Honour to Mr. Girija Satish for Works upon Women Empowerment

06 March 2022, Ranchi: Under the joint auspices of Ranchi Press Club-Vishwa Yuvak Kendra-Yuva Manthan Sansthan-Live Foundation, Women Empowerment Award has been conferred to Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK) at Ranchi Press Club.

He was one among the 17 men awardees from Jharkhand those contributed to women empowerment in the state. As the chief guest of this ceremony, Mr. Rameshwar Oraon (Hon. Finance Minister, Jharkhand) handed over the memento to Mr. Girija Satish and others.

Mr. Sanjay Mishra (President, Ranchi Press Club), Mr. Sudhir Pal (Yuva Manthan Sansthan), Ms. Chhandoshri Thakur (Live Foundation), Dr. Bharti, Ms Shalini, Dr. Kiran, Ms Babita and others were present on the occasion.

LNJP Eye Hospital-Kajha Organizes Eye Checkup Camp

06 March 2022, Kotilwa (Banke Bazar, Gaya): LokNayak JayPrakash Eye Hospital, Kajha (Wazirganj, Gaya) has organized a free Eye Checkup Camp at village-Kotilwa of Banke Bazar block in Gaya district.

This was held under Civic Action Program by 159 Battalion of Central Reserve Police Force. There were total 50 OPD and 15 patients have been found with Cataract. They would avail free of cost surgery at the base hospital soon.

The village is situated in naxal prone area and LNJP Eye Hospital has supported the initiative of CRPF to earn people’s trust for their welfare as well as to connect them with mainstream.

Eye Checkup & Cataract Detection Camp in Rural Areas

03-04 March 2022, Tatijhariya & Katkamsandi (Hazaribagh): With support of Sightsavers, DBCS & JSLPS, LNJP Eye Hospital-Bahera (Chauparan, Hazaribagh) has organized free Eye Checkup-cum-Cataract Detection Camps under Netra Vasant-Rural Eye Health Program.

On 3rd March at Tatijhariya block office premises, total 106 persons turned up for their eye checkup and 41 were found with Cataract. 30 such patients have been taken to LNJPEH for their surgery.

Another camp held on 4th March at Panchayat Building of Dato village in Katkamsandi block where out of total 111 OPD, 32 persons have been detected with Cataract and 30 could be delivered to base hospital for operation.

Remaining patients have been advised for medicines & glasses at both the places.

Adopt Silai School Teachers Training at NBJK

02 March 2022, Amritnagar (Hazaribagh): Adopt Silai School Teachers Training has been started under NBJK run Usha Silai School Program with support of Usha International Ltd.

This 7-days residential training was inaugurated by Mr. Anand Abhinav (Program Director, NBJK). He termed the program as a big step towards women empowerment. He said that financially self-reliant skilled women perform a lot to development of their family-society and play important role to eradicate gender discrimination.

On the occasion, Mr. Felix Tirkey (Program Co-ordinator, UIL) informed that the training is being participated by total 17 women, out of which 9 are from Bengabad block of Giridih district while 8 women came from Tatijhariya, Daroo & Sadar blocks of Hazaribagh district. They will learn practically about maintenance of sewing machine and making of different garments with usable items like bag, mask etc and after training, each trainee will be provided certificate, new sewing machine with signboard, guidebook to start their own Usha Silai School at their respective places, he added.

As the trainers Mrs. Sandhya Agrawal, Mrs. Nusrat Parveen and Mr. Kamaljeet Sharma (Service Engineer, UIL) were present in the event while Mr. Ankit Anurag (Program Manager, NBJK) with Mr. Shailesh Kumar and Mr. Rajesh Sharma (both Program Co-ordinators, NBJK) contribute to organizing the training.

Parents-Teacher Meetings at Remedial Coaching Centers

01 March 2022, Hazaribagh: Under Action Village India supported Girls’ Education program by NBJK, Parents-Teacher meetings held at Remedial Coaching Centers for Girl Children. These RCCs are running at 17 villages namely Babhanwai, Gurhet, Lupung, Pabra, Kanchanpur, Sultana, Meyatu etc in Sadar, Katkamsandi and Katkamdag blocks of Hazaribagh district where more than 600 girl students of class 8, 9 & 10 get free of cost extra tuition for their school subjects like Science, Maths and English.

In the period of 18-27 February 2022, At each center during these meetings, the parents have asked about academic progress of their wards and the teacher in-charge for concerned RCC has presented individual report of students before them. There were discussions about the objective of girls’ education, better functioning of RCCs and prevention of child marriage. Also the parents came to know about other activities by NBJK towards integrated rural development and their views upon girls’ education as well as their marriageable age have been collected.

Mr. Ateesh Pingua (Program Manager) and Mr. Abhay Kumar (Program Coordinator) have facilitated these meetings.

Training upon Eye Health Care

28 February 2022, Bodhgaya (Gaya): With support of Sightsavers and Jeevika, LNJP Eye Hospital-Kajha has organized one day training upon Eye Health Care for Community Mobilizers & Community Nutrition Resource Persons. Around 100 CMs & CNRPs from Mohanpur, Dobhi and Bodhgaya blocks have participated in this event.

Dr. Iftekhar Alam has facilitated the training while Ms Pooja Garg (District Co-ordinator, Sightsavers) played important role in coordination. They disseminated basic information about preventive-curative measures for eye care in villages and encouraged the trainees to access people in need of eye health care as well as PwDs groups.

