COVID-19 Relief Campaign 2020

The Lawrence School, Sanawar staff donated one day salary towards the PM CARES Fund.

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Just tweeted about the wonderful work

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and his team are doing in their neighbourhood up in the Shimla Hills. If anybody is moved enough to

want to contribute to their efforts, here you go :

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What a compassionate gesture. Superb, @LawrenceSanawar

! Congratulations to the Headmaster @HimmatDhillon1

and his team. You make us proud. : A School in Himachal Pradesh Turns Messiah for Stranded Migrant

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A School in Himachal Pradesh Turns Messiah for Stranded Migrant Workers

A school in Solan district comes to the aid of migrant workers at a time when the lockdown brings

unprecedented hardships for the class.

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Keep up the sterling work

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Thank you very much! Grateful for your friendship and to experience the myriad blessings of the

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critical time. What a fantastic lesson it will be for their students. Kudos @HimmatDhillon1 and your

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Humble request. Economically, If you made it comfortably through the lockdown so far...please try and

spare some more money than you already have for NGOs dedicated to migrant workers and daily

wagers. Two more weeks is easy for us, but brutal for many.

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HIMACHAL PRADESH | Sumitra Murmu had come all the way from Jharkhand to Garkhal ( Solan district of Himachal Pradesh) as she desperately needed to earn some money for her family. For some days things were all right as she got employment as a construction worker. But then came the lockout and suddenly there was no employment and no food. She could not bear to look at her hungry child. Then someone told her that food packets were being distributed to stranded workers by the Lawrence Sanawar school, a famous school located in this panchayat area.

The School located on the top of hill. Like nearly 140 other workers Sumitra also received a big food pack containing 10 kg. rice, 5 kg. wheat flour, 3 kg. pulses,3 kg. cooking oil, 3 kg. sugar, 2 kg. salt and 2 kg. salt. Sumitra calculated rapidly in her mind that the food grain and pulse gift will be enough to last till the lockdown period, while the other food items will last longer. And a smile came on her face as she thought that yes, she will also cook something sweet as her daughter had been demanding for several days.

Sarfaraz had come here to earn some extra money but then got struck up in the lockout. The food gift solved many problems which he would have faced otherwise in the coming days. And he was happy that there was no discrimination here at all, he received exactly the same gift and with the same quiet dignity that other migrant workers received. He was happy that that along with food mask, soap and sanitizers were also provided very thoughtfully by the school authorities.

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Tek Chand, a sanitation worker, said his family had been hungry for 3 days and if the food packet was not received their problems would have worsened very rapidly in the coming days.

In this semi-urban panchayat area, located quite close to the tourism belt of Kasauli, locals have moved away from several types of manual work such as construction and sanitation. Hence these needs have been met increasingly by migrant workers from Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Odisha, W. Bengal, Bihar, Rajasthan and other places. The unexpected lockout brought a lot of problems for them and their problems were being discussed by many people.

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The Lawrence school sanawar | Image – Bharat Dogra It was at this juncture that the school authorities approached Rajendra Sharma, Pradhan of Garkhal-Sanawar Panchayat regarding their plan to help stranded migrant workers and anyone else facing hunger and deprivation. The panchayat helped the school to get in touch with the workers and others who most needed this help.

The help came at a time when these persons or households had exhausted their meager fallback resources and were really at their wits’ end regarding how to survive the remaining days of the lockout.

This famous school has an earlier tradition of reaching out to the needy as the school had been reaching out to inmates of TB treatment centre and orphanage, and students were encouraged to serve food to weaker sections with their own hands on certain days . The students also contributed shram dan for sanitation work in a nearby village, apart from contributing in terms of materials and other costs.

The headmaster Himmat Singh Dhillon has been very keen about this initiative . He says, “ Giving back to the community , particularly in difficult times, has been at the core of our educational ethos.” The old Sanavrian society, consisting of former students and teachers, headed by Maj. General Kulpreet Singh ( Retd), has also been very supportive in this initiative.

The distribution of food and protective/sanitation materials was marked by dignity and careful observance of social distancing. The occasion was also used to communicate essential precautionary and protective messages, particularly at the initiative of the school bursar.

Bharat Dogra is a freelance journalist and author. His most recent books are Protecting Earth for Children and a collection of Hindi poems titled Kathin Daur Mein Ummeed.

भारत डोगरा

ऱॉकडाउन में पहाड़ों पर भूखे-प्यासे फंसे प्रवासी मजदरू, तो मदद के लऱए आगे आया हहमाचऱ का ये

मशहूर स्कूऱ हहमाचऱ प्रदेश के प्रततष्ठित ऱारेंस सनावर स्कूऱ की पहऱे से चऱी आ रही एक परंपरा है, ष्जसमें टीबी मरीजों और अनाथाऱयों को समय-समय पर मदद दी जाती है और स्कूऱ के बच्चों को कमजोर वगग के जरूरतमंदों को अपन ेहाथों से भोजन देन ेके लऱए प्रोत्साहहत ककया जाता है।

