#Prizes for #GirlChildren of #RemedialCoachingCentres @hdbfsl

06 January 2018, Amrit Nagar (Hazaribag): An inter-centre Quiz, Esaay, Drawing & Spelling competition for school girls from Remedial Coaching Centres (RCC) was held at the Coordination Office of Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra. Total 42 students from the RCCs at Jhumra, Lalpur Chowk, Amrit Nagar, Babhanwai, Demotaand, Baihari, Mandaikhurd, Silwar, Nagwaan, Rola have participated in this event joyfully.

After overall assessment, Ms Khushi Rani from Amrit Nagar was declared first while Ms Komal Kumari of the same village became second and Ms Usha Kumari from Babhanwai got third position among the participants. These girls have got first, second and third prizes whereas all other contestants have received consolation prizes from Mr. Prabhu Nath Sharma (Treasurer, NBJK) on the dais. On this occasion, Mr. Sharma opined that RCC aims to support quality school education for girls in rural areas so that they can have academic achievements in the subjects like English, maths & science. Also he said that the program is like a preventive measure against early marriage of girl children as education can change our mindset.

Many RCC teachers like Messrs Ganesh Vishwakarma, Md. Israfil, Ranjit Mishra, Jawed Hussain, Yogendra Prasad, Purandar Kumar, Pranav Kumar, Sunil Paswan and Chanda Kumari have joined the event with their students and organized it effectively with support of Mr. Pintu Kumar (Block Coordinator, Sadar) and Mr. Vikas Kumar (Block Coordinator, Churchu). Such competitions are part of the activities around 30 RCCs in Sadar and Churchu blocks with kind support of HDFSL, Mumbai.

#CertificatestoTrainees of #RozgarTrainingCentre @AxisBank

28 December 2017, Giridih: 125 trainees of Rozgar Training Centre at Giridih have received their course completion certificates in a function held at RTC premises. These youths belong to 7th batch of RTC being supported by Axis Bank Foundation under the Program of Sustainable Livelihood. They have completed their 3 months courses like Basic Computer Application, Tally, Beautician, Tailoring, General Duty Assistant, Mobile Phone Repairing & Electician.

On this occasion, Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) has greeted all the guests and trainees present in the gathering. As chief guest of this ceremony, Mr. Kameshwar Paswan (Vice-Chairman, Giridih Zila Parishad) has praised NBJK for the programs on Skill Development Training to youths and Rights to Differently Able People in the district. he emboldened the youths for self-employment and placement with help of the skills they learnt here. As the special guest, Mr. Dinesh Yadav (Chairman, Giridih Nagar Parishad) has appreciated updated outfits and bridal makeup demonstration by RTC trainees. This shows the quality of training and trainers also, he added and conveyed his best compliments to the passing out batch. RTC has invited representatives of two local potential employers like Vishwanath Nursing Home and City Care Hospital as the special guests for this event. Mr. Dokaniya (Vishwanath Nursing Home, Giridih) admitted that RTC trained girls do better as General Duty Assistant and he offered support for further On Job Training & placement for such trainees. As well as Mr. Sameer Choudhury (MD, City Care Hospital, Giridih) has applauded the way RTC provides training to youths in different trades. He promised to provide a sewing machine to RTC for tailoring training.

Mr. Anjani Kumar Sinha (Giridih Branch Manager, NBJK) and RTC faculties like Ms Rumana Azmat, Ms Gudiya Kumari, Mrs. Shilpa Devi, Mr. Pramod Kumar Turi and Mr. Sunny Zafar have participated actively in the certificate distribution ceremony.

#LordBuddhaHomeforChildren Celebrates #Christmas

25 December 2017, Silaunja (Bodhgaya): NBJK managed Lord Buddha Home for Children has celebraed Merry Christmas with a different tone and a number of events took place here in presence of Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) and Mr. Ton Cable (Representative-SKB, the Netherlands) on this holy occasion. This started with distribution of rice, flour, sugar, salt, biscuit, blanket, sari among 350 people from 22 villages like Silaunja, Bakraur, Barkathiya, Hatiyar around LBHC by Bodhgaya Heart Foundation, a community of Vietnamese people settled in USA. These followers of Lord Buddha have chosen Christmas Day  for their religious rituals and established a resemblance between two great personalities generously.

