Surajit Neogi

My philosophy of life relates with the quote from the great man Albert Einstein Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must, keep moving.

[ActionAid Association @ActionAidIndia]

Sarojini Mandal from Rajatjubuli in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal got widowed in 2017. Her husband was killed by a tiger while fishing in Sundarbans. Under our livelihood support to “Tiger Widows”, we provided her goats for rearing for supplementary income generation. #WidowsDay

[ActionAid Association @ActionAidIndia]

Sabita Mandal from Leheripur in South 24 Parganas is a “Tiger Widow”. With no livelihood source except fishing and crab catching, she was supported by us under livelihood regeneration programme. We gave her goats for rearing in 2021 which has helped add to her income. #WidowsDay

[ActionAid Association @ActionAidIndia]

Under our livelihood regeneration programme, since Oct 2021,we've supported 35 “Tiger Widows” from vulnerable indigenous communities in Sundarbans, WB. We distributed 4 goats to each such family for rearing.These families had suffered due to COVID & recurring disasters #WidowsDay

[Surajit Neogi @surajit_neogi]

@WBCPCR @UNICEFIndia

[ActionAid Association @ActionAidIndia]

To sensitize people on issues related to child protection, a selfie stand was inaugurated in Kumarganj block of Dakshin Dinajpur, WB, by BDO Mr Chehhwang Tamang. We're pleased to support this initiative. #ActForChildren
Subsequently, there was a workshop held on safe migration.

[ActionAid Association @ActionAidIndia]

To sensitize people on issues related to child protection, a selfie stand was inaugurated in Kumarganj block of Dakshin Dinajpur, WB, by BDO Mr Chehhwang Tamang. We're pleased to support this initiative. #ActForChildren
Subsequently, there was a workshop held on safe migration.

[ActionAid Association @ActionAidIndia]

A group of adolescents from Alipurduar, West Bengal, today met with Sh. John Barla, Hon'ble MP, Alipurduar. We're grateful to Sh. Barla for endorsing adolescents' appeal urging the inclusion of issues related to child protection in Gram Panchayat Annual Planning. #ActForChildren

[Surajit Neogi @surajit_neogi]

@ActionAidIndia @dipalisharma02 @sndeep @Reshmiganguly3 @JosephMathai21

[Australian Consulate-General Kolkata @AusCGKolkata]

Our Direct Aid Program #DAP is empowering women in Bengal - building knowledge about work rights & digital literacy training. Thank you ladies for sharing what it is to be an invisible, informal worker. @ActionAidIndia is equipping these women with tools for economic independence

[Surajit Neogi @surajit_neogi]

@JosephMathai21 @sndeep @ghasirampanda @dipalisharma02 @Sudattakhuntia

[Soledad Herrero @SoledadHerrero]

Thanks @ActionAidIndia and @NewsX for the invite to discuss protection issues in ‘Move Towards New Future’ series
@UNICEFIndia @vandykandhari
@nirsuman
Tune in on 1Aug, 7 pm, only on #NewsX

[ActionAid Association @ActionAidIndia]

Amid a devastating 2nd wave of COVID, #CycloneYaas hit WB & Odisha, making marginalized sections further vulnerable. With support from @StartNetwork, we're reaching out with shelter kits & non-food items to single women, elderly & persons with disability in South 24 Parganas, WB.

[ActionAid Association @ActionAidIndia]

On #DomesticWorkersDay, 1000 domestic workers from West Bengal participated in an innovative initiative to raise their demands. These workers shared their demands through short videos & sent them to the respective officials in their distt. PGPS facilitated this statewide campaign

[Surajit Neogi @surajit_neogi]

Aajkaal the popular Bengali daily newspaper covers ActionAid's work on Covid response in the whole country @ActionAidIndia @sndeep @Reshmiganguly3 @dipalisharma02 @JosephMathai21 @AshokActionaid

[ActionAid Association @ActionAidIndia]

Reversing the drop in child labour between 2000 & 2016, its incidence has risen by 8.4M in the last 4 years. As a result of the pandemic, an additional 9M children are at risk of entering child labour. This #AntiChildLaborDay, let us intensify our efforts to #EndChildLabour.

[Sandeep Chachra @sndeep]

137 Concentrators have been handed over yesterday in Kanyakumari District in the presence of Hon'ble Minister for Information Technology Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Shri T. Mano Thangaraj, Joint Director and BDO of Thovalai block in a partnership effort of @ActionAidIndia & @GiveIndia

[ActionAid Association @ActionAidIndia]

In light of the devastation caused by #CycloneYaas, we've been running a community kitchen in Raghusardarpur Jalpai village of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. Being facilitated together with Kajla Janakalyan Samity, the kitchen is serving cooked food to 150 people in need everyday.

[ActionAid Association @ActionAidIndia]

In Bihar, our teams continue reaching out to homeless persons in Patna with cooked food amid the pandemic. Besides, our volunteers across districts are encouraging & supporting community members to get vaccinated.
Some glimpses from Patna, Gaya & Muzaffarpur #TogetherAgainstCOVID

[Lalitha Srinivasn @lalitha7877]

In Wards-120,135&139, @ActionAidIndia provided 1053 #rationkits to people engaged in wage labour, flower stringing, choultry work, beedi work, street vending, and agarbatti rolling. @CMofKarnataka @csogok @BBMPCOMM @BBMPAdmn @readingkafka @sndeep @NandiniAnanya @prameshjain12

[ActionAid Association @ActionAidIndia]

To help saltpan workers & fish vendors in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, tide through the challenging times posed by the pandemic, we reached out to those most marginalized with dry rations.
Our team also urged people to get themselves vaccinated to break the chain of the pandemic.

[DC Godda @dcgodda]

Godda district administration, Jharkhand is thankful to @ActionAidIndia and @GiveIndia for providing 46 (5 L) Oxygen concentrators. These will help in upgrading the healthcare facilities in the CHC/PHC of the district during the #COVID19 pandemic. @saurabhiirm @sndeep

[Sandeep Chachra @sndeep]

Together with #CCS, today in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, @ActionAidIndia teams held awareness camps and distributed food rations to jobless Salt Pan Workers and Fisherfolk families

[ActionAid Association @ActionAidIndia]

#TogetherAgainstCOVID