Concluding ceremony for the 7 day Martial Arts Training Workshop for Self Protection

The concluding ceremony for the 7 day Martial Arts Training Workshop for Self Protection at Nijoloy, was held on Friday, 19th September. This was Urjo's fifth festive event. It started with an excellent performance of yoga dance by the Nijoloy girls. This was followed by the final session of martial arts under the supervision of the coaches from Karate Do Association of West Bengal. It was heartening to note the enthusiasm and the energy of the Nijoloy girls. They had picked up a lot in the past six days and their body language appeared more confident. The feedback from the girls was very encouraging and satisfactory and they had a built up a good rapport with the coaches.Urjo awarded certificates to the 28 participants and also distributed food packets to all the residents of Nijoloy. The programme ended with the Nijoloy girls gifting Urjo and the two coaches hand made thankyou cards which was a very touching and heartwarming gesture.

The Urjo volunteers with the instructors

The yoga dance by the Nijoloy girls

The Karate session

The awarding of the certificates

The faces of the Nijoloy girls has been masked as per rules

The gifting of cards

The close up of the cards

The Urjo volunteers enjoying the performance