What a Supporter Says #VictoriaCarluccio

31 July 2018, Hazaribag: Ms Victoria Carluccio is doing a master’s at School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in Labour and Development Studies and working at TripAdvisor, in advertising department. She is spending two months in  India from 10^th of July to early September. In the first stage of her trip,she stayed at NBJK in Bihar and Jharkhand as an Action Village India (U. K.) team member working with completion of the Lottery Fund aided Disability Rights project. More precisely, documenting some cases studies from the different projects supported by AVI (microcredit for PwDs, girls education project).

Victoria first heard of AVI in July 2017, when she received an email from her university,who was promoting AVI’s work. She says that most students are interested in rural India and a wide range of initiatives carried out by NGOs working with vulnerable people in rural areas.

She writes, “I think NBJK does an amazing work, with more than 40 years of experience. I was surprised by the diversity of the activities and groups NBJK reaches through its work: education, microfinance support, promotion and support of disability rights among other. I would say that their mission of “put the last first” is honoured on a daily basis…”

During the field visits, she met many people facing different problems and was able to understand how the support they received from NBJK has helped them to overcome difficulties, like developing new skills that will enable them to improve their livelihoods, receiving therapy from the field workers and become independent. She saw the highly committed staff tackling obstacles in order to achieve their goals, by engaging with the different communities and gaininig their trust.

She assures to promote NBJK work.