120 #Youths Completes #SkillDevelopmentTraining @AxisBank

22 August 2017, Giridih: Rojgar Training Center (RTC), Giridih has felicitated its 120 youth trainees during a certification ceremony graced by Mr. Nirbhay Kumar Shahabadi (MLA, Giridih) as the chief guest. RTC, Giridih is one among 11 RTCs being run at 10 district headquarters of Jharkhand under Program for Sustainable Livelihood with support of Axis Bank Foundation, Mumbai.

Mr. Shahabadi has distributed course completion certificates among the trainees finished their three months training in the trades of BCA, Tally, DTP, Beautician, Electrician, Tailoring and General Duty Assistant. Just getting certificates can’t be any objective of this event but we hope for employment or self-employment for the youths, now equipped with various skills required for our livelihood purpose, the MLA opined during that function held at Red Cross Building, Giridih. Mr. Nirbhay Kr. Shahabadi has said that youths cover 63% population of India and our Government too executes many youth friendly schemes. He commended NBJK and Axis Bank Foundation for running such skill development program for youths, particularly for women/girls from rural background.

Dr. (Mrs.) Aarti Verma (Lecturer, R. K. Women’s College-Giridih) has appealed for hard work by the youths in search of job or to start own business as per their learnt skill. Other dignitaries like Mr. Devendra Prasad Singh (Head Master, JC Bose Girls’ High School), Dr. N. P. Nayar, Mr. Shailendra Kumar Sharma and Mr. Raj Kumar Pathak have expressed their views and encouraged the passing out trainees.

Earlier Mr. Anjani Kumar Sinha (Center In-charge) has welcomes all the guests and participants. He has assured for quality skill training among youths of Giridih by RTC. A team comprised by Messrs Anshumaan, Shreya Ghashal, Vikas Mishra, Pramod Kumar, Gudiya Kumari, Shilpa Kumari, Rumana Amzad, Rajkumar Pathak, Sadanand Prasad, Sunil Kumar has organized the program.

#NBJK Celebrates #IndependenceDay @India

Amrit Nagar, 15 August 2017: 71st Independence Day of the nation was celebrated with much zeal and passion at NBJK coordination office, head office, other branches and schools run by the organization. Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK) has hoisted the tricolor at coordination office and led the group recital of national anthem. He offered his best wishes to staffs, trainees and villagers on this occasion. Mr. Girija has addressed the audience briefly and mentioned about fundamental rights of Indian citizens including their freedom of speech & expression, right to life & liberty, movement & residence, freedom of religion etc. He said that still we counter various problems related to caste, communalism, superstition, misery of farmers, disparity with women, employment for youths, disaster management and all these need a combined effort to be subsided. He appealed young generation to get inspiration from the lives of great people for career making and nation building.

Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) has called the very stability of this independence as a challenge and stressed over individual empowerment to feel free and independent. He expressed deep concern over inadequate health facility in villages even after 70 years of independence. Mr. Satish stood by religious freedom with communal harmony and mentioned about people’s empowerment through NBJK programs.

Mr. Prabhu Nath Sharma (Treasurer, NBJK) has explained about three colors of our national flag and differentiated the freedom from being bridle less. He valued truthfulness, honesty and appealed the youths to work in favor of our motherland. There were about 100 people present on this occasion and the air was echoed with patriotic slogan as tribute to martyrs, freedom fighters. The program was anchored by Mr. Pravesh Singh (Assistant Manager).

Certification Ceremony for #RozgarTrainingCenterTrainees @AxisBank

Hazaribag, 14 August 2017: Around 200 trainees from 5th to 10th batches of Rozgar Training Centre (RTC) were distributed their course completion certificates in a simple ceremony organized under the Program of Sustainable Livelihood (PSL) with support of Axis Bank Foundation, Mumbai. Dr. B. P. Sinha (District RCH Officer), Mr. Rajiv Bagga (Proprietor, Kshitij & Aushman Hospitals), Dr. Mukesh Kumar (Lecturer of Economics, St. Columba’s College) and Mr. Anand Singh (Administrator, CP Plus Securities) were distinguished guests on the occasion.

