The Second Chance Camp was a National Program for youth and Adolescent Development (NPYAD) Sponsored by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Govt. of India Dept. of Youth Affairs, New Delhi sanctioned vide no. F.37-28/2014-dated 1st July, 2014. The duration of the Project covered from 30/12/2014 to 30/4/2015 (4 Months).
The 4 months program consisted of :
- Parents Meet
- Counseling Session
- Health Check – up
- Training to Teachers by Resource person
- Physical Skill Training and Upgradation of Skill
- Skill Training on Computer – Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Jute Handicraft
- Mushroom Cultivation
- Floriculture & Nursery Raising
- Vermi compost & Organic Farming
- Vegetable/Fruit Preservation
- Apiculture & Honey Harvesting
- Training on Cane & Bamboo (Handicrafts)
- Training on Goatery Farming, Piggery Farming, Poultry Farming with Composite Farming
- Exposer Visit
- Veterinary Science College
- Science Museum
- Art fed Gallery, Pragjyoti& NHHDC Emporium
- Balaji Temple
Key issues covered under the program:
- Adolescent Problem,
- Role of youth in the Society,
- Disaster management,
- Indian System of Medicine treatment & way of approach,
- Global warming- Causes, prevention & related health issues & impact,
- HIV AIDS, STD,
- Adolescent Reproductive Sexual Health (ARSH)
- Mental illness- Definition characteristics, Causes, Measures
- Information about some of the govt. policies – aims & objective,
- Social evils – Dowry, child marriage, rape, trafficking,
- Nutrition & health- importance in adolescent life,
- Sanitation & Health – importance & relation, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.