Dept of Social Work : Group Activity – I - Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts & Science (KCLAS)

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK

GROUP ACTIVITY – I

Place: CROPS Karunai Illam TownHall, Coimbatore.

Date: 23-10-2019

CHRISTIAN REHABILITATION ORGANIZATION FOR THE POOR SOCIETY (CROPS)

About the Organization in Brief

Mr. B.M.G. Thomas, founded the organization on 26th January 1993. The vision of the founder is to serve the poor and the needy with a focus on education, character building and rehabilitation. CROPS is a voluntary organization, doing selfless service for the poor and the needy. It has adopted four backward villages in and around Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu with an eye for community. Besides these services, CROPS also renders help to rehabilitate needy prisoners and their families. CROPS run an orphanage called “CROPS Anbu Illam” at the YMCA campus. In CROPS Karunai Illam a total of 33 children up to class 8 were taken care of in the home. Basic food, shelter, education, health care expenses are taken care by the organization.

Objectives of the group activity

To encourage positive discussions through brainstorming sessions for students who are conducting the group activity

To have an enriching experience for the children in the home in terms of productivity and quality time spent also in parallel with the fun aspect of learning with elements like team work

To enhance the creative and cognitive approach of children through activities All the activities have been planned to match with the objectives of the group activity.

Brief Description of the activities:

Paper Tear Communication Exercise

You will give a piece of paper to all the children. They have to follow a set of instructions, now see everyone outcome, it is different from each other which also says that each one are unique and have different perspectives and approaches to a problem.

Blind Draw Team Building Activity

In this activity, the team has to instruct their “artist” to draw an item with their eyes blindfolded with a piece of cloth.

They have to describe their chosen item without revealing what it is and the team whose answer is closest to the actual item wins.

Word Memory Test

You have 2 minutes to memorize the 20 words

write them in a sheet of paper to have a quick memory check

Span of Attention Test

Words are flashed with 3-5 second interval and children have to write what they remembered. Participants: there were 29 children present during the time of activity and 6 students from KCLAS – 1st Year MSW. Students: Sri Vaishnavi P.M, Sri Kowsalya. S, Raghavi. V, Karthika. P, Dhanalakshmi. K, Kamalesh. T 1 person from CROPS Karunai Illam – Ms. Nanabhai (Warden) was there to assist the students and monitor the children.

Activities

We 6 divided into two groups of three – G1 {Sri Kowsalya, Raghavi, Dhanalakshmi} and G2 {Sri Vaishnavi, Karthika, Kamalesh} and out of the 29 children who were present they were into two groups as well G1-15 and G2-14 respectively

Activity 1 Memory Test

Activity 2 Blind Draw

Fun Activities: Musical Chair, Free style dancing

Activity 1 Paper Tear Communication Exercise

Activity 2 Span of Attention

Fun Activities: Ball and Cup game, Concentration games.

The children of both the groups were asked to share their activities and experience with the other group so they can have an idea of what all games can be done in their free time to enhance various aspects towards growth