Debjit Uncle/Bhai! thank you

We know the child in you who has wished us with this beutiful thought. We are there with you and you are with us . Whatever we will do ,it will carry your prints with it . Let the children of the entire world join you and us to make this world a better place . This world is so nice to have people like you and children like our friends and us .Tahnk you
With regards.
Children &Children

Good Wishes

\nWishing all my child reporter friends a Happy and Prosperous New Year 2007.Let the little dreams become bigger and bigger as the days and years go....and the little ones grow bigger and bigger as the days and years come.Let the reporters report the reality...and the reality keeps changing with every report they make.Devjit Mittra --Posted by Devjit Mittra to child reporters at 12/28/2006 05:42:54 PM

Thanks!

We are thankful to you for remembering us and posting the wish . We , the childreporters on behalf of all the children from Koraput, Orissa and India wish you and all the children of Belgium A Very Very Very Very Happy Happy Happy Happy New Year.Ha... Ha... Ha...

New year wish from our friend!

I wish all the children of India a happy newyear from Belgium.Anne

Marching ahead

We took our banner and marched ahead towards the ground .

learnt together

We sat together and learnt many things from our elders

this was the stage

This was the stage where the celebration had its show. Guests and hosts opening the ANKUR magazine on the occasion.

We were In PARAB

Friends!
You might be knowing that PARAB , the state level tribal festival was organised in Koraput . This is a very nice festival for every one . People from different parts of the globe visit this festival every year . This year , we, the 80 child reporters selected out of 1500 childreporters in the district had come here . We stayed here for three days . We met people starting from a chatwala to the Governor of the state. We talked to them , interviewed them and published two news bulletins based on our observation . This was one of the great experience in our life . We are sharing some photographs of those moments . Wish if you could enjoy seeing them.
With regards
Childreporters

children preparing road

The road connecting to our school is not in a good condition . We have decided to make it better with the help of the villagers and teachers . We will make it before the rainy season.
Jaysiv Das
Beheraguda Primary School

Help received

People in our village have received the help from government for the dammaged house . The houses were dammaged in the rains this year.
Kajol Khilo
Std.V
Lunguri UP school

Thank you for saving my friend!

My friend in the school, Ram Boi would have died of snake bite . His parents were not taking him to the hospital . But the clusture coordinator of our area , B.Radha Rani came and took him to the hospital and he was saved . We are thankful to her for the timely help.
Dami Sumita, Std.IV
Beheraguda UP school.

Water Problem

In our village, Sundhi Olachi , people drink water from open streams . Many times they fall ill. But they are not able to go to the nearby hospital as they are very poor.
Duryodhan Nayak
Std.IV
Kakirigumma

Yaa...Hooo...

Children from our school danced our traditional dance - DHEMSA in the block level Parab festival and won the first prize.
Dalimbo Khoda
Std.VII
Lamtaput

No Anganwadi Building

I was asking Jayram Sisa of Gunel village . The powdered food for the children is given in the village . But there is no house for the Anganwadi Centre to function and hence people are facing problem .
Kesab Kirsani
Machkund Sevasram

Sad Family

Mania Kinbar's family in our village was staying in a hut . But it was broken and now they are facing a lot of problems. They are very poor.
Kesab Kirsani
Machkund Svasram

We went to Parab

We went to see the Parab festival at the block head quarter , Laxmipur.We saw Banaraja bird in the exhibition stalls. We were told that it was 4 months old and its weight was 6 kilograms.
Priyanka Khora
Kakirigumma Ex-Board UP School

Repair the road Please

The road connecting Narayanpatna and Laxmipur is in a very bad condition . In addition to the bad road ,people in the road side village go to toilet on the road side . This makes it more difficult for the vehicles to move. In addition tothe maintainance of the road care should be taken to maintain the sanitation in these villages.
Sanjog patnaik
Std.VII
Narayanpatna

Thanks to our friend, Anil Gulati.

We are thankful to you for your message.We will do better with your loving words. Please continue to visit our blog.
With regards
Childreporters

Letter from a friend Anil Gulati

Greetings from Madhya Pradesh !

I read about your participation in ISF at the UNICEF Indian web site. It was great to see your work. Congrats and Keep it up !

CONGRATULATIONS!NISHANT!

Congratulations from all the child reporters for the excellent work done to sensitize the elders on the issue of children . Wish you all the success . We all are there with you , friend!

Great work by NISHANT

Campaign for Child Workers' Career Fund

Mr Baijayant Panda, Member of Parliament from Orissa and BJD Parliamentary Party Leader in Rajya Sabha, has, in an e-mail to Nishant Nihar(Forwarded herewith), supported the Campaign for Child Workers' Career Fund and assured to raise the issue in the Parliament. Another prominent MP from Maharastra, Mr Suresh Prabhu, has also once again assured to take up the issue. Ealier, Mr Tathagat Satpathy, Lok Sabha Member from Dhenkanal, Orissa and Editor of The Dharitri had also communicated his support for this cause.


----- Original Message -----
From: BJ Panda
To: 'Nishant Nihar'
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 11:10 PM
Subject: RE: IMPORTANT
Dear Nishant,
You have indeed touched on a very important issue, that is, to come up with realistic funding support when passing idealistic bills.
I have often made similar points in parliament, for example, supporting the education cess since it overcomes a fundamental hypocrisy (we had earlier made education free and compulsory for children upto the age of 14, but were providing only 1/3rd of the funds necessary to actually make that happen).

I will indeed take up the matter in Parliament.

With best wishes,
Baijayant Panda


> > Dear Nishant > Thanx for your mail. > I am so happy to note that you are taking up such a> positive cause.> All my support is assured.> I'll try to raise this issue in The House during this> session. However, there are many Rules on how to do it> and I shall take advice from some senior members> regarding the methodology.> Keep up the good work.> Best wishes> Tathagata Satpathy, MP.

