crpf news letter feb - Central Reserve Police Force

RUPANTARAN
35 trainee girls belonging to core area of Saranda forest getting training for
private security guard under Project “Rupantaran” which is a joint venture of 197
Bn, CRPF and Sahyog, the miracle foundation, Khunti for tribal girls from core
area of Saranda . The main objective of project “ Rupantaran” is to empower tribal
girls by giving them opportunities of an alternative livelihood and instilling a
sense of hope amongst the poor for the improvement of their economic and social
position and to have a better future especially for their girl child, there by
preventing them from immoral trafficking and exploitations by Naxals. After the
successful completion of special operation “Anaconda” in Saranda forest last
year, the district administration and MoRD, Govt. of India are gearing up with
developmental projects. The CRPF is also involved in mitigating Naxalism with
the help of registered NGOs like STMF.
Karwan-e-Aman : CRPF Sponsored Kashmiri Girls Tour to South India
The 18-day tour to Chennai, Coimbatore, Ooty and Trivandrum comprising twenty children (all girls) from Rahat Ghar, Srinagar
was organized and conducted by CRPF Srinagar Sector. Rahat Ghar is a Kashmir Intervention programme of Guild of Service, a
Delhi-based NGO run by Smt Mohini Giri supporting young children some of whom have lost their parents in the ongoing militancy
and some other who have been deprived of the basic schooling facilities due to weak financial background. During the tour, the group
besides site-seeing at prominent tourist locations including Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Trivandrum, Marina and Kovalam
beach, Snake and Fun Park, the hill station at Ooty and the southern-most tip of the country, Kanyakumari also called on Hon'ble CM
of Kerala, Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore and Shri K Vijay Kumar, DG CRPF at Delhi. The tour was aimed at providing the
children with a platform and an opportunity to see and experience different parts of the country to enable them to gain confidence and
make themselves better students and members of the society. Sharing their unique experiences of the tour, the children narrated their
rich interaction with their counterparts in various schools and functions organized during the tour. They said they felt elated by the
encouragement they had received from all quarters including when they met DG CRPF in Delhi on 02.03.2012 and had realized that
good education was the key and they should put in their best efforts to make a mark in life.
Departure of Karwan-e-Aman from Srinagar Girls on sea shore at Chennai Girls visited Force HQr. and met DG, CRPF on 2-3-12
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