Kudumbashree Kannur District Mission launches 'Cycling Club' for Balasabha members Updated On 2021-10-29
Kudumbashree Kannur District Mission has launched the first of its kind 'Cycling Club' for the Balasabha members in the district. The Cycling Club is named as 'Kudumbashree Cycling Club Kannur' (KCK). Kudumbashree Kannur District Mission formulated the concept of Cycling Club Formation aiming at the physical- mental health of the Balasabha members, gender equality and environment conservation.
There are 2446 Balasabhas in Kannur district, which has 37,039 students as members. In the first phase, Cycling Clubs would be formed at 50 Kudumbashree CDSs in the district. 1000 children would be included in these Cycling Clubs. Children between 10 and 18 years of age can take membership in these clubs. One club would have a maximum of 25 members. 'Riders Club' would be formed at the district level by including the best 200 children from the Cycling Clubs in the CDS level. Riding Competitions would be conducted for them. They would be uplifted as 'Amateur Racers' by arranging riding opportunities for them inside and outside the state.
The activity of extending training to those including Balasabha Resource Persons in three phases has already been started under the leadership of the Kannur Cycling Club. The District also aims to extend the activities of Cycling Clubs to Kudumbashree Auxiliary Groups for young women as well. It is expected that the interested would come forward to become part of the Cycle Club.
Balasabha is the federation of students formed under the leadership of Kudumbashree. Acquiring knowledge through entertainment, developing leadership qualities, nurturing co-operative attitude, raising aptitude towards science, helping in understanding democratic processes, ensuring participation in conserving the environment, and focusing on personality development of the students are some of the key aims of Balasabha. Children between 5 and 18 years of age can become members of Balasabha. As of now, there are 28,387 Balasabhas in Kerala, which has 3,95,401 students as members. Various programmes are formulated and are being implemented at the State level and every district as their own to achieve the objectives.