Skill Opens #SelfReliance for Savitri @ActionVillageIn

2 November, Koderma: Ms. Savitri Kumari (23 years), an orthopedically disadvantaged young girl from Village-Kolgarma, Panchayat-Kolgarma, Block-Koderma, and District-Koderma (Jharkhand) was identified as a beneficiary under Disability Rights Program by NBJK with support of AVI-BLF,UK. She is fifth daughter of her farmer parents Mrs. Sauli Devi and Mr. Dwarika Yadav.

As Savitri grown up with crutches and got education till intermediate amid challenges, she was promoted under the program of Disability Rights in Koderma district by NBJK. When Savitri was offered any skill development training, she opted for tailoring and Mrs. Kanchan Singh (NBJK field worker) has arranged trainers within her access. Also she was encouraged to join Self-Help Group for Disabled People namely Krishna Viklang Vikas Samuh in her area. Now Savitri earns Rs. 1500-2000 per month by making clothes and tailoring training for adolescent girls in her village.

She has applied for government support under Swami Vivekanand Pension Scheme for PwDs in Jharkhand. Savitri thanks NBJK for such back-up. Mr. Vinod Rana (District Coordinator, NBJK) has appreciated the young girl who didn’t surrender before obstacles and became an inspiration for many more.

#ToystoChildren at LBHC @KarunaShechen

26 October, Bodhgaya: SKB-the Netherlands founded and NBJK managed Lord Buddha Home for Children, Bodhgaya has received 24 kinds of different toys and game items in 51 numbers for its children from Karuna-Shechen, Bodhgaya. The orphan children of LBHC have got racket, bat, shuttle cork, flying disk, doll, football, kaleidoscope, ludo and many other toys to play and enjoy together.

During a formal ceremony, Mr. Tripurari Prasad Singh (Assistant Program Manager, LBHC) has distributed the toys among children of Lord Buddha Home for Children and briefed about children oriented works of Karuna-Shechen, founded by Mr. Matthieu Ricard in 2000 and provides health care, education and social services for the under-served people of India, Nepal and Tibet. On behalf of the LBHC management and children, Mr. Singh has thanked Karuna-Shechen for such contribution to make children delighted and cheerful at LBHC.

The children were much happy to get the toys of interest and expressed their feelings of joy by playing with those together.

Training for Office-bearers of #DSHGs @ActionVillageIn

26-27 October, Hazaribag: An orientation training was organized for the office-bearers of Disable Self-Help Groups and concerned volunteers/project staffs under Disability Rights program with support of AVI-BLF, UK. Mrs. Sujata Prasad (Program Manager) has initiated the occasion and called DSHGs as a tool helpful to self-reliance of PwDs. A strong SHG by challenged people can be a platform for them to dilute their complexities differently, she assured the trainees.

As the resource person, Mr. Sudhir Upadhyay (Dist. Manager, SHGs) has introduced the theme of sustainability within SHGs and discussed about membership, meeting minutes, leaders & their roles, saving, internal lending, bye-laws etc. Also he talked about illiteracy, minimum accounting, fund management and collective decision for groups, where they may face problem to run smoothly. On second day, Mr. Ashutosh Mishra (State Coordinator, SHGs) and Mr. Vikas Mishra (Loan Officer, SHGs) have demonstrated over documentation of group activities through Passbook, Saving & Loan Register, Interest Calculation & Recording, Bank Linkage etc. They insisted for commitment by group members towards longevity of any SHG being operational under the program of Disability Rights.

There were 39 participants from Giridih and Hazaribag districts in the training. Mr. Annu Kumar, Mr. Om Prakash Gupta, Mr. Sujit Mishra, Mr. Santosh Gautam and Mr. Shailendra Sharma have supported for preparation. Remaining office-bearers of DSHGs from Gaya, Nawada and Koderma districts will get the orientation in November 2016.

#DeafblindChildren Enjoy Outing @senseindia

25 October, Hazaribag: A joyful outing was organized for deafblind children under the program of Services for them with support of Sense India, Ahmedabad. There were 40 children and their parents/carers in the event organized at Swarn Jayanti Park Cafeteria campus in Hazaribag.

Md. Nayeem (Asst. Program Manager) has led them for this picnic and said that such children deserve outing to share their feelings, mostly blocked within four walls of their houses. At the park, all children and their parents have participated in interesting activities like drawing, games, swings and others. All they talked to each other, spent quality time and had a tasteful lunch together. NBJK provides them home/center based services for activities of daily living, physiotherapy, reading/writing skills, braille script, sign language, communication, cognition, socialization etc. and cooperate with their parents for caring of such children.

Its significant that NBJK has been working with deafblind children since the year 2009 under guidance of Sense India and trying to reduce daily hurdles from innocent lives. Mr. Paras Nath Mahto (Special Teacher), Mr. Mukesh Kumar Suman (Physiotherapist), Mrs. Rashmi Parveen, Mrs. Tanuja Khatoon and Mrs. Indu Gupta (Field Staffs) have contributed to the event.

School Intervention with Quiz on #Disability @ActionVillageIn

14 October, Ichak (Hazaribag):   Multiple questions around disability like it’s myths & realities, causes & prevention, laws & entitlements were addressed by students during a quiz held under Disability Rights program. The quiz was organized at Upgraded High School in Teuj village of Ichak block in Hazaribag. There were 88 participants of class X in the event who have tried their best to respond the volley of questions related to disability.

After proper evaluation of each respondent, five girl students namely Manisha Kumari, Sapna Kumari, Nidhi Kumari, Sejal Kumari and Savita Kumari were declared winners. They received prizes and appreciation on behalf of the school. Mrs. Sujata Prasad (Program Manager) has mentioned about social obligation of each of us towards persons with disability and appealed to promote an inclusive society with space for PwDs. The school management has welcomed the approach for rights to disabled and cooperated for quiz amid students.

