8. Capacity Building

Since the project was challenging and required developing an understanding on a range of issues impacting adolescent lives, professional development of the project personnel was an intrinsic activity and viewed as process of human development. New knowledge and skills were acquired through specialised trainings, mutual learning and critical reflection on practice. The team members were encouraged to participate in various training programmes and issue based workshops. Exposure visits were also organised to different organisations.

The various annual reports indicate that project team members regularly participated in the various training/ activities organised by Doosra Dashak in different districts like Life Skill Professional Development and Capacity Building of Project Team 47 Education, Micro planning, Science fairs, Women's meet. The team members also attended trainings on conducting Jansunwai and social audit, Sakshar Bharat, subject based training in Hindi and Mathematics, using theatre in education and formation of SMCs. Some of the team members also participated in a National level workshop on Water conservation in Delhi in 2013. A Capacity Building workshop entitled ‘Inclusivity in Education and Development was organized by AAEA from 1-7 March 2012. In 2014 the team members also participated in a gender sensitization training in AAEA, Ajmer.