Greview Of Women Empowerment Programme

A review meeting of Women Empowerment Programme was held on February 19 th and 20 th , 2024 at Resource cum training Centre, KROSS, Bangalore. There were 41 participants from 14 Diocesan Social Service Societies (DSSS). On 19.02.2024, the programme began at 9:30 AM with a prayer led by staff of CMSSS & BMSSS. Ms. Kousalya, the coordinator from JVSSS Mandya, extended a warm welcome to the Director KROSS, Fr. Richard Pais, KROSS WEP Coordinator Sr. Nancy Lobo, Mrs. Laina Lasrado, KROSS team and all the participants of WEP from the 14 DSSSs.

Fr. Richard Pais, the Director of KROSS addressed the gathering. In his introductory speech, he briefed on Victim Psychology, discussing its impact on the WEP programme. He motivated the participants with live examples, provided valuable suggestions and guidance to all participants for achieving the results of the project. Followed by, the 14 DSSSs presented the report for the past five months. After each presentation, participants were provided with an opportunity to clarify their doubts. A feedback was provided to them after each session.

on the 20 th February 2024, session began with a prayer led by staff from DKRDS & CODP, followed by a welcome address from Mrs. Nirmala, the Coordinator from ORBIT Humnabad. The group reviewed the reports from the presentation of the previous day. Followed by Sr. Nancy Lobo and Mrs. Laina Lasrado, Program Coordinators, facilitated the group work focused on cluster level and DSSS level trainings, as an evaluation session.

In the afternoon, all 14 DSSS were instructed to prepare an action plan for the next five months. Each DSSS coordinator then presented their plan, based on the feedback provided to them during the session. The program concluded with a vote of thanks, marking the end of a productive two-days review meeting.