Visitors at #Mission2020LakhpatiKisanSmartVillage @cinicell @tatatrusts @IKEA

21 November 2019, Khunti: Ikea CSR Head along with CInI Tata Trusts ED Mr. Ganesh Neelam, Regional Manager-Jh. Mr. Sirshendu Paul visited Khunti NBJK project area. They interacted with Lakhpati farmers, visited Rabi crop patch and Interacted with directors of Farmers Producers Co. The visit was for Fund Support for the ongoing program of Mission 2020: Lakhpati Kisan Smart Village being implemented by NBJK.

#ChildReporters Celebrate World Children’s Day @UNICEFIndia

20 November 2019, Ranchi: On occasion of World Children’s Day, UNICEF-Jharkhand organized a press conference at Ranchi Press Club to celebrate UNCRC. This was joined by 30 child reporters from different schools, media representatives, Mr. Deepak Kumar (Gen. Secy. MAM-Jharkhand), Mr. Prashant Dash (CFO, UNICEF-Jharkhand), Ms Moira Dawa & Md. Salman (Communication Officers, UNICEF-Jharkhand) and Mrs. Sushmita Bhatacharji (Program Manager, NBJK). A child reporter Ms Saniya Kumari emphasized on how activities and programs have empowered them to raise voice. The child reporters interacted with media persons.

Certificates to Trainees of #RojgarTrainingCentre @ElectrosteelS @VedantaF

20 November 2019, Bokaro: Certificate distributed among passing out trainees of tailoring trade by NBJK run Rojgar Training Centre @ElectrosteelS @VedantaF

#SurekhaPrakashBhaiPublicSchool’s Student Shortlisted for Scholarship @BYJUS

16 November 2019, Bahera (Chouparan, Hazaribag): Master Purushottam Chourasia, class IX student of NBJK run Surekha Prakash Bhai Public School, participated in Discovery School Super League 2019-20 by BYJU’S the learning app, Bangalore. He was declared 17th topper and awarded a badge for scoring 100% in a test held on 4th Oct. Purushottam has been shortlisted for counselling session & scholarship.

Certificate with Placement Offer to #SkillForLife Trainees @WeAreSwades @HSBC

16 November 2019, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribag): Under the program of Skill for Life with support of Swades Foundation, Mumbai, the trainees have received course completion certificate from Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) and Mr. Prabhu Nath Sharma (Treasurer, NBJK).

Mr. Satish Girija asked the youths about their learning experience and allowed extra time access to computers. For placement offered trainees, he suggested to accept very first job and to inform immediately if any trouble comes. Mr. Prabhu Nath Sharma briefed that out of total 50 trainees (General Duty Assistant-33, Basic Computer Applications-11 and Business Process Outsourcing/Call Centre-06), 40 have been offered jobs.

These youths belong to different places like Khalari, Bokaro, Ramgarh, Chatra, Barkagaon, Katkamsandi, Katkamdag, Giridih, Nimiyaghat, Hazaribag etc. Mrs. Sunita Kumari, Ms Priyadarshini Pradhan, Mr. Anurag Shrivastava (all faculties) and Mr. Om Prakash Gupta (mobilizer) have contributed to the event.

Field Visit by #SBIGramSeva Coordinator @SBI_FOUNDATION

13 November 2019, Chakai (Jamui, Bihar) & Deoghar (Jharkhand): Mr. Siddalingesh B B, Coordinator of SBI Gram Seva project, visited project villages at Chakai block in Jamui district of Bihar and at Deoghar Sadar block in Deoghar district (Jharkhand). He met village people to know about the project’s impact. SBI Foundation, Mumbai has adopted 10 villages (5 villages in each block) for their holistic development under SBI Gram Seva being implemented by NBJK.

One Community Information Center and computer lab has been created in each village used by about 300 children and villagers. 32 bathrooms have been constructed and utilized by over 350 women who earlier used to take bath in open. 250+ acres of land is brought under irrigation through motor pumps, ponds and wells constructed/renovated under the project. These are some of the activities done in last two years.

Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK), Mr. Anand Abhinav (Program Director, NBJK), Mr. Jitendra Kumar (Program Manager, NBJK), Mr. Sudarshan Pandey (Asst. PM, NBJK), Mr. Dhiraj, Mr. Santosh Gautam and others have accompanied Mr. Siddalingesh B B during his visit.

