#Parivartan Festival Celebrated @HDFC_Bank

30 September 2019, Koderma: Under joint auspices of HDFC Bank and NBJK, district level Parivartan festival was celebrated at Birsa Munda Cultural Building of Koderma district collectorate. The event as an activity of Holistic Rural Development Program (HRDP) was inaugurated by Mr. Shubhashish Kumar (Branch Manager, HDFC Bank), Mr. Vikas Gupta (Program Officer, HDFC Bank), Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) and members of Village Development Committees (VDCs) from project villages.

Initially Mr. Jitendra Kumar (Program Manager, NBJK) introduced about HRDP which boosted the scope of livelihood, education, health & sanitation, agriculture, irrigation, drinking water, skill development, solar energy etc in villages.

On this occasion Mr. Satish Girija presented a brief overview of the program with innovative initiatives like livelihood promotion in farm & non-farm sectors, better schooling of children with more teachers-mini science lab-library in village schools, renovation of ponds-wells-hand pumps-construction of solar water towers-drip irrigation systems-poly sheds, strengthening of Aanganbadi centrers and many more. He requested VDCs members to use and maintain the assets created for them under the program.

Mr. Vikas Gupta praised the outcomes of HRDP, mentioned about strong VDCs and appealed the beneficiaries for knowledge sharing and management of the assets. Also the villagers and school headmasters have shared their experience with the program and valued the activities as exceptional in development sector. They requested HDFC and NBJK to continue the deputed school teachers till 10th class board examination in March’20. Also they expressed their commitment for safety of community assets dedicated to villages under HRDP.

The event was anchored by Mr. Subodh Yadav (Teacher) and concluded with vote of thanks by Mr. Krishna Raut (Asst. Program Manager, NBJK). About 100 people have participated in Parivartan festival.

#UshaTailoringTraining for Rural Women @UshaIntl

27 September 2019, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribag): As an activity of Usha Silai School program with support of Usha International Limited-Delhi, 7 days residential training for women on sewing machine maintenance & tailoring has been started at NBJK co-ordination office. The training camp was inaugurated by Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK) who called tailoring as a key skill towards women empowerment and praised Usha company, a leading manufacturer of sewing machines in India for the initiative. Skilled women can contribute much to make their families and society strong, he said.

On this occasion, Mr. P. N. Sharma (Treasurer-NBJK & Program Manager) added that Usha Silai School program enabled rural women to enhance their income and a large number of trained women achieved an average monthly income of Rs. 3,500-8,000 by providing tailoring training, making garments and servicing of sewing machines in their villages. Mr. Ritesh Lohani (Program Officer, UIL) requested the participants to get practical knowledge over system and functioning of sewing machine to avoid any future problem. He expected for their improved work efficiency. Ms Guneet (Training Co-ordinator, UIL) informed about 21,000 Usha Silai Schools across India for making more than 4,00,000 women as a skilled workforce. Also she assured for advance training to better performers in future.

Usha trainers team was comprised of Mrs. Sandhya Agarwal, Mr. Kamaljeet, Mr. Vimal Taank, Mr. Balveer Sharma while Mr. Shailesh Kumar and Mr. Bhuneshwar Mehta from NBJK were in organizing team. There are 35 women trainees from Baiheri, Sankhiya, Kani Mundwar, Mandai Khurd, Jinga, Amli, Goplo, Basobar and other villages.

Local Media Visit under #ChildReporters program @UNICEFIndia

25 September 2019, Ranchi: Under Child Reporters program by NBJK with support of UNICEF-Jharkhand, the activity of local media visit was organized at Govt. Middle School, Nagri. After welcome song by the students of Govt. Upgraded Middle School, Mahua Karanj Toli, Mrs. Sushmita Bhattacharjee (Program Manager) explained about program’s objectives.

Child Reporters Kiran Kumari and Shilpa Kumari presented their views upon child rights and child marriage respectively while Vinita Kumari recited her poem on child marriage. Vicky Badaik (Balalong School) informed about toll free child helpline and police helpline numbers as 1098 and 100 to get help in difficult time. Aquib Ansari (Saher School) shared a success story when he convinced a boy in his village for school enrollment. That boy was a child laborer with a bangle maker in Rajasthan.

During media visit, Mr. Keshav Bhagat (Ranchi Express) said that we must pay attention on our words for any news and should be ready to face adverse situations. Mr. Nishant Kumar (Dainik Bhaskar) focused upon shifting technology/formats of news reporting and integration of diverse views. Mr. Kamlesh Kesri (Dainik Jagran) valued education to achieve any destination. There were many questions for journalists from child reporters as Rozy Parveen (Nagri School) asked about their intervention to check child marriage and Vicky Badaik (Balalong School) inquired for rehabilitation of child laborers.

The media visit ended with signatures to endorse education instead of child marriage. Mrs. Sushmita Bhattacharjee thanked all for support. Messrs Mahendra Sinha, Shivcharan and Diwakar (project staffs) were in the event organizing team.

