14 • MODULE FOUR: RELATIONSHIPS
Experience from the field
List from PCI street children’s project
Positive Quality Negative Quality
Goes out with me Abuses me
Lies a lot
Eats food with me Snatches money
Stops me from fighting with others Smokes and drinks
Never abuses me Goes for ‘mastic’ (sex)
Never hits me Laughs at me
Does not let me do a wrong act Scares me and hits me
Feedback from Positive Living Project, Namakkal
The children gave specific examples, and the whole session was highly interactive. The voting booth was
very interesting and made them feel the adults. It was also secretive, and the children enjoyed that!Review
What did they like about the session? Will it change any of their friendships?Linking Learning With Life
The facilitator should ask the group to think of a friend who needs help, such as a sick child,
someone who has lost a family member, someone who has been hurt or someone who has fallen
behind in school. The children should discuss how they can help, and then make a plan. They
could send a get-well card, keep a sick child happy by meeting and talking or playing some simple
games or help a friend with homework. (This activity is similar to the one in Activity Two, but here
the children make plans for someone who needs help.)Experience from the field
Children decided to help their friends especially who were new, sick and sad and find out their problems.
They said that they did not like to associate with those who showed more power, but said that there was
peer pressure and it was difficult to say ‘no.’ (Street children project, PCI, Delhi).