Quick Heal Foundation @QuickHealFoundation Donates Ambulance to #LokNayakJayPrakashEyeHospital

06 October 2021, Bahera (Chauparan), Hazaribag: Mr. Ajay Shirke (Program Director-CSR, Quick Heal Foundation, Pune) has arrived at LNJP Eye Hospital, Bahera and flagged off the ambulance donated to the eye hospital from Quick Heal Foundation. He reached to the hospital with Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) and received by the Team LNJPEH-Bahera warmly.

Mr. Shirke distributed medicine kits among the eye patients after their cataract surgery and launched the Ambulance Service for their conveyance. After that a short meeting held in honour of Mr. Ajay Shikre and Mr. Gandharv Gaurav (Program Director, NBJK) invited him on the dais. Mr. Gaurav praised Quick Heal Foundation for the support as an ambulance and said about its requirement for transportation of the patients from remote rural areas.

On this occasion, Mr. Ajay Shirke spoke about Quick Heal, a major software company from India with net worth of about Rs. 3,000 crore, global presence and its support to social cause. Mobile Medical Van is quite useful for our rural population and it ensures deprived people’s access to health facility, he added. Mr. Shirke has suggested to share people’s grief for way out and to facilitate them towards better lives. He responded to the queries raised by local media persons. It is important that QHF is supposed to contribute 3 more ambulances to LNJPEH.

In his address, Mr. Satish Girija described about Quick Heal Foundation and valued the faith it shown towards NBJK. Also he briefed upon Eye Care program by the organization and said that there is no such Govt. service at block level where poor transportation facility exists already. There are around 30 to 35 eye disorders being dealt at LNJPEH which offers treatment at subsidized rate or free of cost with support of sponsors and the hospital contributes significantly to eradicate needless avoidable blindness, Mr. Satish Girija pointed out and expressed sincere gratitude to QHF.

Also Dr. Alok Agrawal (Sr. Ophthalmologist) was present in the program. Mr. Santosh Puri (MIS Officer) delivered vote of thanks while Mr. Vikant Singh and others have managed the event successfully.

3rd Annual General Meeting of MNSKPCL

30 September 2021, Khunti: Third annual general meeting of #MurhuNariShaktiKisanProducerCompanyLimited held at local town hall. MNSKPCL  has been promoted as a producer company under Mission 2020: Lakhpati Kisan-Smart Village, the program by NBJK with support of CInI @cinicell & Tata Trusts @tatatrusts Mr. Arun Kumar Singh (DDC, Khunti) has inaugurated the AGM by lighting the lamp. Also Mr. Shailesh Ranjan (DPM, JSLPS), Mr. Shrishendu Paul (Regional Manager, Tata Trusts), Mr. Mohit Purty (BM, NBJK) and Ms Garima Kumari (CInI-Tata Trusts) ave graced the event as special gusts.

In his inaugural address, the DDC said that though women are working in every district of Jharkhand but the women of Murhu are walking extra miles. The work by MNSKPCL is appreciable and its turnover is better than other companies comparatively, he pointed out.

Mr. Vipin Bihari (Program Director, JOHAR-JSLPS) commended the company and shared detail information about JOHAR with Didis present in the meeting.

Mr. Shrishendu Paul praised the Didis of MNSKPCL in association with Lakhpati Kisan project, have made 2100 families as Lakhpatis in a naxal affected block like Murhu within a short period of three years only. He assured that the company will initiate many new activities and updated about establishment of Nursery Protray Making Machine as well as processing units of Finger Millet & Lac in progress.

Mr. Shailesh Ranjan has asserted that JSLPS will cooperate to the new interventions by MNSKPCL, valued the work by didis and conveyed his best wishes to them for a bright future.

It is significant that MNSKPCL was established in the year 2018, its turnover reached to Rs. 3 Crore 7 Lakh till March 2021 and 2835 shareholder women are associated with the company. It involves with the works like high value agriculture, lac cultivation, piggery, goatery, poultry, fishery etc. It ensures agriculture based Geo Tag Data Collection with 9 Polyhouses, 9 piggery entrepreneurs, 1 solar cold storage, Better Life Farming Center, Cropping and the company is linked with the projects like Lakhpati Kisan, JOHAR too.

After report submission during this third Annual General Meeting, the company’s shareholders have selected Mrs. Dayamani Nag as the new director second time unanimously. She said that remaining farmer didis of Murhu will be connected with MNSKPCL soon.

