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Volume No.5, Issue No.14 December 2016

“Rejoice, Rejoice for Lord has come to us."

“The blessings of Peace, the beauty of

Hope and the spirit of Love and faith be

your gifts for this Christmas Season and

the year to come”. May the message of

love and brotherhood spread to every cor-

ner of the world all through the coming

New Year. The infant’s hands that were later nailed to a rugged wood-

en cross are the hands that so often lovingly reach down and pick us

up during the difficulties of life. While celebrating the festive lets intro-

spect ourselves how far we have reached out our helping hands to the

needy in the society.

JVS together with all its committed staffs and supporters works with

specific motive to bring relief to communities those are oppressed and

to bring up children and youngsters with disability to lead a dignified

life. Following the footprints of Christ’s Values we are making every

earnest effort to create an inclusive society where all can experience

the justice, equality and brotherhood entitled to every citizen in the

country by its very constitution.

Herein we share with you the Bulletin which will showcase the efforts of

JVS during the last quarter. While we ask your continued support and collaboration to make this world a better

place for all to live in I also take this opportunity to thank you for your encouragement and support without

which we would not be able to achieve all these.

Thank you one and all.

From Director’s Desk

From Director’s Desk

Collaboration with Volunteers

Group Japan

Celebration of Girl Child day

Flood Relief Campaign 2016

Project Monitoring Visit By

Manos Unidas

Kiran Gramin: Inclusive School

World Disability Day 2016

Eradication of Tuberculosis

Muskan Day care Center.

Visit from Liliane Foundation,

The Netherlands

Blind Walk Campaign

Community Mobilization and

Safe Motherhood

PO Monitoring Visit

Café Ability

Wish you a very Happy

Christmas and Prosperous

New Year 2017

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Jan Vikas Samiti in collaboration with Volunteers Group Japan has made

efforts to support children with physical disabilities by distributing 90 im-

ported special wheel chairs. We are happy to share that two persons viz.

Tomoyuki Katano and Takao Akine from Japan came all the way to wit-

ness the occasion.

Mr. Katano from Volunteers Group Japan expressed his happiness and great satisfaction in observing the

work of JVS-LF for the children with disabilities. He also shared that he would be happy to extend collabo-

ration with JVS in future. A PPT presentation presented by Takao Akine gave us a clear picture of what is

Volunteers Group Japan and how they collaborate with different organization of 22 countries.

On 10th September JVS in collaboration with Vishwa

Jyoti Gurukul organized Girl Child Day at the premises

of Vishwa Jyoti Gurukul Christ Nagar on the theme

“lEeku ,oa vf/kdkj”. The event was inaugurated by Fr.

Alex by flagging off the rally. More than four hun-

dred children from various schools and nearby villag-

es marched towards the venue with lots of enthusi-

asm. The slogans echoed the family staying near by

the road side. A short orientation session on the im-

portance of rights, respect and various problems

that girl children face in the family and in the society

was conducted. The cultural programme began with

a prayer song followed by lighting of the lamp by the

esteemed guests present on the dais.

The chief guest

gave beautiful

massage on pro-

tection and securi-

ty of girl children.

And Keynote speaker elaborately spoke on the

theme set for the day. It is girls who are bringing

pride to the family either through education or

their respect for elders. To make this day more

successful we had so many teachers from various

schools and other local participants came to wit-

ness the occasion. Various cultural programmes

like dance, songs and short plays elated the day.

Girl Child Day Celebration 2016

Wheel Chair Distribution Ceremony

Jan Vikas Samiti in collaboration with Caritas India, had worked earlier

for the relief of the people affected by natural disaster in Bihar in 2008.

This year again this collaboration renewed with yet another project to

support people affected by flood in the district of Mirzapur, UP. 200 affected families in five Panchayats of

Shikhad block were provided with Wash Kit (Ashray Kit) in particular to women. Another 200 affected poor

farmers were provided with Livelihood kit. In view of the supporting the farmers’ nutrition scientists from

national agriculture research center Varanasi were invited to train the farmers for an effective cultivation.

