#CapacityBuildingTraining for Partner VOs @bread4theworld

16-17 March 2020, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribag): 2 days Capacity Building training camp for small VOs of Jharkhand-Bihar took place under the program by NBJK upon Poverty Eradication, Food Security & Treatment for People with Mental Illness & Epilepsy (PwMIE) with support of Bread for the World, Germany.

During the training, Mr. Rajeev Singh (Program Manager) has discussed upon food security through technical-monetary support to farmers, skill development among rural women and treatment access for PwMIE identified at ground level. He collected feedback from partner VOs for achievement appraisal and stressed upon increased participation of beneficiary farmers-women-PwMIE to run the program more efficiently. Many VOs have cited about local problems in the field and got suggestions accordingly.

 It’s worth mentioning that every year 636 farmers get support on food security, 528 rural women receive tailoring training and about 1300 PwMIE find treatment with medicines in mental health camps being organized at Hazaribag, Gaya & Patna each month through the program.

The chief functionaries of 27 VOs from Sasaram, Gaya, Chhapra, Samastipur, Motihari, Nawada, Patna, Ranchi, Ramgarh, Chatra, Koderma, Giridih, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Hazaribag districts of Bihar & Jharkhand have participated in the training. Mr. Shankar Rana (Asst. Program Manager) has coordinated the affairs.

Certificate with Placement to Trainees of #SkillForLife Trainees @WeareSwades @HSBC

14 March 2020, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribag): The trainee youths of Skill for Life program with support of Swades Foundation, Mumbai have been awarded with course completion certificates & job offers in a simple ceremony organized at NBJK coordination office. They went through a 2 months skill development training in trades of General Duty Assistant, Basic Computer Applications and Business Process Outsourcing.

On this occasion, Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) conveyed his best wishes to the passing out batch and suggested to welcome placement offer for work experience. With capacitating yourself, you can grab better job opportunities in future; he suggested the youths and ensured them for all support if any problem comes at work place. Mr. Satish Girija appealed the youngsters to link other friends with this program. Mr. Prabhu Nath Sharma (Treasurer-NBJK & Program In-charge) bestowed compliments to all students and anticipated for their good performance. Mr. Kirti Rawat (Placement Officer, NBJK) briefed about expectations of any employer, recommended for an impressive resume and asked to put hesitation aside to work at new place. Also the trainees have praised NBJK & faculty team for all arrangements and care during this residential course.

It’s noteworthy that out of total 52 youths enrolled here, 34 have got job. They came from villages of Hazaribag, Chatra, Bokaro, Giridih districts and got placement at Hazaribag, Ranchi, Ramgarh & Bagodar (Giridih). Mrs. Sunita Kumari, Ms. Priyadarshini Pradhan, Mr. Rohit Kumar (Faculty Members) and Mr. Om Prakash Gupta (Mobilizer) played important role in organizing the event.

Women’s Convention Demands to #BanLiquor

12 March 2020, Simla (Kharsawan): Women’s convention under joint auspices of NBJK’s network VO Lokhit Sanstha and Saraikela Kharsawan District Lok Samiti, was inaugurated by Mrs. Chami Murmu  (Honoured with Nari Shakti Award from Hon. President of India). She put stress upon change in mindset to prohibit liquor and said that women in remote towns & villages are still waiting for their independence. Humanity is incomplete without women’s stake and their voice shouldn’t be unheard, she pointed out.

The convention demanded for complete ban upon liquor in Jharkhand and many speakers have drawn attention of the state government towards pathetic condition of the families where alcoholism engulfs most of the income, youngsters became liquor addicts and crimes against women or road accidents are on rise. Mrs. Kunti Bahen, Mrs. Sandhya Mahto, Mrs. Sarojini Tudu, Mrs. Saloni Hansda, Mrs. Padmavati Mahto, Mrs. Lakshmi Jyotishi, Mrs. Mamta Murmu, Mr. Angura Mahto, Dr. Manoj Kumar and others have contributed to the program.

Rohtas District Lok Samiti Contributes to #Women’sDay

08 March 2020, Akodhi Gola (Rohtas): International Women’s Day celebrated at Gandhi Seva Ashram under joint auspices of Jan Adhikar Foundation & Rohtas district unit of Lok Samiti.

