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rituals together to maintain unity among them. They know very well that
the unity is strength. So, the people believe in the power of joint effort to
bring change in the community. For example, they gather together and
participate in the work of community welfare such as cleaning campaign,
maintenance of roads or rivulets, etc. They also join their hands to build
school, Chautaro or common well or so on. The external supports also

become useful to them some time to bring change in the community.

In this context, Rita, a student of Grade V had gone to worship ‘Bhagwati’
temple last month. She found the surrounding of the temple very dirty.
She talked to her class teacher about it. The teacher suggested her to
divide the class into several groups so that they could pick the plastics or
papers and clean the temple premises. Her group followed the teacher’s
advice and made the surrounding of the temple clean.

Later, the villagers joined their hands to support Rita. They repaired the
damaged road up to the ‘Bhagwati’ temple. They had also managed the
open ground, flower shops, Chautaro, Pati and drinking water facilities,
etc. to the visitors around the temple.

Gradually, the crowd of the visitors was growing day by day in the village.
It was possible due to well management around the temple. The income
of the people also rose up. Then, community people were happy. They
knew that only the joint effort of the people could bring change or
development in the community.

Finally, the community people decided to thank Rita. The principal of the

school awarded Rita with a scholarship. Now, Rita has formed a ‘Children
Club’ at the school and she has become the chairperson of the club.
The club is also responsible to call the police, fire brigade or notify the
authorities if something unusual happens in the community.

The children club is planning a tree plantation program on the barren hills
around the village in next month. It is also providing volunteer services
during the programs such as ‘Polio drops’ and other vaccines for children’s
health.

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