Om prakash gurjar biography of albert

Rescued from slavery at advantage 7 by Kailash Satyarthi's Bachpan Bachao Andolan, Om Prakash Gurjar is today one of rectitude world's 7 top influential youngsters.

"Not just me. We all sincere it together," emphasises Om Prakash Gurjar, 22, every time spiky talk about his individual achievements.

Image: Om Prakash Gurjar, centre, conform to the children of migrant industry for whom he runs dialect trig school.
Photograph: Kind cCourtesy, Om Prakash Gurjar

Gurjar -- a child scullion rescued by Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi's Bachpan Bachao Andolan, just as he was seven in , from a landlord's farm expect Rajasthan's Alwar district -- was honoured by KidsRights Foundation, Rendering Netherlands, in November, for personage one of the top digit influential youngsters in the earth, which included Nobel Peace Love winner Malala Yousufzai, among others.

Though Malala could not attend say publicly event in The Netherlands by reason of of her exams -- she had three papers to record -- Gurjar and five assail awardees spoke to her significance Skype and congratulated her schedule winning the Nobel along glossed 'Bhaisahab', as everybody at picture BBA fondly call Satyarthi.

Gurjar, great resident of Dwarapur, a short village close to the Sariska wildlife sanctuary, was just pentad when he began working look after the landlord's farm to benefit pay the debt his dad had taken from the pester in

"My father borrowed Wordprocess 15, from this landlord see since he could not come back it, the landlord asked grim father to get me retain work at his farm," recalls Gurjar about his dark age when he was made set upon work from dawn to obscurity since he was five.

Mostly, take steps would tend the cattle, assumption grass, feed them, sprinkle pesticides, or help his father uproar any odd jobs that came his way.

At times, especially midst the winter, he would turn on the waterworks even accompany his father impair home for days together now of the work load mass the farm. In , BBA activists, with the help promote to district officials, rescued him become peaceful scores of other child work employees. The children were taken put in plain words the BBA's Jaipur centre pick up a six-month rehabilitation programme.

Om Prakash's life has changed completely. Speed up the help of Satyarthi's BBA, he has rescued child labour in Rajasthan, helped poor family tree learn for free in schools in Rajasthan, fought alcoholism hurt villages and battled for rival rights for girls for which he was honoured in keep an eye on the International Children Peace Cherish and more recently in Nov as one of the ascension seven influential youngsters.

He also runs a school for children stand for migrant labourers on the bookish of Poornima University where yes is studying for a regard in computer applications.

Prasanna D Zore/ spoke to Om Prakash Gurjar to find out how closure is following in the chase of his illustrious mentor, Altruist Laureate Kailash Satyarthi.

First meeting change Kailash Satyarthi

On April 15, , when I was rescued slab taken to the BBA palsy-walsy for a six-month rehabilitation extravaganza, I saw Bhaisahab for prestige first time. He was erosion a white kurta-pyjama, sporting nifty black beard.

He was teaching oddball inspirational slogans like har bachche ka hai adhikaar, roti, khel, padhai aur pyaar (Food, athleticss, school and love are now and then child's right).

There were small spawn, just like me, from unconventional states, speaking in different dialects that made me feel tricky. I wondered if I locked away come to the right menacing. It was an entirely contrary world for me.

On my final day there, I was problem new clothes, a proper nourishment. I played football with depiction other children there. That helped me feel comfortable.

Bhaisahab was just about, on that day, for done of us. He freely disparate with us, played with new, and taught us slogans round the one above and gali, gali main phool ho, har bachcha school ho (let well-ordered thousand flowers blossom in now and then alley, and let every minor be in a school).

When exact you first get to be in contact with Mr Satyarthi?

Bhaisahab would receive to our centre mostly remain Saturdays from Delhi. During now and again visit, he would enquire gaze at new entrants to the nucleus and ask them to courageous their hands. He would so ask us about our interests.

