Mesmirizing Loyola

An evening at Loyola College is so special, especially when it’s with friends. Though I been in the campus for past few months only the round table discussions are so exciting and it brings life to this campus.  It becomes more interesting and refreshing when the group initiates and reflects on personal experiences which we had during our concurrent field work. Usually our informal discussion gets spicy when the group further comments on certain social issues and other issues of concern. It’s worth to be the part of such discussions after the regular college timing, as the heated up discussions are always an eye-opener for most of us. On a similar ground we had a special invitee today to add Special flavor to our discussions, he is a proud Loyolite and one among our alumni. Mr. Ashish Joseph (2009-11 MSW-batch) who been with us and shared his insights. To me it was not a usual interaction with an alumni which is common in most of the campus. 

Report complied by Roy Joseph, MSW (2014-16)It was all cozy to sit under the mighty ‘badam tree’ and to gaze at him. He never made us to lose interest, he seems to be very informative and vibrant while sharing his experiences. He described how he “survived” at Loyola college days during his initial days at the college and further his learning inside the class and outside the classroom which made him walk tall in the campus after 4 years. He has been associated with Save the Family – INGO project and currently working with Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) The importance of reading and being proactive in social work career was well illustrated to us. Dr. Sonny Jose has contributed to the discussion by complimenting the comments and observations. We been open and didn’t felt reluctant to express our queries which been answered quite interestingly by both Mr. Ashish and Sonny Sir. 

Cancer Detection Camp

Often when doctor utters the word 'cancer', what the patient hears is "you are dying". Although Cancer is a dreaded disease, the fear often arises out of ignorance and misconceptions. Kerala has the highest incidence of cancers in the head and neck regions for men, and cervix and breast for women. The Social Workers Trainees form Loyola College woke up to the realization that many of these cancers were preventable and curable if they been detected and treated at an early stage. It is from this realization that the Trainees organised an Awareness and Early Detection Camp. A team consisting of proactive social work trainees - Anurenj P Kumar, Anjali US, Prasieja Jayakumar and Smitha Jyothirmayi of Semester II MSW (Loyola College) conceptualized and successfully conducted a Cancer Detection Camp at Pothencode, Trivandrum in association with the Regional Cancer Center. The Camp was conducted as part of concurrent field work practicum for MSW students in collaboration with RCC Trivandrum 13th June 2015.
The team was well supported by the RCC Team. We thank the Dr. Paul Sebastian, the Director and the RCC Team for their support. Congratulations and well done Team Loyola!!  

Dr.Jose K. Boban,Principal, Loyola College Of Social Sciences inaugurating Free Cancer Awareness and Detection Camp at Kalloor UP School, Pothencode on 13th June 2015.

---------------------------------------------------------Compilation: Anurenj and Praveen; Editted: Sonny

Green Gifters - World Environment Day June 5

World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated every year on 5 June to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet Earth. It is run by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).To commemorate the same budding social workers from Loyola College of Social Sciences came up with a new concept called 'Green Gifters"The day was celebrated by gifting green to one another. Gifting give a sense of being together and  through gifting the Loyola Social Workers tried to discover the underlining power of a Sanskrit phrase Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (From "vasudhā", the earth; "ēva" = indeed is; and "kutumbakam", family;) which means "the world is one family".  Its high time for us to start gifting green to each other and to protect the earth by holding hands as a family does. It is in this backdrop the budding social workers went and met people in Trivandrum city and tried to spread the culture of gifting green by being with them and convincing them to take a sampling to home. The team could reach more than hundreds of people in the city and could convince them to be a 'Green Gifter'