FIELD PRACTICUM REPORT

SUMMARY RECORDING

Submitted by: Usha Pokhrel

Submitted to: Grishma Ojha

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Table of Contents
Introduction.........................................................................................................................2

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS.............................................................................................4

Objective..............................................................................................................................5

Activities...............................................................................................................................8

Observation And Analysis..................................................................................................10

Learning theories...............................................................................................................12

Conclusion..........................................................................................................................14

Recommendation..............................................................................................................15

PICTURES............................................................................................................................16
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Introduction
SHRUTI, National Association of the Hard of Hearing and Deafened Nepal, has been

conceptualized by realizing the necessity of a national organization in order to raise up the

morale of the hard of hearing and deafened people dispersed all over the country by making them

able and productive citizens. The organization has felt the responsible for providing consultation

based on psychological counseling, availability of modern tools, and to those whose hearing

capacity has been impaired or lost due to accident or other causes. SHRUTI has been established

with the objective of advocating public awareness for their overall development as well as

empowerment through other appropriate procedures of those who are hard of hearing and

deafened.

SHRUTI, the National Association of the Hard of Hearing and Deafened Nepal, is a non-

profit disabled peoples’ organization established by people affected by hearing loss in 2012 to

provide them a platform with a uniform voice. SHRUTI promotes rights and empowerment of

Hard of Hearing and Deafened (HoH/D) by reducing the persistent communication, social and

cultural barriers they face. SHRUTI also promotes inclusive education and participation of

HoH/D in social and economic activities.

SHRUTI implements projects in partnership with the government, as well as a range of

international organizations, such as Disability and Development Partners (UK), the Abilis

Foundation (Finland), Royal Kentalis and Kentalis International Foundation (The Netherlands),

My Right (Sweden), All Nippon Association of Hard of Hearing and Late Deafened

(ZENNANCHO, Japan), Workability International (Japan), International Disability

Alliance/International Federation of Hard of Hearing (IDA/IFHOH), etc.

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SHRUTI is registered at Kathmandu District Administration Office and Kathmandu

Metropolitan City; and is affiliated with the Social Welfare Council and the National Youth

Council. SHRUTI is an active member of Asia and Pacific Federation of Hard of Hearing and

Deafened (APFHD), International Federation of Hard of Hearing (IFHOH), International

Federation of Hard of Hearing Young People (IFHOHYP) and National Federation of Disabled

Nepal (NFDN).

With a vision to create inclusive society, where social justice and rights of hard of

hearing and deafened people are guaranteed. SHRUTI has a mission to work for hard of hearing

and deafened people to achieve their rights on communication, quality education, social and

economic activities. The goal of SHRUTI are; to contribute to the creation of an inclusive

society, to promote accessibility of hard of hearing and deafened people; to strengthen and

empower members’ capacity, to advocate for early identification, intervention, and recognition

of hard of hearing and deafened people as person with disabilities, to promote inclusive

education, and to establish rehabilitation and resource center.

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EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS

President

Neeta Keshary Bhattarai

Vice-President General Secretary Treasurer

Divakar Devkota Kopila Humagain Laxmi Dixit

Member Member Member

Riha Maharjan Dinesh Kumar Chaudhary Fupu Sherpa
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Objective

The objective of SHRUTI National Association of Hard of Hearing and Deafened Nepal

are:

 To identify early and intervene early HoH and Deafened children

 To aware HoH and Deafened and general public about the concept of HoH and

Deafened.

 To run campaigns against discrimination of HoH and Deafened.

 To play an active role for the equalization of social opportunity and economic

opportunity focusing on inclusive education and employment.

 To develop the physical, mental, intellectual, and cultural capacity of HoH and

Deafened.

 To integrate into the campaign of nation building by unfolding the inherent energy of

HoH and Deafened.

 To provide access to capacity development in the national and international areas for

HoH and Deafened.

