Mr. Girija Satish Inaugurates Lok Samiti Convention, Visits AGYVS

06 December, Hazaribagh: Mr. Girija Satish (President, National Lok Samiti & NBJK) has inaugurated Muzaffarpur District Lok Samiti Convention at the auditorium of Akhil Gramin Yuva Vikas Samiti (AGYVS), Mani Fulkahan, Kanti, Muzaffarpur (Bihar).

He offered flowers over the portrait of Loknayak Jay Prakash, the founder of Lok Samiti and remembered his thoughts regarding empowerment of common people. Mr. Girija Satish appealed the delegates to work collectively to strengthen the ideals of JP.

Ms. Kumari Jyotsana (Ex-Director, NYK), Mr. Kaushal Ganesh Azad (National Coordinator, Lok Samiti), Mr. Chandrabhushan (National Secretary, Lok Samiti) and Mr. Shivji Singh (General Secretary, Bihar State Lok Samiti) have graced the event.

Soon after, Mr. Girija Satish arrived at the office of AGYVS where its secretary Mr. Subodh Kumar Pandey & other office bearers have honoured him warmly with garlands, turban & memento. Mr. Girija Satish has dedicated Loknayak Jay Prakash Narayan block of AGYVS training building to people, observed different activities of the organization and expressed his happiness over the development.

The above mentioned events took place on 28th November 2022.

It’s noteworthy that AGYVS is an old network VO with NBJK in Bihar and earlier got supported with fellowship & capacity building initiatives under its Small Group Support Program. Also its secretary Mr. Subodh Pandey is a strong pillar of Muzaffarpur district unit of Lok Samiti.

Jharkhand Pradesh Sarvodaya Mandal Meets at Ranchi

04 December 2022, Ranchi: The meeting of Jharkhand Pradesh Sarvodaya Mandal held at NBJK, Ranchi.

A contributory unit namely Jharkhand State Sarvodaya Mitra Mandal has been formed during the meeting and Mr. Shankar Rana was entrusted with the responsibility of its coordinator.

Total 68 delegates from Ranchi, East Singhbhum, Deoghar, Godda, Hazaribagh, Dumka, Palamu, Latehar, Chatra, Ramgarh, Bokaro, Dhanbad districts have attended the meeting while Mr. Arvind Kushwaha (Mantri, Sarva Seva Sangh) participated as an observer.

Mr. Chandan Paul (President, Sarva Seva Sangh-Wardha) was the chief guest of this meeting. He congratulated the friends involved in taking forward Sarvodaya movement in Jharkhand state. Referring to alarming rise of liquor addiction, he described it as a social, economic & psychological problem which needs to be controlled and stopped immediately.

Also other prominent Gandhian social workers like Mr. Girija Satish (National President, Lok Samiti), Mr. Kaushal Ganesh Azad (National Coordinator, Lok Samiti),Mr. Arvind Anzum (Coordinator, Sarva Seva Sangh Prakashan), Mr. Kumar Chandra Mardi, Mr. Omprakash, Mr. Shankar Rana etc have graced the meeting.

Aids & Appliances to PwDs at Patna on World Disability Day

03 December 2022, Patna: On the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the Persons / Children with Disabilities have received Assistive Devices.

As an activity of Community Based Inclusive Development & Poverty Reduction Program by NBJK with support of Bajaj Finserv Limited-Pune, 15 Tricycles and 06 Wheelchairs have been distributed among selected needy CwDs & PwDs from 20 slum pockets of Patna.

The event took place at Congress Club beside Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Kadamkuan, Patna and Mr. Ashish Kumar Sinha (President, Bihar Pradesh Yuva Morcha) has inaugurated it. He appreciated NBJK and Bajaj Finserv for taking care of the people encountering physical challenges in their daily lives.

Also Mrs. Pramila Verma, Mr. Indradip Chandravanshi, Mr. Manoj Kumar and other dignitaries have graced the function.

Mr. Satyendra Kumar (Branch Manager, NBJK-Patna) has conducted the stage. Mr. Amit Ranjan (Project Manager, CBIDPR) & his team including Special Educator, Physiotherapist and CBR Worker have contributed to the Day.

The program is being implemented among disabled children & adults across slum areas in Patna, the Capital City of Bihar.

