children who are hosted regularly by the Project. These are children whose Individual Education Plans/Student Profiles are marked by the Community Outreach Department at the time of admission after considering the context of the child. The Community Outreach team then continues to work with and monitor the family to ensure that the child ultimately gets off this list.
The most important part of Phase I was to create the confidence in the children that the school was interested in making sure that they were well fed and content, and that all systems were being created to serve only that one purpose. The students first Rishtaa teacher took the lead in ensuring that the children felt welcome to eat not only as much as their bodies needed but as much as their heart’s desired.
Phase II included the students being taught how to eat from a buffet without shoving each other out of the panic of not getting at the food fast enough. This change has allowed Mrs. Batra to change her role from a disciplinarian to being able to attend to children who shirk eating, are unwell or have avoided the system in any way. It has also allowed the process to become structured in a more participatory fashion instead of resembling a hand out, where the resources continued to stay in the hands of the adult/donor/organization.
Phase III comprised of a re-evaluation of the system. We found that the number of the girls eating in the school was increasing. The Community Outreach team and the lead teacher worked with the children and their families to check for the reasons why this was happening. As a result, families have increased the responsibility they take for the nutrition of their girl children and the number of children who are eating because of careless parenting has decreased drastically.
In Phase I, each student was asked to declare show that they had carried lunch or were going to be sent lunch later. Those who had neither arrangement were provided lunch at school. Those who could contribute were asked to pay Rs.2/- for the meal. In addition there was a list of students (including students sponsored by Room to Read) who are on a comparatively permanent list of children who are hosted regularly by the Project. These are children whose Individual Education Plans/Student Profiles are marked by the Community Outreach Department at the time of admission after considering the context of the child. The Community Outreach team then continues to work with and monitor the family to ensure that the child ultimately gets off this list.
The most important part of Phase I was to create the confidence in the children that the school was interested in making sure that they were well fed and content, and that all systems were being created to serve only that one purpose. The students first Rishtaa teacher took the lead in ensuring that the children felt welcome to eat not only as much as their bodies needed but as much as their heart’s desired.
Phase II included the students being taught how to eat from a buffet without shoving each other out of the panic of not getting at the food fast enough. This change has allowed Mrs. Batra to change her role from a disciplinarian to being able to attend to children who shirk eating, are unwell or have avoided the system in any way. It has also allowed the process to become structured in a more participatory fashion instead of resembling a hand out, where the resources continued to stay in the hands of the adult/donor/organization.
Phase III comprised of a re-evaluation of the system. We found that the number of the girls eating in the school was increasing. The Community Outreach team and the lead teacher worked with the children and their families to check for the reasons why this was happening. As a result, families have increased the responsibility they take for the nutrition of their girl children and the number of children who are eating because of careless parenting has decreased drastically.
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