Mr. Pravin Kumar (CEO, MNSKPCL) stated that we have set the target of Rs. 5 Crore as our turnover this year which is no doubt challenging but at the same time nothing before zeal of our didis. Mr. Anil Hassa and Ms Roshni Topno have anchored the dais.

#FamilyCounselingCenter @ministryWCD organized its Sub-Committee Meeting

30 September 2021, Hazaribag: The Family Counseling Center (FCC) run by NBJK with support of Central Social Welfare Board-New Delhi & Jharkhand State Social Welfare Board-Ranchi has organized it’s Sub-Committee meeting at the office of Anupam Mahila Chetna Samiti, Ravindra Path, Hazaribag.

The meeting was chaired by Mrs. Usha Devi (Secretary, AMCS) who suggested for increasing the number of cases at FCC and for inviting the Mukhiya of concerning village with objective to resolve rural disputes locally. Mr. Umesh Kumar from Holycross has recommended for a campaign by the members of sub-committee to sortout backlog cases from all blocks of Hazaribag district. Mr. Arvind Jha (Advocate) advised to publicize the activities of FCC to intervene and solve more cases of domestic unrest.

Mrs. Meera Gupta (Counselor, FCC) has tabled the quarterly work report of FCC before Sub-committee members and said that total 35 cases of familial disputes have been registered during this period as Husband-wife clash (12), Alcohol born violence (7), Mental-physical torture (6), Row with in-laws (7) as well as Others (3) and 22 cases have been patched up overall.

Also Ms Mamta Kumari, Mr. Chandan Kumar (Stri Shakti) and Mr. Sanjay Kumar (Counselor, FCC) have participated in the meeting.

Orientation & Training for Teachers of #RemedialCoachingCentres @actionvillageindia @ActionVillageIn

25 September 2021, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribag): Today an Orientation & Training camp held for the teachers of Remedial Coaching Centres (RCCs) under Girls’ Education Program by NBJK with support of Action Village India, UK.

The teachers of RCCs running at Gurhet, Marheta, Sarauni, Badasi, Khutra, Pabra, Kanchanpur, Banha, Khapariyawan, Sultana, Mayatu with other villages from Hazaribag Sadar, Katkamdag and Katkamdag blocks of Hazaribag district have participated in this training focused upon the academic compensation due to disturbance by Covid pandemic, modified syllabus and new strategy for students’ preparation keeping view of this changed situation. The teachers have shared their experiences in terms of easy way to understand the contents of the subjects like Math, Science & English at higher classes.

It is remarkable that total 621 girl students of class VIII, IX & X are enrolled at the RCCs in 17 villages under the program and they avail extra classes on these three subjects free of cost there to achieve good result.

Ms Niki Soren (Asst. Program Manager) and Mr. Abhay Kumar have played significant role to organize the training while the teachers like Mr. Shahbaz Ansari, Mr. Rajkumar Sahoo, Mr. Sajan Kumar Ravi, Mr. Chandar Kumar Yadav, Mr. Anant Ram and Md. Jawed have contributed to syllabus analysis and explained about uncomplicated methods to solve the problems of students.

As the special invitee, Mr. Prabhu Nath Sharma (Founder Member & Treasurer, NBJK) has encouraged the trainee teachers and requested them to develop a lifelong learning attitude.         

#LiquorProhibitionConvention @JBFMumbai by Ramgarh District Lok Samiti

23 September 2021, Ramgarh: Under joint auspices of Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra-Hazaribag and Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation-Mumbai, Ramgarh district unit of Lok Samiti has organized a convention upon Liquor Prohibition at local Sahoo Dharmshala/hospice.

As the keynote speaker Mr. Girija Satish (President, National Lok Samiti) said about the need of awareness from villages to state capital and from individuals to groups if we want liquor prohibition in Jharkhand. He justified democratic pressure upon the State Govt. to ban liquor as this is an important issue for common people and said about pre-election written consent in favour of liquor prohibition from the candidates wish to be our representatives. Mr. Girija Satish said that in foreign, people prefer to live individual lives without families but in India keeping view of the importance of family & society, strict ban upon liquor is required. We need a liquor-free society for safety of women-girls, not a single scripture has supported liquor consumption and our constitution has directed the state to restrict alcoholism which is a major hindrance to our socio-economic development, he pointed out. Mr. Girija Satish has supported the ban upon liquor on moral ground initially bu followed by the legal measures later.