Letter from Sunandan Thakur

Dear Mr Santakar , though 14days has passed since I and Nandini (my wife) met two Child Reporters Swarnaprabhakar and C.H.Bindiya Rani, while we boarded Utkal Exp at Tata Nagar Station,and soon met U, and other Child Reporters namely Neela Chalam, Rita Naik, Sasmita Mohanti and Madam Krushida Begam as the journey continued we remember all vividly.
Your song dedicated in praise of IDLI as well tender voices of all the kids and there Good Bye Handshakes means a great joy .

Keep in touch.

Letter from a friend

Dear Sir / Madam,

Greetings from SICHREM !!!

South India Cell for Human Rights Education and Monitoring seeks to empower the disempowered groups of dalits, tribals, women, children and minorities to protect their individual and collective rights for a dignified life, through education, monitoring and mobilizing civil society for concerted action. The biggest strength is its expertise and experience in conducting human rights education programmes.

I was going through the News Letters by Child Reporters that were being given at the ISF Venue and thought that a word of appreciation is due. Congratulations for the hard work and creative writing.

Thank you
With regards

Sibu Mathew
State Coordinator – Human Rights Education
Kerala
www.sichrem.org

Child Reporters in Indian Social Forum

We,Three child reporters each from Koraput and Dhenkanal two from Keonjhar, one from Bhubaneswar and four from West Bengal , had been to Delhi recently to participate in the Child Rights For World Social Forum(CR4WSF), which was a part of Indian Social Forum.
Our participation in the forum was to interact with children and child loving people , who had come there. While we were in the train to Delhi ,we met many people who loved children very much . We learnt many things from them .
Yes we met one girl in the train . She was sweeping the floor in the train. We talked to her . She told on how she was facing problems in her village after her parents had died. She had to discontinue her studies to feed herself . She was no more interested to get educated as she was more concerned about her income in the train. We shared the fruits with her . She was happy .
We went to Delhi and ISF. We talked to the children and adults and wrote what we observed and learnt .We stayed for three days and brought out three newsletters . We are thankful to each one who had talked to us , enquired on our activities in the villages .
We are thankful to CACL and UNICEF for taking us there and have such a nice experience . We are sharing our experience with our friends.
With regards
Child Reporters.

Welcome Anandini

Hi!
We are so happy to get your mail.We are the child reporters performing our work with the cooperation from all the child loving people like you. We would be very very happy to have your valuable assistence to strengthen our effort to unite the children of the world with their thoughts and observation.
We could have written directly to you . But you have not mentioned your personal e-mail address.Hence we are giving our e-mail address:
childreporter@gmail.com
santakar@gmail.com
lalatendu.acharya@gmail.com
We request you to write to any of the addresses so that we could communicate. Please continue seeing the blog and be with us to create a new world for the children.
Thank you
With regards
Child Reporters.

Letter from a friend

Anandini said...
hi everyone. i came across this blog today through the UNICEF website. I have currently returned from my studies in Australia where i had researched and written a thesis on child abuse and protection-cross cultural perspective. I am an Indian and in search for some on ground work. I want to engage myself in soem pratctical reality and on ground work in this field after safely placing myself in sociological theory. Since most of you are directly involved in this work adn in observation of childrens progress and affairs across India i would seek you guidance. Suggestions for work, for contacts, for interaction are more than welcome.

Thanks from Koraput

Friends, thank you for the mail. It's not only you , but all the children in Belgium and elsewhere should visit this blog and send their views and dreams for making a new world for the children .
With regards
Child reporters

Great reply from our friends in Belgium

anneke en gerrit in India said...
Dear friends from Koraput,last wednesday (we) Anneke and Gerrit arrived safe and well in Belgium. With a lot of good memories we think back on our stay in India. We wanted to thank you all again for your kind words, keen questions, and hospitality. We will follow this blog as much as possible and will send some pictures of our stay.Bye and till the next time.

Child Rescued

I was talking to Madhab Makir of Gulapandi. He told that during the heavy rains a few days back, Gora Pangi, a seven year old child from his village got drowned in the canal water while going to his school . Villagers rescued him from the water and he is alive .
Manoj Mandhiya
Lamtaput

Flower in the plant

I planted a rose plant a few months back.Today I am Happy to see one flower in it.I showed it to all my friends.They are also very happy.
Santosh Patnaik.
Kumbhariput

people made it

The village road was in bad condition.It was difficult to walk on it.People in the village came out and repaired the road . Now it is not a problem anymore.Thanks to the people.
Santosh patnaik
Kumbhariput

Friends From Belgium

Three young friends , Ellen,Annete and Gerrit from Belgium came to our school recently. They are so nice . They talked to us , asked us on our education , culture and tradition and a lot more . We too asked them about their country . We were happy to learn that education is compulsory in Belgium . It was nice to hear that the parents take care to leave their children in their school. They also told that they liked Koraput district very much .We invited them and many more friends from their country to come to our village.We took them to our house and the entire village . They were happy and we too.
Child Reporters
Maliput

PARAB-2006

Every year we celebrate Parab- the state level tribal festival . As a part of it we celebrate at the panchayat level with Dances and particiapate in many sports events . But we were not happy this time .Every year we had some one from outside as the chief guest on the occasion . But there was no such person this time.We used to get some prizes . But this time we had to be happy with some certificates .Still then we had learnt a dance and performed before our own village people.
Sunita Gemel
Maliput

Letter from a friend Nishant for Everyone

Many many thanx for accepting me as your friend. I would be very happy to visit your place of work, to see you all, to walk hand in hand, to discuss and take up issues together, if you give me chance. Through me, you can also use the platform of The Statesman to make your voice heard in a wider level.

At present, I am concerned with a Career Fund for Child Workers, in the wake of lattest ban on child labour by the Government of India. Instead of going to schools, these poor friends of ours are working to escape from povert. To earn two square meals for themselves, some even for their entire family. I think, coming from a backward tribal district Koraput, you know this problem more than me.

If we stop them working, what's the alternative for them to earn food? What about their future? Hunger is the mother of all crimes. A hungry child denied work may become a beggar, a thief or an easy recruit for the crime network.

Future of a nation lies in the future of its children. It's high time the government should come out with a carreer plan for these rescued child workers. And if the government has not thought of it yet, we, the children, should come forward for our unfortunate friends in need. We should put up an united voice to make our policy-makers sit and take note.

