Star woman of the village

[Nityam Ghosh]

A short proud story from the life of 38 years old woman, she is temporary worker at Bhatpara tea garden.

Hi everyone, I’m Nityam Ghosh. I work with Rural Aid NGO with support from Global Fund for Children is in Alipurduar District, Kalchini Block, State of West Bengal, India. We work in the tea gardens on the issue of trafficking and child labour. When we had SALT conversation, she shared one of the best proud story from her life, her story fascinated me.

When the wife of any person in the village needs a massage to heal her after she becomes a mother, if a this new mother comes to the woman, she tries to heal her by massaging for free. At the same time, even if a person dislocates his or her bone, she fixes it through massage. Shee does not take any money in return.

* Strengths were;

1) Problem solver 

2) Daring

3) Hard working 

4) Social minded

5) Kind hearted and merciful.

6) Positivity on thoughts for others.

7) Always ready to help and support others.

8) Caring for others 

Reflection: She revealed that, "she will continuously help other children who are in continuous their study.

Through this SALT conversation, I had stimulated, encourage and reflects her strengths to herself. She was so inspired and said to me that she continue to help others and encourage others to do the same.

Through this SALT conversation, it build a strong bond with her and will help us to engage her in future for community led response

[Rituu B. Nanda]

I admire how through SALT conversations you are discovering hidden strengths in communities. Thanks Nityam!