Children's Day Celebration 2014

14th of November every year is observed as Children's Day everywhere in our country. “Children are like buds in a garden and should be carefully and lovingly nurtured, as they are the future of the nation and the future of tomorrow”. - Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru. It was Pundit Nehru's dream that all the children of the nation must be educated. In memory of this great leader and to honor his love for children, November 14 is celebrated in India as Children’s day.

Rehab India Foundation celebrated Children’s Day with the underprivileged children.


Children’s Day celebration in New Delhi 

Jasola: General Secretary of Rehab India Foundation, Mr. Afsel Chandrankandy celebrated Children's day gleefully with the children of Jasola Tuition Center. The program was organised by Mr. Nur Alam, Field Officer. Mr. Syed Anwar - MCJ Coordinator, Field Officers Mr. Neuman and Mr. Nur Alam, Mr. Sirajuddin MCJ Student and teachers of Rehab Community Center were present on the occasion. The gathering was welcomed by Field officer Mr. Nur Alam.

Mr. Afsel Chandrankandy encouraged the children with his inspirational speech. He also sang rhymes and shared some wise cracks with the children. Mr. Syed Anwar - MCJ Coordinator and Field Officer Mr. Neuman advised the children to come up in their lives. Cultural event was also conducted. The students of the Tuition centre actively participated in singing rhymes, saying poems, dancing etc. The students of the Tuition centre celebrated the Children’s Day cheerfully. They were very happy upon celebrating the Children’s Day with Rehab team members.




Celebration in Andhra Pradesh / Telungana

Nandamuri Nagar: Children’s Day was celebrated enthusiastically in Nandamuri Nagar’s Rehab Community centre. Mr. S. Abdulla - Headmaster of Urdu Aided School, Nandamuri Nagar, Mr. P. Idris khan – Popular Front of India was invited as the Chief Guests of the occasion.

The Chief Guest shared their thoughts about Children’s Day with the children. They also explained the children on the importance and necessity of primary education. Cultural activities like singing rhymes, poem saying, musical chair etc. were organized. Prizes were distributed to the winners of the events. Field officer Mr. Muhammed Hussain organized the function well. 30 students actively participated in the event. The celebration was concluded with distributing sweets.


Nizzamuddin Colony: The occasion was celebrated joyfully by the children. Various games like lemon and the spoon, musical chair, hop race were conducted. Drawing, singing, rhymes competition were also organized. Best performers were awarded with prizes. Around 80 students were participated in this programme. Mr. S. Mubeen, Rehab VDP in-charge gave a motivational speech on the necessity of primary education. The Programme was concluded with sweet distribution of sweets.

Eidgah: In Eidgah of Andhra Pradesh, the occasion was celebrated merrily by the children. Mr. S. Ahamedulla sharif VDP in-charge gave a speech on children’s day. Cultural activities were also conducted. Prizes were distributed to students who performed well. Around 65 students actively participated in our programme. The celebration was concluded with sweets distribution.

Holagundha: As a part of children’s day celebration, various cultural activities were conducted in holagundha. MR. Hamid-Popular front of India, Adoni division President was invited as the Chief Guest of the day. He delivered an inspirational speech on Primary Education, Indian history & our culture. Through his speech, he motivated the students to study well in order to develop our country. Prizes were distributed to the best performer in studies & games. Around 140 students actively participated in the event. Sweets were distributed to all the students at the end of the function.

Nandavaram: In Nandavaram of Andhra Pradesh, various programmes such as singing, musical chair, hop race, essay writing, drawing competition were conducted. Prizes were distributed to students who perform well both in studies & cultural activities. Mr. Muhammed Hussain, Secretary, Popular Front of India, AP, was the Chief Guest. He gave a motivational speech about the student’s role in the development of a country & necessity of education in human life. In addition, 35 school bags were distributed to the needy students. Programme was concluded with the speech of Mr. Bakthair, VDP in-charge. Around 130 students actively participated in the celebration. Sweets were distributed to all of them.

Celebration in Haryana 

Kalinjar: Children’s Day was celebrated in Kalinjar in Mewat, Haryana. Sports competition such as Kabadi, Running race etc and memory games were conducted. 50 Students actively participated in the sports activities. Teachers and Parents were also present in the celebration. Prizes and sweets were disbursed at the end of the function. The program was well organized by Field Officer Mr. Jiaul Hoque.

Celebration in Assam

Salbari: Children’s Day was celebrated at Salbari Community centre in Bongaigaon of Assam joyfully. Games and competition such as musical chair, running race, frog race etc were conducted for the children. All the children participated in the competitions enthusiastically. Prizes, notebooks, pens, etc were disbursed at the end of the celebration.

3 no. Jaraguri: In 3 no. Jaraguri of Assam, the occasion was celebrated merrily by the children. Various competition such as running race, kabadi, badminton etc were conducted. Prizes were distributed to the students who perform well. 180 students participated in the celebration.

