The Aflatoun Concept

Heres a bit more on the Aflatoun Programme that we implement across India:
The five core elements of the Aflatoun concept are:
1) Personal Understanding and Exploration : Children investigate their own personal values. Through exploration of citizenship ideas and interaction with peers each choose the values that they feel are right for them.
2) Rights and Responsibilities : Aflatoun is grounded in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (1990), which identifies four sets of interdependent rights. Through this programme children are made aware of responsibilities towards themselves, their family, the environment and their community.
3) Saving and Spending: Financial empowerment hinges not only on constructive personal systems but also on specific, practical skills. Children learn how to save and spend in a responsible manner.
4) Planning and Budgeting: Financial Empowerment is achieved when children use their saving and spending skills to maximise their life choices. For eg, a consistent savings habit can enable a child to stay in school longer when payment for education is required.
5) Child Social Entrepreneurship: Children are encouraged to view themselves as active participants in shaping their community. Through managing community activities or entrepreneurial enterprises, children begin to sewe how they can have a positive impact on the community.
So...how do we at MelJol do this????
MelJol works in partnership with the education system. We tie up with other NGOs and have an extensive network. We conduct training programmes with well designed modules to develop the capacities of NGO staff, teachers and trainers. The teachers alongwith volunteers then conduct sessions. The books developed by us aid them in conducting sessions effectively.