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Hello Folks!

I am Kousik Pujala from BA PPA with SAP ID: 500089095. I opted for a university

choice of Social Internship. I was placed in Duayen Foundation (Delhi).

Duration of work: 1st June,2022-31st July,2022

Mentor: Ashish Sharma

Mode of Internship:Virtual

Location: New Delhi

UPES Mentor: Shivani Yadav

Group Leader: Lakshay Chaudhary

Teaching Expectations from the internship:

The internship develops teamwork skills and also a sense of responsibility

towards the society. It actually made us realise the importance and also the

factors which we are continuously neglecting in the society. It also helps in the

upliftment of the communities which were backwards in the society.The

internship will provide me the necessity qualities which can be later used in the

future professional sphere. It also helps me to understand the society in a

detailed way and also in a broad spectrum. It also helps me to understand the

minute changes which can be brought in the society for a huge impact.
About the Internship:

Duayen Foundation was a registered NGO , which is based in New Delhi

India . It was founded in the year 2017. It was started by a group of

three which later was expanded vastly to their current stage. The NGO was

started by students who aimed for the development and upliftment of the

marginalised groups of the society. The key issues they focused on were

Education and Literacy, Environment and Forests, Youth Affairs. They were

currently operating in seven cities namely: Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore,

Hyderabad, Delhi, Pune and Mumbai. The network of the NGO was expanding

that many people were getting benefitted from their programmes. Way for Life

through its 200+ events and recurring activities in the past few years, had

strived to take actions that result in long-lasting positive changes to whoever

the beneficiaries may have been and whatever the issues that they have

attempted to placate.The spark for the idea of Way for Life came about after

three like-minded classmates were exposed and eventually astonished by the

massive differences between the students of a underprivileged sect who

studied in government school and students of private institutes. They observed

the lack of basic facilities in the governmental institutions which had huge

impact on the founders. Way for life was started off in 2017 with few local

retailers in New Delhi.

exchange of knowledge and improving the infrastructure in government

schools, Way for Life is confident that these small steps will make a student-

hood a learning experience and not simply a test of one’s memory.The activities

have not been restricted to the field of education alone with expanding base

and functioning in 7 cities across India and also 6000+ voluntary body it started

to function in various other fields such as environmental, social etc. to mend

themselves to changing scenarios in the country. They started to work in fields which are mostly
neglected in the communities

The main vision of the NGO is continued, sustained upliftment in the lives of the

people for whom they work through collaborative efforts and ideas of people
who work for a positive change in the society.

The main mission was to have improved independent societies and to bring

changes in most of the communities which were neglected by the society

through collective action and activity

The NGO is working for development in SDGs

4-Quality Education

13-Climate Action

Not only it focuses on these but it also works towards other social problems

which are existing in the society.

They actually worked with various sponsors to achieve this. They believed that

infrastructure of schools need to be improved especially of the government

institutes . One of their flash projects was Government School Development .

The project started with rigorous research conducted by their volunteers who

inspect the condition in government schools, and report their adequacies and

eventually give all the possible outcomes which can be undertaken to improve

those conditions. Painting and decorating the classrooms, constructing proper

lavatories, tables and benches, providing drinking-water supply, supplying

boards and charts which aid the task of teaching are not the only activities

which we perform through this project.

Another project is building of reading space in shelter homes.These ‘Reading

Spaces’ are equipped with libraries filled with books which cater to the

children’s interests and unanswered questions.The reading spaces were

painted by the volunteers with numbers and learning tips which had positive

impact on the children.

Other initiatives include planting trees, flood relief, shelter home visits, cleaning

lake, cleaning public spaces etc. My NGO mentor was Mr.Uday Kumar and

group leader was Sri Lakshay Chaudhary.

My work at the NGO:

I started interning as a data management member. I was allotted to work and

collect the details of various CSR companies. The main aim of the work is to

find more collaborations for the NGO to work with. The NGO directed us to

collect the details such as the name of the corporate company, CSR wing point

of contact, their phone number, email ID, nature of their CSR activities, Recent

CSR activities and also their LinkedIn details. I started to work on this activity. I

googled all the companies which are majorly contributing in the CSR activities.

I found out about the following companies details:

Exide Industries ltd. -NIshant Sinha-head CSR

UPL Limited- Rishi Pathania-CSR head

NTPC limited- Sukla Bandopadhyay-CSR officer

Ambuja Cement-Debapriya Ghosh-CSR Manager

Mindtree Limited- Deepak Prabhu Matti-CSR head

Bosch Global Software Technologies-Shilpa Deodhar-CSR head

In this vast world With high rate of population and difficulties there are some organisations which are

