Vishal Benhur

Experience

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  Snehasadan Boys Home - India

  Aug 2022 - Nov 2022

  Student Volunteer

  Snehasadan boy Shelter home is a place for underserved kids, where children from class 1 to PUC are nurtured and taken care of by the authorities of the organisation. The organisation is equipped with well designed classroom setting in their hostels for education purposes as well as playgrounds for extra-curricular sportive activities. - I volunteered in Training the children in several activities and lessons such as soft skills, Anger management sessions.- Spent time on taking sessions in Team building skills and activities.- Psychoeducation and the importance of mental health and helping nature among groups.- Conducted Group discussions, and group engagement activities.- Facilitated in conducting Sports and games focused on teamwork and collaborative agency.- Creative art based activities and session teaching several artwork presentation. - Focused sessions on Perspective-taking, Empathy and conflict resolution. Show less

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  Hope Arpana Positive People Effective Network (HAPPEN)

  May 2023 - Jul 2023

  Summer Internship

  Interned with a focus on Observership, experiential learning and technical support.HAPPEN is an NGO funded and supported by NACO and APSACS in order halt the spread of HIV based in Guntur - AP. HAPPEN is a Community based organisation turned Target Intervention based NGO, specifically working closely with Migrants population.- Volunteered in serving the organisation in several tasks and activities over a period of 30 days.- Facilitated the organisation and the staff with documentation process of success stories of people living with HIV(PLHIV) working as employees in the organisation. - Participated in several Weekly staff meeting and observed working procedure of the TI centres working under NACO and APSACS.- Helped the organisation in conducting the HIV testing at Spinning mills during field visits.- Helped in logistics and technical support during the field visits to different intervention sites such as - Construction sites, stone quarries, spinning mills.- Observed and interacted in the counselling process with a newly tested positive patient along with the respective ANM worker.- Attended a session on HIV/AIDS contraction methods and Treatment methods led by the ANM Counsellor from the organisation organised for the spinning mills migrant workers. Show less

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  Christ School (State) - India

  Jul 2023 - Mar 2024

  Trainee Counseling Psychologist
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  Anantha Academy For Special Education

  May 2024 - now

  Psychologist