#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.