Project Masoom

Yi Chennai Chapter celebrated the Women’s day in good spirits by felicitating 15 Acis attack victims @ PCVC, Anna nagar West around 4 PM on 8th March 2019. We were joined by the Chair of Coimbatore chapter Mr. Praveen on the eve of inspiration and joy where acid attack victims were more than happy to share their dreams and aspirations with us.

Yi Vadodara under the vertical Project Masoom in association with Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd. organized an awareness session at Mothers School, Padra for grade 1-6 in Vadodara.

The objective of the session was to spread awareness on Good Touch & Bad Touch by conducting workshops with children between the age group of 6-12 years.

Yi Vadodara also plans to conduct sessions with primary school teachers to teach about the various forms of abuse: physical, verbal or visual.

Yi Vadodara also distributed Good Touch & Bad Touch fridge Magnets & stickers supported by Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd.

Total Impact: 155 children covering 2 sessions

Yi Mumbai Organized Masoom a Train the Trainer Session at ITM, Kharghar for Yuva students who are passionate for the Cause. The session was conducted by Yi Mumbai Chapter Masoom Chair Priya Singh and the students were trained so that they can create awareness about the child abuse among the school students.

Sonali Tiwari, Chair- Project Masoom, Yi Bhopal Chapter, along with members of the Chapter conducted 17 back-to-back awareness sessions on Child Sexual Abuse Prevention at BHEL Vikram Higher Secondary School on the 10th of December 2018. The aim was to educate the young minds on 'safe and unsafe touch' and how to deal with sexual abuse. They were also told who the safe people are in their lives whom they can approach in case they need help. 
Overall, the sessions helped touch 950 plus lives directly and many more indirectly. It was a successful endeavor and the efforts of the Chapter were appreciated by the school team, students and management. 
Project Masoom has more sessions lined up for the coming months with the focus on helping as many children as possible and ensuring child sexual abuse prevention.

Yi Vadodara under the vertical Project Masoom in association with Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd. organized a training & awareness session with school teachers from Karjan district.

The objective of the session was to train teachers who shall further spread awareness on Good Touch & Bad Touch by conducting workshops with children between the age group of 6-12 years in Karjan district.

Yi Vadodara Project Masoom vertical shall also provide further training as required by the schools from Karjan district.

Total Impact: 50 teachers from 25 school

Train The trainer Session for Sanand Taluka Teacher's regarding good Touch and Bad Touch session.

Trained 115 student about Good Touch and Bad Touch of  Vinay Vidhya Mandir School, Khoraj.

Yi Vadodara under the vertical Project Masoom in association with Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd. organized an awareness session at Indira Nagar Koyli school for grade 1-6 in Vadodara.

The objective of the session was to spread awareness on Good Touch & Bad Touch by conducting workshops with children between the age group of 6-12 years.

Yi Vadodara also plans to conduct sessions with primary school teachers to teach about the various forms of abuse: physical, verbal or visual.

Yi Vadodara also distributed Good Touch & Bad Touch fridge Magnets & stickers supported by Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd.

Total Impact: 253 children covering 3 sessions

Yi Vadodara under the vertical Project Masoom in association with Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd. organized an awareness session at Ankodiya Primary School for grade 1-6 in Vadodara.

The objective of the session was to spread awareness on Good Touch & Bad Touch by conducting workshops with children between the age group of 6-12 years.

Yi Vadodara also plans to conduct sessions with primary school teachers to teach about the various forms of abuse: physical, verbal or visual.

Yi Vadodara also distributed Good Touch & Bad Touch fridge Magnets & stickers supported by Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd.

Total Impact: 75 children

Yi Vadodara under the vertical Project Masoom in association with Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd. organized an awareness session at Indira Nagar Ankodiya School for grade 1-6 in Vadodara.

The objective of the session was to spread awareness on Good Touch & Bad Touch by conducting workshops with children between the age group of 6-12 years.

Yi Vadodara also plans to conduct sessions with primary school teachers to teach about the various forms of abuse: physical, verbal or visual.

Yi Vadodara also distributed Good Touch & Bad Touch fridge Magnets & stickers supported by Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd.

Total Impact: 139 children covering 2 students

Yi Vadodara under the vertical Project Masoom in association with Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd. and Rotary Club Vadodara organized an awareness session at Sevasi Prathmik Shala School for grade 1-6 in Vadodara.

