A new service in the basket, Umri Panchyat, Madhya Pradesh
There is a village called Nizampur in Khatakiya panchayat where there are 50 households but a population of 600 people. Harijan and Kevats reside in this village on the banks of river Parvati, which is suitable for growing khareef crops like soyabean and corn; and rabi crops like wheat, gram, coriander and some vegetables. Therefore, most people in this village own agricultural lands or work on these lands as labourers.
When Soochna Sevak Naval Kushwaha visited this village once to create awareness about a computer course being offered nearby by Digital Empowerment Foundation, he received an overwhelming response. One of the people listening to Naval was Ram Gopal whose son Sugan Chand Kevat was pursuing Bachelor in Arts. Naval was keen to get more information about the computer course and was willing to immediately pay the one-time registration fee of Rs. 150 to get is son enrolled for the classes, even know the centre was about 20 kilometres from Nizampur.
Sugan was equally enthusiastic about this opportunity. So he would take the local train or sometimes ride his bike to the centre. However, he suddenly stopped coming to the centre. Though Sugan had completed his course and earned his certificate of completion, this still worried the Soochna Sevaks, especially since Sugan was not just enthusiastic but had been a dedicated and quick learner.
When the Soochna Seva team went to his village to find out about Sugan, they learnt that the boy had found a job with a fixed stipend of Rs. 3,000, courtesy his computer literacy.
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