Saraswati Puja at #LordBuddhaHomeForChildren

30 January 2020, Silaunja (BodhGaya): The orphan children of Lord Buddha Home for Children have celebrated Saraswati Puja with devotion. They worshiped Mother Saraswati, the goddess of knowledge, music and art as well as she represents the free flow of wisdom and consciousness. May she bestow her blessings upon all the children!

Visitors from Srinivasan Services Trust @tvssst at Sites of #Mission2020LakhpatiKisanSmartVillage @tatatrusts @cinicell

05 February 2020, Khunti: Mr. Swaran Singh (Retd. IAS & Chairman-Srinivasan Services Trust) and Mr. Raja Ram (Vice President-Srinivasan Services Trust) have visited in tribal villages of Khunti to see the initiatives taken under  the program of Mission 2020 Lakhpati Kisan Smart Village with support of CInI-Jamshedpur and Tata Trusts, Mumbai. Srinivasan Services Trust is the social arm of TVS Motor Company and Sundaram Clayton, Chennai.

#LokSamiti Demands No Liquor in India

30 January 2020, Giridih: On martyrdom day of Mahatma Gandhi, Giridih district unit of Lok Samiti has organized a symposium upon Gandhi & Liquor Ban at NBJK office, Makatpur, Giridih. Mr. P. N. Sharma (ex-president, Giridih district Loj Samiti) has briefed about ideology of Gandhi Ji and his relevance in present context. Mr. Kaushal Ganesh Azad (national coordinator, Lok Samiti) said that our constitution and thoughts of Gandhiji can save India’s unity. Also Mr. Ramdev Vishwabandhu, Mrs. Veena Verma, Mr. Jayshankar Agrawal, Mrs. Shalini Priya, Mr. Sanjay Thakur, Mr. Gautam Sagar, Mr. Dilip Kumar, Mrs. Geeta Devi, Mr. Sahdev Rana and others have expressed their views against liquor with other social evils like casteism, untouchability, dowry and superstition on the occasion. Mr. Vasudev Pandit (social activist) anchored the meeting.

#CommunityBasedInclusiveDevelopmentForPWDs program @CBMIndia @dfat Ensured Pump sets for PwDs Farmers

28 January 2020, Dumka: Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) & Horticulture Mission have provided motor pump sets to 50 farmers of Inclusive Kisan Club promoted under the program of Community Based Inclusive Development for PwDs with support of CBM-Bangalore. There are 20 Inclusive Kisan Clubs with farmers with disabilities in the district.

NBJK Celebrates India’s 71st Republic Day

26 January 2020, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribag): Nation’s 71st Republic Day has been celebrated with full zest at NBJK’s coordination office, branch offices and schools.

At C O, Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK) unfurled the tricolour flag and led group recitation of national anthem. In his address, he referred Indian Constitution as guiding principle and talked about fundamental rights of citizens. There are problems of poverty, unemployment; education, health; agriculture etc. and they must be addressed with decentralized as well as pro-farmer economic policy by the government, he opined. In Jharkhand we need proper irrigation facility for farmers and we should adopt drip irrigation system to save water, Mr. Girija Satish suggested. Likewise social evils as superstition, liquor and women atrocity can be countered by promotion of scientific perspective, NBJK President added. He conveyed best wishes to all on the occasion.

Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) congratulated all and said about transparency, honesty, activity and result maintained by NBJK during last 50 years. He reminded the staffs about Golden Jubilee year of NBJK to be celebrated in 2020. Mr. Satish Girija has quoted verses of famous Hindi poet Late Maithily Sharan Gupt which means Never to be afraid of death, one never dies if lives for others, only feeding ourselves is an animal instinct, a true human being lives or dies for others.

Mr. Prabhu Nath Sharma (Treasurer, NBJK) appealed the people for self-analysis to decide right direction of life. For a balanced life, we must consider Dharma and Moksha along with Artha & Kama, he advised.

Around 100 trainees, beneficiaries and staffs have participated in the event.