Successful Careers for Alumni of Surekha Prakash Bhai Public School

03 December 2022, Bahera (Chouparan, Hazaribagh): The alumni of NBJK run Surekha Prakash Bhai Public School, Bahera (Chouparan, Hazaribagh) are getting good jobs on the firm foundation of their schooling.

Lately Ms. Kajal Pandey, daughter of Mrs. Meena Pandey & Mr. Amrit Pandey, village-Maangarh (Koili) in Chouparan block has been selected as a Sub-Inspector in Central Industrial Security Force. She studied at SPBPS from class I to XII, did diploma course in electrical engineering, worked as an engineer but switched over to this more challenging job with CISF, quite unusual for any village girl.

I wanted to be in uniform with people oriented responsibility, Kajal says. Ms. Rina Pandey (Principal, SPBPS) remembers Kajal as a disciplined girl with academic excellence. After selection in CISF, Kajal has visited her school and got blessings from her teachers.

Ms. Rina Pandey informed that in recent time, more than a dozen students have achieved good positions. Ravikant Chandravanshi from village-Ambajit, Chouparan became Bank’s Probationary Officer, another former student Abhay has clicked Jharkhand Public Service Commission and got posted as Sub-Divisional Officer.

For last 15 years, we have been putting sincere effort to shape lives of the children belong to rural background and that pays, she mentions proudly.

846 OPD in 30 Screening Camps, Found 390 with Cataract and 353 Refractive Error

02 December 2022, Giridih-Deoghar: In the month of November 2022, NBJK run Vimla RamKrishna Bajaj Eye Hospital, Deoghar and it’s associated Vision Centre at Bengabad (Giridih) with support of Sightsavers have organized 30 screening camps in villages of Jamua, Bengabad, Birni, Rajdhanwar, Giridih Sadar, Deoghar Sadar, Mdhupur, Sona Rai Tharhi blocks in Giridih and Deoghar districts on the mode community awareness & household screening .

These eye screening camps have ensured 846 OPD and identified 390 patients with Cataract, 353 with Refractive Error and 20 patients of Pterygium.

In Deoghar district, 20 patients in need of instant care have been referred to the base hospital; medicines have been provided to 67 and Eyeglasses to 51. All Cataract ridden patients will meet surgery at VRKBEH, Deoghar.

Mary Glowrey-Liliane Brekelmans (MGLB) Disability Award 2022 to NBJK

01 December 2022, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribagh): NBJK has won Mary Glowrey-Liliane Brekelmans Disability Award 2022 instituted by The Catholic Health Association of India (CHAI) & Liliane Foundation jointly.

The award under the category of “Role Model NGO/Institution in India” outside CHAI network was conferred to Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) with an honour cheque worth Rs. 02 lakh at CHAI Training Centre, Medchal, Secunderabad, Telangana on 30th November .

This is a well-reputed recognition for the work NBJK is doing for the mainstreaming and inclusion of persons with disabilities (PwDs) in Jharkhand & Bihar.

After getting MGLB Award 2022, Mr. Satish Girija delivered a short address and said that for last two decades we have been working constantly towards making lives easy for physically & mentally challenged people. We have tried to associate a marginalized community to mainstream with the activities like their identification, treatment, assistive devices, certification, organization, rehabilitation, rights advocacy etc and put special effort for visually impaired as well as carers of all such dependent persons, he pointed out.

Mr. Satish Girija expressed heartfelt gratitude to CHAI for taking cognizance of NBJK’s work and the admiration through MGLB Disability Award.

LNJPEH Organizes Training on Diabetic Retinopathy & Glaucoma

29 November 2022, Bahera (Chouparan, Hazaribagh): Under Disease Specific Intervention Project with support of Sightsavers, NBJK operated LNJP Eye Hospital, Bahera (Chouparan, Hazaribagh) has organized one day training upon Diabetic Retinopathy & Glaucoma.

Dr. Umesh Kumar (Senior Ophthalmologist, LNJPEH) and Dr. (Ms) Vishakha Gupta (Ophthalmologist, LNJPEH) were resource persons. They discussed about the eye diseases caused by Diabetes and Eye Pressure. Also they provided prevention and treatment related valuable tips to the trainees.