The function was followed by friendly sports matches of Football, Kabaddi and Running competitions among the children of LBHC. Despite being in  old age, Mr. Ton Cable too has played with the children and motivated them. When the game was over, all the participants have received prizes from Messrs Satish Girija and Ton Cable. After lunch, these children became busy to arrange Christmas Gathering scheduled in evening. They have decorated the stage magnificently and invited Mr. Satish Girija with Mr. Ton Cable to join their programme. These orphan children of LBHC have made the Christmas memorable by presenting a number of cultural activities. They cut a big cake and celebrated happy birthday of Jesus Christ, beloved son of the God.

On this occasion, Mr. Satish Girija has welcomed Mr. Ton Cable and said that Jesus is nothing but a symbol of love, kindness, compassion and by celebrating Christmas we orient ourselves towards such divine qualities. Mr. Ton Cable has greeted all at LBHC and conveyed a lot of best wishes to them from Mrs. Ine Buma (Patroness-SKB, the Netherlands) who couln’t attend the programme due to poor health. Also Mr. Ton has appreciated the children for such an attractive adornment of podium.

This propelled them to present a variety of song, music and dance in group/solo before the audience. After welcome song by Neha group, Sweety-Geeta-Khushee-Sonali, Chitra Didi group, Pooja, Pankaj, Sonam-Pooja-Gudiya-Sheesam have performed dance with the songs like Papa mere Papa, Aaja Nachle, Kola beri, Dhing Chika, Chalti hai kya and many more. These children have shown many difficult Yoga exercises too and earned rich applause from spectators. Ms Chitra Sahoo (Counsellor, LBHC) has supported the children for rehearsal and participated with them actively. The program was anchored by Master Sumant (an LBHC boy) and Ms Chitra Sahoo has thanked all for the teamwork. The program ended with a delicious group dinner.

Workshop on #Handwashing through #BehaviourChangeModel amongst #SchoolChildren @Plan_India

22 December 2017, Hazaribag: A district level workshop on sanitation through behaviour change model with school children in Churchu block was convened at Hotel Canary Inn under the joint auspices of Plan India, Lifebuoy and NBJK. An apparent and small message backed by teacher, mother, family and community can be helpful to change the very behaviour of handwashing with soap as a habit among school children, Mrs. Meeta Jaruhar (Regional Manager, Plan India) has pointed out here. She insisted for motivating children with steps like awareness, commitment, experiment, reward orderly and displayed “Paanch ki Pathshala” the resource material developed by Plan India to promote Handwashing practice among children. Mrs. Jaruhar said that handwashing with soap before going to lavatory, breakfast/lunch/dinner and at the time of taking bath can ensure sound health of our children.

Mr. Rakesh Kumar (Dy. Superintendent of Education) has supported the very idea of behaviour change for a healthy childhood and Mr. Uday Kumar Singh (Additional Dist. Program Officer, Jharkhand Education Project) has assured for a combined campaign for the same. Mr. Sanjay Tiwary (Media In-Charge, JEP) has called the school children as real ambassadors for sanitation campaign and shared about relevant activities by JEP over the issue. Mr. Narendra Kumar (Asst. Engineer, JEP) has informed that currently 675 schools have running water facility in Hazaribag district and we are trying to develop this in other schools also. In many schools, teachers & students are aware about the benefits of handwashing with soap but the schools lack proper infrastructure to support the practice, Mr. Vijay Ram (Block Education Officer, Churchu) has added.

Mr. Ranjan Kumar (NBJK, Churchu) has focused upon the roles of principals, teachers, SMC members and Baal sansad. During the workshop, NBJK staffs have demonstrated the defined process of handwashing with soap. About 20 Block Education Officers, Program Officers, Resource Persons, Members/Presidents of School Management Committees have participated in the workshop. Its worth mentioning that NBJK-Plan has launched handwashing campaign in 39 schools of Churchu block under Child Centered Community Development Program. The workshop was anchored by Mr. Alok toppo and arranged by Mrs. Shashika Kachchap, Mr. Anshumaan Kumar, Mr. Pradeep Bharti and Mr. Rajkumar from NBJK, Churchu.

