#JharkhandStateLevelCarersForum Meeting @CarersWorldwide @commonwealthorg

28 February 2020, Ranchi: At the office of State Disability Commissioner, a meeting of Jharkhand State Level Carers Forum (JSLCF) was organized under the joint auspices of NBJK, Carers Worldwide, U. K. and Commonwealth Foundation, U. K. in presence of Mr. Satish Chandra (SDC, Jharkhand).

During the meeting, it was decided to form a core team for smooth functioning of JSLCF and more organizations / networks working in disability sector will be added to the forum for proper representation of the people. Next meetings will be held in the months of April and May 2020. Dr. Anil Patil (ED, Carers Worldwide) has assured for support to JSLCF till its full formation & strengthening. Mr. Satish Chandra (State Disability Commissioner, Jharkhand) has appreciated the move of NBJK & Carers Worldwide for such an initiative upon issues of the people taking care of their dependent PwDs or PwMIE. Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) has briefed about the program upon carers with support of Carers Worldwide and discussed about the very need of a body like JSLCF.

Mr. Rajeev Kumar Singh (Program Manager, NBJK) conducted proceedings of the meeting contributed by Mrs. Sumitra Devi (President, Pragati Carers Sewa Sansthan, Hazaribag), Mr. Vijay Paswan (Secretary, PCSS, Hazaribag), Mr. Ashok Dudi-Mr. Janaki Raman (National Career Service Centre for Differently Abled, Ranchi), Mr. Vishwanath Mahto (Deepshikha, Ranchi), Mr. Sanjiv Jha (Bhawishya Kiran, Ramgarh), Mr. Vivek Singh (Blind People’s Association, Ranchi), Mr. N. K. Madhur (Trained Special Teachers’ Association, Jharkhand), Mr. Anjay Kumar (Koshish-Jharkhand Parents’ Association, Ranchi), Mr. Nikhil Kumar, Mr. Kallappa Natesh (Carers Worldwide, Bangalore) and Mr. Rajkumar (Asst. Prog. Manager, NBJK).