 To provide support through the medium of psychological treatment, rehabilitation,

public awareness, and advocacy for HoH and Deafened.

 To conduct study and research for the development of HoH and Deafened and

disseminate information to the society.

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 To extend access to hearing aid, assistive devices and services and modern

technology.

 To organize HoH and Deafened scattered all over the country and encourage

friendship and cooperative programmers for mutual benefit.

The objective of the trainee was:

o To learn and research terms that were essential for working in the company.

o To learn the methods of social work that were being used in the organization.

o To talk to people and gain as much insight as possible.

o To learn proper way to address people with disability.

o To ensure that a program about uplifting the people with disability, specifically

deafened people along with the corresponding organizations and government went

smoothly and properly, with the management of stuff.

o To click the photos for the products and advertise them.

o To read the research papers.

o To click pictures of beads and bags made by the staffs at the organization and post it

on social media.

o To do captioning.

o To make proposals.

o To make post on SHRUTI’s Instagram and promote the event.

o To proofread the annual book of the organization.

o To promote the organization and the products made by the members of HoH/D.
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o To sell as much as products that the trainee could.

o To learn the market and make the products accordingly.

o To take customized orders that were coming from the customers.

o To interact with the customers.

o To promote the products.

o To teach a HoH on how to approach people and introduce themselves.

o To teach a HoH the basics of English and Nepali language.

o To help in IT section of the organization.

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Activities
The following activities were performed by the trainee on following months, November,

December and January.

1. The trainee talked to Mrs. Neeta about the organization, and the trainee got introduced to

other members of the company as well.

2. The trainee was suggested to research key words and concepts about the HoH/D.

3. The trainee was appointed to promote and advertise bracelets and bags made by the

HoH/D working there.

4. The trainee interacted with people who are HoH.

5. The trainee sat at the registration desk, where he had to handle people with disability such

as blind and deafened people.

6. The trainee printed books and stapled them which were to be given during the event

7. The trainee learned how to write a report.

8. The trainee learned how to make official proposals for the board of directors of the

organization.

9. The trainee read the research paper on HoH.

10. The Trainee clicked pictures of accessories made by the staff of the organization and

posted it on social media.

11. The trainee did a captioning sample for NCED Virtual platform on YouTube.

12. The trainee helped to make proposals for marketing.

13. The trainee interacted with a HoH who had just completed her +2 and was in dilemma of

what to do next. The trainee gave suggestions according to HoH’s interest.

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14. The trainee learned how to click pictures and manage social media.

15. The trannie learned the legal laws and policies of an NGO.

16. The trainee learned how budgeting works.

17. The trainee worked from home and completed captioning the YouTube video.

18. The trainee had a meeting with Mrs. Neeta Bhattarai about the stall and Christmas bazar

in college.

19. Organizing everything to sell in the event.

20. The trainee advertised the products and sold products while also promoting the

organization.

21. The trainee promoted the organization by also taking orders.

22. The trainee did account for the products that were sold.

23. The trainee wrote a project about selling things in Daraz.

24. The trainee made a presentation to present in the organization.

25. New ideas for mask, rings and scrunchie’s were discussed.

26. The trainee distributed pamphlets and card to the people who bought the stuffs made by

the HoH’s.
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Observation And Analysis

The following observations were made from the activities mentioned above:

o The trainee observed a lot of HoH people using hearing aids. The Trainee was required to

speak softly and slowly.

o The organization supports a lot of HoH/D people by teaching them vocational skills, like

making bracelets, bags earrings so that they could potentially sustain themselves.

o The trainee discovered that the organization is not only spreading awareness inside

Kathmandu valley, but other districts as well.

o The organization has ambitious goals that collaborates with international companies to

achieve them.

o The trainee observed a lot of HoH people using hearing aids. The Trainee was required to

speak softly and slowly.

o The organization funded people and gave them trainings to be self-sufficient, along with

training regarding reading, writing, speaking and computer.

