I had a class till 1:30 this Wednesday. Had my lunch as usual and then was about to go off to my room when Pankaj asked me if I can provide him some help for the Flood relief camp in Bihar. And I thought to myself, what could be a better use of a lazy afternoon. I went into my room dropped my notebooks and went to join him. Earlier he had circulated a mail asking for volunteers who wanted to help for the same cause. Seems everyone was busy with their own commitments.
Prof. Haritha Saranga had took the initiative to collect old clothes for donation to the relief camp. We went to the destined location where all the collected clothes from the campus were accumulated. From the students' community we were three people from PGP1, me, Pankaj and Amit. We also had an EGMP IX A student along with a couple of his acquintances. While on the way we had a short introduction with Saranga mam wherein mam mentioned that most of the times people tend to donate quite a few things for the people afflicted by natural calamities, its the volunteers and their time which they fall off to do the rest of the work. We reached the place where we had Rajshekhar, the van driver who had to drive the clothes to the railway station, whom we immediately gave the moniker of Raju. Some clothes where already segregated as 'women', 'men', 'children' and 'others'. We segregated rest of the clothes accordingly. Then we started packing the clothes in cardboard cartons with the help of sellotapes. The whole process took almost 2 hours at the end of which I took leave and came back to my room. I was quite contented with whatever small bit I was able to contribute. May be it was not much which I did from my side, but it did leave me with feel good feeling. But mam's words did echoed in my mind after I went back. People don't want to expend their time doing these stuff. They might be willing however to help otherwise though. And why is that, may be they value the work which they can do in that time more valuable. Or may be they feel that such petty a job is not for them. In that case I remember Gandhi's word sayin "No work is a small work". And I would contribute more to it by saying, it is not the kind of work or kind of actions which always matter, sometimes it is the intention behind it which matters the most. I feel sorry to say that people lack this intention. Students would join Vikasna, the social service initiative from IIMB but they could not extract out time for this. So much of intent is clear when Vikasna provides them the 'bullet points' in a one pager. Well whatever the intent for joining Vikasna be, at least some good is occuring because of it. Don't we use the 'carrot theory' to get the job done so I suppose even this is valid.
After I came back Pankaj and Amit helped in the transporting of clothes till the railway station. And only after transfering the responsibility to the concerned person did they come back late in the evening. And this was done when both of them had a quiz the next day. Kudos to both the guys for their 'petty' contribution. I hope they keep the momentum going; it makes me feel that at least some things necessary are still alive in some hearts. The total clothes collected weighed 325 kgs in 14 cartons we packed and was sent to Sarvangin Vikas Sanstha, Kankarbag, Patna. I hope they reach the needy in right time, for there is nothing more than receiving the commodities for basic need for survival in the whole world. It could not possibly be more satsifying than reading a management book for 2 hours.
In case someone wishes to contribute financially the details are as follows:
Prof. Haritha Saranga had took the initiative to collect old clothes for donation to the relief camp. We went to the destined location where all the collected clothes from the campus were accumulated. From the students' community we were three people from PGP1, me, Pankaj and Amit. We also had an EGMP IX A student along with a couple of his acquintances. While on the way we had a short introduction with Saranga mam wherein mam mentioned that most of the times people tend to donate quite a few things for the people afflicted by natural calamities, its the volunteers and their time which they fall off to do the rest of the work. We reached the place where we had Rajshekhar, the van driver who had to drive the clothes to the railway station, whom we immediately gave the moniker of Raju. Some clothes where already segregated as 'women', 'men', 'children' and 'others'. We segregated rest of the clothes accordingly. Then we started packing the clothes in cardboard cartons with the help of sellotapes. The whole process took almost 2 hours at the end of which I took leave and came back to my room. I was quite contented with whatever small bit I was able to contribute. May be it was not much which I did from my side, but it did leave me with feel good feeling. But mam's words did echoed in my mind after I went back. People don't want to expend their time doing these stuff. They might be willing however to help otherwise though. And why is that, may be they value the work which they can do in that time more valuable. Or may be they feel that such petty a job is not for them. In that case I remember Gandhi's word sayin "No work is a small work". And I would contribute more to it by saying, it is not the kind of work or kind of actions which always matter, sometimes it is the intention behind it which matters the most. I feel sorry to say that people lack this intention. Students would join Vikasna, the social service initiative from IIMB but they could not extract out time for this. So much of intent is clear when Vikasna provides them the 'bullet points' in a one pager. Well whatever the intent for joining Vikasna be, at least some good is occuring because of it. Don't we use the 'carrot theory' to get the job done so I suppose even this is valid.
After I came back Pankaj and Amit helped in the transporting of clothes till the railway station. And only after transfering the responsibility to the concerned person did they come back late in the evening. And this was done when both of them had a quiz the next day. Kudos to both the guys for their 'petty' contribution. I hope they keep the momentum going; it makes me feel that at least some things necessary are still alive in some hearts. The total clothes collected weighed 325 kgs in 14 cartons we packed and was sent to Sarvangin Vikas Sanstha, Kankarbag, Patna. I hope they reach the needy in right time, for there is nothing more than receiving the commodities for basic need for survival in the whole world. It could not possibly be more satsifying than reading a management book for 2 hours.
In case someone wishes to contribute financially the details are as follows:
Account Details:
Sarvangin Vikas Samiti
a/c No. 030701000973
RTGZ nubmer: ICIC0000307
ICICI Bank LImited Kankarbag Branch,
H-39, Doctors Colony, Patna 800 020
The internet portal for the NGO - http://svs.org.in/index.html
Sarvangin Vikas Samiti
a/c No. 030701000973
RTGZ nubmer: ICIC0000307
ICICI Bank LImited Kankarbag Branch,
H-39, Doctors Colony, Patna 800 020
The internet portal for the NGO - http://svs.org.in/index.html
2 comments:
That's nice my brother but i still dont know where all the money cloth food goes .... i mean crores of rupees is been donated by state governments so much of help from all around the country but i dont see much improvement. Everytime i switch on the tv i feel bad about the scene.
I understand buddy.
I spoke of the intent of few people who work to get the help to the right people at the right time but its the bad intent of so many in between that consumes everything. That is why I am not in the favor of help though money, it is better if the help is provided by some other means. However if 'Stamp', 'Fodder', 'Jeeps' can happen than there is nothing big if the flood relief stuff are eaten by some people. It is not the policies that are bad, the delivery system fails.
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