11 female volunteer mentors began mentoring relationships with 22 girls (14-16 years) at the Balakiyara Bala Mandira Government Home for Girls, in December 2011. We had our first review meeting on the first 3 months of mentoring, at the Infosys Mysore campus. In the first 3 months, a total of 80 mentor-mentee meeting happened, with mentors averaging 7 meetings each. In the 160 hours of mentoring that we did, the main focus was helping the girls get settled into these new relationships. Mentoring curriculum used was English and Life Skills.

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2.  Facilitate democratic and empowering mentoring
relationships between disadvantaged youth
populations and committed volunteer mentors, which
further the capabilities of such youth to pursue their
own valued goals and dreams.
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3.  Matches made: 11 mentors mentoring 22 girls
 Total number of meetings: 80
 Average number of meetings/mentor: 7
 Range of meetings: 5-11
 Total hours put into meetings: ~160 hours
 Curriculum used: English and Life Skills
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4.  The Youth Mentoring Survey (YMS) is the most
comprehensive measure of match relationship quality
(MRQ) available with published validity evidence.
 The YMS was designed to complement the
mentor-completed Match Characteristics
Questionnaire (MCQ), and strong correlations
between the two measures have been obtained.
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5.  The YMS measures relational and instrumental
(growth-focused) Match Relationship Quality (MRQ)
 The first section (25 items) measures relational
quality, instrumental quality, and prescription.
 The second section (22 items) assesses how much
match time is devoted to activities focused on
fun, sharing/relating, and learning/growing.
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6.  Internal Quality (higher percentages better)
 Relational scale - degree to which mentees feels
happy, close, satisfied with relationship : 79.81%
 Instrumental scale - the degree to which the youth perceives
growth benefits from the match: 81.82%
 Prescriptive – mentee does not feel that the mentor is too
prescriptive: 57.20%
 Focus/Structure of activities (higher percentages better)
 Fun - how much activities focus on hanging out and having
fun: 57.80%
 Sharing - how much activities focus on talking and sharing
emotionally: 68.44%
 Growth - how much activities focus on
academics, outlook, and character development: 83.94%
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7. Not true at all
0% A little true
9%
Not true at all
Pretty true A little true
23%
Pretty true
Very true
68% Very true
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8. Not true at
all
0% A little
true Not true at
13% all
Pretty A little
true true
14% Pretty true
Very true
73%
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9. Not true
Very true
at all
18% Not true at all
18%
A little true
Pretty true
18% A little true Pretty true
46%
Very true
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10. Not true at A little
all true
4% Pretty true 5%
14% Not true at
all
A little true
Very true Pretty true
77%
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11. Not true
Not true at at all
Very true all A little
32% 27% true
Pretty
true
A little
true
32%
Pretty true
9%
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12. Not true at A little true
all 9%
0%
Not
true at
all
A little
Pretty true true
Very true
36%
55%
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13. Not true at A little
all true Pretty true
9% 9% 9%
Not true at all
A little true
Pretty true
Very true Very true
73%
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14. A little true Not true at
0% all
5%
Not true at all
Very true A little true
45% Pretty true
Pretty true
50% Very true
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15. • My mentor focuses too much on school.
• Avg score: 3.41/5
• I wish my mentor would not try so hard to get me
to talk about things I don't want to talk about.
• Avg score: 2.41/5
• I wish my mentor would not get on my case so
much (about how I act, what I wear, etc.)
• Avg score: 2.19/5
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16. • Goof around and do things that make you laugh?
Half the Everytime More than
time 0% half the
5% time
9% Never
Less
than
Less than
half
half the time
the
Half the
time
time
4%
Never
82%
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17. • Do the thing that you really wanted to do that day
(your top choice)?
Never Less than
5% half the Never
time
9% Less than half the
Half time
Everytime the Half the time
45% time
18% More than half
More the time
than half Everytime
the time
23%
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18. • Other things we do score highly:
• Do new things--things you never did before you
got matched? Avg Score: 3.09/5
• Things we can do better at:
• Just hang out and do things like play games
together? Avg. score: 1.95/5
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19. • Talk about things you hope will happen in your life
(your hopes and dreams)?
Less than Never Half the Never
half the 0% time
time 5% Less than half
4%
the time
More than
half the Half the time
Everytime time
64% 27% More than half
the time
Everytime
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20. • Talk about any bad things that happen in your life?
More than Everytime
half the 9%
time Never
Half the
9%
time
5% Less than
half the
Less than Never
time
half the 68%
time
9%
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21. • Talk about how you are doing at school?
Half the time More than
9% half the time Never
14%
Less than half the
time
Half the time
Everytime More than half the
77% time
Everytime
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22. Talk about how to behave well and stay out of trouble
(self-control, making better
decisions, etc.)?
Never Less than
4% half the time
5%
Never
Half the
time
Less than half the
18%
Everytime time
Half the time
55%
More than
half the time
18%
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