On witnessing the need of clean drinking water the project took effort to train 15 persons from the respec-

tive panchayats to repair the hand pumps. Each panchayat is provided with 2 repairing tools kit to make the

resource available for the villagers when they are in need.

Flood Relief Campaign by JVS

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On 7th October 6 visitors namely Fr. Jose Antonio Alvarez, Laura Gas

Con, Encarnacion Perez, Wanda Cathy paredez, Roberto Parra and

Josefina Dominguez from Manos Unidas Spain made their Annual eval-

uation visit to Jan Vikas Samiti. The day was well organized by JVS. The

donors were pleased to see the difference that has come into the lives

of the people as a result of project implementation.

JVS organized a short programme in view of facilitating the guests. They were welcomed with garlands

and a group dance by the children from Muskan day care center. Fr. Alex showcased the implementation

and the outcome of the project (Community mobilization and safe motherhood) through a power point

presentation. The donors were much pleased with the activities that are being done through the commit-

ted staff of JVS.

Project Monitoring Visit by Manos Unidas

The kiran Gramin Coaching and Vocational Training

Centre is a project of JVS, initiated by a DPO, working

for the development of the poor and deprived

section of people in eight panchayats in Harahua

Devlopment Block, Varanasi. To be precise, the

project aims to work for the education, empower-

ment, rehabilitation of persons with disabilities, and

skill development that enables everyone to have a

place in the society. With the above activities we

want to bring a social change in favor of the poor

and the marginalized in the area where the project is

implemented.

Kiran Gramin runs an inclusive coaching center and is

working hard

to bring differ-

ence in the

lives of the

deprived

children of the

target villages by providing quality education. Taking

this into account, Kiran Gramin school provides edu-

cation up to grade four in the close vicinity of around

seven villages. There are 72 children who attend

their regular studies in this center. We have 5 teach-

ers who are very committed to teach their students

for their over-all development and progress.

Kiran Gramin : An Inclusive School

Jan Vikas Samiti in collaboration with Vishwa Jyoti Gurukul Christnagar

made this day a colorful one for the persons with disabilities on the UN

Theme “Achieving Seventeen goals for the future we want”. To mark

this day, about 550 persons with disabilities from various parts of East-

ern UP and Bihar came to partake in the programme. The day was

made remarkable by organizing several sports events in the morning and a colorful cultural meet in the

forenoon.

The day was inaugurated at 10.30 AM. A spectacular march past by children and youngsters with disabili-

ties invoked a patriotic feeling and sports man spirit to the event. The day progressed with sports events.

The cultural gathering was inaugurated by lighting of the lamp. Rev. Fr. Alex IMS, the director of Jan Vikas

Samiti presented the welcome note to the chief guest and guest speakers with shawls and bouquet. The

Cultural programme became more vibrant with a fabulous group performances.

International Day of Persons with Disability 2016

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Tuberculosis is one of India's major public health problems. WHO esti-

mates, India has the world's largest tuberculosis epidemic. Eradication of

TB is one of the most important focus areas of the government and of

JVS as well. JVS in collaboration with government is making effort to

eradicate the disease of tuberculosis in the rural areas of Harruaha and

Pindra block. In our strive towards this ongoing project we have achieved a satisfactory result in helping

the poor people with diagnose system and medication. JVS has succeeded in reaching out to more than

900 families during the last three months in the form of door to door survey.

Eradication of Tuberculosis

Muskan day care center is a special unit of JVS. It imparts a special edu-

cation to the children with multiple disabilities. 25 children with multiple

disabilities benefit from this special unit. The unit also includes a thera-

py unit in which children from the CBR are brought for regular thera-

peutic interventions. The institution imparts education with different

modules to make the children understand the concepts. The objective

of this education is to help the children to be part of mainstream society. JVS has succeeded in helping

out these children to get admission in regular schools. Regular parents’ meetings are organized to check

with the progress of the children. Over all we have witnessed tremendous growth of the children. They

have participated in various cultural gatherings organized by JVS.