Republic Day in Full Swing at #SurekhaPrakashBhaiPublicSchool

26 January 2020, Bahera (Hazaribag): On the occasion of Republic Day, NBJK run Surekha Prakash Bhai Public School has organized a number of activities before Mr. Ivan Nutbrown and Mr. Michael Alan Willis, the distinguished guests from United Kingdom accompanied by Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK), Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK), Mr. Prabhu Nath Sharma (Treasurer, NBJK), Mr. Gandharv Gaurav (Director, NBJK), Mrs. Sheela Kumari (Secretary, Stri Shakti), Mrs. Damini Gaurav (Director, Crops and Bobbers) & others.

Ms. Rina Pandey (Principal, SPBPS), teachers and students have welcomed the guests with traditional etiquette and parading students have escorted them up to the ground. Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK) has hoisted national flag and recited national anthem with all. The students have performed a well disciplined parade on the day and presented a wide range of cultural activities.

Mr. Ivan Nutbrown appreciated the program. In his concluding address, Mr. Girija Satish provided character building tips to the children and said about the qualities of truthfulness, cleanliness, logical mindset, hard labour, respect to elders, social harmony, message of love from all faiths, frugality, vegetarianism, rational decision making and so on. He appealed them to keep distance from bad habits/company and cell phone also.

Ms. Rina Pandey thanked all teachers, students and school management committee for the support to make the day unforgettable.

Certificate after #SkillDevelopment Course Completion @ElectrosteelS @VedantaF

24 January 2020, Bokaro : Certificate distribution cum alumni meet ceremony has been organised by Bokaro team of NBJK and CSR team of Vedanta under Skill development programme at Siyaljori Village near Chas, Bokaro.

Mr. Philmon (DDM, NABARD), Mr. Satish Girija (Secratery, NBJK), Panchayat Pradhan (Mukhiya) and other prominent persons from project villages were present in the event. Trainee youths have participated and performed some cultural activities to make it a great success.

Total 180 students have received their course completion certificates for the trades of Basic Computer Applications, General Duty Assistant, Cell Phone Repair, Beautician and Safety Gloves Making.

Sub-Committee Meeting of #FamilyCounsellingCentre @MinistryWCD

22 January 2020,Hazaribag: CSWB-Delhi & JSSWB-Ranchi supported Family Counselling Centre by NBJK has called it’s sub-committee meeting at Women police station of Hazaribag.

The meeting was presided by Mr. Krishna Kumar Saha (Officer In-charge, Women PS) who suggested launching a campaign to make men-women aware of peaceful family life. Among present members of the sub-committee, Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) advised to constitute a women cell which can support to settle family disputes. Mrs. Munni Kumari (ASI, Women PS) said about fixing of FCC banner/board at strategic spots as many suffering women or men have no access to right person or agency.

During the meeting, Mrs. Meera Gupta (Counsellor, FCC) has tabled quarterly report before the members and informed about total 32 cases registered from Nov’19 to Jan’20. Out of these cases, wife-husband dispute counts (19), alcoholism (08), dispute with son/daughter-in-law (02), land dispute (01), extra-marital (01), neighborhood clash (01) and overall 17 cases have been reconciliated, she updated.

Also Mrs. Neera Rezina Purty (ASI, Women PS), Mrs. Sheela Kumari (Secretary, Stri Shakti), Mr. Tulsi Dubey, Mr. Arvind Jha (advocate), Mr. Umesh Kumar (HolyCross), Mrs. Sharda Devi and Mr. Sanjay Kumar (Counsellor, FCC) were present in the meeting.

Follow up & Orientation to Small VOs upon #ProfitableAgriculture @bread4theworld

20 January 2020, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribag): As an activity of the program of Enabling Social Activists to Reduce Poverty as well as to Ensure Food Security with support of Bread for the World-Germany, a follow up cum orientation meeting was called at NBJK coordination office.

Mr. Rajeev Singh (Program Manager) has moderated the meeting focused upon profitable agriculture. He provided tips for land/seed preparation, green house caring, irrigation, organic fertilizer, pest control and water saving technique like drip irrigation.

The chief executives of 20 small VOs from Bokaro, Ranchi, Ramgarh, Chatra, Koderma, Hazaribag, Dhanbad, Giridih, Nawada, Gaya districts of Jharkhand-Bihar have participated in the meeting. They support farmers in their work areas.