Journey Vikas Bharti Bishunpur

Journey

For the noble cause and the concept to serve the poor from hard to reach tribal and primitive areas four scholars named as Dr. Mahesh Sharma and Dr. Rakesh Popli alumini of IIT Kanpur , Dr. Rajneesh Arora and Sri Ashok Rai famously known as Sri Ashok Bhagat “Baba” an alumini of the Gorakhpur University together with utmost zeal had decided to accept the challenges and ready to serve the poor who were struggling hard to fetch their basic needs have reached the Bishunpur block of Gumla district of Jharkhand (then jointly Bihar) the area within the Neharhat Valley. While reaching the Bishunpur all the four scholars were shocked while going through the scenarios faced by the tribals there . They all were groved under backwardness and superstitious that leads the situation like lack of education, poor healthcare facilities, poverty , lack of awareness , etc. Thus after a comprehensive survey and situation analysis they inferred that issues like Education, Health, Poverty,Community Mobilization , Awareness and skill development are the needs to be focused for the development of tribals in the area. Thus have decided to establish an organisation that only have goal to serve the mankind and the poor. For such vision a Non-Government Organisation (NGO) named as Vikas Bharti Bishunpur came into existence on 14th January, 1983 under the society registration act-21, 1860 registered under the Bihar Government and again the organisation was registered under the Jharkhand Government in 2006 with it’s head office established at Bishunpur and Sri Ashok Bhagat was made it’s Secretary . Since from it’s inception Vikas Bharti Bishunpur is continuously serving for the all round development of the tribals and marginalised groups.

So they formed a socio-economic forum called “Vikas Bharti” and resolved to address these issues through community participation. Vikas Bharti gradually evolved as the catalyst for social change and eradication of social evils. Vikas Bharti Bishunpur created an atmosphere to save and serve ecology to maintain the ecological balance. This movement was highly appreciated and rewarded by President of India. Vikas Bharti opened the gateway of self employment and self-reliance by enhancing their traditional skills and art. Vikas Bharti supported the rural mass with technological inputs, fiscal inputs, marketing network and human resources. Moving on, Vikas Bharti Bishunpur accepted the challenge of socio-economic development and awareness. This concept has emerged as GRAM SWARAJ ABHIYAAN which has become a movement for human rights like RTI, MANREGA, VAN ADHIKARITA, EDUCATION, and HEALTH etc. Empowerment of youth and women is a mission which is apparently seen through the endeavors of their socio-cultural sports and other day to day activity.

On the day of Makar Sankranti in 1983, Vikas Bharti was formally established as a social organization at Bishunpur, Gumla. In a very short tenure Vikas Bharti proved itself as an organization for social transformation and a friend in need for the down trodden tribal folk. The idea to provide Education, Health, Livelihood, Social-Harmony & Self- Employment and to promote Self-Reliance became the driving force for the organization.Vikas Bharti has emerged as an organization which works on diverse development issues and has extensive presence in the Jharkhand State of India.

It is achievement of some sorts as it won the faith of those who had no faith on modern mechanism of social change as they had previously seen many such changes gone kaput. The faith of tribal people was reinstated reinforced on change as the change was not external but was brought from within.
Vikas Bharti was just facilitating the change as it established educational institutions like Sharam Niketan, Shaktimaan Vidyalaya, Jatra Tana Bhagat School etc. along with 11 different hostels. Not merely this but Vikas Bharti initiated Mobile Panchayat Health worker, Jeevan Jyoti Aarogya niketan for wellness of the human being in hard to reach area.
The next was Agriculture & Horticulture. Vikas Bharti Bishunpur created an atmosphere to save and serve ecology to maintain the ecological balance. This movement was highly appreciated and rewarded by President of India. Vikas Bharti opened the gateway of self employment and self-reliance by enhancing their traditional skills and art. Vikas Bharti supported the rural mass with technological inputs, fiscal inputs, marketing network and human resources.
Moving on, Vikas Bharti Bishunpur accepted the challenge of socio-economic development and awareness. This concept has emerged as GRAM SWARAJ ABHIYAAN which has become a movement for human rights like RTI, MANREGA, VAN ADHIKARITA, EDUCATION, and HEALTH etc. Empowerment of youth and women is a mission which is apparently seen through the endeavors of their socio-cultural sports and other day to day activity.