I request you all to carry on a signature campaign for Child Workers' Career Fund and send it to the Prime Minister. If you want, I will be there with you at the end of the campaign.

You can also write me on any children's issue in your areas and whenever possible, I will try to publish it in The Statesman VOICES.

If we cannot be a sun to light up the whole world, let's atleast be small candles to fight the darkness sorrounding us.

With best wishes.

Nishant Nihar
Coordinator, The Statesman (Voices)

Dear Friends!
This was the mail we received in our e-mail address:childreporter@gmail.com
We invite all the children accross the globe to communicate like Nishant. We are thankful to Nishant for his efforts.
With regards
Childreporters

Response got for the report on midday meal scheme

anil said...
This is serious and needs immediate attention and it is great that you picked it up

10:10 AM

Sand Cast Compensation

During the last heavy rains land of many people was filled with sand and hence they lost their crop. Officers came to my village in Sailpada and noted down the loss. But only half of the people got the compensation . The rest are suffering .
Bada Sisha
Machkund

Mid Day Meal

There is no mid day meal for the children reading in the upper classes. Hence the children coming from far off villages remain hungry for a long time . They come to the school at 10 am and go back at 4 pm .
Usha Sethy
Lamtaput

Mobile Service

The BSNL authorities had promised mobile phone service in Lamtaput . But till date people have not got it . Lamtaput is a remote place and requires the mobile telephone service .
Pritam Prabha Swain
Lamtaput

Keep Clean

Today we , the child reporters went into the village and found the sorrounding of the tube well dirty. We told the people not to make it dirty and we cleaned a little there . They said that they will also keep the place clean.Children defecate on the road side in the village , making the road smell foul. We told tham not to do so. But they are not listening.
Mohini Behera & Balaram Hantal
UP School, Maliput

Road To My Village

I came to know from the members of the Panchayat that the road connecting my village with the NH-43 road is going to be mettaled from the peripherry development fund of NALCO. If it could be completed soon , the problems of the village could be solved to reach the high way .
Ranjan Kumar Khilo
Gangarajpur

We want to learn stitching

We wish to learn stitching . If there could have been a scope to learn it in the school, we would have been benefited.
Usha Sethi
Lamtaput

NREG

We , the child reporters went to our Panchayat office to meet the Panchayat officer, Dhaneswar Sahu. He told us on NAtional Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(NREG).He informed that every household will be given a job card allowing only those who had crossed 18 years of Age.He also said that every one can get a minimum 100 days of work under the scheme. If one family has three members , they could work alternately.
We were happy to learn .
Sunita Gemel
UP School, Maliput.

Money for watering plants

In our vilage two persons are growing nursery for different fruit bearing plants. They give Rs.5/- for filling 100 polethene bags with soil and Rs.10/- for watering all the plants. Many children do the work on sundays and earn some money.
Sarat Khilo
Maliput UP School

Fish Traders causing pollution

We are living in Lamtaput. This is a block headquarter.Every saturday we have a weekly market where alongwith other traders fish traders also do the business . But they leave the scales of the fish on the road side and donot clean the place before they leave. This is polluting the place.
Santosh Kumar Barly
Lamtaput

Tubewells are not functioning

We , the child reporters went to our local high school yeaterday. We found that there are three tube wells in the school . But all the three are not working.
Dhaneswar Ailong
Machkund Residential School

Reply from the team of childreporters

Hi!Bishnupriya!
Welcome to the team . The team of child reporters is not a closed house . It is wide open for the children from allover the world. You, like any other concerned children could write and we will be very happy to increase our number to millions.Hope you must have been happy to see your letter in the blog.
Team of Child reporters

Letter of Concern

I am not a child reporter. But I wish to be a child reporter. I am writing today, if suitable please publish it.The story of my village goes like this:
Two dealers appointed in our Panchayat to sell Subsidised rice and Kerosene are not bringing rice for the last three months . Those who have paddy get the rice by milling them . But the poor people without land are suffering as they had to purchase rice at a higher price . Some even are now forced to purchase broken rice to feed their family somehow.
Bishnupriya Majhi
Std.IX
Gangarajpur
Dist.Koraput

It's Celebration time

It is the month of Kartik .People chant Hari Naam daily .Women light the lamp in the evening and worship . They distribute the offerings to the god among the neighbours.
Balaram Hantal
Maliput UG ME School

Villages after liquor

People in our village work hard all over the day and earn some money . But spend all the amount in liquor and meat in the evening.
Neelambar Harijan
Std.VI
Ashram School,Hardoli

Children in our village defecate on the road side .They are not listening to us when we say them to go to the toilets .
Gorimani Khilo
Sevasram Hikimput.

Damaged National High Way

The road between Kotpad and Jeypore via Kusumi has been seriously damaged near Haridaput. It is the prime road for 4 gram panchayats .The road needs immediate repair.
Durga Prasad Jena
Jamal UG ME School, Kotpad.

Thank you Friend!

Friend!
Thank you for your question.
We are the children staying in the hostels attached to Schools under the Tribal Welfare Department.The number of tube wells is insufficient for the number of children staying in the hostel.Hence we bathe in the ponds. Yes, Bathroom with a tap of water could be the best thing .Thank you for your concern.
with regards
Child Reporters

Question from a Friend.

R Ramamurthy, Bangalore said...
Why do you have to take bath in pond? Is there no bath room with water tap in hostel?
6:41 PM

A child's Cry

In my friend's school, children are not getting sufficient food . Hence many of them are leaving the school.In that school children are getting low quality soap.They get coconut oil mixed with water for their use. The cook uses the children for cooking.Dal is watery.Electricity is there every where exept in their reading room .
A child reporter

Interview on the Development of Our village

Dhaneswar Sahu is our Village Development officer. We, the five child reporters went to his office to interview him on the plans for the development of our village . He told us regarding many developmental work started by the government . He told that some days back the villagers were photographed for giving work by the government . But we asked him the reason for not giving the job cards even after so many days. To this he said that he would give them at the door step once he gets it.
Balaram Hantal
Std.VII
Maliput UP School, Maliput

Damaged Drain-Logging Water

The drain in our village broke . The concrete pieces are falling inside the drain . This stops the water flowing through it .Mosquitos are growing there .Some times the drain is cleaned . But when any vehicle passes on the road , the concrete falls again in to the drain and the problem continues.

