Since the beginning of January it has been foggy, windy and very cold in our part of the country. Several deaths due to cold wave have been reported. Jagriti Vihara has distributed new clothes among the poor and needy. Our government has not succeeded in alleviating the poverty and its consequences in the rural areas of our State. Even the plight of the people living in the slums of ever growing cities has remained unchanged . Another sad thing is that our state, since the beginning of its formation, has suffered from the instability of the government. The Arjun Munda government has been toppled and the President rule has been imposed in Jharkhand.
The whole country was shocked to get the news that a girl student, while travelling by a bus in Delhi in the evening of 16th December was gang raped and brutally mishandled. Long after she was thrown out from the bus and was found lying unconscious in a street. She was taken to a local hospital where she died. Since then there has been protests and demonstrations all over the country against the Administration which has failed in getting the crime against women reduced . Jagriti Vihara has also tried its best to spread awareness about violence against women . Our organization has resolved to work for getting both women and men united to do all that is possible for the empowerment of women in all walks of life.
We are making efforts to open the proposed girl school in the beginning of April. We have collected several ideas and opinions from the parents of the villages around us but the plan has not been finalized as yet. Some teachers have already been interviewed but none of them is willing to work for less than 16000 (nearly 2000 SEK/NOK) rupees a month. Besides the remuneration they need residential facilities .
The building of the health centre/hospital is almost ready for use but we have now to procure necessary equipments and appoint a doctor, a nurse and a lab technician. We have advertised our requirements in the news papers and are waiting for response.
The new doors have finally arrived at the JV guest house. But it will take at least two weeks to fix them after removing the old ones .
Jayaji will be in Sweden in the second week of March. He wishes to see our friends and supporters during his stay in Sweden. As he is still having some health problem he will most probably undergo a medical check up again.
For Jagriti Vihara,
Lucy, Sushil and Rajesh (Information group of Jagriti Vihara)
