Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra
Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra
Eye Screening Camp & Free Cataract Surgeries by LNJP Eye Hospital, Gaya
17 April 2022, Gaya: NBJK run LokNayak JayPrakash Eye Hospital, Kajha (Wazirganj, Gaya) has organized eye screening camp at Shree Shiksha Niketan Kids Play School near Khatkachak turn, Naili road, Gaya.
The teachers have greeted hospital staff with body clothing & flowers. The camp ensured about 100 OPD of school children, parents & others with eye checkup as well as medicines for free.
Mr. Santosh Kumar (Office Manager, LNJPEH Kajha) informed that around one dozen persons have been detected with cataract and they will avail surgery including other facilities free of cost at the eye hospital. We will organize more camps to provide eye care services to people, Ms. Mausam Kumari (Optometrist, LNJPEH) said.
On this occasion, Mrs. Poonam Sinha (Principal, SSNKPS) expressed gratitude towards LNJPEH Kajha management for organizing eye camp & cataract operations. Local TV channel news of event available at:
On the other hand from Hazaribagh, Mr. Karunanidhi (Manager In-charge, LNJPEH Bahera) updated about a Thanks Letter to hospital’s management from Mr. Nageshwar Pd. Kushwaaha (Central Chairman, Kahtiyani Pariwar Kalyan Samiti & Jharkhand State President, Akhil Bhartiya Kushwaha Kshatriya Mahasabha) after his successful cataract surgery.
Farewell Ceremony for Class X Girls
14 April 2022, Sarauni (Hazaribagh Sadar): At the Remedial Coaching Centre of village-Sarauni, junior students organized a farewell function for class 10 girls appearing through board examination now.
The juniors sang valediction song, conveyed their best wishes to outgoing students, gifted them document file with pen and arranged breakfast on this occasion.
Mr. Abhay Kumar (Supervisor, AVI Girls’ Education project) and Mr. Vicky Kumar (Teacher, RCC) were present during farewell ceremony and encouraged students to achieve good result in examination. Mr. Abhay Kumar said about the objective of RCCs as quality expansion of girls’ education in rural areas and suggested all to get maximum benfit from the centre.
The departing girls have thanked RCC, its teacher and NBJK for providing them opportunity of free extra tuition on school subjects like science, maths & English. Also they advised their juniors for more concentration upon study.
With support of Action Village India, this RCC has been running since April last year and excluding 12 girls of first batch for class 10, total 45 school girls of class 7, 8 and 9 are enrolled here.
Basic Health Checkup-cum-Eye Screening Camp
05 April 2022, Hazaribagh: With support of Sightsavers, Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society and Blackstone, NBJK has organized a Basic Health Checkup-cum-Eye Screening for staff of JSLPS at Paradise Hall Dakbangla.
This ensured 198 OPD, identified 65 with refractive errors as well as other patients of fever, cough & cold, sugar and blood pressure. Glasses have been prescribed and medicines were given to the needys.
Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK), Dr. Jitendra Kumar (Sr. Prog. Manager, Sightsavers), Mr. Kirti Rawat (DPM, Sightsavers), Mrs. Shanti Marandi (DPM, JSLPS), Ms. Sarita Kumari (CBM, JSLPS) and 201 workers of JSLPS have participated in the event.
Dr. Jitendra Kumar mentioned about mission & vision of Sigtsavers, expressed commitment of cataract blindness backlog free Hazaribagh district and informed about almost completion of Covid vaccination of PwDs in the district. Mr. Satish Girija has thanked Sightsavers, JSLPS and Blackstone for the endeavor and said that the campaign to make Hazaribagh free from cataract has been started in Katkamsandi & Chauparan blocks.
Dr. P. R. Prasad, Dr. Mukesh Kumar, Mrs, Neelam Khalkho, Mrs. Kunti Kumari, Mr. Mohsin Raza, Mr. Shivam Kumar, Mr. Ravindra Sinha, Mr. Raju Rajak and Mr. Sujit Mishra have comprised the medical team.
Remedial Coaching Centers Ease English, Science & Maths for School Girls
01 April 2022, Hazaribagh: With support of UTI Mutual Fund, NBJK run Remedial Coaching Centers are empowering more than 1000 girl children educationally at the villages in Sadar, Daroo and Churchu blocks of Hazaribagh district.
There are 30 RCCs to cater school girls of VIII, IX & X classes with free extra tuition upon comparatively difficult subjects like English, Science & Maths for two & half hours before or after school hours as per convenience of the students on every working day.