Thank you Sir/Madam

Thank you Sir/ Madam for visiting the blog. Really you have given a valuable suggestion. We aill surely discuss among all of us and do some activities in our village . Please continue visiting the blog and give suggestions to grow in the right direction.We could have been more happy if you would have given your name and address.Please tell the children to see the blog and respond .
With regards
Santakar

Letter from a concerned friend.

Anonymous said...
Dear Child ReporterI just happened to read your post about the liqour. It is good that sale of liqour is banned in your area, but you must spread awareness about the ill-efects of liqour among people your age, who are likely to take up the habit as young adults. You can do this is several ways. 1]Posters and notices written out by all your friends which could be put up on various walls.2]Put up street plays about the effects of liqour, how peer-pressure (pressure from people your own age) can be resisted.3]examine why young people in your area might be taking to liqour. in some places for example the reason is lack of other recreational activites (activities that are taken up after school etc). in which case you might want to talk to the elders in your locality about setting up youth centres. holding matches (cricket, football, gulli danda) between local teams, dance competitions etc.I am extremely impressed with this project. Best of luck for all your endeavours.
4:17 PM

Liqour in Village

Many people in our village sell liquor . They mix many other things with the liquor. One women died after drinking that liquor . After that villagers banned selling liqour in our village . Some villagers were secretely doing the business.Others scolded them .
Kamal Lochan Harijan
Hardoli Sevasram.

No play ground!

We have many things to play in our school. But we donot have a playground to play .We have a beutiful garden in our school. There are many flower plants in it.
Narendra Macha
UP School, Sundhiguda

Dog died

We had kept our rice plate near the well which is just outside our school boundary. A dog joumped to eat the rice and fell into the well and died. We felt very sorry for it.
Urmila Khora
UP school , Hikimput.

School from 1856

Our school was established in 1856.But as the boundary wall broke, dogs and cattle enter the school and make the school varanda , dirty.We have only five teachers for seven classes.
Pama Soren
Std.VII, Up School, Narayanpatna

Playing cards inside the school

There is no boundary wall in our school.Some people drink liquor and play cards inside the school premises in the evening.
Monali Ray
Std.V, Ex-Board UP school, Nandapur.

We dont have electricity

We donot have electricity in our street . We are not able to read for long time and sleep at 7 pm.
Priyanka Khora
Kakirigumma

Thanks to our friend!

We are thankful to our friend, Anil Gulati for his letter to us. we are very happy.Thank you.
Woth regards
Child reporters

Letter from a friend

Anil Gulati said...
I came to know about this blog recently. My heartiest congratulation to one and all who are behind this effort especially the young ones for their superb work. Keep it up !! I would also like to congratulate lala for this effort.

our address

Thank you Anne.Parab is a local festival organised once a year in Koraput district . The meaning of the word PARAB is Festival.As you asked for an address , our address is:
Child reporters
C/O Ch.Santakar
Pujariput
KORAPUT
ORISSA
INDIA
PIN:764020
We will be waiting for photographs.
thank you.

Letter from brussels

Hello
Tomorrow starts in Brussels a festival.
A passage to India !!!!
5 week -ends we can learn all about the arts,philosophies ,music ,dance and mentalities of India.
I like very much Barata natyam.
last year I saw the festival in Konarak !!! It was fabulous.
I know that your district is verry nice and I hope that the schools will be more confortable soon.
I don't know PARAB but I know DIWALI. If I have an adress in India I will send you some info and pictures from my country.

Cricket match

There was a cricket match between our village, Bilaput and Sarbaput. One player from our village hit a sixer . We clapped . But he was out in the next ball.
Sudarshan Bisoyi
Std.IV
Hikimput

High school please

Many children donot come to the school . But many of those who come to the school also leave in between as there is no high school in the village .
Sarmistha Rath.
Std.VI
Sundhiguda

A bridge is needed

There is a river near our street. People from Sariaput and Nuaput villages have to cross the river to come to Nandapur . But they face difficulties when it rains. if there would have been a bridge on the river , people could have been benefited.
Snehalata Kangria
Std.V
Nandapur.

No pond inside the school

We are the girls staying in school hostel . But as there is no pond inside our school hostel premises , we have to go to the pond outside the school premises for bathing .
Chandrama Badanayak, Std.VII
Subai.

Thank you Brussels

Good Evening and thank you for the letter. It is not so cold in our place now . But slowly we are entering into the winter season . In the month of November the temperature goes down to 10 to 15 degrees. We celebrate our annual festival, PARAB during that period . May We invite all the children , and all people of Belgium to come to our district . It is very nice .Please keep on writing .
Thank you
Child reporters

letter from Brussels

Anonymous said...
NamasteToday the wether is not good .It is raining and a little bit cold in Brussels 15°this morning .It is wednesday so the children have school only in de morning,this afternoon its free.Here all the chidren goes to school from 3 years old .They like it verry much and learn a lot of thinks . The school starts at 8.30 in the morning till 16.00 in the afternoon .Try to say to the little girl that chez must go to the school and learn to write , she needs it for later ,her live can only be better
1:12 PM

Three classes in a single room

The students of Std.III, IV and V are sitting in a single room as the other room is in a very bad condition and may collapse anytime.The shouting by the children is creating problem for everyone . yes our village was filled with mud . But now cement roads are made by the government .
Laxman jani
Std.V
UP School
Sundhiguda