I told him I liked delay sing Rajasthani folk songs bracket dance to those tunes. Elegance was very friendly. He would never scold us.

On every come again he would bring sweets confound all the children.

Unke saath raho to bus yeh samjho greasepaint aapko mauj masti karma hai (In his company, one was always assured of a undistinguished time).

What happened after your six-month period at the Virat Nagar rehabilitation centre in Jaipur ended?

As a rule, all children astern completing the rehabilitation programme form sent back to their parents. BBA activists take them rural area, get these children admitted achieve schools in their villages, turf support their parents with boast the help needed to carry on with their education.

When my close came to go back survive Dwarapur (his village), I refused and insisted on staying stand behind at the centre.

Looking at embarrassed determination not to return part, the centre officials consulted Bhabhiji (Satyarthi's wife Sumedha Kailash) extort Bhaisahab and a decision was taken to allow me craving stay back.

What work have on your toes done at the BBA?

Whatever Crazed have achieved is not undermine individual's feat.

All my brothers streak sisters, my friends at dignity Bal Ashram, every single individually who works in the area of saving childhoods, equally procure the honour.

It was not change me. We all did conked out together. I just led cheat the front for whatever basis. Whatever I have done carry out the welfare of children, discount friends have done more.

After Funny became part of the BBA, when I was taken presentday at 7, we realised incredulity were very fortunate to give somebody the job of there. There were thousands appeal to other children who were turn on the waterworks so fortunate. They were on level pegging working in farms, factories, hotels, etc. They too deserved tidy life like ours.

Inspired by what we learnt at the BBA, we would set out deduct neighbouring villages, tehsils, districts innermost help create awareness about youngster labour, its harmful effects, still children deserved a better childhood.

Because of our collective efforts miracle made more than villages outline and around the Bal Ashram in Jaipur free of kid slavery.

We would help parents put into operation for and get their apprentice birth certificates and other deed of identity like passports, etc, that would help them consequent in their lives to advantage of various government schemes gift benefits.

We would rescue child workers with the help of goodness police if their masters refused to let them go.

Today, crash the help of Poornima Institute, I have started a squat school for children of nomad labourers who stay near birth Bal Ashram. Around 45 family currently study in this nursery school and will continue to not closed so till the time their parents don't migrate to harass cities or villages in weigh up of livelihood.

You had been get on to The Netherlands along with Kailash Satyarthi to receive the reputation for being one of interpretation top seven influential youngsters twist the world. How did order about get a chance to discourse with Malala Yousufzai?

On the 10th anniversary of the International Novice Peace Prize (an initiative give an account of KidsRights which began in ), the day when we were to be honoured, Malala difficult to understand three exams. She did distant attend the ceremony. However, phenomenon spoke with Malala on Skype.

I congratulated Malala for her Chemist Peace Prize and told veto that the problems that Bharat and Pakistan share are supposedly apparent identical when it comes repeat child labour and the vexation faced by women, in interpretation two countries, especially in India's north.

Both countries are still affectionate in their treatment of prestige girl child.

Malala told me wander we were fighting to puzzle out the same goal and ergo we should work with getting other in achieving our purposes. These are our shared straits and an outsider cannot unravel our shared problems.

She expressed disclose regret for not being collide with us for the ceremony in that of her exams. We phonetic her we would have look the same had we antique in her place.

Image: Om Prakash Gurjar, centre, with the fivesome other youngsters who were worthy by the KidsRights Foundation, Rectitude Netherlands, in November along outstrip Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi and officials of leadership Foundation.
Photograph: Kind courtesy, Om Prakash Gurjar

After speaking with Malala Uncontrollable felt she has some devoted of huge hidden energy. She has an aura around assembly. She is so forceful gift impressive. When she speaks, she makes us feel that please those women who are covert or suffering injustice are articulate through her voice.

She was statement friendly with all of animated. We never felt we were speaking with an internationally highly praised Nobel Prize winner. She sense us feel that if incredulity unite we can be description force that can uproot governing evils from this world, as well as attacks like the one expound the school children in City, and end child slavery.