#PwDs Participates in #Sports#Painting on #WorldDisabilityDay @ActionVillageIn @BigLotteryfund

04 December 2017, Hazaribag: A district level sports & painting competition among People with Disabilities was held inside district stadium on the occasion of World Disability Day. The program was inaugurated by Mr. Pradeep Prasad (Social Worker) who called for mainstreaming of nearly 25, 000 identified PwDs of the district and praised the event for its significance. World Disability Day was celebrated by around 150 PwDs from Sadar, Churchu, Katkamdaag and Ichak blocks of the district under the banner of Jila Viklaang Sansthan, a DPO (Disable People’s Organization) promoted by NBJK under Disability Rights program with support of Action Village India & Big Lottery Fund, UK.

The PwDs have participated in the action games like Tricycle Race, Caliper Race, Musical Chair, Bucket Ball and Painting. Messrs Vasudev Bhokta (Katkamdaag), Baalkrishna Prasad (Katkamdaag) and Surjan Manjhi (Churchu) stood first, second and third consequently for Tricycle Race. Under the category of Calipers Race, Mr. Hemlal Murmu (Churchu) became first while Mr. Ajay Kumar (Ichak) and Mrs. Anita Kumari (Sadar) got second and third position accordingly. Musical Chair (female group) winners were Ms Deepshikha (Sadar), Mrs. Raziya Khatoon (Ichak) and Ms Anju Kumari (Katkamdaag) on first, second and third positions respectively while all Churchu youths like Messrs Hemlal Murmu, Ajeet Ram and  Mukesh Rana became first, second and third  among male participants of Musical Chair contest. Likewise Messrs Ashok Das (Sadar), Rohit Mahto (Ichak) and Tanwee Singh (Sadar) have emerged as first, second and third winners respectively. In Painting competition, youngsters like Kunal Kumar, Surabhi Kumari and Ruby Kumari from Sadar block have grabbed first, second and third places correspondingly.

During the activities, participants were encouraged by audience and all the winners have received prize from Ms Garima Singh (District Social Welfare Officer) who is also a trainee from Indian Administrative Services. She said that such events are helpful to promote rights of PwDs in a beter way and there is no need to be worried since many PwDs have clicked UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) as her batchmates. District Social Welfare Department will look after the problems of PwDs certainly, she assured publicly.

Jila Viklaang Sansthan, the DPO was represented by Messrs Rajkumar and Deepak Sharma while the organizing team members were Mr. Annu Kumar, Mr. Sujit Mishra, Mr. Om Prakash, Mr. Shailesh, Ms Shahjehan, Mrs. Neelam Shrma, Mrs. Pratima Devi, Mrs. Mary Hansda, Mr. Poorn Prakash Rana, Ms Rashmi Parween, Mr. Paras Nath Mahto, Dr. Mukesh Suman and Mr. Bhuwaneshwar. Md. Nayeem has anchored the dais and Mr. shankar Rana has delivered vote of thanks.

#Certificate #Placement for Trainees of #SkillforLife @WeAreSwades @HSBC

30 November 2017, Hazaribag: The 7th batch trainees of Skill for Life program by NBJK with support of HSBC – Swades Foundation, Mumbai, have received their course completion certificates and placement offers today. Mr. Prabhu Nath Sharma (Treasurer, NBJK) has distributed certificates among them and said that these youths are supposed to equip themselves with not only professional skills but with the qualities needed for empowered citizenry also. He appealed the youths to develop self-confidence and positive approach for success.

Mr. Rupesh Mallik (Center Manager, RTC – Hazaribag) has appreciated Skill for Life program for enty level jobs and this should be tapped by youths, he pointed out during the function. On this occasion many trainees like Anjana Topno, Sinki Kumari, Dilip, Sonu have praised discipline, self-dependence, low cost management, more knowledge in less time etc. as main features to make the program different. Mr. Kirti Rawat (Placement Officer) has informed that there were 46 trainees in the batch as 24 for General Duty Assistant, 10 for BCA and 12 for Mobile Servicing. Out of these, 22 from GDA, 8 from BCA and 10 from Mobile Servicing have got placement or self-employment now. He said that most of our trainees like Vikas and Rakesh from BCA, Champa, Bulbul, Manita Hansda, Pranjali from GDA and Naurangdev, Lalan, Kaushal and many more have livelihood options now. These youths have been instructed to inform us in case of any problem at their work place for timely intervention, he affirmed.