On this occasion, Mr. Kaushal Ganesh Azad (National Coordinator, Lok Samiti) stated that in Bihar, women have made liquor prohibition as people’s concern and pressurized the state government to frame a comprehensive law against this menace. He referred many historical rulers those stopped alcohol intake during their regimes, remembered Mahatma Gandhi for his strong opposition to liquor strongly and appealed the audience to achieve deaddiction at personal level firstly.                                 Mr. Shankar Rana (Coordinator, Jharkhand State Lok Samiti) has briefed about Anti-liquor conventions held in different districts recently, people’s anger and their memorandums to the state government.    Mr. Arun Kumar Patel (President, Ramgarh District Lok Samiti) has presided the program and said that we all take a pledge to end this social evil and demand to the state government for such prohibition legally.

Also Mr. Pradeep Poddar, Mr. Shailendra Kumar Mishra (President, Ranchi District Lok Samiti), Mr. Motilal Mahto (RDLS), Mrs. Preeti Diwan (Social Worker), Mrs. Manju Devi (Ex-Mukhiya), Mrs. Subhadra Agrawal, Mr. Mahendra Sinha, Mr. Kundan Kumar have expressed their views during the convention. Mr. Nagendra Prasad anchored the dais while Mr. Ravindra Kumar was responsible for management. The program was participated by around 135 women, youths & social workers who supported for prohibition passionately.

Training to Teachers of Satellite Silai School @UshaIntl @ushasilaischool

11-16 September 2021, Khunti-Bandgaon-Palkot: Tailoring training to future teachers of Satellite Silai Schools has been organized under NBJK run #UshaSilaiSchool program with support of Usha International-Delhi. Its objective was to provide skill development opportunity to 60 tribal women from Khunti, West Singhbhum and Gumla districts.

The training held at NBJK-Khunti branch office on 11-12 September, at Catholic Church-Bandgaon (West Singhbhum) on 13-14 September and at Mahila Vikas Samiti, Baghima (Palkot, Gumla) on 15-16 September 2021. This was 2-days residential training for 20 participants at each place and they learnt about cutting & stitching of pant-shirt, skirt, blouse, mask etc.

At Khunti, Mr. Mohit Purti (Branch Manager, NBJK-Khunti) and Mr. Manohar Tuti (Staff, NBJK-Khunti) have supported the event while Ms Paulina Tuti and Mrs. Asmati Devi helped at Bandgaon & Palkot respectively. As resource persons Mrs. Pammi Devi and Mrs. Renu Devi imparted their expertise with learners at all the three places.

After completion of their training, the trainees have received certificate, tailoring guidebook and signage board to initiate their own sewing schools. Mr. Shailesh Kumar (NBJK-Hazaribag) and Mr. Felix Tirkey (Usha International) played key role in organizing team and monitored the arrangement.

#BanLiquorConvention at Chatra @JBFMumbai

16 September 2021, Chatra: At local Town Hall, District Lok Samiti has organized a convention upon Liquor Prohibition under joint auspices of NBJK and Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation-Mumbai. The program was chaired by a senior social worker of Chatra district Dr. Badri Prasad Verma (Founder, Gramoday Chetna Kendra) and Mr. Girija Satish (President, National Lok Samiti) was chief guest.

Highlighting over objective of this convention, Mr. Girija Satish said about liquor the evil that destroys human life from every angle. This is making our society hollow; depreciating all important aspects like health-education-intelligence and encouraging daily crimes against women but our Governments never consider prohibition as their issue. Though Bihar Govt. has initiated to right direction but other state governments don’t treat this as any concern rather they promote liquor by distributing licenses for new shops, he stated. The President of National Lok Samiti explained that we will have to create consciousness through programs in every district so that the people can raise their voice and ask the Govt. of Jharkhand for complete prohibition in the state and memorandums from all districts are being submitted to the Chief Minister.

The PRIs Representatives from different blocks have addressed on the occasion and announced to launch a campaign against liquor. Mrs. Anita Yadav (Mukhiya, Gandhariya panchayat) added that like the mission for Open Defecation Free village & panchayat, this is our task to make Liquor Free village similarly.

Also Mr. Kaushal Ganesh Azad (National Coordinator, Lok Samiti) and Mr. Shankar Rana (Coordinator, Jharkhand State Lok Samiti) have expressed their views while the girl children from GCK run Education Center presented impressive songs against liquor. Dr. Sabita Banerji anchored the dais.

#LiquorProhibitionConvention by West Singhbhum District Lok Samiti @JBFMumbai

14 September 2021, Chaibasa: The district unit of Lok Samiti and Mahila Sangh have organized  a convention on liquor prohibition at Ravindra Bhawan under joint auspices of Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra-Hazaribag & Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation-Mumbai. More than 100 women-men from different villages, panchayats and Chaibasa town have participated in the event.