Dr. B. P. Sinha has applauded the short term vocational courses offered by RTC and noticed about capacity building of youths, particularly women that provides them space for employability. Mr. Rajiv Bagga has called RTC as an important learning center for rural youths and appreciated its Bed Side Patient Attendant (BSPA) course that enables many to get jobs in health sector. Mr. Anand Singh has encouraged the trainees and offered them jobs at his organization. Learning of professional skills is must to have economic self-reliance and RTC adds an edge to such aspirants, Dr. Mukesh Kumar said during his address. Few trainees like Laxmi, Rachna, Lalita, Shama, Ajit, Abhishek too have shared their experiences during the gathering.

It’s significant that RTC runs 3 months short but practical courses in the trades of BSPA, Beautician, Tailoring, Computer Software-Hardware and Mobile Repair for youths. Normally 75% of them get placement and some others start their own business also. The RTC team by Mr. Rupesh Mallik (Center In-Charge), Mr. Kirti Rawat (Placement Officer), Mr. Ankit Anurag, Mr. Lalan Saw, Mr. Subodh Kumar, Mrs. Shalini Jha,  Mrs. Anjana Sinha and Mrs. Sunita Kumari (all faculties) were present in the event.

#AwarenessCampaign during #WorldBreastfeeding Week @UNICEFIndia @planGlobal @Plan_India

01 August 2017, Hazaribag: UNICEF, Department of Social Welfare, Plan International and NBJK have started a combined awareness campaign across Hazaribag district during World Breastfeeding Week from 1 – 7 August. The campaign van with audio-visual publicity materials was flagged off by Ms Garima Singh (Trainee IAS Officer) and Mrs. Veena Kumari (District Social Welfare Officer, Hazaribag).

Dr. Vijay Shankar Das (Civil Surgeon, Hazaribag), Mr. Ashwini Chaurasiya (Regional Coordinator, UNICEF), Mr. Sanjay Prasad (District Child Protection Officer, Hazaribag), Mr. Ranjan Kumar (Program Manager, NBJK) and Mr. Alok Toppo (Asst. Program Manager, NBJK) were present on this occasion to goodbye the Campaign Van. The van with volunteer will cross through more than 100 villages of Hazaribag Sadar (rural & urban areas), Churchu, Katkamsaandi, Daroo, Vishnugarh, Daari, Katkamdaag and Barhi blocks of Hazaribag district.

Its objective is to promote breastfeeding for babies & small children by making people, especially mothers aware about inbuilt immunity potential of mothers’ milk and its benefits for children. We want to disseminate the message that only mother’s milk should be provided to babies up to 6 months of age and also other important topics like nutritional food, vaccination, clean drinking water, growth monitoring, cleanliness & hygiene will be covered under the campaign, Mr. Alok Toppo has informed.

State Level Workshop on #RPDACT2016 @CBMIndia @ActionVillageIn @BigLotteryFund @CarersWorldwide

26 July 2017, Ranchi: A state level workshop on Rights of People with Disabilities Act 2016 was held at Project Bhawan, Dhurwa under the joint auspices of NBJK, CBM-Bangalore, AusAid and the Department of Women-Child Development & Social Securities, Government of Jharkhand. This was inaugurated by Mr. Satish Chandra (State Disability Commissioner, Jharkhand) in presence of Mr. Chittaranjan Kumar (Add. Secy., Dept. of WCD & SS, Govt. of Jharkhand), Mr. Nirad Bag (SPO, CBM-Bangalore), Mrs. Kanchan Singh (DSWO, Ranchi) and Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK).

The State Disability Commissioner has said that after introducing 21 types of disabilities, there may be 5-7% population of PwDs and they need support from the law. Mr. Prasaana Kumar Pincha (Ex-Chief Disability Commissioner, Govt. of India & currently Special Rapporteur with National Human Rights Commission) was the resource person for this program.  He explained about the RPD Act including its background, features, classification, structure, central rules, benefits, monitoring etc. Also he suggested for state rules and discussed about Disability Assessment Guidelines to be issued by the central and state governments.