The objective of the session was to spread awareness on Good Touch & Bad Touch by conducting workshops with children between the age group of 6-12 years.

Yi Vadodara also plans to conduct sessions with primary school teachers to teach about the various forms of abuse: physical, verbal or visual.

Yi Vadodara also distributed Good Touch & Bad Touch fridge Magnets & stickers supported by Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd.

Total Impact: 186 children covering 2 students

Yi Salem Masoom session at Royal Park School, Salem

Yi Salem Masoom Session at Sowdeswari School, Salem

Young Indians (Yi), Indore organized multiple awareness sessions under the Project Masoom at Government Girls & Boys Schools in Dhabli & Manglia on 03 October 2018. Under this initiative Yi Indore screened Komal animated Film on Good Touch & Bad touch and Sensitization session under Project Masoom. The objective is the prevention of child by making them aware about the good touch & the bad touch. The communication to children was in the form of a short cartoon film screening followed by a friendly lecture by different Yi Members of Yi Indore.

Around 1500 kids from these schools were sensitized by organizing multiple sessions on a single day.

 

Young Indians Pune organized Aarambh – Run for Specially Abled Kids. It was an 1.6 Kms marathon organized on 21^st  October at Pashankar Auto, JM road at 7.30 am.

It was a first of its kind event in India where the Marathon was only for specially challenged kids group up to 20 years. Physical running is fitness – both for mind & body, and when they complete the milestone of 1.6km, they have achieved a trophy, a memory & more importantly an inspiration to carry home.

The role of a teacher in shaping a student cannot be understated. Recognizing that the future of our country is taking shape inside the classrooms, CII-Young Indians collaborated with Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan to conduct the world’s largest “Children Safeguarding Training” at Srinivasapura, Kolar with 1336 Teachers.

“Most of us read newspaper reports of children being abused. It leaves us angry. At Young Indians, we decided we needed to Play A Part. The teachers trained will ensure that all children in Srinivasapura are educated on how they could safeguard themselves”, shared Ajith George, Co-Chair Young Indians Bengaluru.

The event saw 1400 teachers become students with them attentively writing notes and also asking questions. Experts Harish Bhuvan (compassionate clowns) and Ashwini (Muktha Foundation) along with volunteers from Sankara Eye Hospital walked them through the concepts of Body Boundary, Safe-Unsafe Touch, Safety Network and nuances of the POCSO act.

“Government of Karnataka has looked to implement a strong child protection policy. Towards this we are pleased to work with partners to empower our teachers. We have made a start today and will work to ensure that at least 10 lakh children benefit from this awareness”. Joint Director SSA, Karnataka

This unique initiative was supported by Kempegowda International Airport and Wipro through a grant.

Young Indians Bengaluru, an integral part of CII comprises of professionals and entrepreneurs who volunteer towards various projects aimed at Nation Building. One of our key projects is “Masoom” which looks at eliminating child sexual abuse through improved awareness among stakeholders. Through its project Leher, it looks at creating a one minute video on aspects of child safety that would be released once a week for a year. 

Yi Salem presented Masoom Sensitization program to Municipal Govt School, Ammapet, Salem, around 1000 students were sensitized during this sessions. 

Training session for Student at H H Patel School, Sabarmati Session 1

Yi Himachal Pradesh organized appended session on 24 October 2018 at Baddi:

1330 hrs – 1415 hrs          Session on ‘Good Touch, Bad Touch’ (aimed at awareness on child abuse) under Project Masoom Sri Aurobindo Public   

                                           School, Baddi by Dr Sohan Singh

 Project Masoom on SNS School @ 11-10-18 : Yi Tiruppur Chapter

Skate for Keeping Children Safe was organized on 29 September at Seas Auditorium, Ahmedabad University. 

Project Masoom Trained 2739 student of HBK Memnagar Branch in Ahmedabad and Overall there was 59 session conducted in school. 

Yi Vadodara & Titan Echo as part of the 90 day Masoom campaign organized an interaction with Mr Rana Uppalapati.

The objective of the interaction was to support Rana as part of his 90 days journey which will raise funds for the education of 25,000 underprivileged girl children and create awareness among 6 lakh children on child safety, especially on ‘good touch and bad touch’.