o The trainee discovered that the organization works on a budget system and all the

programs are done according to the budget.

o The organization has ambitious goals that require the support of the government, which is

hard because people from the government don’t attend the programs until they are funded

their transportation and lunch.

o The trainee was informed that this was the first organization to be established about the

HoH, and many other organizations were established in other districts with the help of

SHRUTI.
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o The trainee found out that the process of getting something approved is very hard in an

organization.

o The political parties have a massive influence on the government organizations in Nepal.

o The trainee had a good time interacting with a fresher as they seemed comfortable on

trainee’s presence.

o The trainee did a captioning sample for NCED Virtual platform on YouTube.

o The trainee observed that the people working in the organization were not well educated

in computer.

o The organization has affiliation with political parties and has had a lot of arguments.

o The trainee observed that captioning took a lot of time than they initially thought.

o The trainee could see people were impressed by the products and the varieties made.

o People wanted something that was new and different that’s popular in market.

o The members of HoH were happy that their products were sold.

o The trainee observed that the people making the beads left as the new year started.

o The new year program planning was being made.

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Learning theories
The trainee observed all four practices of social work. The social work practice based on

social work profession emphasizes more on strength, capability and sources of client system

related to the comprehensive environment of client. The trainee observed that all these systems

were used according to the case. Client system, a system made from the people who request for

change client service, who are going to be beneficial from service, who make an agreement to

work with change agent. The organization fulfilled several roles such as facilitator, advocate,

educator, broker, case manager, and or mediator. The organization provided services in their

place of power and responsibility relating to all the clients, which professional responsibilities

are for clients who are facing problem, where there will be more than one client. The other

system that the trainee observed were action system where the organization called up all the HoH

and provided training related to computer stuff, mostly Microsoft Office. More than action

system, the trainee observed that this might be a social action system as the organization is

training people with HoH and deafened to fit in the society and have a job.

The trainee realized that the organization was always pushing forward and making

changes to people having disabilities. The major changes that they have made recently that the

trainee was part of was adding captions to all news and radio programs. This is an example of

target system where a group is benefited due to this change, the target being the Hard of Hearing.

The trainee believes that the organization primarily uses change agent system as it is made up of

those competent individuals who are assigned for the purpose of bringing out especially a planed

change. The organization helps to diagnose the problem, develop a need for change, provides

information to its clients, and more.

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The organization helps its clients through micro and macro levels of intervention. As

micro level of social work is the social work provided to individuals. The organization provides a

variety of services to the client including trainings from sewing, making bracelets, and training

related to computer and Microsoft Office. The organization works on the macro level while

providing equal rights to the HoH and deafened community by changing laws and making

changes on a national level.

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Conclusion
SHRUTI’s vision is to make an effort to ensure an inclusive society without communication

barrier where Hard of Hearing and Deafened people live a dignified life. This could be ensured

by mainstreaming Hard of Hearing and Deafened to ensure their equal participation in education,

social, cultural, economic activities and in advocating for their rights.

The three-month long experience at SHRUTI was something new for the trainee. The trainee got

to experience a proper work setting and gained knowledge about ethical responsibilities that they

should follow. Overall, the three-months at SHRUTI made trainee responsible and accountable

for their own work.

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Recommendation
The organization is a game changer for the people it affects as it provides training as well

as paid internship to people who train there. The organization does everything well, from

trainings to the process of appealing to the government. They try to provide all the rights that

HoH deserve across Nepal. In order to do that they might need to improve their social media

marketing strategy to reach maximum number of people. The products made by the HoH

working there needs to be sold, they need a place to sell their products so Daraz app might be a

good place to start but they don’t have an idea on how this could be achieved. They have so

many big projects lined up and many events they are hosting but the tiny details are missed

which might cause inconveniences for the people attending. They conduct training in a small

room, which can only fit maximum 10 students. Moving to a new location might be more

efficient.
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PICTURES
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