World Environment Day and Response to COVID-19 @tatatrusts @cinicell @abcapital @GiveIndia @HSBC @CBMIndia @dfat @jayantsinha & #CareToday

05-12 June 2020, Hazaribag-Khunti-Dumka: On 5^th June at Bahera (Chauparan, Hazaribag), NBJK run Surekha Prakashbhai Public School has celebrated World Environment Day. Ms Rina Pandey (Principal, SPPS) planted saplings of mango & rosewood inside the campus and appealed to enrich biodiversity.

On the same day at Khunti under Menstrual Hygiene Management Program with support of Tata Trusts & CInI Cell, an orientation workshop took place for stakeholders at CHC Khunti.

On 7^th in Dumka district with support of Aditya Birla Capital, NBJK made available 1 Thermal Scanner, 5 litres Sanitizer & 50 pcs Masks to the BDO of Kathikund block. These will be used by front-line corona warriors and to monitor the people staying at quarantine centre. During 8-10 June at Jarmundi & Sadar blocks of Dumka with support of GiveIndia & HSBC, NBJK distributed Ration Packets  among 200 PwDs/marginalized families. Each one was provided Rice (10 kg), Pulse (2 kg), Soap (2 pcs) and Mask (2 pcs). Also for prevention of COVID-19, an awareness campaign is going on in the villages. In the same period under the program of CBID (Community Based Inclusive Development) for PwDs with support of CBM India, 150 farmer/PwDs members of Jagriti Kisan Clubs in Kathikund & Jarmundi blocks have received maize & green vegetables’ seeds as a support to their farm based activities. On 12 June at Jarmundi, 280 Masks have been provided to the CDPO of Jarmundi block. These are for Aanganwadi Workers who work as frontline corona warriors. The DPOs, SHGs and the PwDs have made the masks under CBID program.

On 10^th  June in Khunti district with support of GiveIndia, NBJK provided 10 kg Rice, 2 kg Pulse, 1 Mask & 1 Soap to each among 100 vulnerable households across villages of Murhu block. Most of the beneficiaries are victims of reverse migration due to COVID-19.

On 12^th June the campaign of breakfast kits distribution at quarantine centres ended in Hazaribag & Ramgrah districts. This was supported by Mr. Jayant Sinha (Hon. MP, Hazaribag) and Care Today separately. Each kit contains Sattu (1.4 kg), Mudhi (525 grams), Salt (200 grams), Onion (1 kg), Soap (1 pc) & mask (1 pc). About 10 thousand quarantined persons have received the breakfast kits during this campaign started on 2^nd June.

Hazaribag MP Mr. Jayant Sinha @jayantsinha Provides Dry Breakfast Kits for #QuarantinedPeople

2-4 June 2020, Barhi & Padma Blocks (Hazaribag): On 02 June, by courtesy of Mr. Jayant Sinha (Hon. MP-Hazaribag), NBJK started dry breakfast kits distribution campaign for migrant persons quarantined at different centers in Barhi & Padma blocks of Hazaribag district.

At govt. middle school-Barsot, middle school-Srinagar, high school Kariyatpur, primary school Koriyadih, Navasrijit primary school Bariyattha, panchayat bhawan Padma and panchayat bhawan Saraiya Quarantine centers, total 308 persons have been provided dry breakfast kits containing Sattu (200 gm x 7 packets), Mudhi (175 gm x 3 packets), Salt (200 gm), Onion (1 kg), Soap (1 pc) & mask (1 pc). On 03 June, 660 quarantined fellows have received breakfast kits at their centers based at Romi, Saraiya, Surajpura, Bihari, Sonpura, Majgawan, Bundu villages. Likewise on 4th, 1045 kits distributed at Vishnugarh, Govindpur, Bakaspura & Charnakiya based quarantine centers in Vishnugarh block of the district.

Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) appreciated Hon. MP for the support and said about the target of breakfast kits to 7000 & 3000 quarantined persons in Hazaribag and Ramgarh districts respectively. Messrs Alok Toppo, Om Prakash Gupta, Rajkumar Gupta, Rahul Besra, Ganesh Yadav, Raju Sharma, Pintu Kumar and Sanjay Ram play important role in breakfast distribution campaign.

Dry Breakfast Distribution at Quarantine Centers with Support of #CareToday @aajtak @indiatoday

2 – 4 June 2020, Sadar & Churchu Blocks (Hazaribag): On 2nd June with support of India Today TV, Care Today & Aaj Tak, NBJK has distributed dry breakfast kits among 320 quarantined persons at the centers of Karwekala, Silwar Polytechnic, Silwar Kala, Meru, Banahapa, Amnari, Chutiyaro, Singhani, Badasi, Dumar in Hazaribag Sadar block.

