April 2020: NBJK came forward daringly to participate in the war against the hidden enemy of Corona COVID-19 at different fronts in Hazaribag, Bokaro, Khunti, Deoghar, Jamui, Dumka and Patna districts of Jharkhand-Bihar.
It offered infrastructural support as two buildings, buses & manpower to Hazaribag district administration. Chouparan based LNJP Eye Hospital and SPP School are working as quarantine centers for 275 migrant laborers while for Govt. hospitals of Hazaribag-Dumka and Corona volunteers, it provided medical utilties like N95 mask (190 pcs), surgical mask (15000 pcs), shoe cover (624 pairs), medical gown (50 pcs), head cover (500 pcs), surgical gloves(15800 pcs), sanitizer (110 litres), infrared thermometer (16 pcs), pulsometer (15 pcs) and oxygen cylnder (2 nos.) along with reusable mask (18698 pcs) stitched at organization run sewing centers.
NBJK conducts 16 community kitchens, disributed food materials, sanitation kits to 2288 needy families and 4344 pcs soaps among villagers. Also the community people are being made aware of social distancing, mask wearing & other helpful practices to ensure hygiene.
During this campaign, 105 workers of NBJK could reach to more than 10 thousand people including 2723 Persons with Disabilities in 205 villages of 07 districts with support of Aditya Birla Capital, Plan India, GiveIndia, CBM India, CIni Cell, Tata Trusts, SBI Foundation, Vedanta and many esteemed individual donors.
Mr. Satish Girija (Secretary, NBJK) says ….this could be possible due to our experience in disaster management, transparent modus operandi, trust of donors and a dedicated team of workers.