FCC & DLSA Organized #LegalAwareness Camp for #Women&Children @MinistryWCD

11 August 2018, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribag): With support of CSWB, New Delhi & JSSWB, Ranchi, NBJK run Family Counselling Centre has organized a legal awareness camp for Women & their Children in collaboration with District Legal Services Authority, Hazaribag. DLSA team leaders Bhaiya Mukesh Kumar and Md. Moazzam (Advocates) have introduced the program before women participants invited by FCC. They elaborated about Foster Care laws, their scope and application. Mr. Saurabh Anshu (Advocate) has informed that twin-born children will be given to the same family and any adoption requires fulfilment of legal procedure after consultation with District Child Welfare Committee. These conditions are set to provide protection of such adopted children and to make them responsible citizens too, he opined.

Md. Moazzam has articulated about compensation scheme for women victims/survivors of sexual assaults/other crimes-2018, equal rights for all before the law and said that our constitution has discarded untouchability as well as provides ample space for citizens’ security from anti-social elements. Bhaiya Mukesh declared that the door of DLSA is always open for the people in need of legal support to get justice and safety measures for women-children are our top priority. He assured that DLSA will initiate in such cases and appealed the audience to be sensitive towards orphan, labourer or trafficked children as we all are responsible to make a safe society. Ms Kiran Kumari (law student) has focused upon girls’ education, their self-reliance and parent-child dialogue while Ms Neha Anzum (law student) has requested the women to send their children to school positively as this promotes socialization.

The DLSA team was comprised by Messrs Kunal Raj, Manoj Kumar Rana, Sanjay Kumar, Chhatthu Ram (all para-leagal volunteers)  and more than 70 women participants from Amrit Nagar, Oriya, Baihri, Sakhiya, Nutan Nagar have attended the program. Mrs. Meera Gupta (Counsellor, FCC) has thanked DLSA members and village women to make the leagal awareness camp a success.

What a Supporter Says #VictoriaCarluccio

31 July 2018, Hazaribag: Ms Victoria Carluccio is doing a master’s at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in Labour and Development Studies and working at TripAdvisor, in advertising department. She is spending two months in  India from 10^th of July to early September. In the first stage of her trip,she stayed at NBJK in Bihar and Jharkhand as an Action Village India (U. K.) team member working with completion of the Lottery Fund aided Disability Rights project. More precisely, documenting some cases studies from the different projects supported by AVI (microcredit for PwDs, girls education project).

Victoria first heard of AVI in July 2017, when she received an email from her university,who was promoting AVI’s work. She says that most students are interested in rural India and a wide range of initiatives carried out by NGOs working with vulnerable people in rural areas.

She writes, “I think NBJK does an amazing work, with more than 40 years of experience. I was surprised by the diversity of the activities and groups NBJK reaches through its work: education, microfinance support, promotion and support of disability rights among other. I would say that their mission of “put the last first” is honoured on a daily basis…”

During the field visits, she met many people facing different problems and was able to understand how the support they received from NBJK has helped them to overcome difficulties, like developing new skills that will enable them to improve their livelihoods, receiving therapy from the field workers and become independent. She saw the highly committed staff tackling obstacles in order to achieve their goals, by engaging with the different communities and gaininig their trust.

She assures to promote NBJK work.

#OrientationTraining for #RemedialCoachingCentres’Teachers @hdbfsl

28 July 2018, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribag): One day Orientation & training camp was organized for the teachers of Remedial Coaching Centres (RCCs) running in 30 villages of Sadar and Churchu blocks under Hazaribag district. These RCCs are being supported by HDB Financial Services, Mumbai.

In the begining of this orientation program, Mr. Prabhu Nath Sharma (Treasurer, NBJK) has welcomed all the participants  and said that our teachers play important role to make school education attractive and a positive environment ensures high level of academic achievement. He stressed upon students’ involvement and teacher-parent dialogue also.