Muskan Day Care: A school with a great Difference

Jan Vikas Samiti was privileged to have a senior delegation consists of

CEO, Board members and Programme Mangers from LF Head Office in the

month of November at the centre. The purpose of the visit was to ob-

serve the activities of Jan Vikas Samiti as SPO; the delegation also extend-

ed their visit to some of the POs of Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal to ex-

plore more about the implementation of the project. The donors were welcomed with a short cultural pro-

gramme in which JVS elaborated its project implementation policies through a short video clipping. The

Group was delighted to visit the SPO and PO activities with regard to CBR. They appreciated the team for

the meaningful work which is bringing quality in the life of Children and youngsters with disabilities.

Visit from Liliane Foundation, The Netherlands-

Blind Walk campaign in Varanasi

13th October 2016 was a special day for the people of visual impairment.

Jan Vikas Samiti along with likeminded organizations took initiative to or-

ganize the day in the city of Varanasi. Thousands of children from various

institutions participated in the campaign . The normal people were blind-

folded and was lead by the special children. The campaign was organized

by a Bangalore-based NGO ‘Project Vision’ in 55 different locations in five

countries. The march began from a specific location and the people walked all through blindfolded to the

destination. The walk ended with most participants pledging to donate their eyes and to work as vision am-

bassadors in the society to make easy the process of eye donation.

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JAN VIKAS SAMITI, Christnagar P.O,

Varanasi - 221003, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA

Website : www.janvikassamiti.org;

Email: director@janvikassamiti.org, mail@janvikassamiti.org

May the New born Infant Jesus Bless our Efforts on the Christmas

Eve and shower his abundant blessings for the years to come!

Café Ability : Livelihood initiative by JVS

Café Ability is a new initiative of JVS, working for the economic

empowerment of the youngsters with disabilities. Café Ability, a

mini restaurant cum coffee shop, where selected youngsters with

disability are provided on-the-job training in hospitality sector.

Café Ability will strengthen youngsters with disabilities by

providing relevant training and also helping them to find job in the hospitality industry. The concept will

also enhance social acceptance for this vulnerable target group. Another distinctive social feature is the

focus on fair trade products. Presently it is helping 14 youngsters with disabilities in offering them liveli-

hood opportunities through the training in Hospitality industries. They will be given opportunity to

choose their career in the same regard as per their interest.

Community mobilization and Safe motherhood is a pioneering project of Jan

Vikas Samiti. JVS aims to reduce maternal mortality rate in Harahua Develop-

ment Block in U.P and improve health system in the rural set up. The work also

aims to create awareness among the rural poor about their health and hygiene

as well as health rights. The objective of sensitizing 5000 rural women on safe motherhood is becoming actu-

alized with the efforts of JVS. JVS Team with full dedication and effort has succeeded in reaching out to peo-

ple through different approaches. It organizes street plays every month to sensitize the common people who

do not have any knowledge about their living standards. The project also conducts regular meeting and follow

-ups in bringing down the maternal mortality in the area. We take pride in sharing that we have reached

out to more than 3500 families in programme villages to create health awareness. The ongoing process of

building a proper health system is the main struggle of the organization.

During the last quarter we have organized 3 health camps and 6 awareness trainings for adolescent girls

and 15 awareness programmes (Street plays) in 03 target panchayats.

Community Mobilization and Safe Motherhood

JVS- LF team makes the visits to its partner organization with the pur-

pose of monitoring and guiding the partners and training and capaci-

tating them on Community Based Rehabilitation, Programme Man-

agement and Inclusive Education, documentation of individual files of

children with disabilities and accounts. During the last quarter Mr Ro-

hit visited 6 partner organizations in northeast India and Mr. Chiranjeevi and Mr Vibin made visit to 3 part-

ner organizations in Rajasthan. JVS as an SPO, is very happy with the progress of the project.

PO Monitoring Visit from JVS-LF Team

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