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The Jeevan Jyoti Centre at Kailash Nagar Centre came into existence in 1989 and has since evolved. Today, three centres operate - one at Kailash Nagar and two at Indira Nagar: Vidhya SagarVikas Kendra and the Boudh Mandir centre. Regular Programmes and Activities: Pre-school education, creches, tuition classes, non-formal education, health programmes, nutrition camps, sponsorship programmes for 250 children, community awareness programmes, youth groups, tailoring classes and mahila mandal programmes are conducted throughout the year. Vacation Bible School: A four-day camp (January 8th to 11th) was held at the Yusuf Meharali Centre, Panvel. A hundred children participated. In a similar camp at Thane, held October 29th to November 1st a hundred and tweleve children took part. Excursion: Eighty children were taken on an excursion to Kohlapur from February 20th to 23rd as part of an educational trip. Sports: Two hundred children participated in various sports events conducted in January. Three events were held in each group and the first two winners were given prizes. Events like "lemon and spoon" race, a sack race, and other running races were held. Cancer Camp: In January, a cancer detection camp was conducted with the help of the Tata Memorial Hospital. Seventy women participated and eight were called for a follow-up. Pulse Polio Camp: Polio drops were inserted into the mouths of six hundred children on January 5th at a pulse polio camp held. Monte Test Camp: In February, a Monte test camp was held detect TB in children. Ninety-eight children were examined and twenty-one were found to be TB-positive. General Medical Camps: As part of the community development programme, a general medical camp was conducted in March. Three hundred people came to be examined.
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Training Programmes: In March was conducted a five-day training programme on the Quality of Life. Twenty couples participated. Also, a two-day programme on Child Labour. A hundred and twenty children took part. Thirty-five women attended a four-day training programme on food preservation, while forty women took part in a two-day education programme on the Quality of Life. Women's Day: On March 8th, three hundred women from the different centres celebrated International Women's Day at a Thane Municipal school. Women had gathered here for a rally on women's rights, followed by a cultural programme. Mahila Mandals : Under the banner of the Indira Mahila Mandal are registered seven groups (two hundred members in all). Income Generation: Twenty girls in the tailoring classes make a variety of products bags of jute, rexin and cloth; quilts; garments; doormats; shatranjes; and dusters. Forty dozen dusters and 180 doormats were made. |
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