Its noteworthy that these RCCs provide extra tuition classes to about 1000 girl students of class 8, 9 & 10 for English, Mathematics and Science free of cost. During the orientation training, participant teachers have shared simple teaching methodologies they developed out of their experience. They elaborated about less time consuming and more interesting techniques for teaching-learning process. Many teachers like Messrs Shubhankar Mishra, Ganesh Vishwakarma, Sanjay Mahto, Chanda Kumari, Om Prakash Sahoo, Vikram Kumar, Kriti Tiwary have come over the dais and shared their skills with others.

At end of the session, teaching-learning materials were distributed for each Remedial Coaching Centres. Mr. Vinay Kumar Bhatta (Documentation, NBJK) has delivered vote of thanks for all the teachers and requested them to deal with their students carefully as adolescence itself is the age of storm & stress.

Subcommittee Meeting of #FamilyCounsellingCentre @MinistryWCD

27 July 2018, Hazaribag: With support of Jharkhand State Social Welfare Board, Ranchi and Central Social Welfare Board, New Delhi, NBJK run Family Counselling Centre (FCC) has called its Subcommittee meeting at the premises of Women’s Police Station, Hazaribag. The meeting helds quarterly and this was presided over by Mrs. Emeltina Ekka (Officer in-charge).

The members have suggested to make proper enquiry in the cases come to FCC. They were in favour of dialogue with family members, next door neighbors and relatives of both the parties to draw about facts keeping view of a sustainable reconciliation process. Mrs. Ekka has offered for joint efforts for such initiatives if required for any dispute settlement. Mrs. Meera Gupta (Counsellor, FCC) has tabled the quarterly report of Family Counselling Centre before honorable members that shown the registration of total 39 cases during the period of May – July 2018.

These cases are clubbed as Dispute with Son & Daughter-in-law (03 nos.), Alcohol born domestic violence (06 nos.), Marital dispute (21 nos.), New marriage by husband (02 nos.), Land dispute (03 nos.) and Other family disputes (04 nos.). Mrs. Gupta has informed about compromise between the plaintiffs and defendants in 11 cases due to timely intervention by Family Counselling Centre.

The Subcommittee members present in the meeting were Ms Veena Sethi (advocate), Mrs. Sheela Kumari (social worker), Mr. Arvind Jha (advocate), Mrs. Usha Devi, Ms Annie Thomas, Mrs. Seema, Mr. Mukesh, Mrs. Saraswati and Mr. Sanjay Kumar (counsellor, FCC).

#DisabilityRights Project Closing Ceremony and Farewell to Staffs @ActionVillageIn @BigLotteryFund

14 July 2018, Hazaribag: Action Village India & Big Lottery Fund, U. K. supported ptoject of Disability Rights in Bihar & Jharkhand (April 2015 – July 2018) got a closing ceremony at the coordination office, Amrit Nagar. This was attended by entire project team scattered in Hazaribag, Koderma, Giridih, Gaya and Nawada districts of both the staes.

The program was like a big seminar to discuss their work experience, ground realities, people’s participation and overall perception from the field. Mr. Ivan Nutbrown (Project Manager, AVI), Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK), Mr. Rahul Mehta (Rehab. Expert, Ranchi) and Mrs. Sujata Prasad (Project Manager, NBJK) had dialogue with staffs of all positions. Mr. Rahul Mehta has shared main findings of the evaluation report, he prepared for the project.

In this separating event, Mr. Girija Satish has praised the team and its cotribution to ensure rights of PwDs in villages. He assured for contact and support for the persons associated with the project. Mr. Ivan Nutbrown said he feels sorry about closure of this project as per the agreement with BLF which shifts its work in other countries now. This is the last project for me also as I retired from AVI, he informed. He rated the target achievement as 75% overall and valued the delivery by project team. After each district team’s presentation, they were honored with token gifts also.

Disability Rights project was implemented across 2274 villages with 32,366 identified PwDs and set many milestones in terms of their self-reliance, social inclusion, representation in decision making bodies, influence & empowerment, interpersonal relation, control over life & economic well being etc.

#AssistiveDevices to 230 #PwDs @ActionVillageIn @BigLotteryFund

18 June 2018, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribag): Distribution of Assistive Devices among PwDs is going on under the program on Rights of PwDs in Jharkhand & Bihar. In Hazaribag, 33 People with Disabilities have received Wheelchairs from Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) who praised AVI-BLF, UK for such support and encouraged the recipients to use Wheelchairs & other supportive instruments in their daily lives.

