COMMUNITY LIVING CAMP REPORT

 

As part of the third semester BEd curriculum, we the students of Fathima Memorial Training College, were required to attend a five day Community Living Camp named ‘Samanwayam’. All the students, teachers and non – teaching staffs actively participated in the camp. Our principal Dr. Anitha N. was the convener and all the other teachers gave us necessary guidelines and also about the safety measures to be followed.

The theme of the camp is clearly expressed in its title Samanwayam which means unity. The camp was conducted from 27 January, 2024 to 31 January, 2024 in our college. The camp days were flourished with a lot of new experiences, adventures and journey. 

Day 1 - 27 January, 2024.

 It was the first day of our community living camp. The inaugural session began by the blessings of the Almighty. Alfiya R. from the department of Natural Science held the Fatiha and the college choir sang the prayer song. Dr. Anitha welcomed the gathering. Rithwick B. R., chairman of Agneya College Union delivered the presidential address.

Sri. Abdul Rasheed N., IPS, Superintendent of Police, Traffic - South Zone, delivered the inaugural speech. 

A solo song was sung by Ms. Divya R. Chandran, Assistant Professor, FMTC. Sri Shajahan Younus, Smt. Noorjahan Younus, Dr. Mini K. S., Sri. C, Sunilkumar, Dr. Vijayalekshmi N. S. and Ms. Jayakumary B. S. felicitated the program. The inaugural session came to an end with the vote of thanks proposed by Ms. Soumya Raj, Vice chairperson of Agneya College Union. 

At 4:30 pm, all the students, teaching and non - teaching staffs assembled together and our principal, Dr. Anitha lighted and inaugurated the 'Paalukachal' ceremony. 

At 5:00 pm, we had a tea-break. A total number of 100 students participated in this camp, and they were divided into five groups : Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D and Group E. Each day, each group was assigned to do different duties such as cleaning, refreshment, organizing programmes, maintaining discipline, purchasing food items and food preparation. 

We had our dinner at 8:00pm which was served by the members of Group E. After the dinner, different cultural programmes were held. Group D cleaned the utensils after the programme. With this the activities of the first day came to an end and everyone went to bed at 10:00pm.

Day 2 - 28 January, 2024.

The second day of the camp began by invoking the blessings of God. We woke up at 5:00 am. Then we did our refreshment activities and all the students went to do their assigned works. Then we had our bed- coffee. The attendance was taken by the teachers. We did our physical activities at 6:00 am. By 7:00 am we all went to Kollam Beach for cleaning and returned by 9:00 am. Then we had our breakfast and went for the assembly.

 

On this day, we had a motivational talk on “Be Positive” by Mr. Renjith T., HR Trainer, Collectorate, Allapuzha. The resource person narrated motivational stories.

 

 

By 3:00 pm, we all assembled at the college auditorium for a skill traiing programme, “Digital Documentary Prepartion” which was conducted by Mr. Ajas S., IT Consultant, FMTC , Ms. Parvathy V. Prasad, Assistant Professor, FMTC and Ms. Rumaisa Beevi, Assistant Professor, FMTc. Mr. Ajas spoke about the digital documentary and its preparation with the help of slides.

 

By 6:00 pm, after having tea - break, the Agneya College Union conducted a “Treasure Hunt”. It was an adventurous one as all the students participated really well. Finally, the department of Social Science won the competition.

 

 

 

After the programmes came to an end, we had our dinner and went to bed at 10:00 pm.

Day 3 – 29 January, 2024.

The third day of the camp started as usual.  On this day, by 10:00 am we had a motivational class which was conducted by Sri. Brahmanayakan Mahadevan, an international trainer and motivational speaker. He spoke about behavioural management, classroom management, importance of maintaining eye – contact, aims of life and education. After the class we had our lunch and came back to the auditorium to have an interactive session with the resource person. In this session, he made us do some activities. The session was so good as it taught us the value of human beings.

 

 

At 6:00 pm we had a skill training programme by Sri. Sreeraj Parackal, Placement officer, TKM Institute of Technology, Karuvelil, Kollam. He did mentalism with two students. It was really an eye – catching session. After that we all gathered in the ground to play some games. All the students actively participated in each session and it was really an amazing one.

             

We also had a camp fire where we played lots of games. It was really a memorable one for all of us.

  

            

Later we had our dinner and went to bed.

Day 4 – 30 January, 2024.

On the fourth day of the camp, we had an “Awareness programme on Basic Life Support” by Mr. Dominic, Station Officer, Fire and Rescue Services, Kollam. He not only gave us theory classes but also practical sessions were included. He taught us how to provide CPR for a baby as well as an adult. The different ways to carry an injured person, the correct way of using a fire extinguisher etc. were also discussed. It was really a fruitful session for all of us.

          

At 1:00 pm, post lunch, we had a skill training programme by Mr. Jijo Jayachandran, Talent Curation Executive, Kerala Knowledge Economy Mission, Government of Kerala. He took a class on self – confidence and made us to do different types of activities to develop self – confidence among us. The session ended at 4:30 pm. The session was very useful for all the students.

        

By 7:00 pm, we had a programme by “Anecdote” musical band. The programme was very entertaining for all the students. The programme winded up by 10:00 pm.

     

 

 

After the programme, we had our dinner and went to bed.

Day 5 – 31 January 2024.

This was the final day of our camp programme. We packed our packs and got ourselves ready for the valedictory session.

The Valedictory session began at 3:00 pm. The session started with a prayer by the college choir. Dr. Anitha welcomed the session and Rithwick (Chairman, Agneya College Union) delivered the presidential address. He also shared his experiences of the camp days. After that one student from each optional class shared their experiences of the camp. 

                      

With this the camp days came to an end.

The five day community living camp, Samanwayam, organized as a part of Bed curriculum was a successful one. It gave the teacher trainees an experience to take with them for life. The camp was well organized with lots of fun and learning where everyone participated actively to make it an effective as well as a productive one.