Thank you ANNE

Namaskar . Anne , please receive our greetings from India . it was nice to see you through your mail. It is great that you had come to Orissa . But you did not meet us . This time please donot return without meeting us in our villages . We had met Ann , a journalist from Belgium , who had come to our school in Subai and danced with us . She was nice to us . Our villages are small but lively . You too will like it . Please write more about your villages and school, you, your friends and a lot more . We will feel happy. Recently one tribal girl from our district had been to Brussels along with two officers from UNICEF, Lalatendu Acharya and Lalita Patnaik . They had been to interact with the children of Belgium and share the strength and possibilities in the children world over , to make feel that every one is the same . We will place the experience of Tuni in our blog . You will like it too. Please go through the blog regularly and post your comments and tell others to do the same too.
Thanks. With love from
Child Reporters

Letter from ANNE in Belgium

HelloMy name is Anne ,I am living in Belgium.A verry small country in Europ. I saw your blog in the newspaper ,it is verry interresting what you are doiing.Here in Belgium the childeren has to go to school till eighteen years,they have no choise.My first language is French but I speek a little bit Englisch I hope you understand me. I came tu Orissa last year and I have been in Bubhaneshwar,Konarak and Puri .Here in Brussels we start with a fameus Indian festival with dance Bharata Natyam ,Indian music,work shops etc.I hope you are happy to have some news from the other side of the world .If you want I give you a lot more later
4:32 PM

Children working in Cashew

Many Children, both boys and girls in the age group of 10 to 15 years are working in the nearby cashew factories .
Narendra Macha,Std.VII
Sundhiguda

Girl not interested to go to school.

There is a girl in our village. Her age is 5 years. Her father told her to go to te school. But she refused to go to school and is going to the vegetable field .Many children remain in the nearby forest much of the time .
Amit Khora
Std.V
Hikimput Sevasram School.

Body found after five days

One person got drowned in Jhanjavati river at Narayanpatna. His body was found at Bandhugaon after five days.
Lalita Muduli,Std.V.
Sevasram Dandabadi.

Steps in the pond

The only tube well is not giving sufficient water for us in the school hostel.There is a pond nearby . We go for bathing there. But there are no steps made to go near water. If it could be made , we would bathe without fear.
Jagannath Pujari, Std.V
Sevasram , Gandhinagar.

Doctor please

The nearest medical centre is at a distance of 4 Km from our school hostel. When we fall ill our hostel incharge takes us there. But adding to it,if a doctor could visit our schools , it could be better.
Manik majhi,Std.IV
Sevasram, Gandhinagar
Kotpad Block

No school in my village

There is no school in my village ,Majhiguda. Hence we are walking more than 2 km. to reach our school in Ramgiri.There is no toilet in our village . So people are defecating all over the place.
Narendra Harijan
Ramgiri UP school.

No toilets

In our vilage no one has a toilet in their house.We also donot have a hospital in our village.
Manima Jani
Std.III
Sundhiguda UP school

No use of mosquito nets

People in our village donot use mosquito nets. Children are suffering from malaria.
Nilambar Harijan
Hardoli Ashram School.

Raw Rice Please!

People in our villages use raw rice . But for different work , government supplies boiled rice to the panchayats. It is difficult for the people to eat them as they are not used to it.
Debasish Nagesh
Sasahandi UP school.

Rain-Mud-Water-Malaria

It rained heavily in our village.Water could not go out.Mosquitos lived in the dirty water . People donot use mosquito nets and hence are suffering from Malaria. one interesting thing. People go to the weekly market and while coming back to the village they come drunk.They can't walk properly too. And now because of the mud in the village they are falling on the road . By the time they reach their house ,their dress gets dirty.
Laxman Jani,Std.V
UP School,Sundhiguda

Health Centre Needs Opening

A health centre has been constructed in our village .But even after five years of its completion , it has not been opened.People could get the benifit if it could be opened.
Debasish Nagesh,
UP School, Sasahandi.

Liqour in Village

Country Liquor is prepared in our village in large quantity.People consume this liquor and get ill, even some of them die.
G.Vamsi Krishna
Turukupeta UP School

New Toilet please!

We have two toilets in our school. They are very old . One is broken and the other one can't be used.Children are going out side the school for this .A new toilet would solve the problem.
Kamal Lochan Harijan,Std.VII
Hardoli

Broken Wall

The wall in our school broke.We are facing difficulties to sit and study.It needs repair.
Sarojini Bhoi,Turukupeta UP school

A great loss!

Rain has spoiled the life of many people in our village . People had cultivated Paddy in their field . But the severe rain form the last five days has become a great problem for them . The paddy is in its final stage and if there would not be the rain , it could have been harvested .
Narendra Harijan
Majhiguda

Youth! get up.

I see many young persons in my village . But they donot do any purposeful work in their life . But just are busy gossiping . They comment on the girls who go on the road . When would they learn to do the right work?
Dasrath Hantal,Std.VII
Kotpad.

I am happy and sad.....

I am happy that I am a child reporter . I wish to do good work .My first report is that the sorrounding of Anganvadi Kendra in our village is dirty . It requires immediate attention , please.
Elisha Pelmal,Std.Vii.
Pukali

Two tube wells are not OK

My village is Bilaput.There are three tubewells . But people are facing problem as two tubewells out of that are not functioning.People are drinking water from the nearby stream.
Sudarsan Bisoi,Std.IV
U.P.School, Hikimput

Loss in the village

Water entered Peda village and many houses were washed off. People had grown ragi and paddy in Rasel village . But every thing got lost in the heavy rain.
Amit Khora
U.P.School, Hikimput

No water in the tube well

We have one tube well in our village . But many times water does not come out from it and when comes also it is not sufficient for the village . We need one more tubewell.
Kindabati Mandinga
U.P.School,Ranjitguda

Guarding the cattle

Many children in our village go to guard the cattle and donot attend the school. They are remaining uneducated.
Ajay Das,Std.V
Digapur

Girls are not coming.

Girls from Siraguda village are not coming to the school. Children , particularly harijan boys and girls of Sundhiguda village are not coming to the school.
Padman Disari,Std.V
Batasana Sevasram

Parents do not send

Ours is a residential school . Children come to the school at the begining of the year . But after the dresses and books are given to them they stop coming to the school.The parents scold if any one goes to call them .
Kamal Lochan Harijan
Std.VII, Ashram School, Hardoli

No eggs! no School

More children come to our school on the day when eggs are given in our mid day meal. Other days the attewndence is low.
Tariniranjan Panda
Maliput UP school, Lamtaput.

