Thursday, 16 August 2012

OPSSEN summer project 2


Summer Project for OPSSEN by C.K.Gautam

During this summer vacation we OPSSEN planned to do something special but in usual way.All members were assigned to do this project which included observing the socio-environmental happenings around us and try to make a difference.
As i belong to Gaya,Bihar my project is mainly focussed on Gaya but it also has something to be taken into account from other places.
24,May,2012
I visited a place(Atri) in Gaya dist. of Bihar.Following are the details of what i observed and did there.
With the help of my local friend i was able to arrange a meeting with the local youths of a Tola.Most of them were temporary wage workers;indulged in farming.Although all were litrate.But the heighest qualified among them was 12 pass with commerce(Choteey).They have no permanent work to smoothly run their life.
I talked to them about the population explosion.How i convinced them ?
·         I made them know about the doubling time of population.
·         Availability of limited resources.
·         With 1 or 2 children ,you will be able to give them better education,food and bright future.
·         More hands more money is an idiot concept.I pointed towards some of the well known public figure and the number of their childrens.
·         Available conception method;emphasis on Copper-T.
·         Made them know that vasectomy doesn’t hampers ones sexual desire.
·         Family planning allowence provided by government on tubectomy.
Their responce:-
·         Laughed at me,stared hard.
·         They said they feel shy in visiting a doctor for Copper T or condoms.
·         Operation(tubectomy & vasectomy) and copperT has negative effects on sexual desire.
What at last:-
·         J i was able to convice them after 3 hours of discussion.
·         They wished to meet me again.
Thanks to Manoj kr. & Sanjeet Kumar for making it successful.

25,May,2012
I also visited RED-CROSS society building of that village but it was abondoned and delapidated.Local people had kept fodder  and dung cake in the campus.No functioning of RED-CROSS at that place.

26,May,2012
Visit to “Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidhyalaya (govt.girls boarding school for schedule caste girls)”
Good facilty  in the hostel.Teachers were caring and responsive.At the time i visited there some girls were playing “kho-kho” and others “karate”.
They get free lodging,fooding,education and school –sports dresses.
5,June,2012
Place: New Delhi
What i saw was shocking.....from Pragati Maidan Metro station one can see the WHO(WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION) building.It work for public health improvement.Behind the building there is slum with people living in unhealthy environment.A dirty drain was also flowing in between the building and the slum area.
Another mind boggling thing what i saw was a child cobbler on New Delhi railway station and a child labour working in a hotel near Noida sector -15.

24,june,2012
Place:Uttrakhand
Mass cutting of road-side trees on Dehradun-Haridwar road for broadening the road.


4,8,July,2012
Place:-Patna
I met Gaurav Anshu,one of the member of OPSSEN and discussed the working strategies of the organisation,loop holes in our work,developing co-ordination among members.I received written suggestion from him.

5,july,2012
Place:Manpur,Gaya,Bihar
I met some school childrens(under class 7) of Bal Vidya Mandir School and talked about environmental pollution,loss of bio-diversity and their suggestion on the concerned problems.
What i observed from the discussion:- Most of the students have the theoretical knowlege about environmental problems but they find that very few elders follow good environmental practices in their daily life.Most  parents do not show any interest in these topics.

Other than this i also met some of the people who are interested in social transfornmation.I met with the founder of “Sangam –jagriti sansthan” ...

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