Tuesday, May 24, 2011

A journey with a meaning...

We sit in familiar confines, in comfort that we today take for granted. With a fan above our head and access to almost anything under the Sun anywhere, we live in perfect contentment with the luxuries that life gives us, enjoying them all but not acknowledging even one. For most of us the fact that only 36.4% of the Indian population has access to latrines is something we cannot even imagine! In a society such as ours where the gap between the different economic strata is so much that though being children of the same nation, we cannot relate to each other let alone understand each others problem, it becomes extremely important to involve the urban with the rural in such a way that it brings about the empowerment of the masses through interaction and exchange of valuable knowledge. The Nandini - Service on Wheels project is an initiative by the ESI which has transformed the face of over a hundred villages in Gujarat and continues it's journey across villages in the State so as to bring reforms in the area of personal and environmental sanitation.

             As members of a society that enjoys access to education, the one real power that a nation can bestow upon its people, it becomes the primary duty of every educated person to spread the ripple of knowledge to those who have not been lucky enough to have access to it. Nandini gives us the opportunity to help create this ripple and be a part of that group of people who really care and are willing to act to bring about change. Travel with Nandini! Come aboard the bus to empowerment! Be the change you want to see in the world! 


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