NewzVille Desk
Most of us have gone through the phase of ‘Adolescence’. It is a critical developmental phase marked by various challenges and opportunities. It is a phase of intense physiological and psychological transformation where teens are exposed to the most vulnerable and susceptible conditions, which could steer them to unhealthy and risk-taking behaviors.
However, with proper guidance, it will help them to explore their strengths and talents, and conquer their dreams. Then the period of tense becomes contented.
In 2024, ‘Adolescent Girls Club’ under Mission Shakti was launched at Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Wokha , Nagaland with 50 adolescent girls as its members. Such adolescents’ girls’ clubs are formed at both government and private schools for the girls in the age group of 10-19 years.
The motto of the mission was “Live the promise”. The objective is to empower adolescent girls through education, health awareness, and social and life skills building to become confident, informed and compassionate leaders of tomorrow. Overall it will help in social wellbeing.
Activities such as workshops and training, mentorship programmes, health camps, community projects, and creative expression workshops are being focused to help the adolescent girls foster their strengths and talents.
A special adolescent Tool Kit to serve as a guide for the adolescent girls, parents is in the process of publication. Teachers and counsellors work on different IEC materials related to adolescent girls such as MHH, mental health, teenage pregnancy and its impact, child abuse and its prevention, helpline numbers, etc., for it to be distributed to adolescent girls.
It has also been decided to conduct monthly activity in the adolescent girls club to keep the members active and for them to discuss their concerns.
‘Adolescent Girls Club’ under Mission Shakti was launched at Don Bosco Higher Secondary School, Wokha , Nagaland with 50 adolescent girls as its members. Such adolescents’ girls’ clubs are formed at both government and private schools for the girls in the age group of 10-19 years.
