2 workshops, back-2-back
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3 + 3 Days Residential

SECOND EDITION

No Child’s Play

Reimagining Participation of
​Children, Adolescents & Young People

Mar 3 to 5, 2025

Do you believe in the ability and agency of children, adolescents and young people?

Why then, do they remain on the margins when it comes to their meaningful participation? Do we need to analyse the culture of being unheard or silenced? Would understanding layers of exclusion before talking about participation help in ensuring that voices of children, adolescents and young people are heard?

Meaningful participation of children, adolescents and young people, we believe, could positively impact social and ecological justice!

How to design and facilitate such processes?

Are you a parent, teacher, community organiser, trainer, facilitator, researcher, project or program manager, activist, volunteer...
​or anyone who works for/with children, adolescents, and young people?

This workshop then is an opportunity to explore possibilities of children, adolescents and young people’s participation… away from tokenism.

Square Pegs, Round Holes

Reimagining Life Skills for
Children, Adolescents & Young People

Mar 6 to 8, 2025

Do you believe that the purpose of life skills education is to build children, adolescents and young people as better beings?

Why then are we confining them to narrow boxes? Pushing them towards a narrow definition of success? Disconnecting them from their communities and environment? Building skills for individual gain rather than collective well-being? In the mad rush for development, shaping attitudes that are increasingly anthropocentric?

Building values and shaping attitudes, we believe, will enable and empower children, adolescents and young people to live together!

How to design and facilitate such processes?

Are you a parent, teacher, community organiser, trainer, facilitator, researcher, project or program manager, activist, volunteer…
​or anyone who works for/with children, adolescents, and young people?

This workshop then is an opportunity to reexamine and reimagine the idea of life skills… beyond just employability skills.

Venue
Leslie Sawhny Centre
​Deolali, District Nashik, Maharashtra

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Language
Bilingual (Hindi & English)

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​Facilitators
Anju Uppal & Prabir Bose

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Participation Fee
₹ 15,000/- per participant for one workshop
₹ 30,000/- per participant for both workshops

Please note that participation fee includes food (veg & non veg), shared accommodation, workshop resources, and GST.


Limited Seats
on first-come, first-served basis

Watch this space for more information.
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If you are interested and would like to receive updates,
​please email [email protected]

facilitate workshops

We facilitate processes that encourage dialogue, analysis and provoke a rethink on the dominant power relations and explore rights, gender, participation and communication to challenge the "culture of silence".

We carry out learning needs assessments (LNAs), design and develop modules and handbooks, facilitate workshops, provide handholding support and document learning processes.

Our workshops bring together participants from diverse backgrounds. Our past workshops have been attended by community volunteers, development workers from non-profits, donor agencies & government departments; activists from campaigns & movements; ​theatre and media practitioners; students and faculty members, children and young people, farmers and workers.

We invite you to an exciting, engaging and enriching learning journey! If you would like to host or participate in any of our workshops, please email [email protected]