Er. Satyanarayan Singh (MLA, Dehri), Mr. Kaushal Ganesh Azad (Coordinator, National Lok Samiti), Mr. Shivji Singh (General Secretary, Bihar State Lok Samiti), Mr. Anil Prasad (Officer-in-Charge, Akodhi Gola PS) have inaugurated the program. The MLA has informed people, particularly women about govt. schemes, 50% reservation for them in PRIs and praised their sense of responsibility. Mr. K. G. Azad symbolized the day for women empowerment while Mr. Shivji Singh demanded for more representation of women in all walks of life. Mr. Anil Prasad has appealed for liquor-free Holi.

The program was chaired by Mrs. Pratima Kumari (Teacher). More than hundred women, social workers, farmers and villagers have participated in women’s day function.

Seminar upon #WomenViolence&GenderDiscrimination @bread4theworld

08 March 2020, Patna: A seminar upon violence and gender discrimination to women has been organized at NBJK-Patna office with support of Bread for the World, Germany.

The speakers have expressed grave concern over rising incidents of violence and discrimination against women. Most of the participants have insisted for equal treatment to women and said that we too deserve honour like our male counterparts.

Honour for #AntiLiquorWomenVolunteers on Women’s Day

08 March 2020, Hasandag (Meral, Garhwa): On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Women Honour Ceremony was organised by the network VO Janak Vikas Dhara and District Lok Samiti, Garhwa.

The program held at Panchayat Secretariat premises and Mr. Dilip Khalkho (Dy. Superintendent of Police) was the chief guest on this occasion who praised women for their efforts towards liquor prohibition. He remembered his mother who was an Aanganwadi worker and campaigned against Handiya (local booze) with other malpractices in his village. We must oppose witchcraft, alcoholism and child marriage to make a better society, Mr. Khalkho said and honoured 80 anti-liquor women volunteers with shawl & memento.

Mr. Dukhan Choudhary (Mukhiya, Hasandag) who leads these volunteers against liquor, chaired the program in dignified presence of Mrs. Anita Datta (ex-chairperson, Nagar Parishad), Mrs. Lucy Rani (police inspector), Mrs. Asha Devi (president, mahila mandal), Mr. Ramnaresh Choudhary (member, Jila Parishad), Mr. Ram Ikbal Choube, Mr. Ramashankar Choube, Mr. Gurudev Vishwakarma and many more.

#BanLiquor Issue Raised Before the Minister Concerned

08 March 2020, Nawadih (Bokaro): NBJK’s network VO Adarsh Gram Vikas Sewa Samiti has organized International Women’s Day and invited Mr. Jagarnath Mahto (Cabinet Minister for Departments of School Education & Literacy, Excise & Prohibition, Govt. of Jharkhand) as the chief guest.

Mr. Mahto has focused upon state’s initiatives for women and discussed about an appropriate educational model for Jharkhand. Mr. Vasudev Sharma (Secretary, AGVSS) welcomed honourable minister and requested him to ban liquor in favour of women. Mr. Shankar Rana (Coordinator, Jharkhand State Lok Samiti) has carried on the topic and charged liquor as responsible for various anti-women crimes, road accidents as well as superstitious mindset of the people. Alcoholism has reduced our collective power as a society and Lok Samiti appeals the state government to prohibit liquor like in Bihar, he said.

Also Mrs. Poonam Devi (Pramukh, Nawadih panchayat), PRIs members, Mukhiyas have addressed the function. Bokaro District Lok Samiti was represented by Mr. Shyam Kumar Bharti and Mr. Vijay Kumar on the occasion with a crowd of about 500 women.

#BanLiquor Convention by VOs under Banner of #LokSamiti

08 March 2020, Lariyadih (Koderma): Under banner of District Lok Samiti, Koderma, VOs like Rashtriya Jharkhand Sewa Sansthan, PDMMS, SMVM, JKSC and Veer Jharkhand Sewa Manch have celebrated International Women’s Day by organizing a Ban Liquor convention at panchayat bhawan.

