Activities

The Loyola Social Labs (LES) (From the 2001 report)

The major activities of LES for the year under report include Training Programmes, Research and Consultancy, Community Involvement, Nodal Continuing Education Centre, Nodal Agency for Childline, VCA for Adoption, and the Loyola Family Counselling Centre.

The programmes organised and conducted by the LES were of three categories. They were sponsored by Government Agencies, NGOs and the LES respectively. The LES training facility was also utilised by other NGOs, Agencies and Govt. Department.

It was relatively a busy period for LES in relation to Research and Consultancy services. Of the three year projects undertaken, two were of the Govt. of Kerala for the World Bank Project on "Kerala Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Programme'. The projects executed were a Needs Assessment study for Capacity Building and the Tribal Development Plan - RWS & ESP. An elaborate training module was also designed.

Another important consultancy program undertaken was the preparation of a Comprehensive HRD Plan for the Decentralised Participatory Child Programme. This was for the UNICEF in Nepal.

LES also took up studies on the two Industrial Training Centres run by Jesuits at Edathua and Pariyaram. / Yet another study for Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan is underway.

The other major programmes have been empowerment of urban women through the 14 NHGs of Pattom-Kesavadasapuram, the Nodal Continuing Education Centre, the Childline: free phone call service for children in distress (1098), VCA for adoption: with 55 registration and 35 given in adoption and Loyola Family Counselling Centre handling 246 cases.

The infrastructure facilities at LES have improved substantially.


LOYOLA RESEARCH CENTRE

1. Recognized by the University of Kerala

2. Established : 1973

3. Programmes:
    a. Ph.D
    b. Research


Research Projects

1. Towards a Comprehensive HRD plan for DPCP - Nepal, 2000

2. Social Health: A study of High Risk Groups in selected Urban Groups in Kerala, 2000

3. Need Assessment Study for Capacity Building to KRWSA, Government of Kerala, 1999

4. KIFDP Evaluation Report, 1999

5. Schools in Doldrums: A study of selected schools in Ernakulam and Alappuzha Districts 1998

6. A mid-term Participatory Evaluation Report - Kuttanad Rehabilitation Project, 1997

7. Girls in Prostitution, 1997

8. Children at Work, 1996

9. Fishermen Community Development Programme, 1995

10. UBSP Bench Survey of Slums, Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. 1993

11. Report on UPSP Benchmark Survey, Kozhikode Corporation 1993

12. Report of the Evaluation of NRY in Kerala, 1993

13. Survey Report on Solid Waste Management in Thiruvananthapuram city, 1993

14. Thrissur Integral Development Project, Mid-term evaluation, 1992

15. UBSP Training Programme Report, 1992

16. Kattappana Integrated Development Project, Mid-term Evaluation, 1991

17. Special Home for Boys, 1990

18. Socio-economic condition of working women in cashew industry, 1989

19. Street Children in Kerala, 1989

20. Consolidated Report on UPSP Benchmark Survey

21. English Phonetics Course: A study workshop module

22. Gender Modules

23. Log Frame Module

24. Management Modules

25. Notes on Legal Literature (6 booklets)

26. Notice - Premarital Counselling, Legal literacy etc

27. Report of the External Evaluation

28. Report on Benchmark Survey on Slums, Kollam Municipality

29. SJSRY - NSDP Training Module

30. Skills modules

31. Social Analysis

32. Social Analysis

33. The Impact UBSP in Valiathura and Chalai wards of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation

34. Training Module for Workshop on women's empowerment for the women councillors of Panchayath and Nagarapalikas of the State of Kerala

35. Tribal Development Plan. RWS & ESP

36. Training Assessment - A report UBSP

37. UBSP - Benchmark Survey of various Municipalities (Varkala, Chavakkad, Karunagappally, Kodungalloor, Thalassery and Neyyatinkara)

38. UBSP Benchmark Survey, Chavakkad Municipality

39. UBSP Benchmark Survey, Kannjagad Municipality

40. UBSP Benchmark Survey, Kannur Municipality

41. UBSP Benchmark Survey, Kodungalloor Municipality

42. UBSP Benchmark Survey, Parur Municipality

43. UBSP Benchmark Survey, Ponnani Municipality

44. UBSP Benchmark Survey, Punalur Municipality

45. UBSP Benchmark Survey, Thalassery Municipality

46. UBSP Benchmark Survey, Tirur Municipality

47. UBSP Benchmark Survey, Vadakkancherry Municipality

48. UBSP Benchmark Survey, Varkala Municipality

49. Women in Power

50. Write up on FCC


On-Going Research Projects

1. Dr. MK George SJ: Residual Illiteracy in a Costal village, Poovar. Funded by KRPLLD.
2. Dr. Saji P. Jacob: Gender Relations and Sexuality. Funded by KRPLLD.
3. Dr. R. Sooryamoorhty: Self-Help Groups in Alappuzha.
4. Dr. R. Sooryamoorhty: Scientific Communication Among Scientists.
5. LES: Evaluation of the ITCs of the Jesuits of Kerala Province at Edathua and Pariyaram. The project outlay is not finalized.

LES: Evaluation of Pattom - Kesavadaspuram Area Development Society, Thiruvananthapuram, a community based project of Loyola Extension Services.