Total 230 People with Disabilities have been identified in Hazaribag, Koderma, Giridih, Gaya, Nawada districts to get specific aids & appliances as Tricycle, Wheelchair, Callipers, Cane Stick, Smart Cane Stick and Walker according to their needs, Mrs. Sujata Prasad (State Program Manager) has informed. She provided a summary of the distribution plan for each district as 25 Tricycles, 33 Wheelchairs, 04 pairs of Callipers, 03 Cane Sticks, 02 Smart Cane Sticks and 01 Walker for Hazaribag along with 08 Tricycles, 03 Wheelchairs and 01 pair of Callipers in Koderma as well as 11 Tricycles, 23 Wheelchairs, 02 pairs of Calliprs, 04 Cane Sticks, 02 Smart Cane Sticks and 10 Walkers for Giridih. We target to provide 47 Tricycles and 01 Wheelchair in Gaya while 39 Tricycles, 07 wheelchairs, 03 pairs of Callipers and 01 Smart Cane Stick are marked for Nawada district, Mrs. Sujata has briefed.

These assistive devices have been purchased from ALIMCO (Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India), Kanpur and now reached to most of the beneficiaries through device distribution camps being organized at block level in every program district.

#RespectforAllReligions Symposium and @Dawat-e-Iftar

10 June 2018, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribag):  A symposium upon Respect for All Religions and Dawat-e-Iftar were organised under joint auspices of District Lok Samiti & NBJK. The symposium was initiated with welcome address by Mr. Girija Satish (President, NBJK & National Lok Samiti) who appreciated the holy month of Ramadan for purification of body with soul and wished for peace and harmony in society.

Mr. Shamsher Alam said about unity as the real message of all religious faiths that deserves to be followed. Mr. Arjun Yadav (Political Activist, RJD) has appealed to not mix religions with business while Dr. Faruqui (physician) favored a separation between politics and religions. Md. Khalid (Secretary, Murda Kalyan Samiti) has called Roza as a foundation for Islam, praised the very idea of equal respect to all faiths as a superior thought and appealed the people to not brand criminals on caste or community line. Mr. Swarup Chand Jain (Advocate) has talked about prime place of democracy and rule of law that ensures for civil liberty. He said that civilians are not supposed to take law in their hands rather we have to support law enforcement agencies or local administration. Mr. Gautam Sagar Rana (Ex-Jharkhand State President, Rashtriya Janta Dal) quoted famous Urdu poet late Firaque Gorakhpuri as “Karwan Aate Gaye-Hindostan Banta Gaya…” and stressed upon strengthening of our inclusive Indian culture.

In his concluding address, Prof. R. S. Ambashtha (Retd. Head, Dept. Of Philosophy, V. B. University, Hazaribag) has described Roza as an intense prayer and said that temple or mosque are merely symbols as that Almighty lives in our hearts invisibly. Also Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) was present on the dais.

Mr. Shankar Rana (Coordinator, Jharkhand Pradesh Lok Samiti) has conducted the program and delivered vote of thanks for all the participants as well as rozedars. The symposium was followed by a Dawat-e-Iftar, a group dine for more than 200 men,women and children from Muslim, Hindu and other communities. A staff team of messrs Rajiv Singh, Md. Nayeem, Annu Kumar, Sujit Mishra, Shailesh Kumar, Manisha, Sarita and Shahjahan Khatoon has arranged the event gracefully.

#Aids&Appliances to #PeoplewithDisabilities @ActionVillageIn @BigLotteryFund

29 May 2018, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribag): 25 identified PwDs of Sadar, Churchu, Ichak and Katkamsaandi blocks have received tricycles under the program on Rights of PwDs in Jharkhand & Bihar with support from Action Village India-Big Lottery Fund, UK.

Mr. Prabhu Nath Sharma (Treasurer, NBJK) has graced a simple ceremony held on this occasion and said that assistive devices bring qualitative changes and self-reliance in the lives of PwDs. Mrs. Sujata Prasad (Programme Manager) opined that aids & appliances matters much in mainstreaming of the people or children with disabilities and soon we will distribute smart/foldable cane sticks, callipers, crutches, CP Walkers and wheelchairs to 68 identified PwDs of these blocks in Hazaribag district. She informed that there are many students and self-employed CwDs/PwDs recipients of tricycles today.