Celebration in West Bengal 

Mohaldapara: The Children’s Day was celebrated in the Mohaldapara community centre. Mr. Wakib – MSW – 2nd Year Student, Mr. Sultan – MSW – 1st year student, Mr. Salim – Village committee member, and Mr. Manirul – Village committee in – charge were present in the programme. Competitions for singing patriotic songs, Gaazal, poem & dramatics were organized. 82 children participated in the programme enthusiastically. Prizes were given to the winners. Chocolates were disbursed at the end of the programme. The occasion was concluded with vote of thanks by Mr. Wakib.

Dhumpara: The occasion was celebrated in the Dhumpara community centre. Mr.Mustafijur – MSW – 2nd Year Student organized the programme. 80 children participated in competitions like Gaazal and poem recitation. Prizes were given to the winners. Chocolates were disbursed at the end of the occasion.

Kohitpur: The celebration was held in Kohitpur community centre. 62 children participated in the celebration. Mr. Shaidul – MSW – 1st Year Student, Community Teachers Mr. Rahoof and Mr. Barik and village committee members were were present in the programme.

Celebration in Rajasthan:

Talera: 50 students and few parents participated in the Children’s day celebration held in the Rehab community centre of Talera. Sports competition like kabadi, running race etc and memory quizzes were organized. Field Officer Mr. Kamaluddin distributed the prizes to the winners of the competition. Sweets were disbursed at the end of the celebration. The entire programme was organized well by Field Officer Mr. Nur Alam.

Pundit Nehru on knowing the importance of education to children of our country included and highlighted the point in his five years plan that every child in India would get free and compulsory primary education. Over thousands of schools were built throughout the villages of India when he was in power.

In the present situation of our country, we cannot hide the fact that many children in India are not getting basic privileges like education. Many children are earning money instead of playing with toys.

Children's Day celebration is the tribute to childhood. John Kennedy, 35th US president has quoted it rightly, “Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future”.

The true essence of children's day is to understand the significance of childhood and support the children with what they actually need in their life. Rehab India Foundation is striving hard to support the children and working towards creating child friendly society, where all children are free from exploitation and receive quality education.

Loan Distribution in Hazipara VDP

The first important task for a society is to maintain itself. There must be proper food, clothing, shelter and education for its members. To satisfy all these necessities and improve their standard of living, the people of the society need a standard income. Many people in the rural region have no sufficient financial income to support their family and satisfy their basic needs. There are many difficulties and obstacles faced by the poor people in their day-to-day living. They need a source of income to placate them. The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm. It is not easy to take up a business; there are various problems which have to be overcome resolutely. Skills and monetary factors are very imperative in a business. Some people though they have skill and interest, they doesn’t have favorable environment to utilize their talents.

“Poverty is not an accident. Like slavery and apartheid, it is man-made and can be removed by the actions of Human Beings”- Nelson Mandela. In order to remove poverty, Rehab India Foundation has started its initial preparations for the outset of Economic Development Programme which is well organized and planned in order to uplift the economic standing of the people.    

On 07.09.2014, Loan distribution programme was inaugurated successfully in the village of Hajipara of West Bengal in the presence of Mr. Najmul Haque – Assistant Project Manager, Mr.Nabid Hossain – Project Coordinator and other special guests from our partner NGO. The welcome speech for the programme was given by Mr. Najmul Haque. A total of 32 women were benefited through this loan distribution programme. The beneficiaries were very happy on receiving the loan. By the time the next meeting was conducted by Mr. Nabid Hossain on 08.09.2014, many beneficiaries have purchased cattle and other things required for their business. Rest of the beneficiaries has promised to start up their business as soon as possible within a week.   

We single out the most deserving people and help them to start up their own business with which they can earn a living through their own labor and small business. They can be self reliant and can support their family economically. They organize to build their own strength and meet challenges.

We work to bring changes in the lives of underprivileged people. These initiatives of the Rehab India Foundation go a long way in enhancing the lives of people in rural areas. We, the team of Rehab India Foundation, stand to achieve our goal of promoting development and sustainable livelihoods empowering people throughout the backward and rural region to reach out and improve their standard of living with our best possible services and support.

Inauguration of Borjumla Community Center

“I would like to share my gratitude to inaugurate Rehab Community Centre as it has contributed immensely in the village development process and I assure all who are present in the function that Panchayat will give all the possible support for Rehab’s programmes” asserted Samjad S K, Assistant Pradhan of Panchayat on the day of inauguration of Borjumla Community Centre.

The programme celebrated on Dec 15 much enthusiastically with the keen support of Rehab team and people of Borjumla. Overviewing, the village consist approx 3000 people and has limited resources. Major population is dependent on agriculture. There is only one school and healthcare centre with unsatisfactory services.

Meeting with Secretary of Rehab, Mohammed Remiz said “Before two years, the village was in worse condition. There were a number of problems those were directly or indirectly related to education and employment. The first step, we started free tuition classes in a temporary shed. Now we have gain people belief that’s why today we are able to establish fully equipped community centre and a large number of people are present to support us to channelize different programmes.”

Mr. Nishad, East Zone Project Manager shared his gratitude that Ms. Amina Begum, Activist from Murshidabad came to share stage with Rehab team, including Soukath Alam  (Field Officer), Mohd Saleem (Trainer Career Programme) and Mohd. Zakir (Community Coordinator).