Child reporters and youth journalists blog
Contribution by Child reporters and youth journalists from across India. Features on this blog represents view point of children and young people, as to what do they think ? say or feel on various issues which impact them or environment around them or their peers.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
People of my village 'not willing' to construct toilets - Why ?
Ajay, student of class sixth reports from a village in Guna. My village has 150 houses and out of which only 5 to 7 households have toilets. Our village has a drainage lane and people defecate around it in open. Similarly there is small bridge in one of the locality and people defecate under the bridge. The place stinks, is dirty and is un-hygienic. This has a danger of impacting our health, but still why people still don't want to constuct toilet, questions the reporter. (Translated in English in verbatim style by volunteer of the blog)
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Sunday, January 9, 2011
Tree numbers is declining in Imjhara, Guna
Dharmendra Ahirwar, Child reporter from district Guna in Madhya Pradesh reports in children newsletter titled ‘Jagmag’ about decreasing number of trees in his village. He in his news item reports from Imjhara village in Guna. The village has three temples, and have roads. 2-3 buses pass through my village daily.
But inspite of the progress, number of trees is declining in my village. Jungle which used to exist around my village is vanishing, as many people cut trees. Declining number of trees is matter of concern and needs urgent action.
(Translated by volunteer for the blog. Jagmag is children newsletter brought by children from Guna district supported by NGO Vaibhavari & UNICEF)
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Aarti wants to become a doctor
Kiran Kumar Kaushik, child reporter from Lohara, Chhattisgarh contributed this story in Hindi in children newsletter titled 'Bal Swaraj', December 15, 2010 issue.
She writes a story of inspiring Aarti who inpsite of being physically challenged and from poor family wants to fight it out and become a medical doctor. Aarti was physically challenged by birth, lives in poor family. Her father is working outside, to earn money while her mother is daily labourer. She has to do all household chores and then has to travel 5 kilometers to go to school. She has not recieved any bicycle from the Government but gets disability grant of Rs 150 per month, which also comes after 4-5 months. But inspite of this she wants to study and wants to become doctor so that she can treat children who are physically challenged and children can be given routine vaccination, polio drops so that no one has to suffers physical disability like her.
Bal Swaraj is children newsletter and has articles/ contributions by child reporters from Chhattisgarh. It is brought out by Mayaram Surjan Foundation with support from UNICEF. (The article has been translated in English by a volunteer for the blog)
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Reading this blog gives me wonderful feelings. This young reporters are bright future of India. They will definitely shine in future. Such country will definitely flourish where such young minds are extra ordinary.
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