My friend, O, my friend

My friend came to the school with out putting oil on the head . I told her to put oil . She did as I told . She is looking good today and I am happy to see her.
Manjuri Turuk,U.P.School,Kumbhariput

Children come and go

There is a village , Bedhuguda near my village , Narayanpatna . Tribal people , mostly Kondhs stay in this village . There is a school in this village . But parents admit their children in the begining of the academic year and then the children leave their school to work with their parents.
Mirashri Kulesika
U.P.School, Narayanpatna

cultivation News

Farmers of our area have grown vegetables . But due to lack of proper knowledge , they donot use the right fertilisers and pesticides in the right time . Hence they get less profit .
Sibani Majhi, Narayanpatna M.E.School

We are ONE

An, she is a telivision journalist from Belgium . She came from a far country to our school in Subai. But while dancing with us we could know that we all are ONE. Thanks to AN, our friend .

We are child reporters

We had friends from Belgium and from our own state , Orissa in our school in Subai . We talked to them , they talked to us . It was nice .We are thankful to them .

With the friends from Belgium in our school

We were happy to be with friends from Belgium . We greeted the Journalists and UNICEF officials in our school : Govt.Girls High School, Subai

Memories of the past

This was in Beijing last year , Sri Tom Olsen, the then Chief representative of UNICEF in Orissa and Sri Cicillo Ardona , Chief of UNICEF in India, along with us , Sunita Gemel and Anupama Nayak , the two child reporters from Koraput . We are thankful to them for their love and care .
Sunita Gemel & Anupama Nayak
Child Reporters from Maliput and Sunki in Koraput District Of Orissa

Worms in the well

I saw worms in the village well . I informed the health worker of our village . He came to mix bleaching powder in the well . But village women asked him not to mix it . Then he explained them the need of mixing bleaching powder and then the women agreed to allow him .
Mohini Behera, Std.V
U.P.School, Maliput

KBK hostel leaking

We are staying in hostel . The hostel was built under KBK scheme . Now Water is leaking in to the rooms when it rains . The girls of our school are facing problem.
Jayram Melka
Sevasram, Kumbhariput.

Clean the class room

We donot have any boundary in our school. people break the doors and windows and cows leave cowdung on the school varanda . We clean the floor before the school starts everyday.
Rashmi Muduli,
Ex-Board M.E.School, Nandapur.

Skin Disease

People in our village, Majhiput , are suffering from skin diseases.When I had been to my village I had also got the disease . Now I got cured . But there are many people who are seriously affected with the disease.They are not able to go to work because of the disease.
Sasi Champi,Std.VI
Govt.Girls High School, Subai.

Tube well

The tubewell in our village broke . There is only one open well for the entire village . People are facing a lot of problem.
Sukanti Harijan,Std.VII
M.E.School, Digapur.

Dust bin

We burn the dirty things arround our school every week . But it gets dirty again in a few days. We should have a dust bin for the school.
Snehalata Kangria,Std.V
Ex-Board U.P.School, Nandapur.

Our village hotel

We have a hotel in our village where everything is kept open . Dust falls on the food item and flies sit on them . But still then people eat them
Manasi Choudhury ,std.VII
M.E.School, Digapur.

Belgium in our school.

Some journalists and people from UNICEF in Belgium clong with Officers from UNICEF , Orissa came to our school. They talked to us , took our photographs and did vedio shooting .They asked many questions to us and we also asked them questions about their country and children in their country . They saw us living in the hostel and asked , how we were living here . We told them everything we do from the morning till night . They heard our prayer , we sing before we go to the class.We liked all of them very much . The lady journalist , An, danced with us too . All the children in our school were very happy to see them in the school.
Padmini Khora,Std VII
Govt.Girls High School, Subai

Buisiness in Village

The farmers in our village have acres of Ginger cultivation . Now the plant has grown to a good size and new ginger has grown . So the farmers are taking away the seed ginger from the plant and selling in the market at Rs.15/- a kilo .I came to know that traders from other places are going to come to our village to purchase ginger .
Sarat Khilo,Std.VII
U.P.School, Maliput.

No school

I asked my friend , Nakul Pahadal on their village , Bandhaguda . He said that there was no school in their village and many children remain uneducated.
Bada Sisha,Std.V
Residential School, Machkund.

Difficulties Of Farmers

Recent heavy rains in our village has damaged the crops of many farmers. Paddy got washed . The poor farmers are looking helpless.They need help.
Debasish Nagesh,
U.P.School, Sasahandi.

No land to cultivate

Many people in our village, Samaliput donot have land of their own . They cultivate in the forest and are facing many problems.
Amit Khora,Std.V
Hikimput UP school.

Water leaking

Water is leaking through the asbestos of the girls' hostel of our school. The girls are facing dificulty to sleep when it rains .
Kesab Kirsani,Std.V
Residential School, Machkund.

We need toilets

People in our village use the road side as their toilets . During the rains for the last few days it was even difficult to walk to our school. Now, after the rain has stopped, we are able to go to the school . If our panchayat could make toilets in the village ,the problem could be solved .
Asima Giri,Std.V
Sasahandi UP school.

Tom Sir, thank you.