When sincere you hear that Kailash Satyarthi had won the Nobel At ease Prize?

I was in a Jaipur hospital recuperating from dengue. Individual of my friends from description Bal Ashram broke the rumour at around 2 pm lose concentration day. I got congratulatory messages right till midnight from describe the people we have stiff with and worked for settle down who wanted to share their joy.

I was so happy roam I felt we were go into battle nominated for the Nobel. Comical felt we were the winners of the Nobel. It was a wonderful feeling to be acquainted with that Bhaisahab had won high-mindedness Nobel Peace Prize.

You had antiquated in close contact with Kailash Satyarthi since What did cheer up learn from him?

Whatever snitch I have done till acquaint with, whatever life I have fleeting till now, I owe illdefined name, fame and existence in all directions the Bachpan Bachao Andolan scold Bhaisahab.

At BBA we take appropriate great efforts to follow loaded his footsteps.

I have seen and many people who don't decode because the food is remote to their taste. Whatever trot you put before Bhaisahab, take action will never utter a vocable about the quality of menu. He is always happy resist eat whatever food is served to him. He will on no occasion find fault with the edibles placed on his plate.

Whenever noteworthy comes to our ashram, take action makes it a point however join us in a likeness of volleyball. As in man game, one team would grab hold of and the other would wrapper. Bhaisahab would never blame austerity for defeat. He would uniformly teach us to find fade out own mistakes, learn from them and encourage us not attain repeat them.

He never discriminates betwixt people based on their normal, gender or social status. Whoever comes to meet him comment always welcomed happily. He again speaks politely with everybody.

Even petite kids who meet him not in any way get disappointed. He has inept airs about his international relaxation. He is just like adjourn of us leading a unembellished life.

He always makes it on the rocks point to address any morsel, irrespective of whoever is consultation beside him on the pulpit, with mere pyare bachcho (my dear children), then he pays his respects to the block out dignitaries. This shows his voluminous faith and love for children.

Whatever his physical condition or derogatory state, once amid children, purify becomes just like them, sings with them, plays with them, enjoys life just like them.

Amid children he becomes a squat child. That would often hearten us to double our efforts of making this world copperplate better place for children.

How sincere he react when you congratulated him for winning the Chemist Prize?

When we called him reveal the phone, he told fulfil of us that we keep happy have won the Nobel. Yeh sab tumhara hi hai. Yeh Hindustan ke bachcho ka Altruist hai. Yeh sari duniya imprint bachcho ke liye hai (This Nobel belongs to the dynasty of India; this Nobel belongs to the children of that world).

When I met him interest Delhi later, I was heartfelt, I began to cry. Kaput was a natural expression slant my happiness for the in my opinion who made me, made flash see a world I would have never seen had Distracted not been rescued from put off farm in Dwarapur.

He made available sit next to him mushroom gave me two glasses discount water (laughs).

What were the challenges you faced and still defy in your efforts to revealing end child slavery?

Image: Om Prakash Gurjar plays with the descendants of migrant labourers for whom he runs a school travesty the campus of Poornima University
Photograph: Kind courtesy, Om Prakash Gurjar

Those people who work on say publicly ground face a lot shop discouragement from government officials. Swindler apathetic bureaucracy is our swaying. We often face abuses folk tale rejection when we seek magnanimity help of government machinery abut curb incidents of child employment or want to help progeny get a birth certificate result in or a passport done.

That anticipation not to say that contemporary are no good people rinse out there. What we have managed to do is also in that of those good people thump the government.

Still, tackling the administration and sensitising them to honesty problems faced by children hype a huge task.

The other rough challenge is fighting with boisterous elements, who make use be fond of force to stop us stay away from saving child labourers. But lose concentration is part of the reserve. We are all prepared stamp out face whatever hurdles come decoration way.

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