Initially Mr. Anand Abhinav (Program Director, NBJK) has welcomed all the dignitaries, participants and said that the new law over rights of PwDs seeks proper understanding and rules on part of Jharkhand. This workshop will facilitate towards elements of the law and we may reach to a consensus for future course of action accordingly, he mentioned. Mr. Girija Satish has briefed about NBJK programs and requested the state government to frame disable friendly rules to avoid delay in required services.

Mr. Nirad Baag has stressed upon inclusive development of PwDs and their CBR to ensure dignity for them. We are proud that CBM has completed 100 years of its existence and support differently able people in 59 countries, he informed. Mrs. Kanchan Singh has called for empathy instead of sympathy for PwDs while Mr. Chittaranjan Kumar has assured for rules on part of the state government, restructuring of DDRCs, Online registration of PwDs and initiative for disable friendly building construction. He said that a separate directorate for PwDs affairs can be constituted soon.

Mr. Dilshad Azmal (Program Manager, NBJK) has anchored the dais and the workshop was concluded after vote of thanks by Mr. Vivek Singh (Disability Activist). There were more than 150 participants in the workshop from NGOs and DPOs (Disable People Organizations) across 21 districts of Jharkhand.

#MotivationTalk to Skill for Life Trainees @WeAreSwades @HSBC

24 July 2017, Amrit Nagar: A local young writer and teacher Mr. Manoj Kumar Kushwaha has shared his motivation clues with the trainees of Skill for Life program with support of Swades Foundation, Mumbai. The program provides skill development training to rural youths in the trades of Basic Computer Application, Mobile Repair and Bed Side Patient Attendant while Mr. Manoj Kr. Kushwaha has written a book “Safal Kaise Banen” in Hindi and offers inspiring classes among students.

He organized the day with different sessions and explained about many subtle concepts like introspection, self-confidence, interview, time management, awareness, enthusiasm, patience, discipline, wisdom, thought process, duties-rights, interest, curiosity, self-respect etc. before the youths. He motivated them about their personality development when learning new skills for livelihood purpose. This is a lifelong progression and adds something vital to us, he said during the talk. Mr. Kushwaha has warned the participants about risk of getting rights only without performing duties and said that merely rights may spoil our output to address any problem. My duties are equally important to balance the system and enable it to perform in a positive way, he clarified.

The young teacher has talked about Yoga also and said that any knowledge needs practice to get its significance. There were questions from the youth trainees through question-answer session and the teacher has tried to satisfy such queries smoothly. Total 45 youths (24 females) have participated in this special class.

#NBJKPresident addresses #Colloquium at #AzimPremjiUniversity @azimpremjiunive

21 July 2017, Bangalore: Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK) was invited by Azim Premji University to deliver his lecture in a colloquium. This was held at the university campus and more than 200 students, their faculties and directors of schools have participated in this seminar. Mr. Subrat Kumar Mishra (Faculty, Field Practice) has anchored the program and introduced Mr. Girija Satish before the audience. Mr. Mishra has briefed about the background of NBJK, its philosophy and practices under the guidance of Mr. Girija Satish, a follower of Gandhi, Vinoba and JP.

Mr. Girija Satish has recalled the year 1966-67 when he joined drought relief work in villages of Kalahandi district in Orissa and other places of Bihar. Also he shared about the activities for promotion of Gandhian thoughts in the campus of BIT Sindri, a premier engineering college then where he studied and formed a group of likeminded friends, who played significant role to start NBJK later. In 1970, all they met JP and decided to begin NBJK as their future course of life. NBJK president has talked about students’ movement in Bihar, imprisonment, nationwide emergency and initial support by Oxfam to Food for Work program. He talked about Lok Samiti, issues of land reform, women empowerment, social evils and campaigns like Right to Work (1989), Bihar Jagran Yatra (1992) to make the system sensible towards development.