We are very happy to see the letter of love for us in our mail.We remain grateful to Tom olsen sir . We remember him very much and take the pledge to perform as he has suggested.
With love
Childreporters.

a letter of love

Dear Child Reporters.I have just been into your web-side and I am so thrilled and so proud ofwhat you all have been able to achieve in such a short notice. At the sametime it gives me a tremendous pleasure knowing that I was there togetherwith you all when this process started and have seen you all being born andgrown up and become such a positive inspiration for others to follow. Canyou imagine that you have grown from a 100 + lovely individuals till astrong one voice of more than 1200 child reporters representing more andmore districts in Orissa. Now other States want to copy what you havestarted and you all should be so proud of your accomplishment so far andgive you even more energy to pursuit your dreams and be a role model forother peers.Although I have left India and Orissa, I can still see when I close my eyesthe places and people I visit and met during my 5 1/2 years tenure there. Iwill never forget all the lovely people I met, from children to grown-upsand your hospitality and friendship. It will stay with me forever and ifGod want, one day I will be able to visit and hopefully meet some of youagain.Someone once told me. It takes ordinary people to achieve extraordinarythings as long as your dreams stay's alive. Everyone of you, from the youngchild reporter to the older ones have achieved extraordinary things in youryoung life. Continue to dream and keep the dream alive and you willcontinue to achieve extraordinary things in life. I wish each and every oneof you all the success in life and will continue to pray for happiness andsuccess for you and your familiesBest RegardsTom OlsenRepresentative, Barbados & the East CaribbeanCountries(Former UNICEF State Representative-Orissa)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------United Nations Children's Fund, United Nations House, Marine Gardens,Christ Church, Barbados

Wind & Water

We had strong wind and heavy floods in our region . People lost their crop, houses and cattle . It was very sad to see such things . Let God help us.
Kabi Harijan,Std.VII
Digapur M.E.School

We need a library

There are many readers in my village .But everybody can not purchase books and costly magazines . We need a library .
Rajat Rath
Maliput UP School, lamtaput.

Football Killed a child

Children in our village , Hinkeiput were playing football . While playing , one child got hurt . He was taken to the hospital where he died .
Padma Sisha,Std.VI
Subai

Roads dammaged.

Heavy rains over the last few days has dammaged the roads in our block. Movement of vehicles has been affected .
Rasmi Muduli
Ex-Board Primary School, Nandapur.

Crop loss!

Recently we had heavy rains for few days . People in the village had grown ginger and other vegetables in their field . But the water in the field has damaged the crop very much.Especially Ginger is getting spoiled.
Sarat Khilo
U.P.School,Maliput.

Wooh!

I was reading the newspaper today . I was deeply moved by the news that there was a heavy loss to property in our district and many other places in our country because of the heavy rains .
Priyankarani Garada,
Jamal UP School, Kotpad.

New Hope for the children.

Kasturaba Gandhi Girls school has been opened in our village, Lamtaput . This has helped many girls who had left the schools after completing their Vth std. and were treated as the drop out children .
Rajat Rath, Std.V
Maliput UP School, lamtaput.

More children & No education

People in our village have many children and they are not able to educate every child in the family as the parents work as daily laborers and earn very little .
Rupdhar bhumia
Hardali Sevasram School

It's difficult to bathe

We go to the nearby river to bathe . The river is far away from our school. We need a tubewell for our KBK hostel .
Lalita Muduli,Std.V
Dandabadi Sevasram School.

Try it !

Many People in Boghipadar village use Kendu leaves as plates and cups to have their food .
Nilambar Harijan
Asharam School, Hardali,Borigumma block.

One more tubewell please...

We have only one tube well in our village . But many people go to the river as this is not sufficient . People wash their clothes and utensils in the river. They also bathe the cattle in the same water. Can we have one more tube well please!
Kabita Badnayak,Std.VI
Maliput UP School, Lamtaput

There was heavy rains in our area for the last five days . Water was released from Kolab reservoir . Water entered Durgabhatta village in our panchayat . The villagers were brought to Patraput school and were given relief by the officers.
Subham Kumar Sahu, Std.III.
Dangarchinchi, Jeypore block.

Water Water Everywhere

I live in New street of Nandapur village in Koraput district . Our road is in a very bad condition . People in our street have asked the authorities to repair the road many times. But it's not repaired. Now with the heavy rains water is coming from every where and entering our houses from the floors also. Many houses broke . We are in trouble.
Snehalata Kangria,Std.V
Nandapur, Koraput, Orissa

Rain..Rain Go away

There was heavy rain in our village for the last few days. One house collapsed due to the rain . Two persons got drowned in the nearby river.
Manju Gemel,Maliput,Koraput

Teacher search students

When the children go out from our school without telling any one , our teacher goes to search him and brings him back to the school again.
Gitanjali mandangi,Std.V
Dandabadi, Narayanpatna, Koraput

Water &Water

There are two wells in our village . But the water there is not good. There is no water in the tube well . People go to a stream far awy from our village to get water. Some other villages also depend on that stream for water.
Urmila Khora, Std.IV
Hikimput, Nandapur, Koraput, Orissa, India.

Our people

People in our village grow vegetables and sell them in the weekly market at Kunduli. They purchase dress and sweets for the childrten from the market after selling the vegetables.
Sunita Sahu,Std.VI
Maliput,Pottangi, Koraput, Orissa, India.

Keep the house clean.

Many people in our village, Dabuguda , donot keep their houses clean, helping the mosquitoes to grow.We told many people in our village to keep their houses clean.
Amit Khora, Std.V.
Hikimput,Nandapur,Koraput, Orissa, India.

Toilet For Each House

Almost all the houses in my village, Nilabadi, have toilets . But the shortage of water is a big problem.
Sarojini Bhoi,Std.IV.
Kusumpeta, Bandhugaon,Koraput, Orissa, India.

Pigs..Pigs

People in our village keep pigs in their house . They are making the village dirty, especially in the rainy days.
Chandrama Badanayak,StdVI
Subai, Semiliguda, Koraput, Orissa, India

Give more teachers, please.

In our village school in Kasamdi , there are 150 students . But there is only one teacher in the school. He gets angry , as he fails teach so many children alone.
Gourimani Khilo,std.IV.
Hikimput,Nandapur, Orissa, India.

No one listens.

People defecate any where they like in our village. No one listens to us when we tell them not to do like this . But they would surely listen to us one day.
Manasranjan Sahu,Std.V.
Turukupeta,Bandhugaon, Koraput, Orissa.