Quiz & Drawing Competition among Students of #RemedialCoachingCenters @hdbfsl

12 November 2019, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribag): A joint competition as quiz & drawing was held among students of Remedial Coaching Centers (RCCs) with support of HDB Financial Services, Mumbai. For quiz, Rishita Bharti from Amrit Nagar RCC stood first while Lakshmi Kumari (Daroo RCC) and Nisha Kumari (Babhanwai RCC) achieved second & third positions. In drawing competition, Sanjana Kumari (Baiheri RCC) was declared first and followed by Khushi Mishra (Meroo RCC) with Riyanshi Yadav (Rola RCC) as second & third respectively.

All the winners have received their prizes from Mr. Prabhunath Sharma (Treasurer, NBJK) who appreciated them. In his address to RCCs’ teachers & students, Mr. Sharma suggested to update their GK regularly and appealed for more attention by RCCs of Lalpur & Silwar villages. Total 30 students from RCCs at Amrit Nagar, Rola, Babhanwai, Silwar, Meru, Daroo, Baiheri, Lalpur, Mandai, Jagdishpur villages participated in this competition and all non-winners have got consolation prizes.

Messrs Vikram Kumar, Pintu Kumar (both supervisors), Ganesh Vishwakarma, Ghulam Baquee, Md. Ishrafil, Sahdev Prasad, Sunil Kumar (RCCs’ teachers) have contributed to organize the event. Its significant that with support of HDBFS-Mumbai, NBJK runs RCCs at 20 villages of Hazaribag Sadar and Churchu blocks in Hazaribag district. These centers provide coaching of science, maths and English for more than 700 school girls of class 8, 9 & 10 in these remote villages.

Honour to NBJK

26 October 2019, Ahmedabad: NBJK got awarded with Citation and Rs. 5 Lakhs with the hands of H E Shree Shree Gurudev Ravi Shankar ji given under CSR support of Prasad Groups of company. Mr. Girija Nandan “Girija Satish” (Founder Member & President, NBJK) and Mr. Satish Kumar “Satish Girija” (Founder Member & Secretary, NBJK) have received the award on behalf of the organization.

Kabaddi Tournament under #SBIGramSeva @SBI_FOUNDATION

24 October 2019, Patjori village (Chakai, Jamui): Under the program of SBI Gram Seva with support of SBI Foundation-Mumbai, Kabaddi tournament was organized for youths of Patjori, Chhachudih, Garhi, Heth Chakai and Mangtadih villages of Ramchandradih panchayat. The event was inaugurated by the Mukhiya of this panchayat. Each village team was comprised of 10 members and after several rounds of game, Heth Chakai team was declared as champion due to best performance. The branch manager of SBI-Chakai distributed prizes among winner and other teams.

#RemedialCoachingCentres’ Teachers-Parents Meeting @ActionVillageIn

28 October 2019, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribag): A joint meeting of teachers & parents held under the programme of Remedial Coaching Centres (RCCs) for Girls with support of Action Village India, United Kingdom. The meeting was participated by teachers and parents of students from 15 RCCs running in villages of Sadar, Katkamsandi & Katkamdag blocks.

Mr. Rajeev Singh (Program Manager, NBJK) has welcomed all the participants and said that the programme is intended to reduce school dropout rate among rural girl children and to make them safe from child marriage, a malpractice still prevailing in villages. Mr. Prabhu Nath Sharma (Treasurer, NBJK) requested the parents to get regular feedback from their daughters about academic activities and to provide them facility for at least 4 hours study at home. He suggested the parents to call upon 1098, Childline’s toll free number and to share it with their wards to get help if they face any problem. This doesn’t disclose identity of complainant or victim, Mr. Sharma clarified. Ms Nikky Soren (Program Officer, NBJK) appealed to encourage girls for better schooling as this can realize their dreams.

During the meeting, many teachers and parents expressed their views and requested for additional RCCs to absorb more girls. The parents became agree to visit centre, to meet teacher and to send their daughters at RCC on time. Total 55 teachers & parents have contributed in the meeting. Mr. Abhay Kumar (Supervisor, NBJK) anchored the proceeding and thanked all at the end.