District Level #MediaWorkshop on #ChildRights and Protection @Plan_India @PlanGlobal

08 June 2019, Hazaribag: Under Plan International supported programme of Child Centred Community Development at Churchu block of Hazaribag district, a district level media workshop was held at Hotel Canary Inn, Hazaribag. After introduction and welcome address by Mr. Ranjan Kumar (Programme Manager, CCCD), the very theme of Child Rights and their realization was discussed by Mr. Tribhuwan Sharma (Resource Person).

He said that the role of media is quite important to protect child rights and our journalists-reporters should be aware of the relevant laws like Juvenile Justice Act, POCSO with others. In the context of children’s rights of survival, development, protection and participation, we must ensure that they shouldn’t face any pressure, physical or mental atrocity, financial harassment, health problem or domestic violence, he pointed out. Mr. Sharma explained about vulnerable groups of children those become victim of any atrocity easily and compelled to tolerate violation of their rights by adults. He requested media persons to consider about privacy and dignity of the child while reporting and to take cognizance of his/her best interest in a child friendly manner with focus upon final rehabilitation.

As a special invitee in the workshop, Mr. Sanjay Kumar (District Child Protection Officer, Hazaribag) has informed about fully functional Child Protection Unit in the district with bodies like Child Welfare Committee, Juvenile Justice Board and with facility of separate Shelter Homes for boys & girls in the district. On behalf of the district administration, he assured for all support to protection of child rights and appreciated the initiative of civil society with media for a noble cause. More than two dozens journalists from print-electronic media have participated in the workshop and made this live by sharing of experiences & queries related to child rights protection.

Meeting on #SampoornKrantiDiwas

04 June 2019, Ranchi: On the eve of Total Revolution Day (Sampoorn Kranti Diwas) i.e., 05th June, a thematic meeting was organized by Lok Samiti, Sarva Sewa Sangh, Sarvodaya Mitra Mandal and 150th Gandhi Jayanti Abhiyan at NBJK, Ranchi.

Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK & National Lok Samiti) has presided the meeting and said about relevance of the idea emerged as Total Revolution by Loknayak Jay Prakash Narayan aka JP. He compared current national circumstances with historical background of Total Revolution, focused upon respect to all religions and appealed to think deeply about the way religions influence development as well as Indian politics. The very mindset of negative politics is like a hurdle for development and this can be changed into the positive one by introducing election reforms, he pointed out. Mr. Girija Satish favoured for ideological orientation of youths to know about the leaders like Gandhi, JP, Lohiya, Ambedkar and supported all the efforts to make India liquor free.

Mr. Madhukar (Senior Journalist) discussed about India’s freedom struggle and Total Revolution movement of 1974 with a view to equip youths with all the seven dimensions of Total Revolution coined by JP. Our youths must get rid of communalism that misuses religions as a tool to justify hatred among people; he stated and called all non-political/civil society groups to work unitedly. Mr. Arvind Anjum (Ex-leader, JP Movement) appreciated the spirit of Sampoorn Kranti shouldered by small groups at tiny places. Mr. Mahadev Vidrohi (President, Sarva Seva Sangh) has recalled about prison time during Emergency (1975-77) and about learning from the period. Mr. Ashok Verma (Journalist) supported for people’s right to know the truth and we must go to them to explain about Sampoorn Kranti, he uttered. Mrs. Vilchen Ekka (Jharkhand State Lok Samiti) has raised the very issue of insecurity for women and called to work for them in continuity.

The meeting was addressed by Messrs Chandan Pal (Assam), Sheikh Hussain (Mumbai), Surendra Mishra, Arvind, Lalit, Mahaveer Kumar, Sunita, Santosh Kumar, Naveen, Basant Hetamsaria and others also. Dr. Vishwanath Azad (Sarvodaya Mitra Mandala) and Mr. Shankar Rana (Jharkhand Pradesh Lok Samiti) have conducted the proceedings. At last, a future action plan with concerned strategy on Total Revolution was chalked out with consensus.

#PeopleWithDisabilities Vote for #IndiaGeneralElection 2019 @ECIVEEP @CBMIndia @dfat

04 June 2019, Dumka: Under the programme of Poverty Reduction and Community Based Inclusive Development of PwDs with support of CBM-Bangalore & DFAT-Australia, the people with disabilities have been facilitated to vote on 19th May 2019 for Dumka Lok Sabha Constituency during Indian general election 2019. The programme team has arranged bouquets to honour them and accompanied these unusual voters to polling booths. There were 338 PwDs voters in Kathikund block and 300 have voted on the day. Likewise in Jarmundi block, 428 out of 558 such voters have used their franchise.

It’s significant that NBJK has contributed to the pre-election advocacy campaign of the district administration to make PwDs ready to vote. Also the district administration has deputed additional staffs to support these voters and arranged vehicles for their transportation.