During the interaction with parents Mr Rana Uppalapati mentioned, “It’s a great initiative to be a part of along with Young Indians & Titan Company Limited.  Young Indians,Titan and I are passionate about the education of girl child. We also want to do our bit on child safety to educate children, not only girls but also boys on Good touch and Bad touch.

Mr Satyen Gandhi, Co-chair, Yi Vadodara mentioned, “This is one of our many endeavors to nurture and nourish the society we have grown in. We wish Rana all the best to successfully complete his journey.”

Impact No. 100 participants

Yi Vadodara as part of the 90 day Masoom campaign organized an awareness session jointly with Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd. at Unnati Skating Ground for parents in Vadodara followed by an interaction with Mr Rana Uppalapati.

During the interaction with parents Mr Rana Uppalapati mentioned, “It’s a great initiative to be a part of along with Young Indians & Titan Company Limited.  Young Indians,Titan and I are passionate about the education of girl child. We also want to do our bit on child safety to educate children, not only girls but also boys on Good touch and Bad touch.

Team Masoom also addressed to the questions & concerns raised by parents which opened window to generate leads for conducting sessions at different schools which these children’s study.

Impact No. 50

Yi Vadodara as part of the 90 day Masoom campaign organized an awareness session jointly with Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd. at Apnatva for children with special needs in Vadodara followed by a drawing activity.

Ms Jigna Mehta, Co- Chair, Project Masoom said, “There are children who are mentally challenged, autistic, have cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, and are slow learners, helping these children will gradually develop them to become independent, and the first important step for this is to interact with children and a theme based drawing activity is the first step to get closer to these children.

Impact No. 27 children

Two Masoom sessions were conducted by Priya Singh (Chair - Masoom) at Vishwa Balak Kendra, Navi Mumbai. The sessions were for the boys & girls creating awareness about the child abuse and giving information about the Good Touch, Bad Touch.

Masoom Sessions conducted at OLPS High School where Rana Upalapati made a special appearance and spoke with children about his skating journey for the cause and impact of it. After the sessions lunch was organized for Rana along with few Yi Members.

Two Masoom Sessions were conducted by Masoom Chair Priya Singh & Co-Chair Shreya Kulkarni, more than 120 students & teachers were sensitized on the topic. Mr. Rana Upalapati joined later on talking about his Skating journey for the cause.

A Train the Trainers Session was conducted by Masoom Chair Priya Singh & Masoom Co-Chair Shreya Kulkarni for the students of IES MCRC to get ready volunteers for the Project Masoom.

Yi Vadodara under the vertical Project Masoom jointly with Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd. organized an awareness session at Cygnus World School for children between the age group of 6-12 years.

The objective of the session was to spread awareness on Good Touch & Bad Touch by conducting workshops with children between the age group of 6-12 years.

Yi Vadodara also plans to conduct sessions with primary school teachers to teach about the various forms of abuse: physical, verbal or visual.

Yi Vadodara also distributed Good Touch & Bad Touch fridge Magnets, Compass Box & stickers supported by Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd.

Total Impact: 480 Children covering 16 sessions.

Project Masoom session at Annat School of Excellence for 130 girl child student and 20 Teacher( Trained for Good touch & Bad Touch).

Yi Vadodara under the vertical Project Masoom jointly with Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd. organized an awareness session at Swami Dayanand Saraswati primary school for children between the age group of 6-12 years.

The objective of the session was to spread awareness on Good Touch & Bad Touch by conducting workshops with children between the age group of 6-12 years.

Yi Vadodara also plans to conduct sessions with primary school teachers to teach about the various forms of abuse: physical, verbal or visual.

Yi Vadodara also distributed Good Touch & Bad Touch fridge Magnets, Compass Box & stickers supported by Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd.

Total Impact: 350 Children covering 4 sessions

Yi Vadodara under the vertical Project Masoom jointly with Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd. organized an awareness session at Jivan Shanti Munsi Vidyalay for children between the age group of 6-12 years.

The objective of the session was to spread awareness on Good Touch & Bad Touch by conducting workshops with children between the age group of 6-12 years.