A Convention upon #GandhiKaSandesh

23 September 2019, Ranchi : On the occassion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Jharkhand State Lok Samiti and Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra organized a convention upon “Gandhi Ka Sandesh” or the Message of Gandhi at Shantman Nagar office of NBJK. Mr. Ivan Nutbrown, a British Gandhian and an admirer of India, was the chief guest of this program. He served as a volunteer at Bagaha Ashram (Gaya) during his youth and highly impressed by the thoughts of Gandhi, Vinoba and JP. He leads an active life based upon Gandhian philosophy. His address was focused upon the image and relevance of Gandhiji in UK & Europe. He said that there was a divided psyche upon Gandhi which shown us Churchill to call him a half naked fakir and at the same time made thousand of labourers at Lancashire to love him. Mr. Nutbrown called 150th birth anniversary of Gandhi as the world event and accepted that new generation knows him through the film by Richard Attenborough. For liberals in UK & Europe, Gandhi is an inspiration who provided ideological foundation for leaders like Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, he said. He mentioned the success of Gandhian groups in UK on environmental issues and about the very campaign of Ekta Parishad as Jay Jagat March 2020 from Delhi to Geneva supported by Gandhian groups based in western countries. Mr. Nutbrown shared about his association with an organization “Khadi London” and said about people’s positive perception for Gandhi who contributed a lot to independence movement of India with peace & non-violence. In the convention, Mr. Girija Satish (National President, Lok Samiti) called Gandhi as a complete great personality who touched almost every aspect of human life. He was religious but not communal, Girija said and lighted upon 11 vows of Gandhi, concept of Trusteeship and his idea of rational development. The national president of Lok Samiti stated that Gandhiji lived his principles and changed people’s mindset with programs like Champaran Satyagrah, liquor prohibition and by opposing social evils openly. Gandhi is our strength against the rising incidents of mob lynching, liquor led crimes and violence. He suggested to celebrate 150th anniversary of Gandhi by organizing Goodwill programs across India. Also messrs Wazir Ahmad (vice-president, JSLS), K. G. Azad (national co-ordinator, Lok Samiti), Shailendra Mishra, Dr. Viswanath Azad, Narendra Mahto, Manoj Dangi, Rajeev Singh, Shankar Rana (co-ordinator, JSLS) and others have expressed their views. The convention has passed a resolution unanimously to celebrate Mahatma’s birthday as Goodwill Day in Jharkhand.

#VisionBuilding Workshop at Hazaribag @SightsaversIn

20 September 2019, Hazaribag : In collaboration with National Program for Control of Blindness-Jharkhand and NBJK, Sightsavers conducted a Vision Building workshop at conference hall of Civil Surgeon office, Hazaribag. The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Marcel Aind (Director, NPCB-Jharkhand) in presence of Dr Rajmohan, Dr. K.K. Lal (Head, Eye Department, Hazaribag Medical Collage), Dr. Krishna Kumar (Civil Surgeon, Hazaribag), Dr. Jitendra Kumar (Program Officer, Sightsavers), Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK). There were 40 Ophthalmologists, NGO heads, BTTs as participants and discussed  many issues related to increase Cataract Surgical Rate and to improve quality eye care service delivery with development of community health workforce in Hazaribag district. Dr Rajmohan took technical session on quality surgery output while Dr. Jitendra Kumar has focused upon the objectives of the Rural Eye Health program with ideas to increase CSR including effective, accountable management system. Dr Marcel Aind discussed about financial as well as other aspects of government facilities under NPCB and ensured to improve CSR in the District.

#HolisticRuralDevelopmentProgram Beneficiaries Celebrated Parivartan Utsava @HDFC_Bank

16 September 2019, Jainagar (Koderma): At Upgraded Middle School in Kakercholi panchayat of Jainagar block of Koderma district, Parivartan Utsava celebrated was celbrated by the benficiaries of Holistic Rural Development program with support of HDFC Bank. Mr. Amit Yadav (Ex-MLA) was the chief guest on this occassion who called women empowerment as the very first step towards overall development. He appealed them to be aware and alert for their rights. Mr. Jayprakash Ram (Pramukh) appreciated NBJK for activities to strengthen women in villages. Mrs. Archna Kumari (Mukhiya) presided the event and requested the people to keep cleanliness and plantation around their houses. The guests distributed sports items, learning materials, agriculture tools, pumpsets etc. among the beneficiaries of HRDP.

Certificates & Placement for #SkillForLifeTrainees @WeAreSwades @HSBC

16 September 2019, Amritnagar (Hazaribag): 37 trainees from the trades of General Duty Assistant and Basic Computer Application have been awarded with course completion certificate and placement offer after their 2 months residential training under HSBC Skill for Life program with s of Swades Foundation, Mumbai. Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) distributed the certificates among them and said that there is no alternative of work experience. If you are satisfied with the course, please send one friend here to get training, he appealed. Mr. Prabhu Nath Sharma (Treasurer-NBJK & Program Manager) told the passing out youths to inform immediately in case of any problem at their work place. Also the trainees have shared their learning experience. Mrs. Sunita, Mr. Anurag and Mr. Om Prakash (faculties & staff) were in the event organizing team. Next batch started on 18th September 2019.

Peace-Goodwill Journey Supported by #LokSamiti

11 September 2019, Anuppur (Madhya Pradesh): Madhya Pradesh state Lok Samiti participated in a peace & goodwill journey namely “Ek Hai Dhartee-Ek Hain Log” with other organizations like Rashtriya Yuva Sangathan, Khudai Khidmatgar and Sarvodaya Mitra Mandal. Mr. Girija Satish (President, National Lok Samiti), Mr. Bhupendra Tripathi (President, MP state Lok Samiti) and other office bearers of the organization have joined the inaugural function of this statewide goodwill campaign. On this occasion, Mr. Girija Satish differentiated religion from hypocrisy and said that our political parties and media should revisit their approach that pushes Indian democracy in a wrong direction. He favored for systemic reforms and appealed to oppose social problems of superstitions as well as liquor consumption. Mr. Girija Satish focused upon cultural values of India as a force to unite the nation. The campaign will end on 2 October at Bhopal.