This initiative enabled our beneficiaries to come forward and to participate in the democratic process important for them equally; Mr. Amrit Paswan (Programme Manager, NBJK) pointed out. Mr. Mukesh Kumar (District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner, Dumka) has announced that 98% of PwDs voters could use their voting right on the polling day.

Symposium on #RespectToAllReligions and Dawat-e-Iftaar

30 May 2019, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribag): A symposium on Respect to All Religions and Dawat-e-iftaar were organized under joint auspices of Hazaribag District Lok Samiti and Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra. The symposium was attended by many prominent people and Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK & National Lok Samiti) has introduced the programme. He welcomed the people, particularly from Muslim community who observe daily fast during pious month of Ramzan. Mr. Girija Satish said that respect for all religions is a relevant idea as divisive forces  are active around us in the names of religions. Most of the people are in favour of love, service, help & respect for others and they support the efforts to get rid of religious discrimination, he pointed out.

Mr. Shamsher Alam opined that its our act but not the religion that decides our identitiy and the realm of love is positioned above all. Md. Moazzam has requested all to derive truth only as the universal objective for all religious sects enjoying equal  status before Indian constitution. Md. Khalid discussed about the resemblance between Roza & Upwas and called this as a common ritual within different faiths. Mr. Arjun Yadav has insisted for social harmony and blamed urban intellectuals for religious controversies. Religion is always only one but paths are varied and they all value renunciation or sacrifice, Mr. Islam Khan explained.

Also Mr. Swaroop Chand Jain, Mr. Awdhesh Pandey, Dr. Vishwanath Azad, Mr. Bhagwan Singh and Mrs. Usha Bahen have addressed the symposium and they termed the religions/faiths as a medium to disseminate love for all. Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) delivered vote of thanks at the end while Mr. Shankar Rana (State Coordinator,  Jharkhand State Lok Samiti) has coducted the dais.

The symposium was followed by Dawat-e-Iftaar and about 250 men, women & children from nearby villages like Oriya, Amrit Nagar, Nutan Nagar, Sakhiya, Lalpur etc. have participated in this collective dine. Mr. Rajeev Singh, Md. Nayeem, Mr. Sujit Mishra, Mr. Om Prakash Gupta, Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Mr. Shtrughn Thakur were members of the organizing team for symposium and Iftaar.

#Treatment&Medicines for 916 Patients in #MentalHealthCamp @bread4theworld

28 May 2019, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribag): A mental health camp was organized by NBJK at it’s co-ordination office premises with help of Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry & Allied Sciences, Kanke (Ranchi) under Bread for the World, Germany funded programme of Support to Marginalized Mentally Ill People.

Total 916 people with mental illness & epilepsy have come here from different blocks of Hazaribag, Chatra, Ramgarh, Koderma, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Giridih districts and got treatment with medicines by a team of doctors. There were 42 new and 874 old patients who availed the services of this Community Out Reach Programme by RINPAS, Ranchi. Mr. Om Prakash Gupta (Staff member, camp organizing team) has informed that many patients who came here for treatment are suffering from various mental diseases like Amnesia, Anger, Anxiety, Bipolar disorder, Borderline Personality disorder, Dementia, Mood disorders etc. and get medicines to control their ailments.

Mr. Mukesh Kumar, an epileptic youngman from Jhumri Tilaiya (Koderma) visited the camp for treatment with his mother Mrs. Seema Devi. Likewise Md. Aarsee belongs to Dr. Zakir Hussain Road, Hazaribag and came with his family members for treatment of Insomnia with depression. The family members of these patients like many others have left traditional healers and decided for proper treatment by the doctors. The RINPAS team was comprised by Dr. Siddhartha, Dr. Amit, Dr. Ravindra Oraon, Dr. S. K. Hansda and some staffs for medicines distribution.

At NBJK Mr. Alok Toppo, Mr. Sujit Mishra, Mr. Poorn Prakash Rana, Mrs. Neelam Sharma, Mrs. Pratima Devi, Ms Shahjehan, Mrs. Mery Hansda, Mr. Mahadev, Mr. Narsingh Paswan, Mr. Bhuneshwar Mahto and Mr. Kamal Kant Pandey have played important role in organizing the mental health camp. Next camp will be held on 25th June 2019 at the same venue.

#CertificateDistribution Ceremony & #Placement for Trainees of #SkillForLife @WeAreSwades @HSBC

18 May 2019, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribag): The youth trainees of HSBC Skill for Life programme by NBJK with support of Swades Foundation, Mumbai have received course completion certificates as they finished their two months residential courses in the trades like Basic Computer Application (BCA), General Duty Assistant (GDA) and Mobile Repair.

On this occasion, Mr. Prabhu Nath Sharma (Programme In-Charge & Treasurer-NBJK) has distributed the certificates among trainees and said that these short duration courses enable our youths to enter in the work fields of their interest easily and they can improve with related skills after placement as an integral component of the programme. He appealed the trainees to stand with honesty, to grow with the sense of duty and to learn new skills for making own place in the market.

Before this, almost all the trainees including Umesh Yadav, Babiya Kumari, Vikas kumar, Lakshmi, Khushboo, Gita, Nakul, Dheeraj, Ajay have shared their experiences of the training and thanked NBJK for a disciplined system under the programme of HSBC Skill for Life. All the faculties like Mr. Anurag Kumar (BCA), Mrs. Sunita Kumari (GDA), Mr. Rohit Raj & Mr. Subodh Kumar  (Mobile Repair) were present during Certificate Distribution Ceremony.

Its noteworthy that 05 out of 20 trainees of BCA, 25 out of 30 trainees of GDA and 05 out of 12 trainees of Mobile Repair in this batch (March-May’19) have got placement already. Mr. Prabhu Nath Sharma has briefed that 35 pass outs among total 62 trainees have been placed already and remaining 27 youths will get placement soon.

#GoodResult of 12th & 10th Class Students at #SurekhaPrakashBhaiPublicSchool @NBJKIndia

03 & 07 May 2019, Chauparan (Hazaribag): The students of NBJK run Surekha Prakash Bhai Public School have passed class 12th & 10th examinations with flying colours under aegis of Central Board of Seconday Education, New Delhi.

In class 12th, total 23 students have appeared in the examination and Harsh Sinha of Commerce stream became the school topper with 86% marks. He was followed by Roushan Kumar (Science) and Hritik Jain (Commerce) with 84% for both while Riya Sinha (Commerce), Tejaswani Raj (Science), Roushni Perween (Science), Md. Faisal Ansari (Science) and Amrita Kashyap (Science) have secured 70% and above marks. Other three students have got 60% or above and 05 students could achieve 50% or plus in this board examination with overall passing result as 70% for the school.

In class 10th board examination, total 140 students have appeared and Ritika Raj became the school topper with 94% marks. Other students like Sanya Verma (92%), Krishna Kr. Rana (91%) and Riya Rana (91%) too have shown their guts in the result. There are 8 students with 90% & above, 30 students with 80% and above, 48 students with 70% & more while 50 examinees got  60% and above marks. Overall passing percentage is 98%.

The result of class 12th & 10th has made the students happy with their parents and Ms Rina Pandey (Principal, SPPS) congratulated them on behalf of the school. She appreciated students for their hard work, praised school teachers for guidance and commended the parents for cooperation. Also she thanked the school management for all time support. Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) and Mr. Gandharv Gaurav (Programme Director, NBJK) have applauded all the students, teaching & non-teaching staffs of Surekha Prakash Bhai Public School for the perforamnce and passed on good wishes to them.

#FamilyCounsellingCentre Called Its #Sub-CommitteeMeeting @MinistryWCD

25 April 2019, Hazaribag: With support of Central Social Welfare Board, New Delhi and Jharkhand State Social Welfare Board, Ranchi; NBJK run Family Counselling Centre (FCC) has called its Sub-Commitee meeting at the premises of Women Police Station, Hazaribag.

This quarterly meeting was presided by Mrs. Radha Kumari (In-charge, WPS) who suggested the counsellors to visit homes of both plaintiff & defendent to know the reality inside any case. She said that pre-marital counselling by FCC can be a healthy practice to avoid future problems in one’s family life.

All Sub-Committee members were consentient that there should be a Stay Home in Hazaribag for helpless and vulnerable women at risk. Also they recommended to disseminate the information about Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act amid students of schools/colleges.

During the meeting, Mrs. Meera Gupta (Counsellor, FCC) has placed the quarterly report (February-April 2019) of FCC before the Sub-committee members and said that total 35 cases have been registered during the period. There were 13 cases for Marital Dispute between wives-husbands, 07 cases for Alcohol Born Violence in families, 02 cases as Second Marriage by husbands, 04 cases of Land Dispute, 01 case for Dowry, 03 cases as Conflict with Clan people, 04 cases of Quarrel with Son & Daughter-in-law and 01 case of Teasing, she pointed out. Mrs. Gupta has informed the members about settlement of 19 cases and further efforts to reconcile others also.

The sub-committee meeting was attended by Mrs. Sheela Kumari,  Mrs. Munni Kumari (ASI), Mrs. Usha Devi, Mrs. Annie Thomas, Ms Veena Sethi, Mrs. Shiva Kumari, Mrs. Sharda Devi, Mr. Arvind Jha and Mr. Sanjay Kumar (Counsellor, FCC).