NGOs pitch in for oasis of peace TIMES NEWS NETWORK Ahmedabad: Ram-Rahimnagar , known as Island of Sanity for maintaining peace during the four major communal riots that the city witnessed, finally got support from some concerned citizens who vouched to address the civic and social needs of these model residents on Sunday. Helping them put the right foot forward is Ahmedabad chapter of the voluntary organization Open Space. It organized an informal dialogue between the residents of Ram-Rahimnagar and a host of prominent citizens including Navdeep Mathur, a professor of Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad , representatives from a non governmental organisation Saath, Javed Ameer of Action Aid and Harinesh Pandya of Janpath. The dialogue focussed on providing viable solutions to keep the communal harmony intact in Ram-Rahimnagar . Prof Mathur said, Youths have to be trained to make them capable of a need analysis for themselves and also in leadership qualities to deal with social issues. We will also impart computer education to enhance their employability skills. The residents have been facing a plethora of problems like inaccessible education, unemployment and fear of displacement, which threaten the peace in the locality. President of Ram-Rahimnagar Jhupdavasi Mandal (RRJM) Mohammad Shafi said, This is the first time that an institute like IIM-A and NGOs have come forward and devised an action plan for us to deal with rising unemployment among youths here and on improving the poor civic infrastructure. We have a population of more than 20,000 but a single municipal school that is only up to class VII, added Shafi. Fellow of Open Space, Ahmedabad, Raheel Dhattiwala said, Focus of the informal talk is to help the residents deal with crises of unemployment , education, clarity on displacement due to the riverfront project among other issues. It is just an attempt to preserve the only surviving oasis of peace in city. A member of RRJM, Natwar Rawat, said, Computer training for educated youths will help them in getting jobs. We have also been given information on Right to Information (RTI) Act by volunteers from Janpath. We will also be getting training to use RTI to ask questions from the government on the status of civic projects in our locality.  Volunteers of NGOs with residents of Ram-Rahimnagar http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIA/2009/09/28&PageLabel=4&EntityId=Ar00400&ViewMode=HTML&GZ=T |
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