A weekly medical health check-up was conducted in Kolkata Rista, Garima Greh for the residents.
In this class residents learned knowledge in various areas by hearing from the trainer and also they can determine what interests them most.
Throughout this practice, residents are taught to understanding dance as an art.
Yoga and Meditation class where residents refreshed their mind and relaxed.
Spoken English Class where residents learned how to communicate verbally with others by using English vocabulary.
Skill & Knowledge Development Training and Workshop was done for all of our residents of Garima Greh from 13th June to 16th June 2022 (Residential) at Hotel Prasant.
Some of the inmates of our Garima Greh used to make hand made wall painting and they painted all those things, also sometime they made wall hanging craft by paper and some other things from paper cutting.
Kolkata Rista has organized a drawing competition based on the theme on ‘LGBTQI+ people and incidents in their life’ at Garima Greh where all the residents of our Garima Greh participated enthusiastically and the environment was so overwhelming and refreshing.
Raksha Bandhan is not about honoring the special bond shared between siblings but Raksha bandhan is about sharing bonding and friendship among people, it’s about sharing peace and harmony, and it is a way of building love between people and wishing well for them. Greetings to everyone on the special occasion of Raksha Bandhan. Lots of love, warmth and positivity to everyone from Kolkata Rista team, and extra loving to those of us celebrating far away from home, especially for our Community people. Here are some glimpses where residents from our Garima Greh and some members from our organization Kolkata Rista knotting rakhies to Mr. Priyobroto Roy, DC of ESD Kolkata; Mr. Paresh Paul, MLA of Beleghata; Smt. Sunanda Guha, Ex 31 no ward councilor KMC; Mr. Premjeet Chowdhury, OC of Nandihouse (Beleghata) Police Station; Mr. Sajal Halder, OC of Phoolbagan Police Station; staff of SBI, Narkeldanga Branch; with some other stakeholders and other people from nearby areas.
"Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Transgender Ke Saath" From being an underdog on the world stage to writing incredible winning stories across the globe, We have come a long in ours 75 years as an independent country. We wish every Indian a Happy Independence Day. Kolkata Rista was also felt proud to celebrate India's 75 years of Independence with it's own way where our residents from Garima Greh with other Community members celebrated Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav with a cultural program in which our Garima Greh's cultural group presented the actual situation of Transgender people through a beautiful dance performance. There was also a healthy discussion in front of a discussion panelists covered by some honorable guest, in this discussion all of our residence and other community people discussed the actual present scenario of Transgender people in Kolkata, West Bengal. It was mainly a open discussion where everyone shares their experiences.
Sindoor Khela, earlier used to be a simple ritual performed by married elderly and young women. Only married women used to celebrate the festival joyously and put Sindoor all over each other's faces while dancing to the beats of the "Dhaaki" drummers at the Durga Puja festival but the concept had changed now as Kankurgachi Milon Mela Somity celebrated this event at Kankurgachi with transgender community members of our Garima Greh and also other members of our organization and with widow women in this year on their own ground, where Mr. Joy Sengupta and other members of the club took the large initiative to conduct this event. #NoConditionsApply
Livelihood training for all the residents of Garim Greh, Kolkata Rista from 11th October 2022 to 13th October 2022.
Diwali celebration at Kolkata Rista! Diwali is all about the small special moments we create with our beloved ones - whether it's decorating the house with diyas or distributing mithais together. For all of us, Diwali is a reminder of his love for his parents and the celebration of togetherness. Residents of our Garima Greh and other members of our organization have crafted colorful diyas to light up the Diwali vibes at our office premises. Everyone participated in everything from making Rangoli to Diwali Celebration.
Bhai Dooj, Bhaubeej, Bhai Tika, Bhai Phonta or Bhratri Dwitiya is a festival celebrated by Hindus on the second lunar day of Shukla Paksha (bright fortnight) in the Vikram Samvat Hindu calendar or of Shalivahan Shaka calendar month of Kartika. It is celebrated during the Diwali or Tihar festival and Holi festival. Our residents of Garima Greh celebrated this event with enthusiasm and lots of energy as some of them got their brothers.
Kolkata Rista organized a two-day based workshop on Transgender Act and Right to Information Act on 11th November 2022 for all the residents of Garima Greh at its own premises. For today’s workshop, Jashodhara Dasgupta was the resource person. All the residents participated actively and got more knowledge about Transgender Act, and Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules 2020. The training was very interactive and participants also shared their views & experience and also asked questions to our facilitator and questions were answered.
Throughout this programme there were some interactive discussions of some designated persons like Prof. Dr. D.N. Goswami Sir, former Joint Director of CST Division and a specialist on HIV & AIDS; Dr. Shanta Dutta madam, director of NICED; Dr. Subrata Biswas Sir, Project Coordinator of NICED and Ms. Piyali Ghosh madam, Project Scientist B; Ms. Moumita Majumder Madam, District Project Manager of WBSAP&CS and other doctors and researchers where they share the real situations of India as well as West Bengal on the aspect of HIV & AIDS, equalization & zero discrimination of every human being and some National Strategy Plan for HIV & AIDS prevention and control. Three short films on the struggling story of our Garima Greh residents were also shown. Then a dance drama performance on how HIV affects a human life was also performed by Dance Group of Kolkata Rista.
On this occasion of World AIDS Day, we Team Kolkata Rista wear a red ribbon and lighted up candles lights to remember people who were devastated by this disease, particularly the LGBTQI+ people and people who lost their lives in the brunt of this epidemic and how far we’ve come, the work that's left. We also sang a song at the end by remembering the value of lost life.
Prevention is better than the cure especially when there is no cure! When the topic comes to spreading awareness residents of Garima Greh, Kolkata Rista never says no. Some glimpses of today's first phase of spreading awareness among people.
