As stated in the mission of our college: “we accompany and mentor our students so that they develop as women of competence, compassion and conscience, and empowered with ignited minds and hearts, pursue the goal of transformation of our society”. At JMC, our objective is to enable our students to realize their potential and self-worth so that they evolve as leaders and transforming agents who make a significant contribution in all spheres of national and global life. In pursuit of this objective, Jesus and Mary College organizes extension activities that sensitize students towards community issues, gender disparities, social inequity etc. and inculcate social values and commitment to society.

OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

NDMC Project

In 2018, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed to increase cooperation between Jesus and Mary College, New Delhi (JMC) and New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) in areas of mutual interest. Implementation of the Program Activities in this MOU aims to help Jesus and Mary College and New Delhi Municipal Corporation to enrich NP Co-ed Senior Secondary School, Bapu Dham, through transformative practices, multi-level interventions and collaborative partnerships.

Jesus and Mary College has been actively engaging in various activities at the N.P. Co-Ed Senior Secondary School. The focus of the activities has been to generate long term synergies between the School and the College for the welfare of students attending the school. The areas identified for intervention are language, mathematics, environmental issues, psychological and physical health, sports, computer literacy, and networking with agencies who are already working in the area and can contribute to the school. The interventions aim to help the school fully utilize its existing resources and in order to make the impact of interventions sustainable, we facilitate teacher training and work on school culture that promotes enquiry and inclusive growth of students and teachers. A team of 91 student volunteer and 23 teachers have been working toward conducting baseline surveys for initial assessment and implementing various impact oriented initiatives in the mentioned areas. The activities so far have focused on the following areas:

National Service Scheme (NSS)

National Service Scheme is a Central Sector Scheme of Government of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. It aims to develop the personality of student volunteers through community services and to become a sensitive and responsible human being who is aware of the socio-economic realities of India. The thrust areas of NSS unit in JMC include: Women Safety and Cleanliness Drive- Clean and no plastic campus.

Women’s Studies Center (WSC)

The society aims to bring about awareness and sensitivity in the students by instilling in them the desire to work for an equitable, safe and just society for women. Various activities were organised such as poster making, photography competitions, debates and panel discussions with eminent personalities and several courses on related themes are also offered. Society also releases an annual magazine and a bi-annual newsletter and organizes its annual festival Jagriti on International Women’s day.

Jesus and Mary College Education Programme (JMCEP)

JMCEP is an initiative which involves reaching out to the children of the lower economic groups in the neighborhood community (Bapu Dham). The children attending regular school come to the college premises twice a week where JMC students provide them with one-on-one help with their school curriculum and create awareness over important issues of cleanliness, sanitation, disease control, fundamental rights, safety etc. through fun activities including Diwali party, New Year celebrations, movie screening and an Annual event called JMCEP Day where the children are encouraged to showcase their talents.

Enactus JMC

Enactus JMC, formerly known as SIFE (Students In Free Enterprise) JMC is a Social Entrepreneurship society which aims at empowerment of people from marginalized and underprivileged sections by helping them become entrepreneurs. Since its inception, Enactus JMC team has undertaken various projects that left an indelible mark on the target segments. Two current projects – Project Dhara and Project Iffat were shortlisted in the top 12 teams across the world for the World Water Race Competition.

All India Catholic University Federation (AICUF)

AICUF is a national level university students’ movement. The AICUF unit at Jesus and Mary College organises various socially relevant and personality development-oriented programmes for its members through which the students get practical exposure to the day-to-day living of the underprivileged and the marginalised. Among several other initiatives, in 2017, AIFUC along with NSS was at the forefront of coordinating the collection of aid from the students of JMC for those displaced in the catastrophic floods that occurred in Kerala.

Green society

With the aim to promote the ethos of preservation and protection of our environment and to instill a feeling of responsibility for a better, greener and cleaner environment, the Green Society conducts initiatives like: plantation drives, competitions (both online and Offline) and activities like sale of plastic alternatives that promote use of bio-degradable, environment friendly materials, talks by eminent speakers, excursions to areas in and around Delhi, screening of documentaries and campaigns on social media etc. As a result, the students have started focusing on car pools, water conservation, conservation of electricity, avoidance of food wastage and litter, minimum use of plastic, and have started participating actively in debates and paper presentation on topics related with Environment theme.

National Cadet Corps (NCC)

The Youth wing of Indian Armed Forces train young students to live a life of discipline and service to society through various activities including residential training camps. JMC unit of NCC has been actively participating in various camps/activities and have won many awards.

Research and Outreach-JMC Economics Association

The Research/Outreach cell of the Department of Economics has initiated a project in the neighboring slum cluster known as Sanjay Camp in 2018. The main objective of this initiative is to instilling social responsibility amongst the students of the department and training students in research techniques to bring about social change. As an initial step, a field survey was conducted to collect data on several parameters covering Health, Education, sanitation, household assets and other demographic characteristics. A total of 78 households were covered in this round with a total of more than 391 respondents. The survey helped identify key areas for intervention and the project team now aims to work on issues of sanitation, menstrual hygiene and awareness in the slum through a collaborative network between the Anganwadis, slum dwellers and the research team.

On the 27th September,2019 the team an conducted an outreach programme for the women in Sanjay camp . It included a skit on Menstrual hygiene and taboos around it in collaboration with KAHKASHA (The Dramatics Society) followed by an engaging talk on Menstruation, Contraceptives, Legal Rights and laws relating to women (including Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, and Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013).

EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

Jesus and Mary College organizes extension activities in the neighborhood community that sensitize students towards community issues, gender disparities, social inequity etc. and inculcate social values and commitment to society. Extension activities carried out by student societies are as follows: