Interactive Communication Workshop for Children in Shillong

An innovative communication workshop was conducted on 24th August at Hill Crest Higher Secondary School, Rynjah for the students who are a part of the English Access Microscholarship Program.

The students participating from Hill Crest Secondary School and Little Angel School learnt about verbal, non-verbal, formal and informal ways of communication in a very interactive manner through storytelling, poetry, discussion and mime. The students also learnt how to handle stage fright, maintain positive body language, empathetic communication, leadership, and effective eye contact.  The session was conducted by Madhu Raghavendra, poet and social development practitioner. The key Shillong Access Program team Odetta L Colney, Joiada Alithia langstieh, and Adrian Lamonte Pariat facilitate the program on a regular basis which such innovative workshops being carried out intermittently for the students enrolled in this programme.

Communication is not luxury or optional, it is one of the key skills to succeed at most things in everyday life. Children should be exposed to effective and innovative communication workshop. Communication does not entail only discussion or oration, children need to explore newer ways of communication through various art forms- plays, poetry, music, dance, painting, folk-art and sculpturing, which will take them beyond their immediate horizons of imagination.  The English Access Microscholarship Program helps them to learn such ways of communication.

The English Access Microscholarship Program (Access) which started in Shishu Sarothi on 18th December 2018, provides a foundation of English language skills to bright, economically disadvantaged students primarily 13- to 25-year-olds worldwide through after-school classes and intensive sessions in their countries.  Access programs expose students to U.S. culture and democratic values, improve the students’ potential to participate successfully in the socio-economic development of their countries, and increase their chances of competing for and participating in future U.S. exchange and study programs.