Training for Carers’ Project Team

NBJK staffs have attended 3 days training during 17 – 19 April on Organization & Advocacy for Carers Empowerment by Carers Worldwide, UK at Bangalore. The main purpose of this training was to emphasize the strategic need of Carers Movement to address the issues Carers are facing in their regions. Other two participant organizations were SACRED from Andhra Pradesh and SAMUHA SAMARTHYA from Karnataka; work over the issues of Carers like NBJK with Carers Worldwide. Dr. Anil Patil (Founder & ED, Carers Worldwide) has shared his concern for the people, who care for their family members with mental illness, disability, old age or any other illness but become losers of employment, education, health and social contacts for themselves. He said that there are no organizations in India, Nepal, Bangladesh or South Africa working specifically among Carers to address their needs. From NBJK, Mr. Rajeev Singh (Team Leader) has informed about baseline survey, identification of 828 Carers (97% women), formation of their SHGs (58 nos.) and expectations from their side. The training has facilitated the participants to reflect on their activities, to understand their role for working with the carers & federations, strategies / process of advocacy and towards the goal of Carers Movement. Mr. Ramakrishna was the resource person and there were 14 participants in the training who prepared plan of actions on behalf of partner VOs. NBJK associates Carers Worldwide in the program upon Carers launched at Hazaribag for the period of Oct’14 – Sep’17.