The programme team members like Messrs Annu Kumar (district coordinator), Neelam Sharma, Pratima Devi, Mary Hansda, Shahejehan Khatoon, Manisha Kumari, Sudip Sinha, Shailesh Kumar, Omprakash Gupta, Sujeet Mishra, Poorn Prakash Rana and Narsingh Prasad were present in this function. The same event will take place in other programme districts like Gaya, Nawada, Koderma and Giridih soon as the district programme team has identified 48, 40, 12 and 52 PwDs respectively there to disburse required aids & appliances.

#FamilyCounsellingCentre Holds #Sub-CommitteeMeeting @MinistryWCD

30 April 2018, Hazaribag: NBJK run Family Counselling Center (FCC) has called it’s Sub-Committee meeting at Women Police Station, Hazaribag. The very program of FCC is being implemented with support from Central Social Welfare Board, New Delhi and Jharkhand State Social Welfare Board, Ranchi.

The meeting was chaired by Mrs. Emeltina Ekka (Officer In-Charge, Women Police Station) who suggested to stop entry of middlemen in reconciliation process for family disputes. Final settlement of such cases should be held at the premises of Women Police Station as a back up measure for suffering women, she pointed out. Ms Veena Sethi (Advocate) said that any compromise or negotiation must involve both the parties and all stakeholders including community members for any trustworthy outcome. Other members of Sub-Committee were of the view that Counsellors with FCC must investigate coming cases properly to ensure their intervention in favour of the victims.

Mrs Meera Gupta (Counsellor, FCC) has tabled the Quarterly Report of FCC for February – April 2018 and informed the Sub-Committee about cases during the period. There were cases like Conflict with Son/Daughter-In-Law (03), Mental/Physical Torture (14), Alcoholism (03), Clash with Neighbors (01), Land Dispute(02), Marital Dispute (12), Additional Marriage (01) and 15 out of 36 such cases have been dealt successfully by FCC within the period, she explained. The meeting was participated by Mrs. Usha Devi, Mr. Arvind Jha, Mrs. Anny Thomas, Mrs. Sheela Kumari, Ms Sunita, Mrs. Saraswati, Mrs. Seema (all members) and Mr. Sanjay Kumar (Counsellor) also.                                       

#SensitizationWorkshop for #ReligiousLeaders on #ChildProtection & #ChildMarriage @Plan_India

12 April 2018, Amrit Nagar: A sensitization workshop for community religious leaders on child protection with special reference to child marriage was held under the program of Child Centered Community Development with support of Plan India, Delhi. Mr. Tribhuvan Sharma (resource person) opined that violence, misbehaviour, negligence and exploitation of children are most impious acts and child marriage encourages all these brazenly. The laws upon child protection need social support too and we must shun mischievous customs those can spoil our children’s future, he pointed out during the workshop.

There was a discussion over bad effects of child marriage, harmful social impact and negative consequences like poor health-educational status of girl children along with main features of The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006. The law  declares child marriage as a crime and there is a punishment of 2 years imprisonment, penalty of Rs. 1 lakh or both for all concerned people including parents, relatives, pandit/quazi etc. The resource person has requested all the participants to inform any one among local BDO (designated Child Marriage Prohibition Officer, Child Welfare Police Officer at area police station, Dy. Commissioner, CJM, Dist. Child Welfare Committee and Childline 1098   about any child marriage in their villages. The participants have assured to make people aware about this social evil and they will inform concerned officers if such marriage takes place in villages.

Messrs Babulal Thakur (Chichikhurd), Meghnath Mahto (Aango), Kailu Manjhi (Lara), Rajesh Besra (Jordag), Lalji Hembram (Bujurgnano), Tulsi Yadav (Khurandih), Jitan Manjhi (Bela) were few among 15 community religious leaders attended the workshop. Mr. Anshuman Kumar (Project Officer) and Mr. Ashok Mishra (Field Staff) have arranged the induction event.