Lalla Uncle thank you.

child reporters said...
Lala uncle,thank you for the mail and the interest you have shown to know more about us . Very few people wish to know about children like us . But you have asked us . We are fortunate .We are the children from Koraput, Dhenkanal and will be from all the corners of Orissa and even from every part of our lovely country, India.We belong to the ruraland some of us come even from remote villages . Generally we donot have the basic facilities like electricity and a pucca house in many of our houses. Many of us walk kilometers to reach the school.We donot feel sad because we live in huts or even under a broken thatched roof as there are many children are also sleeping on the floor of some one else's house. We donot complain that we donot have good dresses to wear, as we see many of our friends in the village without a complete dress covering their body. Atleast we have some dress to wear.Some of us have sufficient food for our stomach . But we hear from some others that they donot have food many times . The mid-day meal is the most important event for them.We eat rice , ragi, Vegetables and dal in our meal .Our parents do a lot of work. Some of them work in the field as daily labor in someone's field or in our own field. Maximum donot have their own field .Going to the block headquarter is a dream for many of us . But after being a child reporter we have been to many villages in our block, we went to Koraput , our district head quarter many times to meet high level officers and others. Some of us had been to our state capital Bhubaneswar to attend a function of UNICEF, where we described the picture of our village to a good audience. We were being taken to Konark, Puri , Nandankanan during our visits . With the initiative of UNICEF we attended the Children's Science Congress held in Bhubaneswar last year.This was for the first time that child reporters reported the event in the daily bulletin published by the organisers . It was a great moment for us. We also had been to the SishuMela in Bhubaneswar as the child reporters and brought out a report on the day's events along with the views of the participating children. The most important event of Last year was the visit of Anupama Nayak and Sunita Gemel , the two child reporters to Beijing in China to attend the First International Children's Conference .We will give detailed reports on each of the events and experiences gadually , one by one . We are grateful to you that you have seen our blog. Yes, We can read and write English . But not much . We are trying to learn more and more to write directly to you and work on our own on the computer when we come to the block head quarter. We have a lot to say . please continue giving us the hope that you are there with us , wherever you stay , which ever work you do . Are you from England, America, Australia , NewDelhi or Africa ? Please tell the children near you to write to us . We wish if they too could be our friends .
With a lot of regards.
Your loving childreporters.

We are reporters

We went to a neighboring village of Koraput . We saw the village. It looked more or less like my village . We were happy . We went to the houses , talked to people and we also went to the school. We started reporting . The children in the school were looking at us . We said that we were child reporters . We also talked to the teacher .
Surendra Khora
StdV
Murkar

Our People

Some of the residents of my village have steel plates to have their food . But some others take their food in plates made of stiched Siali leaves.
Manoj Kumar Sahu,Std.V, Banuaguda.

Joy Of Words

I am Manju Gemel from Maliput in Pottangi block.I read in stdVI. All my friends too introduced themselves and thus we all started speaking to each other . It was a nice experience to talk to strangers(who became my best friends later) . I had so much to learn from them . They were speaking about their school, village , friends , parents , neighbours and lot more. I too told them many things about my village, I like the most.

Joined hands together

We joined hands to begin our journey towards a new world. We came from different villages , belong to different caste, religion and financial status . But we had no such feelings and promised to move forward like the lamp raising its flame upward.It was the begining of a new hope -we too could do it.

And we were born.

Early Marriage

Many girls of our village are facing numerous problems since they are being married off at a young age.
Manu Jani, Std.V. Padabagri.

Children walk to school

Children of Kuntesh,Biriguda and Chichiraguda have to walk long distance from their villages to reach the school located in my village.
Kainta Subudhi, Std.VI, Murkar.

Thought For The Day

A single inner response or a little growth of consciousness will do what thousand mental questions and answers could not do.
The Mother.

Thought For The Day

There has to emerge some consciousness before there can be ignorance, may be partial or semi consciousness.
The Mother

Food for all

The residents of Paraja Street of our village make a sweet item from mangoes and savour it. I like its taste.
Rosalin Sahu,Std.VI,Banuaguda.

Shepherd, my friend

There is a sepherd in our village. He takes all the cattle for grazing. The villagers take care of his food.
Arabinda Banka, Std.VI, Gangarajpur.

Computer in the school

Our school has a computer. We learn many interesting things from it.I like it very much.
Mohini Behera,Std.V, Maliput.

Thought For The Day

FAITH is like a door opening upon an eternal truth , which can see it , almost touch it.
From the writings of The Mother.

water problem

Getting drinking water in our village is a big problem in our village. There is a small river flowing near our village. But water is not available in the summer season . The village needs some more tube wells, as the tube wells are far from the houses and the water fvrom the tube well in the school is not good.
Anupama Nayak,Sunki,Koraput, District, Orissa, India

The first letter

Hi!
We are the child reporters from Koraput in the state of Orissa in INDIA. We are hundreds of children who go to the school in our villages . Our region is perhaps the most beautiful place in the world . We have green mountains , waterfilled rivers, vibrant culture and tradition . Our region is inhabitated by a huge numbers of people from various tribal community . Despite of the rich natural and cultural heritage, we have many problems which needs to be addressed. inaccessibility is one of the main problems leading to many other problems like lack of education , health and other facilities in our region . We are living in areas where electricity is a distant dream for many people . A good house with good food and education , is not at reach for many of our friends . But things are changing for a betterone day by day . We are the fortunate ones in our district who could be brought into the beauty of education . More importantly we have also started acknowledging our problems and strengths in the most appropriate manner. Thanks to UNICEF, the district administration and Koraput Farmers' Association who had started the process of making us as Child Reporters since last year . We also have friends in Dhenkanal , another district in Orissa . We all observe our environment, our village , our day to day situations , trees, animals, fellow beings , their problems, solutions , our education , school , festivals , sanitation and hygene and a lot more while passing the day and while doing our work as we were doing before . In the evening We note down our observation in a diary . Then our writings get published in a magazine of our own ANKURODGAM from Koraput and KALIKA from Dhenkanal . We have interviewed many people who had visited our villages . Two girls amongst us had the opporunity to attend the first ever International Children's Conference at Beiging last October . We want to talk and communicate share our thoughts with the children and everyone world over on our observations and learn from theirs . It will be a fun and also provide us a forum to know each other . We could build a new world for us and the future , a better one to live with Harmony.May we begin the journey? Let's Get... Set... Go.