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STOP had conducted a Spot Test for its students engaged in Indira Lahiri Scholarship Programme in both of its Communities, Tigri and Tughlakabad on the 22nd of March, 2024. The question papers were made in two sets, one catering to the 3rd to 5th, and another for 6th to 8th standards respectively. The ones who came first from both the standards in both the Communities were awarded with a Certificate of Performance by STOP’s Advisor, Retired IAS Officer and Chief Information Commissioner, Sh. Amitava Bhattacharyya.

STOP organized two Roundtable Conferences in the month of March, 2024, on “Developing Action Plans for Inclusion and Economic Empowerment of Women“, on the 13th and 27th of March, respectively. Its partners, hailing from different grassroots level NGOs located in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, came to actively attend and form the Action Plans, on the former and latter aforementioned dates, respectively. In total, around 50 NGOs collaborated with STOP in both these events. The reports are attached in the reports section of this website, and the photos are attached below.

On 27th of December 2023, Retired IAS Officer, Chief Information Commissioner and currently the Advisor of STOP, Amitava Bhattacharyya Sir, had come on a visit to both the Community Centres of STOP, namely Tigri and Tughlakabad. He honoured our students by giving them winter clothes to be worn in school so that the severe cold of Delhi never stops them to study to fulfill their wishes, missions, passions and goals.

 On 3rd November 2023, Thousand Dreams was invited to put up a range of their products on sale in the Diwali mela organised by United Airlines in Cyber-greens. Our team, after weeks of preparations, produced a wide range of apparels including skirts, stoles and tote bags with home furnishings such as cushion covers and table runners for the stall. We utilised some of our previous stock as well, out of which, we were able to sell a kantha stole. Our approximate sale was ₹2400. Alongside us, there were three to four more stalls in other corners, with similar cause driven initiative for profit. The experience allowed us to have a first-hand overview of the preferences of the corporate customer pool.

In Tigri and Tughlakabad, our Communities, the members and students celebrated the Festival of Lights through numerous activities, including the decoration and lighting of Diyas and Mehendi Making Competition.

On 28^th October 2023, an engaging talk by the Founders of the ‘She Is Not Your Rehab’ (Matt Brown and Sarah Brown) was organized by the New Zealand High Commission from 11am -12.30pm. Two of STOP’s members, namely Ms. Smritikana Ghosh Paul (Senior Programme Manager) and Ms. Sakshi Gaur (Counsellor) attended the event. It focused on the importance of innovative domestic violence prevention and the founders’ personal experiences. A question was posed by Ms. Gaur around the future implications of the movement and the ways in which the founders plan to grow it further. Matt translated his own healing journey into a message of personal responsibility, behaviour change and healing for men so they may step more deeply into connected, healthy, nourishing relationships which do not continue the cycle of violence. The event reached its finale with introduction of their book “She is Not Your Rehab”, showing Matt’s own story and those of his clients; their survival, healing and turning into new leaves, ready to embark unto peaceful, altruistic relationships.

Durga Puja, a major festival held in India as well as world over, was celebrated by our tiny tots in Tigri, wherein a drawing session of the Devi’s (Goddess’s) face was held with great joy and pleasure.