Also faculty members like Mrs. Sandhya Kumari, Mr. Subodh Kumar, Mr. Amar and Mr. Rohit were present in the certification ceremony. Skill for Life provides 2 months residential skill development training in Basic Computer Application, Mobile Servicing and General Duty Assistant (Health Care) to youngsters belong to remote villages. The program is known for it’s high placement ratio.

#HealthCamp for Patients of #Epilepsy & #MentalDiseases @rinpasorg @bread4theworld

28 November 2017, Hazaribag: 960 people suffering from epilepsy and mental diseases had an opportunity to continue their treatment with medicines free of cost under the mental health camp organized by NBJK with support of Ranchi Institute of Neuro Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (RINPAS), Ranchi under the program of Support to Social Workers & Small NGOs in partnership with Bread for the World, Germany.

The health camp has entertained 909 old with 51 newly enrolled patients referred by social workers and small VOs from rural areas of Hazaribag, Chatra, Giridih, Bokaro, Dhanbad, Koderma, Ramgarh, Devghar districts in Jharkhand. Sister Mary Jose from Holy Family Home for Destitutes, Koderma has come here to get medicines for 37 patients of epilepsy and other mental diseases. She has confirmed about better condition of the patients after the consultancy and medicines by RINPAS doctors. Mr. Alok Toppo (Camp Organizing Team Member, NBJK) has informed that most of the incoming patients are with symptoms of epilepsy, depression, schizophrenia, insomnia, mental retardation and other psychological disorders but they or their caretakers have discarded superstitious practices due to awareness campaign by NBJK and network partners.

RINPAS, Ranchi has sent a 15 members team including 5 Psychiatrists, 4 Clinical Psychologists and 6 paramedical staffs for the camp. Messrs Shailesh, Om Prakash, Neelam, Merry, Pratima, Poorn Prakash Rana, Kamal Kant Pandey, Sujit, Narsingh Prasad and Alok Toppo were members of the camp organizing team. Next mental health camp will take place on 26th December, 2017.

#ReliefMaterials Distribution among #FloodStricken People @ActionVillageIn

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8 – 9 November 2017, East & West Champaran (Bihar): Bihar Pradesh Lok Samiti and NBJK have distributed relief materials among flood stricken people in the districts of East Champaran and West Champaran in Bihar. AVI-UK has provided financial support for such initiative took place with help of local voluntary organizations.

On 8th November, NBJK representatives Mr. Satyendra Kumar and Mr. Shankar Rana have joined the Relief Material Distribution program at Motihari (East Champaran) organized by District Unit of Lok Samiti and Alok Foundation, a local VO. Mr. Ray Sundar Dev Sharma (President, Dist. LS & Alok Foundation), Mr. Digvijay Kumar (Director, IDEA & Secretary, Dist. LS) and Mrs. Sangita Chitransh (Chairperson, District Child Welfare Committee) were present during distribution of relief materials among 61 surveyed beneficiaries. Each beneficiary got a Pressure Cooker (5 litres, 1 no.), Iron Cot (1 no.), Sari-Petticoat-Blouse (1 set), Container with cap (1 set), Water Jug/Lota (1 no.), Laddle (1 no.), Flat Laddle (1 no.), torch (1 no.) and Mosquito Net (1 no.).

On 9th, a similar program held for 85 beneficiaries at JP Smriti Kutir, Bettiah with support of Samagra Shikshan Evam Vikas Sansthan and West Champaran Lok Samiti. Each beneficiary got Awning / Tirpaal (1 no.), Mosquito Net (2 nos.), Red Gram Pulse (2 Kg) and Red Lentils Pulse (2 Kg) here and expressed sincere gratitude towards the people behind the support. Messrs Harendra Pandit, Aman Raj, Kunal Jha, Shibu Mitra, Aman Tiwary, Rohit, Omprakash Jaiswal and many others have extended their sincere cooperation in organizing the relief material distribution events.