Each kit contains Sattu (200 gm x 7 packets), Mudhi (175 gm x 3 packets), Salt (200 gm), Onion (1 kg), Soap (1 pc) & mask (1 pc). Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK) and Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) have led the distribution team. On 3rd June, at Sakhiya, Baheri, Marheta, Pauta, Gurhet, Morangi and Naya Khap panchayats, 171 quarantined persons have received the breakfast kits. On 4th in Churchu block of the district, distribution of 686 breakfast kits have been reported from Churchu, Aango, Bahera, Charhi, Basadih, Hendegarha, Karukhap panchayats and the process will continue in Indra and Jarba panchayats of the block tomorrow.

Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) has thanked India Today TV, Care Today and Aaj Tak for the support in this crucial time of COVID-19 and appealed quarantined people to follow safety rules in interest of their family members & villages. He said that NBJK targets to provide breakfast kits to 7000 people in Hazaribag and 3000 in Ramgarh districts those staying at quarantine centers. Most of them are migrant workers coming from metro cities or other states. Messrs Shankar Rana, Vinod Rana, Varun Yadav, Shubham Kumar, Bhuneshwar Prasad and Prayag Mahto are members of the team constituted for this campaign.

Observance of #InternationalMenstrualHygieneDay @tatatrusts @cinicell

Khunti, 28 May 2020, Khunti: Under the program of Mission 2020: Lakhpati Kisan-Smart Village with support of CInI Cell & Tata Trusts, NBJK has promoted observance of International Menstrual Hygiene Day by women & adolescent girls at Bichhna and other villages in Murhu block.

On this occasion, the members of Farmer Producer Groups, Murhu Nari Shakti Kisan Producer Co. Ltd. and village girls have been sensitized upon the issues related to menstrual health management by Ms Priyanka Mohanti (Tata Trusts) & Ms Roshni Toppo. They met the groups, appealed them to take special care of their menstrual health, organized on line quiz competition and arranged doubts clarification session with Dr. (Mrs.) Surabhi Singh (Consultant, Tata Trusts).

The day was celebrated by the girls & women; they made Rangolis and sanitary pads in home with available cloths. The event was focused upon to reduce stigma/taboo and to establish a scientific temper around menstruation.

Ration & Sanitation Kits to the Families of #MigrantLaborers @GiveIndia @HSBC

28 May 2020, Chauparan (Hazaribag): With support of GiveIndia and HSBC, NBJK has distributed ration & sanitation kits among the families of quarantined laborers staying at different quarantine centers made in Chauparan block.

The families of around 250 such laborers have received the kits of 10 kg Rice, 2 kg Pulse, 1 Soap and a Mask as each of them at such centers like Upgraded Primary School-Ahri Nawadih, KBS High School-Chauparan, Panchayat Bhawan-Chaithee, Buniyadi Madhya Vidyalaya-Thuthee, Samudayik Bhawan-Nagwan under Chordaha, Chauparan, Chaithee, Tajpur, Mangarh, Bahera, Pandewara, Singhrawan, Bachhai panchayats of the block.

Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) has appealed the people living at quarantine centers to follow all safety rules in favor of their family members, village & society. He said that social distancing, mask wearing and 3-4 times soap hand-washing are the trusted measures to prevent COVID-19 and we all are supposed to practice these to control the pandemic.

A team of Mr. Birendra Sinha, Mrs. Maya Mishra, Mrs. Poonam Kumari, Mr. Narayan Rajak, Md. Sanaullah Ansari, Mr. Navratna Pandey, Mr. Brijnandan Sahoo, Mr. Santosh Prajapati and Mr. Narayan Prajapati distributed the kits among people.

#DryRationtoQuarantineCenter @abcapital & Mask Maker Groups @CBM India

26-27 May 2020, Dumka-Hazaribag: With support of Aditya Birla Capital, NBJK provided dry ration for 94 quarantined persons staying at Jama High School. Mr. Sadhucharan Devgam (BDO-Jama) has received Rice (3 quintals), Lentil Pulse (1 quintal), Soybean (20 kg) and Salt (10 kg).

Under the program of Community Based Inclusive Development for PwDs with support of CBM India, 5 mask production units have made 5000 masks and next lot is in process. 2 units are in Kathikund block and 3 in Jama, Jarmundi and Dumka Sadar block respectively. These are run by Differently Abled People’s Organizations with PwDs members. At Nawada village of Kathikund block in Dumka district, children were fed and public demonstration of preventive measures took place with support of GOJ.

In Hazaribag Sadar Block, 20 women in NBJK facilitated SHGs have made 10,000 reusable masks and liked by people.