Dr. Alam focused upon treatment of Cataract, Glaucoma and Refractive Errors specifically to minimize the cases of avoidable blindness. He suggested the participants to send such concerned patients to nearby health centers and LNJPEH-Kajha as the eye hospital provides a wide range of services including free of cost or subsidized surgery facility for helpless persons, Ayushman card holders and general people.

Md. Nayeem (Asst. Manager, LBHC) and Ms Divya Sinha (LNJPEH-Kajha) have assisted to arrange the affair.

Eye Checkup-cum-Cataract Detection Camp Held under “Netra Vasant”

24 February 2022, Katkamsandi (Hazaribagh): Under Netra Vasant – Rural Eye Health Program, a free Eye Checkup-cum-Cataract Detection camp was organized by NBJK run LNJP Eye Hospital, Bahera (Chauparan, Hazaribagh) with support of Sightsavers, District Blindness Control Society and Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society.

The camp held at JSLPS premise and ensured 146 OPD on the spot. The medical team has identified 39 persons suffering from Cataract, sent 35 patients to base hospital for their free of cost surgery and prescribed glasses & medicines for remaining patients.

Dr. Praveen Kumar, Ms Madhupriya, Ms Sanju Devi from LNJPEH, Mr. Kirti Rawat (DPM) & Deepak Sharma from Sightsavers as well as Mr. Sudheer Kumar Gupta (BPM), Rinku Kumari, Mrs. Shobha Kumari (CCS), Mr. Aman, Mr. Kavindra and others from JSLPS have contributed to make the event successful.

It’s significant that 90% blindness is avoidable, of which nearly 82% is due to Cataract while 8% is caused by uncorrected refractive errors.

SBI Foundation Supports NBJK for SBI Sanjeevani – Clinic on Wheels

23 February 2022, Hazaribagh: On 21 February at Patna, State Bank of India DMD & CDO Mr. Om Prakash Mishra offered a symbolic cheque worth Rs. 73,76,418 to Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary-NBJK) for mobile clinic van under SBI Sanjeevani – Clinic on Wheels project by SBI Foundation, the CSR wing of SBI.

Mr. Mishra appreciated NBJK as an active grassroots NGO engaged with community welfare under rural development programs for past 50 years in Bihar & Jharkhand. He said that providing financial support is not as difficult as embodying direct public service. Describing utility of the Van, he said that it would provide primary, preventive, curative and referral health services at people’s doorstep in remote rural areas of BodhGaya.

Also Mr. Mrigank Jain (GM, SBI-Patna Circle), Mr. Manoj Kumar Gupta and other senior officers of SBI were present on the occasion.

The Mobile Clinic Van provided to NBJK will be equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostic facilities like portable microscope, ECG, gastro fiberscope, autoclave, stretcher, laboratory facility and other necessary diagnostic accessories. The unit will be accompanied by a medical team consisting of a doctor, lab technician, pharmacist and health assistant-cum-driver.

Mr. Satish Girija expressed sincere gratitude towards SBI Foundation and the officers those supported the endeavor. He said that the very project of SBI Sanjeevani – Clinic on Wheels will benefit about 20,000 people across 22 identified Gram Panchayats every month in BodhGaya block of Gaya district in Bihar. Along with clinical facilities in remote villages, this unit will run specialized health and awareness camps, he added.

Girls’ Education For Social Transformation

22 February 2022, Hazaribagh: With support of Action Village India @actionvillageindia, NBJK facilitates girl children to complete their secondary education through sponsorship, Remedial Coaching Centers and motivates concerned families towards girls’ education with condition of No Child Marriage.

Girls’ Education program provides school fees, uniforms & books-notebooks to 300 girl students from villages of Gaya, Dumka, Chatra, Ranchi & Hazaribag districts of Bihar and Jharkhand.

Under the program total 18 RCCs run as 16 at villages of Sadar, Katkamdag & Katkamsandi blocks of Hazaribagh district and 2 at Bodhgaya block in Gaya district.

These RCCs offer extra tuition upon Science, Maths & English for total 662 rural girl students of class VIII, IX & X and organize extra-curricular activities as well as orientate teachers to update them. Last year total 216 girl students appeared for class X board examination and secured 96% result.

Lok Samiti Condemns Mahatma Gandhi’s Statue Breaking

18 February 2022, Motihari (East Champaran), Bihar: Lok Samiti, a non-political organization founded by Loknayak JP has denounced sad incidents of Mahatma Gandhi’s statues breaking in Champaran where Gandhi Jee initiated his peaceful resistance against British rule in India.

Recently in the night of 13 February at Charkha Park of Motihari, district town of East Champaran; a statue of Gandhiji has been broken. Local unit of Lok Samiti with some other like-minded groups, protested the occurrence through a silent fast at the park on 15 February. Later Mr. Ray Sundar Dev Sharma (President, District Lok Samiti, East Champaran) slammed this unfortunate happening and demanded proper security of the place. Also he questioned about maintenance of and substandard materials used in the statue. Another heartbreaking incident took place at Turkaulia, about 12 km south-west from Motihari where some anti-social elements have insulted Gandhi’s statue, hung wrappers of liquor bottles around its neck and discolored the face.

Mr. Kaushal Ganesh Azad (National Co-ordinator, Lok Samiti) deplored the very trend of offending Mahatma Gandhi as he can’t be defeated ideologically. Mr. Girija Satish (President, National Lok Samiti) condemned the depressing episodes of Motihari, the place attached historically with Father of the Nation. He insisted for a full proved policy by the Government for preservation of such places with constant safety and honour to statues of great persons.