Paradise Society gives study material to needy kids
While children residing in urban areas are continuing their education through online classes, children in far-flung Jharkhand are most affected by the closure of schools. Apart from interruption in their education, inefficiency of other material and psychological resources (which schools provide) like mid-day meal, iron pills for adolescents, psycho-social support etc has put many children at risk of various ills like Child labour, trafficking, child marriage etc. Hence ASHA NGO has trained and motivated community counselors to provide educational support to children in their respective villages and can involve 36 community counselors in this journey. So far the institution has been able to reach out to 290 such children in the age group of 4-14 in 20 villages of Ranchi and Khunti districts. Ajay Jaiswal (member of the organization and founder of Asha Foundation) brought the entire project to the ground. Paradise provided logistics and material support: English, Maths and Hindi Copies – Total 900 Pcs, Pencil Box (with pencils, sharpener, eraser, ruler) – 300 sets, Water Container with Dispenser - 20 Pcs, Drinking water glass – 100 Pc, Big Sitting Mat – 20 Pcs to the students. The total project cost was around Rs.50,000. The ASHA NGO has played a significant role in the project by bearing the lunch expenses of the rural children studying in the classroom and the honorarium of the teachers.
72% vaccination of railway employees at ECR
The East Central Railway administration is fully conscious of the health of its employees in this difficult period of Covid transition. On the directions of General Manager Lalit Chandra Trivedi, vaccination is going on continuously. The GM, in a virtual meeting with the Heads of Departments and Divisional Railway Managers, had directed to always take special precautions regarding the health of railway workers and take necessary steps in this regard. The GM has stressed upon the priority to vaccinate railway workers against Covid-19. In this sequence, a vaccination camp was organized for above 18 years of age group at Patliputra Rail Complex, Digha, Patna on Wednesday. In today's camp, 90 officers and personnel were vaccinated. Covid-19 vaccination is being run as a campaign on East Central Railway, as a result of which, by 07 June 2021, about 72 per cent of railway personnel eligible for vaccination have been vaccinated in ECR Headquarters and five divisions and factories.
Work from ‘Home-Away from Home’
IRCTC’s efforts to rekindle the confidence among guests to step out for availing hospitality services in the post COVID world has met with reasonable success. “Work from Hotel with Nature” Packages for Puri, Konark & Gopalpur (Beach Destinations of Odisha) are launched. Booking started from June 09. IRCTC has launched exclusive packages for professionals who want to continue with their work with a different yet amongst natural environment near beach, forest from the comfort of hotel rooms, wherein they can relax and enjoy along with their routine. Working away from the typical office setting is expected to become the new trend during these pandemic times. Professionals can choose destinations among Puri, Konark and Gopalpur. The duration of package would be for a minimum of 03 nights which can be extended on prorate basis. Similar packages for other locations are also being explored.
JSLPS CEO takes stock of work
The Chief Executive Officer of Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society, Nancy Sahay took stock of the activities of various ongoing projects under JSLPS in Nagdi block of the district. CEO JSLPS reached Jajpur, Kudlong, Tikra Toli of Nagdi and interacted directly with the women of Sakhi Mandal and inquired about their livelihood. Along with this, while visiting the sewing and training center; she also interacted with the women of Sakhi Mandal, who are manufacturing "Nai Pahal" kits. The construction has been done by the sisters of Sakhi Mandal. She highly appreciated the work of making kits by the women of Sakhi Mandal and talked about connecting other didis with such initiatives.
BSPS grants affiliation to Tamilnadu Unit
Based on the request of WJUT, Tamilnadu Unit, seeking affiliation from BSPS, the BSPS National working Committee has accepted the request to grant affiliation to WJUT. BSPS National General Secretary has recommended to the National Executive to nominate the President of Tamil Nadu AB. SAGAYARAJ as the National Vice President. BSPS national executive committee meeting dated 8th of June 2021 approved the proposal of national general secretary Shahnawaz Haasan to nominate AB Sagayaraj as the National Vice President with immediate effect & also nominated three senior journalists and office bearer of WJUT as BSPS national Executive committee members from Tamilanadu.