Four Tales of Keepers of Hope!

It is said that- Necessity is the mother of invention- and Rama Popli, a school principal and trustee of Ranchi Seva Bharti, during Corona Pandemic Lockdown got a fair chance to get a firsthand experience of this age old saying. Through their out of box ideas, she and one of her colleagues Saurabh Bhaiyaa, a Swayamsevak of RSS, kept the hopes of hundreds of poor farmers of 12 villages of 3 Gram-Panchayats Navagarh, Kuchchu and Bissa alive in the unprecedented crucial times Covid-19 virus spread.

After the three long years of hard work farmers of Navagarh, Kuchchu and Bissa were full of joy when they got their first crop grown organically without using any pesticides under a special project called 'Family Farmer Project'. But their joy were short-lived as the countrywide Lockdown announced in the month of March-2020-Crops were ready but markets got closed.....!! Farmers were hoping to receive the fruits of their hard work but everything got locked and mocked on them!!!! During such a hopeless times like a miracle Rama Popli and Saurabh Bhaiyaa came forward with an amazingly  innovative idea to revive the hopes of these poor farmers. Both of them drove to these hilly tribal villages everyday to bought farm fresh vegetables from these farmers for cash and sell these organic veggies in various urban localities on very economical price.

After the online classes Rama Popli with a team of her schools teachers also prepared various items such as Karela-Chips, Kathal Chips, Tomato Powder, Kamrakh, various chatnees made from different herbs, fruits Jams-jellies and much more all made from organic stuff. Rama ji and her ream also planned and carried out diligent  branding and marketing of these products made from the crops purchased directly from farmers. Today 500 families are regular beneficiaries of this unique initiative by the two twinkling minds Rama Didi and Saurabh Bhaiyya. 

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The Click of Seva!

Corona came and Everything Collapsed, at least initially! Thus poor weaver too got badly hit by the pandemic.

"During the lockdown poor weavers associated with Sari industry got stuck in situation where they not only their employment but their all means of day to day survival", tells Bhanumati Didi, Seva Bharti's Dakshini Keshtra Prabhari  (Southern Region In charge of Seva Bharti), adding their stock of beautifully woven Saris, which used to be their reason of delight suddenly turned into their sorrow as there were no buyers.But where there is a will there is a way........and Swaymsevaks Kavita Kalimane, Vinitha Hattikatangh, Prashant Pote and Renuka Dehez of Jagariti Mahila Swalamban Kendra with their will found the way to refuel the live of poor weaver families with new hope! During the depressive time of lockdown they launched "Sevakart", an online market place to bridge the gap between weavers and their prospective buyers.  They also conducted counseling and guidance drive for 1000 weaver families to motivate them to bounce back that resulted into making of 1 lakh masks and 15 thousand Rakhis by these weavers from whom half are the women. Today Sevakart has reduced the gap between the buyer and these weavers just to simple click- Yes Indeed A Click of Seva!!   

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Healers are Here!

Corona made people sit idle and that put them under great risk of getting sick both mentally and physically. Cases of Stress, Depression, Domestic Violence and  Substance abuse reached at all time high during lockdown. Amid this chaotic times a group of Swayamseviaks in Kerala initiated a special program to heal the mind and hearts of people under stress.Under the guidance of Seva Bharti Punjarani Paramarsh Kendra 14 Psychological Counseling Centers were established to provide needed support to overcome the stress, anxiety and depression levels Corona times inflicted in them. These Counseling Centers healing the hearts and minds of  hundreds of old, young, men, women and children in need!  

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Annapurna: The Goddess of  Food!

You might read about Annapurna, an aspect of Devi known as Hindu goddess of food and nourishment but the seven families of Bihari laborers, taking shelters in a half constructed building in Dehradoon, during the night of 24 March, 2020, personally experienced the divine presence of Devi Annapurna in the manifestation of Rita Goyal, Keshtriya Sangthan Mantri of Matrmandala.

During the lockdown period when Rita Didi heard that several laborer families, sheltering in an under construction building, were starving, she without losing any time packed every edible stuff available in her house and drove her scooty directly to the starving laborers and distribute all food to them. Rita Didi along with Sunita ji, Malti ji and Sapna ji prepared and distributed masks to policemen and poor people, They also provided food to five thousand people including students from Manipur.

Similarly, Rakhi Ji of Haridwar Matrmandala provided food packets to leprosy patients and in Seva Bastis. In Rishikesh Yajika ji and Anshul Ji distributed herbal sanitizer and cow-dung made Agarbattis. In Kanpur , Kishori  Kendra Head Pooja Didi and Matrmandala Mahanagar Pramukh along with their team distributed 300 food packets everyday at different locations in town wherever anyone is in need of food.