BLS Sir,
It would have been great if you would have been present. Would have been a blessing.
Write up-
Sometime back I had put up an offer that since the JJ core group was intending to meet on 11th, we could meet at the JJ project at village. Despite the long ditance and time involved it was great that Shashi Verma, DN deshwal Sir, Bhai Amit Chillar, Ravi Godara (all the way from Jaipur) and JJ volunteers sunita, bharti, koyal, khusi and me were present. JJ employees in village Taqdir and geeta were also there.
Thanks to Khusi and mamiji for the food.
Bhai Amit narrated one joke ‘ek chhore ka pajaama paat rya tha. Dura chhora bolya – rai tera pajaama paat rya. Wo chhora bolya – yo itna saara kurta pajaama sim rya wo tai deekhya nahin, yo paatya od badaa deekh gya.’
Chutkala chhota sa thaa, par seekh badi thi.
In process of our discussions we tried to look at the ‘simya od/stitched’ part of jan jagriti and the ‘paatya od/torn’ part also.
Running a social work is not lip service. Vikas, Sunita, Bharti, jitender, taqdir, geeta me and khushi have been slogging it out on ground. Taking time and efforts to visit and move the mud has got us where we are, where we have a full set-up place for JJ. Whether it was whitewashing, electrical fitting, carpentry, buying books, darees, blackboards, furniture and all stuff and taking it there, conducting classes, dealing with local issues. Thanks to these efforts, besides the regular classes we had taken at government schools, the classes at the JJ venue have been going on for over six months. This wouldn’t have been possible without some real and sincerely exhaustive efforts.
JJ needs, moral and positive support much more than it would need funds.
“JJ jas always been open to suggestions, inputs and involvement” – not one instance can be quoted when JJ was not so.
JJ experience
Education in all its forms is the single factor/agenda that can improve the quality of life in the villages and give the children a fair chance for a bright future.
Our observation in two lines
1. Girls are sincere, eager and hard working because they are very disciplined. They only need academic help.
2. Boys have been thoroughly pampered and spoilt by the parents (exceptions). They need to be motivated to work hard and the parents need to be advised to give them discipline.
There is not one child in the village who doesn’t want to learn english, science and maths. There is no child who doesn’t want to slog for a bright future. Only Thing – most of them don’t get any opportunity to do so. No one teaches them a word of english, science or maths.
This is what JJ intends to provide them. So that tomorrow they can be bright and responsible citizens of a better India.