#AwarenessMasksRationRefreshment&Citation @MundaNilkanth @jayantsinha @SBI_FOUNDATION @CBMIndia @dfat

22-24 May 2020, Dumka, Deoghar, Barhi, Khunt: A campaign for hand wash with soap and mask distribution took place among around 200 people in 8 villages of Jama block of Dumka district under NBJK run program of Community Based Inclusive Development for PwDs with support of CBM India-Bangaluru.

In Ramaldih, Sahari, Gadi and Barsatia villages of Deoghar Sadar block, with support of SBI Foundation-Mumbai, Team NBJK of the program SBI Gram Seva has distributed Ration kits among 187 households. Keeping view of the problem being faced by the marginalized people, SBI Administrative Office-Deoghar has supported the relief campaign. Each family head got Rice (7 kg) & Pulse (1 kg) from the hands of Mr. A. K. Tiwari (Officer, State Bank of India).

In Khunti, NBJK got a Letter of Appreciation from local MLA Mr. Nilkanth Singh Munda due to its constant active response to COVID-19 in the district. On behalf of the organization, Mr. Mohit Purty (Branch Manager, NBJK-Khunti) has received the citation and thanked the Honorable MLA. Its noteworthy that right from this Corona crisis, NBJK intervened in the area through running community kitchens, ration distribution, marketing of farm products, awareness campaign and convergence of GO-NGOs efforts with many more.

Likewise in Barhi (Hazaribag), with support of Mr. Jayant Sinha (Hon. MP, Hazaribag), NBJK has set up 4 refreshment stalls at Barhi Chowk where all major buses on the Ranchi-Patna, Ranchi-Gaya, Dhanbad-Patna and Dhanbad-Gaya routes pass through. These stalls are serving Sattu sharbat & drinking water to around 1000 migrant workers daily coming back to their homes from metro cities or other states.

Ration & Sanitation Kit to Needy People with Support of #AzimPremjiFoundation

23 May 2020, Hazaribag: Under the campaign to support needy people in Corona caused hard time, NBJK has provided ration & sanitation kit to 172 families at Hazaribag with support of Azim Premji Foundation-Bangaluru.

There were 73, 70 and 29 family head men/women at three distribution points namely Devangana Chowk, Shuzait Chowk & South Gandhi Nagar-Matwari and each of them received flour (10 kg), pulse (1.5 kg), mustard oil (1 litre), potato (5 kg), sugar (1 kg), gram (1 kg), soap (2 pcs) & mask (2 pcs). Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK), Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) and Mr. Anand Abhinav (Program Director, NBJK) have distributed these essential items among the beneficiary families belong to Ghasi Mohalla, Gosain Tola and other localities of Hazaribag.

Mr. Girija Satish said that with support of partner organizations, NBJK is committed to serve weaker section of the society. Our relief campaign is running across 7 districts of Jharkhand and reached to 10 thousand plus people in terms of medical utilities/infrastructure support to administration and availability of ration-sanitation kit, community kitchen, money transfer in bank account & awareness campaign for the people, he briefed.

#MedicalUtilities to Hazaribag Administration @Plan_India @tatatrusts

20-21 May 2020, Hazaribag: With support of Plan India & Tata Trusts, NBJK has provided 320 pcs PPE kits to the office of Medical Superintendent-HMCH, 1800 pcs three-layered masks to Dr. Sanjay Jayaswal (Civil Surgeon, Hazaribag) and 700 pcs of the same masks to Ms Shipra Sinha (District Social Welfare Officer, Hazaribag).

Also 1000 pcs of 3-layered mask and 80 pcs of PPE kit made available to the CHC of Churchu block while 500 pcs of 3-layered masks have been provided to the CDPO office, Churchu.

Messrs Ranjan Kumar, Alok Toppo, Bhaia Anshuman & others from Child Centered Community Development Program, Churchu have played important role in this medical items’ distribution affair.

#Provisions to 65 Poor Families Observing Roza @goonj

19 May 2020, Hazaribag: With support of Goonj-Jharkhand, NBJK provided dry food items to 65 rozedar families at Azad Nagar area of Hazaribag town. Each family has received flour (10 kg), mustard oil (1 litre), gram pulse (1.5 kg), gram (1 kg), potato (5 kg), onion (1 kg), salt (1 kg), sugar (1 kg), soap (2 pcs), mask (2 pcs).

Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) offered best wishes of Ramzan to the beneficiaries and said that keeping view of daily life problem during lockdown; this is a small support to our fellow citizens. These food items have been distributed at the place of Hazi Md. Islam, a senior citizen of the area and his family members have supported the logistics.

Mr. Rajeev Singh (Program Manager, NBJK) and a team comprised of Messrs Shankar Rana, Rajkumar, Barun Yadav, Kundan, Shatrughn Thakur, Govind and Md. Afzal have arranged the event.