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    Welcome Messagewith a vision, avision to motivateand awaken youngIndia towards thesocial developmentof the country.

    We have firmly believed that civilsociety has a hugerole to play notonly in the eco-nomic progress, butalso in the social

    progress of the country.

    It is imperative that now theyouth stands up for what isright.

    But the question is How?

    This question confounded me

    several times as a young boy.

    Welcome all of you to theinaugural issue of HermitIndias newsletter.

    We mark our first anniver-sary with the publication of

    the news letter.

    Hermit India was founded

    That is when me and three of my friends decided to estab-lish Hermit India.

    We wanted to be away for YOU tocontribute.

    Over the last one year Hermit India has garneredtremendous support from the

    youth across India.

    I take this opportunity on behalf of my team to thank our members and volunteersfor their sustained support.

    I hope you will find HermitIndias newsletter informa-tive and it would help you toknow us more.

    Hermit India successfullyorganizes Muskaan in asso-ciation with Bal Mela anannual festival at Prayaas-orphanage and juvenilehome, New Delhi.

    Bal Mela is an annual eventof Prayaas to celebratechildhood.

    Childhood is a gift which werealize only after we growup.

    It was an opportunity for us

    to relive our childhood. The program was attended by 300children and Teachers.

    Hermit India organized sev-

    eral workshops like," Playwith waste"," Poster design-ing", Mask Making andPhoto frame making.

    The workshops were organ-ized around the broad themeto conserve Environment.

    A smile can be an inspiration

    HERMIT INDIA FOUNDATION NEWSLETTER

    Whats inside the issue ?

    Welcome message fromthe Co Founder.

    Muskaan can be an in-spiration.

    Dilips Fight for thechair.

    CSR club of NIILMCenter for Manage-ment Studies.

    Citizens Perspective

    Announcements

    JUNE 2010

    Lalit SinghCo Founder

    All smiles at Hermit Indiasevent Muskaan .

    Hermit India foundationnewsletter published from

    New Delhi, India. Currentedition vol 1 Issue 1.NextEdition due in July.

    Visit us at :

    www.hermitindia.org

    Editor:

    Ms Poulomi Chatterjee

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    Samvedna for the Society

    NIILM Center for Management Studies' CSR initiative

    NIILM Center for Management Studies is a premier B school for Busi-ness Management. NIILM is one of the very few colleges which hasmade CSR a part of its course curriculum. The current batch as part of

    their business communication curriculum had to undertake social pro- jects.

    Various issues were taken up by the students like Orphan-hood,womens empowerment,Autisim ,Water Conservation, Save theYamuna, Child Labor, and children's education.

    The students worked closely with some of the reputed organizationslike Smile SOS, and Bachpan Bachao Andolan.The Projects were pre-sentated at the Social Summit organized at the NIILM Campus in NewDelhi, which was attended by some of the eminent personalities of thesocial sector like Dr Bhawani Shankar Tripathy from UNICEF,Mr San-

    jeev Rai from Save the Children,Ms Neha Simlai from Christian asso-ciation,Ms Madhura Dutta from i-Land Informatics and Ms ShivdasaniAmin from Apeejay School of Management

    Apart from this some students also volunteered for UMAANG athree day youth festival organized by Bangla Natak.com in associationwith United Nations Population Fund.

    NIILM has given persistent support to Hermit India since our firstawareness program ULAAS. It has been a prolific relationship sincethen. Many students from NIILM and other universities like Delhi Uni-versity and Jamia Milia have volunteered for Hermit India in the pastand we continue to have their support for our future endeavors too.

    Team NIILM volunteering for Hermit India

    Salim a student of Jamia Millia volunteering to teachstudents Painting

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    Dilips Fight for the chair

    It has been more than a decade that India has been a signatoryto the United Nations Convention to Child Right Violations.There is still Child Labor, Gender based discrimination andMalnutrition. Every conscious being on this planet has a rightto live with dignity. So does a child. Many children in India are

    being physically or sexually abused. These cases get noticed.But what is equally gruesome that leaves a large a dent on the

    psychological well being of a child is Emotional Abuse ".Every Child is prone to Emotional abuse.