At each center, a competent teacher takes classes and facilitates the girls to take interest in those school subjects. This endeavor helps girls from not only the village where RCC is located but many others from nearby villages also.
Such facility matters a lot in rural areas where girl children are unable to get tuition at distant places because of financial problem, communication shortage and social restrictions. These RCCs are supposed to make qualitative improvement in academic result for school girls live in villages.
Youth Get Employment after Training from Mission Rozgar Training Center
31 March 2022, Hazaribagh: Under Young India project with support of UTI Mutual Fund, NBJK run Mission Rozgar Training Center, Hazaribagh has ensured placement for 60 out of total 120 pass out trainees of first batch from employable courses of Basic Computer Applications, General Duty/Nursing Assistance, Beautician-Menhdi-Bridal Makeup and Tailoring & Embroidery.
Mr. Mrityunjay (MRTC Placement Officer) informed that many local enterprises like Arogyam Hospital, Annapurna Cold Storage, Shri Hospital & Research Center, Khandelwal Food Mart, Ganpati Mart, Suzuki Showroom, Neeti Enterprise and so on have recruited our students as computer operator, accountant, receptionist, sales person etc as well as expressed satisfaction over their performance. Rest of them will get either placement or will be linked with self-employment initiatives soon, he added.
Admission process for second batch has been started already and duration of each well-crafted short course is 3 months with fee of Rs. 600. Maximum number of enrollment is restricted up to 30 trainees per course.
Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) has conveyed his best wishes to the placed youths and assured for help if they feel any problem at workplace.
SPPS Alumnus Joins as Indian Air Force Officer
28 March 2022, Bahera (Chauparan, Hazaribagh): The alumni of NBJK run & CBSE affiliated Surekha Prakashbhai Public School, Bahera (Chauparan, Hazaribagh) are performing well career wise. More importantly they never forget their school. Recently one Manish Kumar Mishra, son of Mrs. Savita Devi & Mr. Manoj Mishra from village-Bahera, Chauparan has joined as an officer with Indian Air Force and got posting at Hyderabad.
When Manish came to home, he preferred to touch feet of his teachers for their blessings. Ms. Reena Pandey (Principal, SPPS) and other teachers have blessed the student, offered sweets to him as a symbol of affection and showered their best wishes for his bright future. Also Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK) and Mr. Gandharv Gaurav (Program Director, NBJK) have appreciated his success and wished him good luck!
Ms. Reena Pandey remembers Manish as an intelligent student who studied at SPPS from class I to X, very lively in co-curricular activities and passed 10th class board examination in the year 2016 with good marks.
For further study Manish went to Ranchi and started preparation for competitive examinations. After clicking Air Force service, he gone through 14 months rigorous training at Chennai and now got final recruitment as an officer.
Manish says about his passion for patriotism as a soldier right from childhood and thanks SPPS for such grooming of that dream! Now a reality!!
Workshop Held upon Organizational Development
26 March 2022, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribagh): Any Government or organization can’t do all works because of innumerable problems in our vast country and this very reason persists behind NBJK’s initiative to promote good & thoughtful civil society organizations, Mr. Girija Satish opined while addressing to chief functionaries of CSOs as participants of 3 days workshop upon organizational development called by NBJK under the program of Capacitating Social Activists … with support of Bread for the World.
During inaugural session commenced after “NBJK : 50 Years” film show, Mr. Girija Satish stressed upon rectifications in existing FCR Act and said about need of activities with mutual co-ordination on basis of ideology. He explained casteism, communalism, superstition, drug addiction along with various social evils as hindrances for socio-economic development and appealed the organizations to make people aware over such issues so that an inclusive society with scientific approach can be developed. Mr. Girija Satish has supported liquor prohibition law and said that our Governments must consider the demand of a strict anti-liquor law across Jharkhand & India, raised by Lok Samiti with backing from NBJK as well as other CSOs.
On this occasion, Mr. Philman Baxla (Secretary, Lok Prerna Kendra, Chatra) has remembered his 36 years old association with NBJK like a quality experience, said about beginning of his social life as a volunteer of Lok Samiti and currently executes projects in several blocks of Chatra district with support of many national-international donor agencies. Mr. Suresh Shakti (Secretary, Vanvasi Vikas Ashram, Giridih) praised NBJK for empowering of small organizations that made development works accessible to a large population. Mr. Awdhesh Chandra, an ex-worker of NBJK, now who heads Chhotanagpur Vikas Kendra a CSO active in Barkattha block of Hazaribagh district, said about acute backwardness in villages during some decades before when relevant interventions around community awareness, social harmony, irrigation facility etc by NBJK-Lok Samiti resulted as positive changes and we could learn a lot about social work. Also other persons have expressed their views.