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सुमभत्रा भुभम ूझायखडं से गड़खर (हिभाचर प्रदेश का सोरन जजरा) तक आई थी, क्मोंकक उसे अऩने ऩरयवाय के मरए कुछ ऩैस ेकभाने की सख्त जरूयत थी। कुछ हदनों तक उसके मरए िारात ठीक थे, क्मोंकक उसे एक ननभाूण भजदमय के तौय ऩय काभ मभर गमा था। रेककन राॅॎकडाउन रागम िोने के फाद न तो योजगाय फचा न िी बोजन। बमख से त्रस्त अऩनी फेटी को देखन ेकी हिम्भत उसभें निीं थी। तबी ककसी ने उसे फतामा कक इस ऩंचामत क्षेत्र के एक प्रनतष्ठत रायेंस सनावय स्कम र द्वाया पंसे िुए भजदमयों को खाद्म साभग्रीॅे के फैग ववतरयत ककमे जा यिे िैं।

रगबग 140 भजदमयों के साथ सुमभत्रा को बी एक फड़ा खाद्म साभग्री का फैग मभरा, जजसभें 10 ककरो चावर, 5 ककरो आटा, 3 ककरो दारें, 3 ककरो खाद्म तेर, 3 ककरो चीनी, 2 ककरो नभक था। सुमभत्रा ने भन िी भन तेजी से आकरन ककमा कक उऩिाय के रूऩ भें मभरी चीजें इतनी िैं कक राॅॎकडाउन की अवधध फीतन ेके फाद बी कुछ फच िी जाएगा। मि सोचत ेिुए उसके चिेये ऩय भुस्कान आ गई कक अफ वि कुछ भीठा बी फना सकेगी जजसका आग्रि उसकी फेटी कई हदन स ेकय यिी थी।

सयपयाज मिां कुछ अनतरयक्त ऩैसे कभाने के मरए आमा था, ऩय राॅॎकडाउन भें पंस गमा। खाद्म साभग्री मभरने से उसकी कई सभस्माएं खत्भ िो गईं, जो आन ेवारे हदनों भें फिुत ववकट िोन ेवारी थीं। उसे खशुी थी कक याित ववतयण भें कोई बेदबाव निीं िो यिा था औय सबी को फिुत गरयभाऩमण ूढंग से सभान याित मभरा। उसे खाद्म साभग्री के साथ

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भास्क, साफुन औय सैनेटाइजय फांटने की ववद्मारम की सोच बी अच्छी रगी। एक सपाई भजदमय टेक चदं ने किा कक उसका ऩरयवाय 3 हदनों से बमखा था। महद मि याित साभग्री उसे निीं मभरती तो आने वारे हदनों भें सभस्माएं फिुत तेजी स ेववकट िो जातीं।

कसौरी के ऩमटून क्षेत्र के इस अर्द्ू-शियी ऩंचामत क्षेत्र भें स्थानीम रोग ननभाूण औय सपाई आहद के काभों के मरए भुख्मत् झायखडं, छत्तीसगढ़, ओडडशा, ऩजचचभ फंगार, बफिाय, याजस्थान से आए प्रवासी भजदमयों ऩय आधित िैं। अप्रत्मामशत राॅॎकडाउन इन प्रवासी भजदमयों के मरए फिुत सभस्माएं रेकय आमा औय ववमबन्न चचाूओं भें इन सभस्माओ ंऩय फात बी िुई।

मिी सभम था जफ स्कम र अधधकारयमों न ेगड़खर-सनावय ऩंचामत के प्रधान याजेन्र शभाू स ेपंसे िुए प्रवासी भजदमयों औय अन्म जरूयतभंदों तक याित ऩंिुचाने के मरए अऩने उऩाम फतात ेिुए संऩकू ककमा। ऩंचामत ने प्रवासी भजदमयों औय अन्म जरूयतभंदों से स्कम र अधधकारयमों का सम्ऩकू स्थावऩत कयवाने भें भदद की। मि याित ऐसे सभम भें आई जफ रोगों औय ऩरयवायों के अऩने सीमभत संसाधन सभाप्त िो चकेु थे औय उनके हदभाग भें फस मिी धचतंा थी कक राॅॎकडाउन सभाप्त िोने तक जान कैसे फच।े

इस प्रनतजष्ठत ववद्मारम की ऩिरे से चरी आ यिी ऩयंऩया िै, जजसभें टीफी भयीजों औय अनाथारमों को सभम-सभम ऩय भदद दी जाती िै औय स्कम र के फच्चों को कभजोय वग ूके जरूयतभंदों को अऩने िाथों से बोजन देने के मरए प्रोत्साहित ककमा जाता िै। स्कम र के फच्च ेऩास के गांवों भें जाकय स्वच्छता औय शौचारम ननभाूण के मरए िभदान बी कयते यिे िैं।

स्कम र के िेडभास्टय हिम्भत मसिं हढल्रों इस ऩिर को रेकय फिुत सकिम यिे। उनके अनुसाय सभुदाम को कहठन ऩरयजस्थनतमों भें प्रनतदान कयना (रौटाना) िभाये शैक्षणणक रोकाचाय का भमर यिा िै। ववद्मारम के ऩमव ूछात्रों एव ंअध्माऩकों की संस्था ‘द ओल्ड सनावरयमन सोसामटी’ के प्रभुख भेजय जनयर कुरप्रीत मसिं (ननवतभूान) न ेबी इस ऩिर भें फिुत सिमोग ककमा। खाद्म साभग्री औय यक्षक (सैनेटाईजेशन) साभग्री का ववतयण गरयभाभम ढंग से साभाजजक दमयी के हदशाननदेशों का ऩारन कयत ेिुए ककमा गमा। इस अवसय ऩय रोगों को जरूयी सावधाननमों औय यक्षा उऩामों का भित्त्व बी सभझामा गमा।