The program team of Mr. Annu Kumar (District Coordinator), Mr. Om Prakash Gupta (Block Coordinator), Mr. Bhuwaneshwar Prasad (Field Worker) and Mr. Sudip Kumar (MIS Coordinator) has arranged the event.                   

Workshop on #Disability&CBR @CBMIndia

29 September, Dumka: A workshop on Disability was organized under CBR program with support of CBM India & DFAT, Australia. The stakeholders like Mukhiya, Aanganwadi Sewika, Sahiya, Teachers of Government Primary School, CwDs & Parents from all 10 blocks of Dumka district have participated in this workshop.

The occasion has aimed to sensitize Government and PRIs towards Disability and community based rehabilitation of the sufferers. District Child Protection Officer Mr. Amrendra Yadav has praised CBR related groundwork by NBJK and its effort to make Disability, an issue to be addressed differently. The DCPO has assured for all cooperation and to work together for CwDs. During the workshop, 12 PwDs have been provided aids & appliances like tricycle, hearing aid and cane along with a grant of Rs. 5000 for each to initiate any livelihood activity of their choice like tea stall, betel/grocery shop, toy center etc.

Mr. Kumar Rajan (Program Coordinator) has outlined the CBR program across 10 blocks of Dumka district which capacitates challenged people inclusively for community based rehabilitation and self-reliance. NBJK identifies them, provides skill development training and a small amount of money also, if they begin something new in their lives, he said. There were around 200 people present in the workshop.

Workshop on #FinancialInclusion & Literacy @AxisBank

30 September, Hazaribag: There was a workshop upon Financial Inclusion and Literacy held under the Program of Sustainable Livelihood with support of Axis Bank Foundation, Mumbai. This aimed to promote self employment among youths completed or carry on skill dev. training at Rojgar Training Centers.

Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) has welcomed all on this occasion and briefed about programs of the organization. Mr. Akhilesh Chandra Jha (Branch Manager, Axis Bank) has favored technical skills for youths and said about post training role of banks to provide capital for any self-employment initiative. Mr. V. B. Nayak (DDM, NABARD) has assured the trainees for financial support under Mudra/Startup/Standup India if they want to convert their skill into entrepreneurship. He discussed about PM Jandhan Scheme/Bima Suraksha Scheme/Atal Pension Scheme/Crop Insurance Scheme etc. and motivated the youths to have financial literacy. Mr. Nayak has thrown light over inter-bank linkage, tracking of trainees by NGOs and relevance of Adhar card for available services. Mr. Ashish Chakravorty (Fin. Literacy & Counseling Center) has appreciated women SHGs by NBJK and appealed youths of Skill training program to get basic knowledge of banking sector if they want financial support for self-employment.

These bank officers have replied to various questions came from the youths. The workshop was anchored by Mr. Kaushal Kishor (State Manager, PSL) and a team of Mr. Kirti Rawat, Mr. Lalan Saw and Mr. Subodh Kumar from RTC, Hazaribag has supported the event.

School Quiz for Awareness & Sensitization around #Disability @ActionVillageIn

28-29 September, Churchu & Katkamsaandi (Hazaribag): Under school intervention activities of AVI-BLF, UK supported Disability Rights program, a quiz was organized at Government High School, village-Aango in Churchu block on 28 September. There were 124 students participated in the quiz competition with common questions around disability like it’s myths & realities, causes & prevention, laws & entitlements and entitlements available for CwDs/PwDs. Mr. Roshan A. Marandi (Principal In-Charge) and teachers have offered their full cooperation to hold the event. The students namely Kauleshwar Mahto, Shambhu Kumar and Vinod Kumar Mirdha (all from Class X) were declared 1st, 2nd and 3rd among the participants.

On 29 September, another quiz competition took place at Government High School, village-Datokala in Katkamsaandi block of Hazaribag district. The theme was almost same and 39 students have joined the question-answer session in presence of Mrs. Sujata Prasad (Program Manager) who emboldened the teachers and students interested to know more about Disability. Mantu Kumar Singh, Jitendra Turi and Shanika Munda were winners ranked first, second and third during the quiz. The program team comprised of Mr. Annu Kumar (District Coordinator), Mr. Om Prakash Gupta (Block Coordinatoor), Mr. Sudip Kumar Sinha (MIS Coordinator), Mr. Shailesh Kumar (Microcredit Officer), Mr. Sujit Mishra (Block Coordinator) and Mrs. Neelam Sharma (Field Worker) has organized the events.

#TrainingforVOs on Office Management, Documentation and Project Proposal @bread4theworld

27-28 September, Hazaribag: NBJK Network Voluntary Organizations from Jharkhand and Bihar were offered 2 days residential training on Office Management, Documentation and Project Proposal Writing. They have been provided an idea to run a formal office set up and the documents needed by any VO for its active continuation.

Mr. Shankar Rana (Asst. Program Manager) has shared new developments related to legal obligations for VOs with a discussion over FCRA, Audit and Annual Report etc. He demonstrated proper scheme of filing and digital copies of all requisites. Mrs. Nalini (Advance Planning, NBJK) has presented a basic outline for project proposal writing and pointed out some common reasons behind any negation for proposals. She has alerted upon criteria, survey, budget plus outcome for a proposal and suggested to avoid any aerial design of work. During exercise session, the VOs have practiced to come forward with such ideas.

There were 24 VOs in the training represented by their Secretaries or capable staffs. Mr. Rajiv Singh has coordinated the training took place under the program of Support to Social Activists with BFW, Germany.