Design for Giving Contest

‘Utilization of Modern Medical Facilities’

Satya Bharti School, Dholeriya Jagir,Jodhpur, RajasthanBharti Foundation

Introduction• Bharti Foundation

– Philanthropic arm of Bharti Group Companies.

– Set up to help underprivileged children and young people of our country realize their potential.

• Satya Bharti School Program– Flagship program of Bharti Foundation.

– It aims to deliver free quality education to underprivileged children, with special focus on the girl child across rural India.

– Goal to establish 500 Primary and 50 Senior Schools reaching out to over 200,000 students

• Present Operational Status– Number of Schools Operational : 236

– States of Operation: Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh & Tamil Nadu

– Number of Students Enrolled: 29,000+

About the Community

• Geographical Location:– Situated at 42 Km north west from Pali Town.

– Sandy & gravel soil.

– Under ground water level : 300ft

• Cultural Background:Major casts are : Rajpurohit, Bheel, Suthar, Vishnoi, Meghwal, Sadh, Mali, etc.

Dominating castes : Rajpurohit

Main source of earning is agriculture, animal husbandry and labouring.

Population : 2467

We ‘Felt’:• That most of the village people are under the

strong influence of the village tantriks,locallyknown as ‘bhopaji’. Their influence on the villagers is so deep that from the small domestic problems to serious health issues (like sanke/scorpion bites and other major health problems) they consult these Bhopajis, who, in turn demand a lot, in cash and kind. The innocent villagers fall a prey to these people and in many cases lose their lives .

This is evidently in contradiction to what we are taught in the school. Due to powerful influence of these people,the efforts by the govt have been futile. At times we are victimized by this as in spite of a PHC in the village, our parents tend to take us to these ‘bhopajis’ Many of the superstitions prevalent in the village are due to these ‘bhopajis’

We ‘Imagined’:

• People should be made aware of the tricks played on

them by these bhopajis and that they should be told

that behind every “miracle’ that they perform,is a

scientific reason.

• More and more people should understand the fact

that for all the health related issues medical science

is the only answer and they should take the benefits

of the village PHC.

• The people should be sensitized towards the

superstitious beliefs so that they do not fall victims to

these bhopajis and do not lose on their hard earned

money and precious health.

• We organized an awareness rally in the village and held a procession at the local bhopaji’s than (the place where the tantrik sits and performs his miracles).

We ‘Did’:

•We organized ward wise meetings with the families victimized by the bhopajis and those who have a deep faith on them.

• In addition, we organized a signature campaign in which 58 families pledged to keep away from the superstitious beliefs.

We ‘Did’:•We had a corner play in which the children performed the tricks normally played by the bhpopajis like lighting fire in water,lighting lamp without fire,making the stones swim in the water etc. The spectators were then told the scientific reasons behind these tricks. We had read about these tricks in the ‘Balhans’, a children’s magazine.

Impact on Community:• The corner play made the people

think ‘ pani mein aag aise lagati hai! Yeh toh koi bhi kar sakta hai.’

• The community realized that till now they had been spoiling themselves under the influence of the local bhopajis.

The people came forward by themselves and showed their keen interest in filling the oath forms.

• Our serious efforts paid off and we realized that our school can be a great agent of social change.

Impact on Us:

Things that we could not make our parents understand in person, really worked well with the help of the Joy of Giving campaign.

Experience of Community Members & Teachers:

• “ The efforts of the children were really great. They raised the issue that was the most critical for this village” Anuradha (ANM)

We had never thought the the small kids could do so much for the community. They should,in future,take up some more challenging issues. Now, we expect a lot from them.”

The Road Ahead…..(in the next 3 months)

• After the successful rally, we have to ensure that the people give up the practice of

approaching the bhopajis and contact the right people for the solutions of their day to

day problems.

• We plan to analyze the cases registered with the PHC to find out whether there is a

growth in the number of the beneficiaries.

• We also plan to contact the CMHO and persuade him for the betterment of the facilities

provided in the village so that the belief of the people on medical science stays

stronger.

Students Participating in the Contest:Name of Mentor Teacher: Anand Singh Rajawat

S.No. State District School No. Of students participating Name of students Class1 DINESH GIRI V2 DADMI V3 GAUTAM V4 GAYATRI V5 GOVIND 1 V6 DEVA RAM V7 HARIDAS V8 PADMAWATI KANWAR V9 JYOTI V10 JITENDRA 2 V11 KAVITA GIRI V12 KAVITA PATAL V13 KIRAN 1 V14 KIRAN 2 V15 KANCHAN V16 LALEETA 1 V17 LALEETA 2 V18 MAANVENDRA V19 MAMTA V20 MANISHA SUTHAR V21 MANSHA V22 MAPHI V23 NARAYAN RAM V24 NAVRATAN V25 NIKITA DAS V26 POONAM SINGH V27 PRAMILA V28 PRAVIN V29 PRIYANKA V30 PUSHPA PATEL V31 SUKHDEV SINGH V32 SAHDEV SINGH V33 VIKASH V

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