As the keynote speaker, Mr. Girija Satish (President, National Lok Samiti) said that there is no culture like booze and none of the faith mentions about such permission. He rejected the Government’s logic about revenue and other developmental works by such income as in favour of liquor and asked about Bihar where alcohol is banned since the year 2016 but there is no dearth of money for development. He appealed the women to oppose liquor and pointed out that when women in Bihar have made this an issue, the state government was compelled to listen to them and enacted prohibitive law. Liquor as an obstacle on the way of socio-cultural transformation as Loknayak JP conceptualized in his idea of Total Revolution, Mahatma Gandhi resisted this social evil always and we can say that liquor can’t be a means for development rather this is a big blockage which needs to be removed, The national president of Lok Samiti said. He suggested for getting written consent for liquor prohibition from the candidates when election comes to decide our representatives.

In his address during the convention, Mr. Kaushal Ganesh Azad (National Coordinator, Lok Samiti) said that liquor prohibition will speed up development works and can fix our systemic problems also. Mrs. Suman Birua (W. Singhbhum Lok Samiti) has supported the demand of liquor prohibition in Jharkhand and warned about peaceful struggle on road even if required so. She exemplified an adolescent girl raped by her alcoholic family members and became pregnant. Mr. Shankar Rana (Coordinator, Jharkhand State Lok Samiti) has mentioned about constant advocacy by Lok Samiti against liquor and said that rising public support will force the government to ban liquor.

From the chair, Mrs. Sukmati Birua has raised the question of women’s safety and said that we women are doing the work supposed to be performed by the government in fact. She justified the demand to ban liquor and insisted to frame adequate law.

Also Mrs. Lemboti Purti, Mrs. Shanti Soy, Mrs. Lilawati, Mrs. Janki Devi, Mrs. Shilwanti, Mrs. Sukhwanti, Mrs. Sugandhi Samad & others have put their views on the occasion. After vote of thanks by Mrs. Tulsi Budiuli, the convention ended.                                            

#COVID19ReliefMaterials to Needy Families

09 September 2021, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribag): With support of CBM India Trust-Bangalore @CBMIndia NBJK has initiated distribution of COVID-19 relief materials among needy families.

Today 21 family heads have received food supplies & hygiene kits with Rice-50 kg, Flour-10 kg, Gram Pulse-1 kg, Lentil Pulse-4 kg, Mask-8 pcs, Bath Soap-2 pcs, Detergent Soap-2 pcs and Sanitary Pad-2 pcs for each in presence of Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK), Mr. Anand Abhinav (Program Director, NBJK) and Mr. Rajeev Kr. Singh (Program Manager, NBJK).

The beneficiaries belong to Baudam Bazar, Okni, Nutan Nagar areas of Hazaribag town and some came from nearby villages like Oriya, Meru, Jagdishpur, Sakhiya, Mandaikala including Devkuli village of Ichak block.

Mr. Rajeev Singh said that through a survey in Hazaribag Sadar, Katkamsandi, Ichak and Daru blocks, around 900 poor families have been identified as per criteria like any Covid caused casualty, any Person with Disabilities as family member as well as poverty led craving for food within family and all those will be provided the relief materials within a week, he confirms.

Tailoring Training with Sewing Machines to Tribal Women @ushasilaischool @UshaIntl

06 September 2021, Kawakol (Nawada, Bihar): Under joint auspices of NBJK & Usha International, 9 days residential training upon sewing machine maintenance and apparel making has been started for tribal women at Sarvodaya Ashram, Sokhodewra in Nawada district of Bihar.

Mr. Arvind Kumar (Secretary, Sarvodaya Ashhram) inaugurated this Tribal Exclusive #UshaClassicalSilaiSchoolTrainingProgram and conveyed his best wishes to 20 trainee women came from nearby villages like Jhilar, Gaighat, Mananpur, Lalpur etc.

The trainees are learning to set fittings of sewing machine, it’s functioning along with clothes designing, cutting and finishing. Mrs. Ameera Anzum, Mrs. Sumitra Devi and Mrs. Seema Sharma are trainers for this batch while Mr. Rajesh Kumar Sharma and Vishnudev Paswan from NBJK have joined the event as support staffs.

Mr. Shailesh Kumar (Program Co-ordinator, NBJK) informed that after completion of the training, each trainee woman will be provided a new Sewing Machine, a Signage Board, a Tailoring Guide Book and a Certificate for linkage to self-employment with initiation of Usha Silai School at their respective places.