Yi Vadodara also plans to conduct sessions with primary school teachers to teach about the various forms of abuse: physical, verbal or visual.

Yi Vadodara also distributed Good Touch & Bad Touch fridge Magnets, Compass Box & stickers supported by Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd.

Yi Vadodara under the vertical Project Masoom jointly with Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd. organized an awareness session at Pratap High School for children between the age group of 6-12 years.

The objective of the session was to spread awareness on Good Touch & Bad Touch by conducting workshops with children between the age group of 6-12 years.

Yi Vadodara also plans to conduct sessions with primary school teachers to teach about the various forms of abuse: physical, verbal or visual.

Yi Vadodara also distributed Good Touch & Bad Touch fridge Magnets, Compass Box & stickers supported by Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd.

Total Impact: 331 Children covering 6 sessions.

Yi Vadodara under the vertical Project Masoom jointly with Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd. organized a self-defense basic level training to the school children. The children were educated both theoretically and practically on how to defend one-self in any given situation as they are vulnerable to physical.

With training, even small children’s get an idea of what to do if grabbed and how to react if they end up on the ground.

“These children are at risk of abuse, violence, and exploitation. Rape and violence is a common occurrence, and girls are particularly vulnerable. Alone, hungry and with no support or protection, the situation is often worse” said Mr Altaf, professional trainer, Transform Gym.

Making children alert and teaching them what to do in the case of attempted abduction is best enacted as a partnership between the school, the police and parents said Ms Jigna Mehta, Co-Chair, Yi Vadodara.

Impact No. 347 Children

Yi Vadodara under the vertical Project Masoom jointly with Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd. organized an awareness session at Nutan Bharat Vidyalaya for children between the age group of 6-12 years.

The objective of the session was to spread awareness on Good Touch & Bad Touch by conducting workshops with children between the age group of 6-12 years.

Yi Vadodara also plans to conduct sessions with primary school teachers to teach about the various forms of abuse: physical, verbal or visual.

Yi Vadodara also distributed Good Touch & Bad Touch fridge Magnets, Compass Box & stickers supported by Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd.

Total Impact: 347 Children covering 4 sessions.

Yi Guwahati Chapter organized a MASOOM Session in Vidya Mandir School and directly impacted 375 students.

Train the Trainer Session at HB kapadia School English medium Teachers    

Yi Vadodara under the vertical Project Masoom jointly with Baroda Citizen Council and in association with Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd. organized an awareness session at Gujarat Public School, Chhani for grade 1-6 in Vadodara.

The objective of the session was to spread awareness on Good Touch & Bad Touch by conducting workshops with children between the age group of 6-12 years.

Yi Vadodara also plans to conduct sessions with primary school teachers to teach about the various forms of abuse: physical, verbal or visual.

Yi Vadodara also distributed Good Touch & Bad Touch fridge Magnets & stickers supported by Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd.

Total Impact: 155 children covering 2 session

Yi Indore chapter organized an awareness session under the Project Masoom on 01 August 2018 at Ramkrishna Mission School, Indore. The objective was to educate students about GOOD TOUCH & BAD TOUCH. Around 800 students were sensitized.

Yi Vadodara under the vertical Project Masoom jointly with Baroda Citizen Council and in association with Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd. organized an awareness session at Gujarat Public School, Chhani for grade 1-7 in Vadodara.

The objective of the session was to spread awareness on Good Touch & Bad Touch by conducting workshops with children between the age group of 6-12 years.

Yi Vadodara also plans to conduct sessions with primary school teachers to teach about the various forms of abuse: physical, verbal or visual.

Yi Vadodara also distributed Good Touch & Bad Touch fridge Magnets & stickers supported by Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd.

Total Impact: 183 children covering 3 session

Project Masoom @ SNS School : Yi Tiruppur Chapter

Yi - LEAP Foundation Program at Amir Mahal

Masoom Awareness Session kids and parents of Rajasthan Cosmo Club (RCC) Foundation Divas, at Nungambakkam.

Project Masoom @ SNS School : Yi Tiruppur 

Masoom Awareness Session at Vishwa Bharathi Midddle School, Choolai

Masoom Awareness Session at Panchayat Middle School, Puzhal.

Masoom Awareness Session at GCN Government School, Maduravoyal.