Mr. Girija Satish has stressed upon integrated approach of development, NBJK believes in and follows through a number of programs in the areas of education, health, livelihood, support to small NGOs, people’s organization and advocacy. He mentioned about such programs, their implication and said that development doesn’t mean increasing production or providing sufficient health & education facilities merely but this happens by individual development and makes us with positive mindset. He appealed the youths to be value focused, to avoid liquor/drugs and imitation of West. Mr. Girija stated that caste, communalism and regionalism are enemies of freedom required by our youths and women. Practically all religious faiths disseminate the universal message of love, non-violence and truth but communalism hampers our development deeply, he pointed out.

NBJK president has opposed liquor, superstition and said that Building India comprehends some vital aspects like adequate employment, health, education, agro/small industries, thrust over individual scheme, guaranteed price for farmers’ products, rational mechanization and promotion of private sector intervention to run schools or health centers. The colloquium was much live and students have asked several questions addressed by Mr. Girija Satish.

#FamilyCounselingCenter Sub-Committee Meeting @MinistryWCD

21 July 2017, Hazaribag: Central Social Welfare Board, New Delhi and Jharkhand State Social Welfare Board, Ranchi supported Family Counseling Center (FCC) by NBJK has organized it’s Sub-Committee meeting at the premises of Women Police Station, Hazaribag. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Kumar (Circle Inspector of Police).

The Sub-Committee members have suggested for proper investigation of the cases at FCC, their reconciliation in presence of police officer-advocate and process documentation with needed signatures to reach a judicious end for any family dispute. Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Kumar has offered for continuous support by Women PS to FCC if needed for any difficult case. Mrs. Meera Gupta (Senior Counselor, FCC) has presented the quarterly status report of FCC for May-July 2017 before the members.

She said that total 31 cases have been registered at FCC during the period and 11 of those were settled with our effort. These cases are of different natures like extra-marital relation & polygyny (4), In-laws dispute (3), dowry (1), land dispute (1), alcoholism (8), property encroachment (1), marital dispute (7), neighborhood dispute (2) and others (4), Mrs. Gupta has explained.

The meeting was participated by Mrs. Emeltina Ekka (In-Charge, Women PS), Mrs. Swarnlata Kujur (Sadar PS), Mr. Tulsi Dubey, Mr. Arvind Jha (Advoctes), Mr. Chandan Kumar, Mr. Sachin Paswan, Mrs. Meenu Hansda (Social Workers) and Mr. Sanjay Kumar (Counselor, FCC).

Orientation Course for Counsellors of #FamilyCounsellingCentre @MinistryWCD

4 – 6 July 2017, Lucknow: 3 days Orientation Course on Counselling was organized for Counsellors working at Family Counselling Centres (FCCs) run by VOs with support of Central & State Social Welfare Boards. The training was provided by Lucknow based Regional Centre of National Institute of Public Cooperation & Child Development and NBJK was represented by Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Counsellor at FCC.

There were 23 trainee Counsellors from FCCs in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkharnd as participants of this programme and they have been oriented towards the topics like Violence against Women in India, Draft National Policy on Women 2016, FCC: An Overview and Resource Persons have facilitated a discussion on problems of FCCs. Also they provided a comprehensive idea over counselling and guided the trainees about their roles & responsibilities with effective functioning of FCC in context of any family dispute. There were sessions and Role Plays on Stress/Anxiety/Depression Management, Maintenance of Records & Case files and Effective Counselling also.

Dr. N. Khan (Assistant Director, NIPCCD), Shri Mukesh Kumar (Asst. Director, NIPCCD), Dr. Rakesh Kumar Tripathi (Associate Prof., KGMU), Ms. Preeta Srivastava (Secretary, SSWB, UP), Ms. Namrata Chauhan (Clinical Psychologist) and Shri R. B. Pandey (Counsellor, CBCID) were resource persons for the programme.