Everything you need to deliver

The 20-minute delivery training

You don't need to be an expert — you need to be prepared, warm, and safe. Here's the whole job.

1. Your role

You are a facilitator, not a lecturer. Your job is to make one idea land and one action feel doable — how to file an RTI, why to get a thalassemia test, what a child should do if a touch feels wrong. Follow the deck; it's been reviewed for accuracy so you don't have to carry that alone.

2. The golden rules (non-negotiable)

• A school teacher is present the whole time. You are never alone with children — not in a room, not in a corridor, not for photos.
• Stick to the script on sensitive topics. For child safety, thalassemia and blood donation, say what the deck says. Don't improvise medical or legal specifics.
• Protect privacy. No identifiable photos of children without the school's and parents' consent. When in doubt, photograph the activity, not faces.
• Be inclusive and calm. No shaming, no religion/politics, no scary imagery. Meet students where they are.

3. How to run the session

1. Arrive early and check the projector/board with the teacher. Have a no-tech backup (the script works without slides).
2. Open with a real situation, not a definition. "Your street light has been off for a month — what can you actually do?"
3. Do one thing together. Fill a sample RTI, role-play saying "no" to an unsafe touch, plan a home waste-segregation habit. Doing beats telling.
4. Close with one action each student can take this week, and where to learn more (point them to the learning portal).

4. If a child discloses harm — the protocol

During a child-safety session, a student may disclose abuse. This is serious and you must handle it right:

• Stay calm and believe them. Don't interrogate, don't promise secrecy, don't react with shock.
• Do not investigate. Your job is to listen briefly and hand over — not to gather evidence.
• Report immediately to the present teacher and the school's designated child-protection contact. Under the POCSO Act, reporting is mandatory; the school leads the formal steps.
• Childline is 1098 — the free, 24/7 child helpline — if the school needs guidance or a child needs urgent help.
• Write down what was said (the child's words, not your interpretation) and give it to the school contact.

5. After the session

Log the visit on your volunteer dashboard — school, date, topics, students reached, and a note for the next volunteer. That's how we keep quality high and see our collective impact.