Women Empowerment in Punjab by Umeed NGO

Umeed has seen various activities in the month of Feb. Umeed participated in an exhibition held in hotel Sapphire, Yamuna Nagar on 23-25th of February 2013. There was a lot of interest shown by the visitors in both the product as well as wanting to know how women participate in Umeeds projects while making them. The inquiries were very heartening. In similar spirit the BPO team at Dhuri is currently practicing to hone their typing & computer skills. We are in touch with various organizations to get work for the team in the BPO.

Whereas Mr. Harsh Garg, a MBA student from NMIMS, Mumbai came to do his internship with Umeed from 4th -23rd February 2013 as part of 'We Care" -civic engagement project of the School of Business Management, NMIMS (Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies) Mumbai set up to promote learning and to support Rural Development in India. He spent time out of his three weeks internship in crochet centers that provide women empowerment and with the team to understand Umeed's project completely specially its financial aspects. He has suggested few points to develop crochet business by keeping in mind various factors related with hand done crochet such as market/finance and prevailing trends.

He spent 3 weeks in Umeed and visited all ongoing activities in the field such as medical teams, SHG's, BPO, Umeed/AR job placement, crochet centers etc. He has submitted report to Umeed based on his observation/learning from his 3 weeks with Umeed. The ideas are valuable and easy to incorporate.


Furthering recruitment in Punjab under Umeed’s Job Placement Service - 240 youth have registered themselves in Umeed/AR Job placement office during the month and 153 candidates were sent for interviews in various organizations. 36 youth got jobs in various organizations during the month of February.

Umeed medical teams visited Punjab villages

During the week 4th Feb to 9th Feb the Umeed medical teams visited the villages of Batuha, Natt, Kanjli, Qila Hakima, Kanjla, Kanjla, Roorgarh, Katron, Changli, Ghanour Khurd, Bamal, Jahangir, Ghanouri Kalan , Ghanouri Kalan , Ghanour Kalan, Basiarkh, Nariangarh, Bhattiwal Khurd, Dohla, Palasour, Bhalwan, Baradwal, Ruldu Singh Wala, Bangawali, Issi, Loharmajra, Kheri Jattan, Issra, Jainpur, Dhadogal, Burj Sedha+ Burj Gohra, Cheema, Meemsa, Hareri, Changal, Khilrian, Daulatpur, Kaheru, Sigligar Basti, Totapuri Basti, Ambedkar Chownk, Jogi Nath Basti, Dashmesh Nagar, Gandhi Basti, Guru Nanakpura Mohalla, Bazigar Basti, Azad Nagar, Dharampura Mohalla, Janta Nagar, Sangatpura Mohalla, Prem Basti Dhuri in the Halka of Dhuri and Harkishanpura, Roshanwala, Phaguwala + Kainchian, Sakrodi, Sangatpura, Rai Singh Wala, Panwan, Jaulian, Fatehgarh Bhadson, Joginder Basti, B’garh, Gandhi Nagar, B’garh, Ravidas Colony, B’garh, Bakhopir, Dyalgarh, Kakra, Haripura Basti, B’garh, Dasmesh Ngr. B’garh, Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar, B’garh, Bangawali, Thales, Gurdaspura-I, Haripura Basti, Sangrur, Kartarpura Basti, Sgr., Bagguana Basti, Sgr., Sardar Basti, Sangrur, Sekhupura Basti, Sangrur, Gumhar Basti, Sangrur, Chehlan Patti, B’garh, Ajit Nagar, B’garh, Hanuman Basti, B’garh, Bharo, Shahpur, Kheri Gillan, Noorpura, Bharaj, Lakhewal, Dehlewal, Rajpura, Akoi Sahib, Phumanwal, Rasaldar Channa, Deh Kalan, Balad Khurd, Balad Kainchian, Chotti Balial, Basiarkh, Nariangarh, Bhattiwal Khurd, Hareri, Changal, Khilrian, Kalajhar, Harditpura, Balad Kalan, Batriana, Jahneri, Gharachon-I, Kapial, Retgarh, Rampura (B’garh), Balial, Bhatiwal Kalan, Ramgarh in Halka Sangrur.

The total number of patients examined was 7239 of these 5897 were old patients returning for additional medication, while 1342 were first time visitors. We are proud to be serving the old, underprivileged and disadvantaged and being a part of the rural and community development of Punjab. 