    Take the Case of two brothers Dilip and Akash whose Father worked in a construction site near Delhi. The boys had recentlylost their Father in an accident. Their Mother died long back while giving birth to Akash. Akash has never seen his mother.All he had was his older brother Dilip who was both caring and

    protective of his younger brother.

    We met both boys at Prayaas during one of our programs. Both boys interacted less with other children, it was apparent that the boys were new to Prayaas. What really made me take note of these kids was their refusal to sit on the chair.

    When all the children of the shelter home took their lunch inthe mess. These children waited, till everyone finished, after which they quietly sneaked into the kitchen. After they wereserved food they took their plates , sat and eat on the floor.When I offered them to sit on the chair, they ran back to their rooms. On questioning the Matron, I got the answer to whythese kids behaved so strangely. The children were once as-

    saulted terribly by a contractor for whom there father workedONLY FOR SITTING ON THE CHAIR.

    That incident caused a profound damage on the children men-tally. They ran away from the chair because they did not wantto be beaten up again.

    A Case Study of a ten year old orphaned child who fights for his Right to a dignified life

    These are violations which a child goes through everyday. Theseincidents in a childs life leads to diminutive mental growth.

    A child with unhealthy thoughts has an unhealthy body.

    You can play a role in Dilips life by making him sit on the chair again. By letting Akash know that he is a bonafide citizen of thiscountry and he too has a right to live his life with dignity.

    It does not require a great deal of effort to make a difference.

    Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small opportunities surround us everyday

    -Sally Koch

    A little love made dilip smile, it can also make him sit on the

    chair again

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    AnnouncementsHermit India in partnership with PATH announces Street Food festival to be heldin the month of August. PATH has been involved in the upliftment of unorganizedurban sector especially rickshaw pullers since a long time.

    Their campaign FORPI Federation of rickshaw pullers of India is presently activein five states Bihar, Rajasthan ,Haryana,Uttar Pradesh and Delhi with membersnumbering around 2000 with approximately 1000 in Delhi.

    Street food festival is an effort to show people the brighter side of the life of a rick-shaw puller as well as the street vendor, who serves us everyday but has a totalnegative impression on us. Some are those who are exceptionally talented and aresearching for that one opportunity to share the colors of life with the whole world.Our effort is to showcase this very beauty of unexposed talent of those who havenot bowed down to the perpetrator called poverty.

    The fund collected will go for the rehabilitation work of the families of rickshaw pullers.

    We did not inherit this earth from our fathers, we borrow it from our children

    Citizens PerspectiveAnil Kapoor works as a laborer at a commonwealth venue (Siri Fort) in Delhi ,he mi-grated from his village Samastipur Bihar 15 years back. He couldn't continue his educa-tion as he lost his father when he was 18.Since the age of 18 years he has been the sole

    bread earner for his family.

    His wife is a graduate, but family does not allow her to work. He says Bahut lajjithona padta hai samaj me hum shikshit na ho paye (I am ashamed I am not educated).According to him he was a very bright student wanted to be a lawyer. He regrets he hadto discontinue his education. But he has a dream, a dream for his younger brother to seehim as an IAS officer. Since the past four years his brother has been preparing for IAS

    examinations. He has supported him financially, mentally and emotionally throughout.

    His co workers call him Is yug ka ram he smiles and says mene apni Zima Dari nib-hayi hai (I have fulfilled my responsibility). He includes a lot of anecdotes from thereadings of Ramyana and Mahabharat. in his talks.

    He says India is a great country, mahapursho ka desh hai (all great man lived here)aur sare dhram mane jate hai (all religions are followed).

    Anil practices yoga every morning and is also practitioner of ayurvedic medicine for poor and needy back in his village. He is a real HERO.