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A successful team is a group of many hands but of one mind.

- Bill Bethel

VOL.9, NO.3, MAY-JUNE 2015

USF Residential Camp

A community...a society... a nation would prosper as its members recognise the joy of living together in harmony, and if they have icons to look up to. At Udayan Care, we understand that such an environment provides fertile ground for growth and success of our children. Which is why, we organised the 6-day long USF Residential camp, 2015, from 26 May, aimed at enhancing leadership and team-building skills of our young Shalinis.

Our Delhi and Gurgaon Centres sent 38 fellows to attend the camp, which offered fun-filled lessons for effective teamwork at Jagshanti Udayan Ghar, Greater NOIDA. For most of them, it was their first experience of staying away from home on their own.

The event offered them a common platform to interact, participate and engage with each other for mutually beneficial learning and recreation. It was designed to experiential learning through indoor as well as outdoor team activities and inculcate positivity amongst them, to help them cope with the rapidly changing life events.

Direct Participation and Involvement

The engaging sessions allowed direct participation by the fellows where they had to actively share their views, raise questions and even interact with their co-workers. Activities like Entangle and Form a Circle, Know Others to Know Yourself, Crossing the River, Mirror Image, required them to play different roles, either as different participants or as speakers.

Cross Chapter Interaction

What started as an activity involving two different teams from Delhi and Gurgaon, ended up creating one bigger group of 'Shalinis'. The initial affiliation toward girls of their own chapter and team exercises eventually helped them relate to one another.

Reflections

Fellows developed greater and informed awareness about their own personalities and qualities. Every session motivated them to reflect on their personal role as a leader, team-worker or decision-maker in real life circumstances.
 
 
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