Thursday, February 23, 2012

Teen weaver in Delhi-bound team

Teen weaver in Delhi-bound team

- Karbi girl to showcase gamosa at exhibition in Gandhi-inspired centre

Feb. 19: In the 1920s when Mahatma Gandhi visited Assam, he was awestruck with the intricate designs woven by Assamese women on clothes and said they could portray the tales of fairyland on them.

Nine decades later, Diri Rongshon, a 13-year-old girl from the Karbi community in Kamrup (metro) set off for New Delhi today to showcase her weaving skills at the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, a centre set up to propagate the life, mission and thoughts of the Mahatma.

She will exhibit the most popular piece of cloth woven by Assamese women, gamosa, in a weeklong exhibition starting on Tuesday.

Diri is the first from her village Pahamjila, near the Assam-Meghalaya border, around 16km from Lokhra in the city, to travel such a long distance to participate in any national-level event.

This has not only made her villagers proud, but also encouraged them to send their children to school.

She is one among the 15-member female group who has been invited by the Samiti from Assam.

Under the guidance of Asha Darshan, a Tamulpur-based NGO working for women empowerment in remote areas, the team members will exhibit their weaving skills in the exhibition.

Most of the other participants are from Tamulpur.

Although a part of Kamrup (metro), the nearest school for children of Pahamjila is at Garhbhanga, around 2km from the village, but only upto Class V.

As trekking 2km on the hilly paths is not easy for the children, many of them leave their schools midway or never attend at all.

The awareness level about the necessity of education very poor among the parents, thus avoiding school is comparatively easier for the children.

Diri was one among them as well, who had never been to school.

“However, she was willing to study and we admitted her to Parijat Children’s Education Centre, which was set up at Pahamjila a few years back for dropouts and those who never attended school. After taking lessons till Class IV at the centre, we brought her to our school Parijat Academy, Pamohi, where she is now a student of Class VI,” Uttam Terron, the founder principal of Parijat Academy, said.

Parijat Academy provides not only formal education, but also conducts weaving classes for the students.

At Parijat Academy, around 18km from her home, Diri has been trying to shape her life by attending weaving classes along with other regular classes.

“We understand their way of life, and their difficulties in pursuing education. Therefore, we also train them in weaving, so that they can make a living out of it later in life. We are happy at her participation,” Terron said.

Diri, who has only her mother in the family, is equally delighted. Her father died when she was very young.

“It must be a thrilling experience there,” she said.

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120220/jsp/northeast/story_15155347.jsp

Saturday, February 18, 2012

a girl from Pahamjila

Diri Rongshon a tribal girl from village Pahamjila, student of Parijat Academy. She will participate in the weaving exhibition in Gandhi Smriti Darshan Sammitee, New Delhi from 21-27 February 2012. She will show the loom hand weave. She is the first girl from her village who will visit to New Delhi. This is good news for her village.

Free Medical Health Check up at Garbhanga





Free Medical Health Check up at Garbhanga
at Garbhanga one 18th February 2012, Saturday
with field support from Parijat Academy
A CSR initiative of Oil India, Guwahati Refinery

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Handstitching training by a student of Jorhat EngineeringCollege at Parijat to Children and teacher





Handstitching training by a student of Jorhat Engineer College at Parijat to Children and teacher.
Pranita Patar a student of Jorhat Engineering College, Jorhat, Assam giving training handstitching , art to children and teacher of Parijat.

visitor from SASCWA, Australia









Visitor from SASCWA, Australia: Dr Uday Saikia and Dr James Chalmers Australia and Santana Sarma, Meera Saikia from Guwahati and Aklantika Saikia of Music for Heart program visited Garbhanga on 4-3-2012. http://www.sascwa.org/
PEMBROKE SCHOOL of Adelaide supported bags and writings materials to these children and Singalore Airlines helping carrying from Australia to India.

visitor from Seattle, REDMOND, Washington State




Satyajit Nath and his wife Lata from Redmond, Seattle, Washington State visited Parijat Academy on 3-2-2012.
He is currently President of AFNA. http://assamfoundation.net/