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 Storytelling with Children of slums 

 “ People think that stories are shaped by people . In fact , it ’s the other way   around . ” 

 — Terry Pratchett , Famous fantasy author 

 Challenge : I mostly work with children from economically deprived families or   vulnerable backgrounds . These children face oppression , humiliation and   exploitation . They do not have access to education , sports or medicine . Hence ,   it ’s easy to lure them to antisocial activities . 

 My challenge is to keep them motivated to get into free school to make them   eligible for higher study and engage them into sports that they do n’t get into   antisocial activities . It ’s a difficult task but I do it happily with storytelling . 

 Ref . Video of storytelling tool from week 2 of the course 

 Selection : Have you ever seen a child get ready for bed faster when you offer   to tell him or her a story ? When kids have this to look forward to , their eyes   light up , they rush through the bathroom and get changed into their pyjamas .   Stories are magical to children . They are to adults , too . Ask any trainer or   teacher – the easiest way to get a room ’s attention is to use the opening line ,   “ I want to tell you a story . ” People stop talking and pay attention . Everyone   loves a story ; none of us is ever too ‘ old ’ for a story . 

 Hence , I share lot of motivational stories of legends who were born in poor   families and later made a name for themselves . These stories help them to   visualise a better future and a glimpse of hopes . You need to connect with your   audience . 

 Ref .   Video of storytelling tool from week 2 of the course 

 Application : I along with few team members of Corporate Social Responsibility   team , applied story telling to these slum children . We identified and   segregated children into three different groups based upon their age and   interests . We shared stories with lots of audio and videos to give them a clear   visualisation . We shared great inspirational stories about academicians , sport   persons , poets , leaders . 

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 We guided them how to study with fun that they do n’t become fearful about   formal schools . We gave them sporting equipment too . Few needed individual   attention and the needed more stories ! 

 We introduced a reward mechanism . If a child study or play in proper manner   they are going to get some more story may be few funny stories . It helped and   worked like anything . 

 Insight : I really got good insight by telling stories to children from vulnerable   backgrounds . They listen , they question and you need an answer which is   logical . Hence you need to be prepared , you just simply ca n’t sale dreams . 

 It is evident from above that your story should have significant amount of data   that a child who does not have much exposure can relate too . You need to   engage every singly audience to your story to get the desired result . 

 Approach : I would select storytelling with more information and relatable   reference . Since I discovered that the most valuable aspect is the shared   insights and learning and feedback , next time I would use the storytelling   activity as a starting point for a series of design thinking activities . Then the   revised approach would be with a persona who achieved heights from similar   background instead of only audio and videos . 


EMAIL: 
ID_NUM: 
NAME_STUDENT: 
PHONE_NUM: 
STREET_ADDRESS: 
URL_PERSONAL: 
USERNAME: 

### Task: You are a PII (Personal Identity Information) Detection. Given a essays written by students, you have to identify ONLY the following:
NAME_STUDENT - The full or partial name of a student that is not necessarily the author of the essay. This excludes instructors, authors, and other person names.
EMAIL - A student’s email address.
USERNAME - A student's username on any platform.
ID_NUM - A number or sequence of characters that could be used to identify a student, such as a student ID or a social security number.
PHONE_NUM - A phone number associated with a student.
URL_PERSONAL - A URL that might be used to identify a student.
STREET_ADDRESS - A full or partial street address that is associated with the student, such as their home address.
### Input: Page 1 of 2 

 Storytelling with Children of slums 

 “ People think that stories are shaped by people . In fact , it ’s the other way   around . ” 

 — Terry Pratchett , Famous fantasy author 

 Challenge : I mostly work with children from economically deprived families or   vulnerable backgrounds . These children face oppression , humiliation and   exploitation . They do not have access to education , sports or medicine . Hence ,   it ’s easy to lure them to antisocial activities . 

 My challenge is to keep them motivated to get into free school to make them   eligible for higher study and engage them into sports that they do n’t get into   antisocial activities . It ’s a difficult task but I do it happily with storytelling . 

 Ref . Video of storytelling tool from week 2 of the course 

 Selection : Have you ever seen a child get ready for bed faster when you offer   to tell him or her a story ? When kids have this to look forward to , their eyes   light up , they rush through the bathroom and get changed into their pyjamas .   Stories are magical to children . They are to adults , too . Ask any trainer or   teacher – the easiest way to get a room ’s attention is to use the opening line ,   “ I want to tell you a story . ” People stop talking and pay attention . Everyone   loves a story ; none of us is ever too ‘ old ’ for a story . 

 Hence , I share lot of motivational stories of legends who were born in poor   families and later made a name for themselves . These stories help them to   visualise a better future and a glimpse of hopes . You need to connect with your   audience . 

 Ref .   Video of storytelling tool from week 2 of the course 

 Application : I along with few team members of Corporate Social Responsibility   team , applied story telling to these slum children . We identified and   segregated children into three different groups based upon their age and   interests . We shared stories with lots of audio and videos to give them a clear   visualisation . We shared great inspirational stories about academicians , sport   persons , poets , leaders . 

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 We guided them how to study with fun that they do n’t become fearful about   formal schools . We gave them sporting equipment too . Few needed individual   attention and the needed more stories ! 

 We introduced a reward mechanism . If a child study or play in proper manner   they are going to get some more story may be few funny stories . It helped and   worked like anything . 

 Insight : I really got good insight by telling stories to children from vulnerable   backgrounds . They listen , they question and you need an answer which is   logical . Hence you need to be prepared , you just simply ca n’t sale dreams . 

 It is evident from above that your story should have significant amount of data   that a child who does not have much exposure can relate too . You need to   engage every singly audience to your story to get the desired result . 

 Approach : I would select storytelling with more information and relatable   reference . Since I discovered that the most valuable aspect is the shared   insights and learning and feedback , next time I would use the storytelling   activity as a starting point for a series of design thinking activities . Then the   revised approach would be with a persona who achieved heights from similar   background instead of only audio and videos .
### Output: 