This was inaugurated by Mrs. Anita Devi (Pramukh, Koderma Sadar panchayat), Mr. Ramesh Yadav (Mukhiya Representative), Mr. Manaoj Dangi (Secretary, RJSS), Mrs. Kiran Devi, Mrs. Gauri Devi, Mrs. Suman Rani and Mr. Bhola Yadav (Secretary, VJSM). Mrs. Anita Devi called liquor as an evil tool to destroy our social fabrics. She praised Lok Samiti to raise such an important issue for women on the day and said about the responsibility of society as well as of the Government to prohibit liquor completely. She warned for women’s movement in a phased manner to oppose liquor. Child marriage is a barrier to achieve girls’ education, she pointed out. Mr. Manoj Dangi opined that rising trend of liquor consumption is a major social evil that grabbed even teenagers and it must go from Jharkhand & India. Liquor prohibition is the need of time and this can reduce violence, road accidents & adultery around us by 75%, he mentioned. Mr. Ramesh Yadav has assured for all cooperation in any effort to oust liquor from Jharkhand.

Mrs. Lilawati Devi, Baswa Didi and Shobha Didi presented awareness songs against liquor. Mr. Bhola Yadav thanked to all participants present in the convention, people enjoyed pre-Holi gesture and took oath to resist liquor. Also DLSA-Koderma people have contributed to the program. Around 200 women-men have joined the program.

Fasting for #Peace&Goodwill against Riots

06 March 2020, Patna: Bihar Pradesh Lok Samiti has organized one day group fast in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue inside Gandhi Maidan. Many office bearers and volunteers of Lok Samiti kept fasting for peace & goodwill against rising incidents of communal riots in India.

Mrs. Kranti Rashosh (state coordinator, women cell-Bihar State Lok Samiti), Mrs. Poonam Bharti (Madhubani dist. LS), Ms.  Akhtari Begam (Patna district LS), Mr. Kaushal Ganesh Azad (coordinator- national LS), Mr. Shivji Singh (gen. secy. BSLS), Mr. Vinod Sharma (treasurer, national LS), Mr. Ramakant Sharma (Nalanda dist. LS), Mr. Nagendra Sinha (Nawada dist. LS), Mr. Satyendra Kumar (Patna dist. LS) and many others have observed fast on the day and emphasized upon the need of peace & goodwill.

Lok Samiti’s national coordinator Mr. K. G. Azad said that we believe in fraternity among all the communities living in India and only love for each other can save us from destabilization being created in recent days.

Girl Students of #RemedialCoachingCentres Won Prizes @ActionVillageIn

29 February 2020, Amrit Nagar: The girl students of Remedial Coaching Centres (RCCs) running under AVI-UK supported Girls Education Project by NBJK have participated in a combined competition of Quiz, Essay, Drawing, Spelling & Singing. They came from 18 RCCs in different villages of Hazaribag Sadar, Katkamdaag and Katkamsaandi blocks of Hazaribag district.

Rinki Kumari (Marheta RCC), Saniya Parveen (Sultana-2 RCC) and Sanjana Kumari (Lupung RCC) have got first, second & third prizes in quiz competition. For essay competition, first, second & third prizes went to Rani Kumari (Chhadwa RCC), Arpana Bharti & Ranjana Kumari (both from Kanchanpur RCC) while in spelling test, Ritika Kumari (Sultana-2 RCC), Rani Parveen (Khutra RCC) and Lucky Parveen stood first, second and third consequently. Likewise in drawing competition, Komal Kumari (Kanchanpur RCC), Anu Kumari (Lupung RCC) and Madhu Kumari (Marheta RCC) bagged 1^st, 2^nd & 3^rd prizes whereas Vatista Yadav (Gurhet-2 RCC), Sonam Kumari (Hedlag RCC) and Shabbu Parveen (Marheta RCC) obtained first, second & third prizes in singing contest. All remaining participants have got consolation prizes.

On this occasion, Mr. Prabhu Nath Sharma (Treasurer, NBJK) said that such activity boosts up our interest in education and objective is to mould these girls as responsible citizens ultimately. Mr. Abhay Kumar (Supervisor, RCCs) has thanked all the participants & their teachers for their active contribution and he appealed them to deliver more output.

Total 54 girl students have participated in the competition. The programme team of Mr. Abhay Kumar, Ms. Niky Soren, Mr. Vikram Kumar and RCCs’ teachers has organized the event.