MEDICAL CAMPS IN DHURI AND SANGRUR BY UMEED NGO

During the week from 28th Jan to 1st Feb, the Umeed Medical teams visited villages of Mulowal , Ranike, Bugra, Mannwala, Dhura, Harchandpura, Bhasour, Babbanpur, Balamgarh, Dhandiwal, Hassanpur, Rajomajra, Samundgarh Channa, Kandhargarh Channa, Dhuri Pind, Darogewal, Banbauri, Rajindrapuri, Kakkarwal,Pedni Punnawal, Jakhlan, Kolseri, Merheri, Dugni, Jatimajra, Mallumajra, Kumbarwal, Balian-1, Balian-II, Bhularheri, Bhaddalwad, Bhojowali, Benra, Ladda, Ladda Colony in Halka Dhuri and Laddi, Ghabdan, Kaloudi, Sangatsar Nagar, Mahavir Basti, Guggamari Basti, Nadampur, Thaman Singh Wala, Santokhpura, Jalan, Rampura, Indira Basti, Gurdaspura, Gharachon-II, Bimbri, Bimar,Majha, Rasulpur Channa, NandgarhMehsampur, Fatehgarh Channa, Saron, Rupaheri, Channo, Munshiwala, Masani, Dittupura, Gehlan, Kheri Chandwan, Ganga Singh Wala, Bhagwanpura, Mangwal, Nakte, Turi, Majhi. In Halka Sangrur.

The population covered in both the Halka’s is 1,08,336 and the total number of patients examined was 4566 of these 2506 were old patients returning for additional medication, while 2060 were the first time visitors. We are proud to be serving the old, underprivileged and disadvantaged and being a part of the rural and community development of Punjab.

Umeed: rural development NGO

Get wowed by Umeed designer products and their wide range from 18^th to 20^th January, 2013 at 11:30 am onwards, Select City Walk.

Umeed, a rural development NGO, has designed a range of fashionable products which caters to all your requirements. Set up in 1997, Umeed empowers disadvantaged people of rural and semi-urban Punjab, more specifically Sangrur district, both economically and socially.

Date: 18^th – 20^th January, 2013

Time: 11:30 am onwards

Venue: In front of Lladro (the pillar) Select City Walk, Saket

Entry: Free for all!

Products to be displayed at the venue are clutches, box clutches, tote bags, home furnishing products and baby blankets.  The cluthes and box cluthes are made of neemzari threads which are available in various colours like gold, silver, bronze etc.

So be there to grab these exciting products and not miss the opportunity.

For further details please visit: http://www.umeedonline.com/

 Media contact:

Anshika Mehta/9953227612/Anshika@avian-media.com

National Highway Widening Problem.

The government is planning to widen the National Highway running through Sangrur, Dhuri and other areas by 16.5 feet on both sides to facilitate easy movement of troops, heavy vehicles and armoured units. The National Highway is the main link between north-west Punjab/Haryana and the army’s operational area further west. 

However, there is a problem: Widening the highway would result in the demolition of thousands of homes/shops which have been there for decades. No amount of compensation and re-allotment of land would rehabilitate them as these people have been living and working here for generations and displacing them would cause irreparable damage.

Rural development is of utmost importance if a country has to progress. But I think it will be eventually time consuming and unsafe for our troops to travel through Sangrur and Dhuri. A better solution would be to make a bypass skirting the towns. This would ensure that people are not uprooted and at the same time would assist movement of troops and people in general.

As a social activist, I have served the people of Punjab for the past 16 years and consider each one of them a part of my family. I would do everything in my means to ensure that the plight of the people is heard in the right platform. I have already written to the minister of state for road transport and highways and he has assured me that he will look into the matter. I have faith that the government will see the logic behind my suggestion and will look at the problem compassionately. I would also urge the people of Sangrur and Dhuri to stay calm as their leader is with them.

Akali government dragging its feet from the uranium issue

The uranium hazard in Punjab has taken alarming proportions. The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has found traces of uranium in groundwater samples collected from 13 new districts, including Tarn Taran, Moga, Barnala, Sangrur, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib, Mohali, Ropar, Nawanshahr, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Amritsar and Pathankot. The uranium content in these samples varied between a scary 0.1 and 153 ppb (parts per billion). The minister of state in the PMO, V Narayanasamy, has urged the Punjab government to find out whether the high incidence of cancer in the region had any connection with uranium presence in the sub soil.

Expressing concern about the lack of “desired urgency and seriousness” in dealing with the situation, a parliamentary panel has recommended the central drinking water and sanitation ministry’s intervention. The panel has said if the problem is not addressed immediately it will “cause incalculable damage to the health of people, livestock and environment”.

In response, Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh, who also holds the drinking water and sanitation portfolio, has requested the Akali Dal government in Punjab to submit a detailed report on the situation on the basis of which the Centre will come up with corrective measures. But the state government is yet to respond to the request.

I am surprised that the Akali government, which claims to be the champion of Punjab’s cause, is dragging its feet on such a critical issue. Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal always accuses the Centre of meting out a step-motherly treatment to Punjab. But, now a central minister is urging the Punjab government to simply submit a proposal following which the Centre would take steps to address the problem and the state is doing nothing about it.

The lives of thousands of villagers are at stake here and if the state government doesn’t  show some initiative it will spell doom for Punjab.