Mr. Ambar Nidhi (Clinical Trainer, LNJP Paramedical institute) and Mr. Vikant Singh (Optometrist, LNJPEH) have shared their experience concerning special care as well as safety for the patients with Increased Eye Pressure or Diabetes.

Total 61 persons including medical personnel from LNJPEH and students of Ophthalmic Assistant Diploma Course at LNJP Paramedical Institute have participated in this training conducted under supervision of Mr. Karuna Nidhi (DPM, LNJPEH-Sightsavers). Mr. Santosh Kumar Puri (Manager, LNJPEH) was present on the occasion.

Rural Women Get Tailoring Training, Gearing Up to Open Usha Silai School

29 November 2022, Ranchi-Godda: Under Usha Silai School program by NBJK with support of Usha International Limited, 30 rural women are learning tailoring skills deeply to open Usha Ssilai Schools at their respective places.

The training has been started at Chakla (Ranchi) with Sundarpaharii (Godda) on 24th November simultaneously and will end on 2nd December 2022.

At Ranchi, a batch of 15 women trainees have joined this residential setup under guidance of Mrs. Pammi Devi (Master Trainer, UIL) and Mr. Gopal Kumar Mishra (Service Engineer, UIL) while other batch of 15 women at Godda are being trained by UIL’s master trainer Mrs. Anita Soreng and Service Engineer Mr. Balveer Sharma.

Besides designing, cutting and stitching of popular dresses, the trainees get exposure to the functioning of parts in any sewing machine, their disbanding & assembling along with minor repair or changing components if required. Also they learn life skills for business acumen.

The very objective is to enable the women to teach their learnt skill to other aspirants as well as to work as a professional tailor. In both the ways, they can enhance their income with self-employment.

After completion of the training, each participant will get an Usha Sewing machine, a signage board, service mannual book, syllabus, Guide Book and Silai School Teachers’ certificate.

Mr. Felix Tirkey (State Program Manager, UIL) monitors the affair. Mr. Ankit Anurag (Program Manager, NBJK) and Mr. Shailesh Kumar (project Coordinator, NBJK) have contributed to organize the training.

Quiz & Other Competitions at Remedial Coaching Centres

28 November 2022, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribagh): Under aegis of Action Village India, the Remedial Coaching Centres for school girls by NBJK have completed extracurricular activities of quiz, essay writing, spelling test & drawing competitions successfully.

The activities took place in the period of 13-26 November at 17 RCCs in villages of Sadar, Katkamdag & Katkamsandi blocks of Hazaribagh district and participated by nearly 600 girl children enrolled there.

Mr. Abhay Kumar (Supervisor) said that during Quiz, objective type questions from Science, Maths and General Knowledge were asked to the girls and they went through English spelling test as well as essay writing too.

At all the centres, the girls stood first, second and third have been honoured with prizes while other contestants have received consolation prizes.

To make such events successful at each RCC, not only concerned teachers but the teachers from nearby centres also have contributed a lot.

Inter-House Kabaddi Tournament for Girls at SPBPS

26 November 2022, Bahera (Chouparan, Hazaribagh): NBJK run Surekha Prakash Bhai Public School, Bahera (Chouparan, Hazaribagh) has organized Inter-house Kabaddi tournament for its girl children on 24th November.

During hits, first match was played between Gandhi & JP Houses and Gandhi House won by 42-31. Second match went in favour of Subhash House over Tagore House with 35-28. In final, Subhash House defeated Gandhi House by 46-28 and became the champion of this inter-house tournament.

Before the event, Ms Rina Pandey (Principal, SPBPS) has tossed and inaugurated it in presence of all students-teachers. She provided some valuable tips to the players and motivated them to participate passionately.

The students like Sania, Renu, Sapti, Shalini, Nisha, Ria, Priya from Subhash House and Sweety, lovely, Monika, Saumya, Shrishti from Gandhi House have played marvelously during final match.

The teachers as Mrs. Lata Kumari, Mrs. Amrita Maisey, Mrs. Archna Pandey, Mrs. Shweta Yadav, Mr. Rakesh Ranjan, Mr. Umesh Bhagat and Mr. Santosh Chaurasia contributed to successful conduction of the game.

At the end, the principal has honoured the players and conveyed her best wishes.