Jagriti' 2011

The YOUTH WING presents the much awaited Youth Awareness Program, Jagriti’ 2011.

Jagriti' 2011 is a presentation based competition. It is a small endeavor to understand the perspective of young India on current affairs and provide them a platform to express their views and opinions on various social and national issues and interests. This intellectually stimulating competition invites facts, analysis, views & probable solutions.

Venue - Mahajati Sadan (Annexe Hall), 166, CR Avenue, Kolkata (Near MG Road Metro Station) 

Date - 6^th March 2011, Sunday, 9 AM

TOPICS:

1. "Common Wealth Games"-the show after scam

2. "IPL"- Premier league or Paisa league

3. "Ramdev Baba"- A one man revolution

4. The phase of "Facebook"

5. "Live-in Relationships"- are they eroding the family structure?

6. Is "Loneliness" an illness??

7. "Hinduism"- a religion or a way of life

8. "Mother Earth"- She can live without us. We cannot.

PRIZES: Attractive prizes to be won. All the participants will be given Certificate of Participation.

REGISTRATION:

To register your Team, send an SMS writing “JAGRITI TEAM ” to any one of the contact persons. Eg.: SMS “JAGRITI TEAM Sneha 2” to 99037 27371. After the SMS is sent, the PKA – Youth Wing will contact the sender over phone.

RULES:

1. Participating Teams may have members between 2 nos. - 4 nos.

2. Teams may select any mode of presentation – powerpoint/ skit/ discussion/ any other audio-visual mode in Hindi, English or Bengali.

3. A Team can select only one topic and the duration of the presentation must be between 5-7 minutes and an audience interaction of 3 minutes.

4. There will be a mock round, which will be held one week prior to the event. The place and time for the same will be intimated to the Teams.

CONTACT:  99037 27371; 99036 73727; 99032 41341.

12th Medical Camp

One participant of this Medical Camp shares his experience :

   

Saturday morning, 1st Jan, about 50 people began their journey from CITY OF JOY to the CITY OF UNTOUCHED LIFE.  We had a delicious breakfast made by the tribal ladies & girls in a small park where all the kids were playing and the men were busy discussing the schedule. We finally reached CHUNAKHALI, where all the villagers were eagerly waiting for our arrival & then they all escorted us with mixed faces, some smiling, some no reaction. We quickly made all the preparations and started the Medical Camp in the 1^st campsite. It was very hot and sunny which didn't help us at all and the number of patients also kept rising. There was a park just behind the campsite building where the kids played, fought and what not. We all worked together as a unit and did a wonderful job checking them, giving them medicines, entertaining them (it was real fun) and interacting with them. Finally this 1st day Medical Camp came to an end. We all left for an ashram where we put up at night. I must say people out there are so supportive, that they happily agreed to our minimal demands. We had a sumptuous food that night accompanied by a small bonfire. It set the mood. Tired and a little bored, eventually, dreamy world got the better of us.

Sunday, 2nd Jan, we quickly refreshed ourselves in places out of our comfort zone and then had our breakfast which was nice and left for the 2nd campsite.

SONAKHALI, the place was small but still it managed to gather lots of people from distant places some walking 5-6 miles. It was a bit breezy and little less sunny. We quickly got into the act of gearing up and serving the people. We almost had 425 patients from various religions - hindu, muslim, sikh, isai. We cater to all sects of people. The people are so loving and caring that we almost feel at home. I learned a little bit of Bengali, for eg. AASHBEN, PAABEN, JAABEN and apart from that we had a nice lunch. After doing a splendid job, the 2nd day Medical Camp came to an end. We had a yummy food that night and everyone gelled with each other, which was so good to watch.

Next day, early in the morning, we headed towards SUNDERBANS, for which most of us came. We had a super time with the gang. It was so much fun. Beautiful place, it was. We missed the tiger by we got to see deer, turtle, monkeys especially ( no connections, lol) etc. Our launch got stuck in the middle of the water it was so hilarious for some of us (one kid started crying though). Then we hurried up and quickly reached the ashram where we were put up at night and left for KOLKATA. It started and ended in no time. We all had a time of our life. PURVANCHAL KALYAN ASHRAM rocks  :)

  Parth Rastogi, 18.

Pics - 12th Medical Camp

Camp details : 

Date - 1st n 2nd Jan, 2011.

Camp location - Chunakhali n Sonakhali villages, in Sunderbans area, around 100 kms south of Kolkata, W.B.

Participants - Doctors, Medical Assistants, Yoga  experts, P.K.A. local team and volunteers from Kolkata.

Patients - Vanvasis from nearby villages suffering from eye diseases, skin ailments, viral fever, worms, anemia, vitamin deficiency, mineral deficiency, malnutrition etc.  

Treatment - consultation with doctors; measurement - BP, Pulse; administration of medicines; yoga guidance - all against a token amount of Rs.10/- per patient.