focusing and doing their best in the field of education , development both physically and mentally,
which is creating a whole sum of impact on the society and creating better future for the next
generation for the healthy and prosperous life . These organisations are some governmental and non
governmental organisation which are creating a positive impact on the social welfare and
development.My college UPES Dehradhun Gave me this opportunity and honour to work for search
organisation. The organisation which was allotted to me was society for child development Delhi Sastri
Nagar. The Name of the organisation was Duayen Foundation.I started my social internship from 4 th of
June 2022 and it got over on 15th July 2022.First day I went to the NGO I had a tour in all areas of the
NGO and I noticed many new things. First Of all there were different sections for different peoples with
disabilities. There was a section for Blind people, Section for dumb people, Section for mentally disabled
people and children, also the Section for Physically impaired people. This all people and children were
allotted with different kind Of activities. People who are visually impaired where allotted with the
activities like diya making, toy-Making, rope folding, etc. People who are dumb were allotted with the
same kind of activities. Children and adult who Bob mentally disabled Were given activities like paper
cutting, flower Cutting, painting and art and craft. Some of the children who were suffering from hearing
aid were Taught basic maths, Hindi and English.There was also a format of special mobile school. In this
format a group of teachers went to slumAreas nearby to teach poor children who were not enrolled in
the government school for the Education through a bus. Main work allotted to me was to get involved in
teaching and further Activities in NGO with mentally disabled children and in this special mobile school
to educate and Conduct activities which will make them more expressive and make impactful and
positive post for Social media page of the NGO society for child development. Also I was asked to collect
donation From my neighbourhood and donate it in the NGO after completion .The main objective of this
organisation is of child development and education. As soon as my Internship started I got involved in
every activity I was allotted by my mentor it was a rich full and Create experience for me as I got to know
many new things and also got to know how difficult the Life is for these people and how this
organisation helps them to make it better.In the NGO I conducted few activities like flower cutting and
paper cutting for the mentally disabled Children which they enjoyed and was smiling having fun in those
activities. This made my day Because they were enjoying even the smallest part of that activity.

As the internship was going I also went to the open school bus and got involved in the teaching and
Other activities with the poor children in the slum areas. Teachers as well as children were Expressive
and were attentive whatever they were studying. I noticed that children were excited and Involved in
studying as well as the teachers . Teaching these children will help them to have a better And dignified
life at some extent.After some days of teaching I decided to conduct few fun activities for children like
exercise, Conducting few games, Dance, teaching in exciting manner with the help of teaching aid. This
was One of the best part of my internship which took place as special mobile school.There was also a
concept of open library in the special mobile school where children were provided With some books
with Hindi and English language for reading. I had a great experience with teachers And children who
were involved in this concept of special mobile school. They were cooperative and Help me.After couple
of weeks I conducted few craft activities for mentally disabled and deaf children. They Enjoyed these
activities as they expressed themselves by seeing different colours and shapes and Were involved which
full concentration and determination. They enjoyed each part of these activities Which made me happy
as they found happiness in smallest things. Apart from these activities I also Got involved in teaching
these kids basic maths, Hindi, English which they were doing with Wholesome of determination and
effort and enjoyed that.Also, I heard different stories from different people in the NGO and they all were
unique. Faculty and Teachers and all people involved in the NGO were nice cooperative and told me
many new things And I got to learn many new things and I had a great experience there too.I also
contributed by making social media posts everyday for different people with different stories And
activities for Social media page of NGO society for child development. I made post by collecting Pictures
and videos from both NGO society for child development and special prabhath mobile School. Which
were posted on their official social media page.I created these posts with efforts to make it impactful for
the society so that people will see these Post and will have a positive impact on them.I made posts on
different life stories of different people there and also the activities they were Engaged in every week I
conducted in this social internship.
a)This particular course changed me and my perspective in following ways. I got to know how difficult
the life is for some people and how they manage to live in this difficult world with happiness and fun
they find in small things. Some of the highlights of my internship are People I met in the NGO and
prabhath mobile school. I got to know their life stories and experiences which were really Exciting and
unique and also scary at some extent, got to know many live experiences which I had. As my internship
got completed I had no challenges faced. It was just a great experience for me.

b)Focus area of my internship Was primary education and child development for Mentally disabled
people and poor children to make their life better and dignified. I understood how life is so hard for
some people and how they cope with that finding happiness by finding happiness In smallest things of
life. How children are so Determined in studies so that they will have a better future and respect.As I got
involved in teaching, conducting activities, enjoying with children and also adults, making Them happy
and smile, collecting donation for them, will help them at some extent to have a better Life but
education is the key for Success and a happy and dignified life. If I was asked how do I make a
Difference ,I would say better quality of education should be provided which I am ready for in Coming
future.

My experience and Learnings:

The internship provided me with the development of team work and also the

work space adaptability. It actually gave me a brief of how a work space

actually looks like. Even though it was a virtual Internship I enjoyed my role as

an intern. The NGO mainly worked towards the development of the lower

sections of the society. It mainly focused on the development of the overall

growth of the people belonging to the down sections of the society. It also

worked towards the sustainability of nature through cleaning of beaches, lakes

roads etc. It also worked for the education of the students of the downtrodden

society.I actually learned about the various problems which are faced by the

people in the real society. It gave me an overview of the real world. As an

aspirant of UPSC I believe this internship gave me a new sphere of world. It also

helps in my Academic activity . I enjoyed the internship overall and I extend my

special thanks to my University and also the NGO for the Great opportunity.