Mr. Adhin Mahto (Resource Person) has proceeded the discussion by gathering information upon vision, sustainability plan, policy, monitoring system, MIS-documentation, resource availability, target group and so on from the organizations.
The chief functionaries of 22 CSOs from 11 districts of Jharkhand-Bihar have participated in workshop. Mr. Rajeev Singh (Project Manager, NBJK) and Mr. Shankar Rana (Asst. PM) have contributed in organizing the event.
Entrepreneurship Sharing Workshop
25 March 2022, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribagh): In closing ceremony of three days Entrepreneurship Sharing workshop held under NBJK run Small Group Support project with support of Bread for the World, Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK) said that without participation of women it’s impractical to imagine about socio-economic development in shifting circumstances.
He was addressing entrepreneurs and called for promotion of women in the field of enterprises & business so that they can play active role to uplift their families or society. NBJK president urged people associated with different income generation activities for sharing of the changes took place in their live in terms of income, empowerment, capacity building, socialization, collective development and about future planning with feedback for program enrichment as well as durable linkage with the organization.
On this occasion, Mrs. Mehrunnisha Khatoon (Bada Bazar, Hazaribagh), an NBJK beneficiary since last seven years has shared about her struggle right from the point when she decided to be a hawker of bangles & other makeup items for women and used to visit door to door but now she runs a small shop of the same items near her place. She said that there are so many things like women SHG, easy microcredit, collective saving, emergency support, awareness etc those enabled an illiterate woman like me to provide college education for my daughters even.
During the workshop many women told their experiences of change they brought through own hard work along with morale boost up and little financial support from NBJK. Mr. Adhin Mahto (Resource Person) informed that most of the participants are women among these small entrepreneurs and they have contributed to socio-economic improvement coupled with self-reliance at micro level.
There were 65 women-men entrepreneurs from the blocks like Sadar, Daroo, Katkamdag, Katkamsandi, Ichak of Hazaribagh, Hunterganj of Chatra, Mandar and chanho of Ranchi districts. They are linked with projects like women SHGs, tailoring training, carers groups and support to social activists by NBJK. Mr. Rajeev Singh and Mr. Shankar Rana looked after the arrangement.
Cricket Tournament Held under SBI Gram Seva project
23 March 2022, Patjori (Chakai-Jamui, Bihar): As an empowering activity for rural youth, SBI Foundation supported and NBJK run SBI Gram Seva project has organized a cricket tournament at Patjori school ground.
The players from five operational villages i.e. Heth Chakai, Patjori, Garahi, Chhachhudih, Mangtadih have participated in this contest. Final match was played between teams of Heth Chakai and Patjori villages in which Heth Chakai cricket team won comfortably. Mr. Budho Rajak (Mukhiya, Ramchandradih panchayat) and Mr. S. K. Yajal (Project Manager, NBJK-SBIGS) have handed over the trophy to winner team jointly.
Mr. Yajal said that such event makes youth aware, draws their attraction for sports and helps to select quality players those can represent their villages at higher levels too. Mr. Sahil Ansari, Mr. Dhirendra Kumar Dheeraj and many others were present during cricket tournament.
LNJP Eye Hospital & Paramedical Institute Celebrare World Optometry Day
23 March 2022, Bahera (Chauparan, Hazaribagh): World Optometry Day was celebrated at LNJP Eye Hospital where eye hospital run Paramedical Institute is also situated and youth study two years diploma course of Ophthalmic Assistant.
The day has been commemorated with much enthusiasm by the students, doctors and staff. They cut a cake on the occasion, greeted each other and expressed their views.
Dr. Alok said that our eyes are like a most precious gift from God. Mr. Santosh K. Puri (Hospital Admin) considered all deserted without healthy eyes. We enjoy nature’s beauty with our eyes and become independent to do our daily works, Dr. (Ms.) Vishakha added.
Also Mr. Karuna Nidhi and Mr. Amber Nidhi were present in the function. All have encouraged paramedical students and conveyed best wishes to them.
World Optometry Day became more significant when the doctors as well as the students took oath to be honest towards their profession and to serve people sincerely.