Young Indians(Yi), Indore, in collaboration with Childline India Foundation (CIF) working on the awareness against child sexual abuse. Under this initiative Yi Indore screened Komal animated Film on Child Sexual Abuse and Sensitization session under Project Masoom. The objective is the prevention of child sexual abuse by making them aware about the good touch & the bad touch. The communication to children was in the form of a short cartoon film screening followed by a friendly lecture by different Yi Members of Yi Indore. Child Sexual Abuse is a fast growing issue. We all know that parents face a communication gap when having to talk to their own children on Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). This initiative is targeted to bridge this communication gap.

Around 200 kids of Jeevanshala School were sensitized. 

Young Indians(Yi), Indore, in collaboration with Childline India Foundation (CIF) working on the awareness against child sexual abuse. Under this initiative Yi Indore screened Komal animated Film on Child Sexual Abuse and Sensitization session under Project Masoom. The objective is the prevention of child sexual abuse by making them aware about the good touch & the bad touch. The communication to children was in the form of a short cartoon film screening followed by a friendly lecture by different Yi Members of Yi Indore. Child Sexual Abuse is a fast growing issue. We all know that parents face a communication gap when having to talk to their own children on Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). This initiative is targeted to bridge this communication gap.

Around 50 kids of Manglia Village were sensitized. During the session the parents were also present and they were also educated about child safety and child rights.

As a part of Project Masoom, Yi Trichy organised its first Masoom Session on Good Touch & Bad Touch at a Rural Primary School near Pullampadi, Perambalur District. The session started with the ice breaker games with the kids, followed by the brief on Good touch and bad touch. Video on komal was also played and kids were made familiarise with the Childline contact number 1098 to safeguard them.

As a part of Project Masoom, Yi Trichy Chapter organised a Training a Trainers session for the volunteers from MST Solutions Pvt Ltd. These volunteers where briefed on Do's and Dont's of Project Masoom, also they were provided with required materials and videos to handle the session. We also had Mr Thiyagrajan, Childline, Trichy, who shared few real time incidents and solutions. These volunteers did a Mock session at the end of the workshop.

Yi Vadodara under the vertical Project Masoom jointly with Baroda Citizen Council and in association with Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd. organized an awareness session at Chhayapuri Prathmik School, Chhani for grade 1-5 in Vadodara.

 The objective of the session was to spread awareness on Good Touch & Bad Touch by conducting workshops with children between the age group of 6-12 years.

 Yi Vadodara also plans to conduct sessions with primary school teachers to teach about the various forms of abuse: physical, verbal or visual.

Yi Vadodara also distributed Good Touch & Bad Touch fridge Magnets & stickers supported by Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd.

Yi Trivandrum along with Childline India Association initiated Ride against Childabuse , where we supported riders from SD'z biker club to promote awareness campaign in 40 cities in India starting from Trivandrum to Leh . Mr M K Zulfiqer, ACP, Traffic , Trivandrum flagged off this event. 

Masoom awareness session for parents who are employees of Mphasis DLF SEZ IT Park.

Yi Madurai Chapter organized Good Touch & Bad Touch Session at Vallaba Vidyalaya CBSE School and sensitized around 1600 students.

Yi Trivandrum initiated awareness campaign on "World Day Against Child Labour". Where Yi Trivandrum collaborated with Childline and arranged session with school students and briefed them about the sensitivity of this issue.

Yi Trivandrum also mailed pledge to ban Child Labour to all Kerala CII and Yi members which received a good response. Sticker campaigns were also performed which were distributed to local shops and restaurant.

Yi Vadodara – Project Masoom Session - Animated Film Screening on Child Sexual Abuse and Sensitization

Yi Vadodara under the vertical Project Masoom jointly with Baroda Citizen Council and in association with Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd. organized an awareness session at Gujarat Public School for grade 1-7 in Vadodara.

 The objective of the session was to spread awareness on Good Touch & Bad Touch by conducting workshops with children between the age group of 6-12 years.

 Yi Vadodara also plans to conduct sessions with primary school teachers to teach about the various forms of abuse: physical, verbal or visual.

 Yi Vadodara also distributed Good Touch & Bad Touch fridge Magnets & stickers supported by Seal for Life India Pvt. Ltd.

Total Impact: 525 children covering 7 sessions.