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Unsung Heroes of Akhar

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Last Week Akhar-Soh completed three years of operation, it was on 30th of June 2007 when I visited Sholapur Dera (Habitat Of Sikhligar Sikhs). My first trip was followed by another trip one and half month later. Harjot Singh, Balvinder Singh and Myself visited the Dera in August 2007 and thus formally starting work in Sholapur. Three years of journey has seen many changes , many volounteers gave there valuable time and this carvan moved on. Some of them have moved on with there lives and are busy with there families and social responsibilties. We have been so busy that we never looked back and acknowledged the contribution of our volunteers. Amandeep Singh was one of the great volunteers who contributed a lot in the upliftment of Sikligar Singhs. Here is a small account of time which we spent together. Amandeep Singh :- A man with a big heart , A man who feels the pain. Harjot Singh jee introduced him to me and since then we work together. He has worked with Sikhligar Sikhs in
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Travelogue Punjab Trip

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The journey began from pune on the evening of 25th of June. With 5 students, Aminder Veerji and her mother we travelled to Kalyan and boarded the train to Amritsar at Midnight. In the morning other students along with Harjeet Veerji (with wife) and Keertan Kaur Ji Joined us from Jalgaon and Bhusaval. They bought with them the morning breakfast and afternoon Lunch. We also had some snacks with us which all of us shared and had a good time in the train. In the evening we were greeted by Harmeet Veerji at Dabra along with langar for the night. The next morning we reached Delhi and Manpreet Veerji along with his friends gave us a warm welcome. Along with breakfast they brought with them Kachere and Dastaars for the students which everyone was more than happy to have. We had a nice conversation before the train left the station. At Ludhiana we were again greeted by S Sukhdev Singh Ji alond with his sincere team who is already working for the cause in Ludhiana. We had a very delicious langar
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Akhar Working and proffesional Education

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Gagandeep Kaurs Sugestion:- Hello Ravinder Myself being a member and little contributor of Akhar believe that i hold some rights to highlight something, it is great that Akhar is flourishing and expanding its area of services but one thing we have to keep in mind, the limit and capacity up to which Akhar can conribute towards the society.As per your mail you included the new area of services i just want to know what about the new contributors and cashflow is that also increasing ,why i am raising this point is because Akhar is keep on expanding and we don't have enough of resources to fullfill the demand.My simple point is, it will be great if Akhar concentrate on not more than two areas initially and see the outcome.........it will be brilliant if Akhar's focus is more on children education not just to motivate them to clear their 10th or 12th std but extend its help till their professional courses........lets create professional like teachers, doctors, engg and IAS officers
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Objective Of Kirtan Singh jees Visit to Pune and Shreerampur.

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Need :- From our field experience it has been observed that our Sikhligar Brothers and Sisters sometimes cant co-orelate with non Sikhligar workers and hence are not able to follow what worker wants to say and convey. This could be due to various reasons and one of them is the linguistic gap. To Plug this gap we have been planning to use our Sikhligar brothers from one Dera to convey and convince Sikhligars of other Dera. In some cases I have seen it has been fairly succesfull. From 4th of April we have started this in more formal way. S Kirtan Singh jee who is father of S Harjeet Singh jee of Jalgaon visited Shreerampur and we have agreed that he will cover two deras every month i.e. Shreerampur and Pune for next six months. Objective of the Visit :- To Create communication link between different deras. To propogate and promote Sikh Values To make people aware of anti gurmat customs like Moorti Pooja, Sour pooja, Balli and Child marriage. To create conducive atmosphere for Edu
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AAEP :- Akhar Adult Education Programe

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Adult education is part of education , It helps in improving the school drop out rate. by virtue of this programe we train young mothers and to be mothers in basics of one or 2 languages and basics of mathematics. A mother is first teacher of child and if we have mothers who know little bit can always teach there wards. If a mother is educated she can take care of her children. Ideally it should not have been mentioned seperately and should be one of the core things of our programe. Idea behind mentioning it seperately is to bring focus on adult education, so that workers shall also plan and see how they can implement it in there project areas. We cant suceed in education untill we create conducive atmosphere for education. We shall have Adult education, Preventive health care and skill devlopment programs running in tandem. All these have cummalative effect on the overall living standard of people which in turn aids education which is our primary focus.
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How this journey began - Part 2

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continued from Part-1... 3 days passed... I came home after work, and around 6pm, Ravinder Singh called that he will come around 8pm. He came exactly at 8pm and then shared what he saw there... RS: So, Veerji, the trip was good and informative, but their condition is far worse than I expected. Me: Why? Tell me about it. RS: They are way below poverty line and the condition is live in is just like slums. He mentioned the following points: 1. They don't have basic hygiene, like no personal bathroom or toilets. For such, they use municipality toilets and pay Re.1 per use. 2. They use timber as fuel instead of gas. 3. Most of their kids don’t go to school. The ones who go are not doing well. 4. School Dropout ratio is very high – could be poverty or peer-pressure 5. Basic amenities are lacking Me: How much timber as fuel cost per month? RS: About Rs.450-500/- Me: Gas is cheaper as it comes around Rs.400/- and will be more efficient than wood, why don’t they use Gas? RS: They don’t have
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How this journey began - Part 1

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It was around early June of 2007. I was riding back on my motorcycle from Ulsoor Gurudwara towards my home, when I met Ravinder Singh all set with his backpack standing alone outside his house. As we are good friends, I stopped the bike and asked his whereabouts and what he was upto? Ravinder(RS): I am going to Sholapur. Me: Why? What is the occasion? RS: Nothing, but I need to know the status of Siklighar Sikhs. Me: (wondering what are those) Who are they? RS: They are forgotten Sikhs who belong to nomadic tribes and are living below poverty. Their children cannot study as they cannot afford them for studies! Me: What? Sikhs living below poverty? (I was getting awakened from my sleep of ignorance) I thought Sikhs in India are doing good, if not good, then atleast they are average but not below poverty! RS: No, there are many thousands of Sikhs who are below poverty. Me: Hmm... that is not good. So, when are you coming back? RS: After 3 days Me: What is your objective of going there? R
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