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Sukhwinder Kaur
SANGRUR: Arvind Khanna is not new to the people in the area of Sangrur, for years he has been working relentlessly for the welfare of underprivileged and down trodden under the aegis of NGO Umeed. Many politicians might boast of helping the people but Khanna is only one among them who has never taken any political aide to help the needy.
Women at vocational centre of Umeed
As the name suggests Umeed which means hope in English, has given a new ray of hope to hundreds and thousands in the region.27 years old handicapped Sukhwinder Kaur from village Ghabdan is independent and earning her own livelihood after taking free vocational training of stitching and embroidery from Umeed. Earning Rs 2000 per month, she is also a helping hand to her father who is a sharecropper. Similar is the case of Sukhbir Singh who lost both his arms in an accident. He is working as a telephone operator in Umeed’s office. Sukhbir said that he was unemployed but his life has changed ever since he met Arvind Khanna two years ago.
Elderly women blessing Arvind Khanna
Social Welfare Wing and Umeed Social and Economic Development centres of the NGO is running vocational training centres in 95 villages where females belonging to underprivileged are provided free education and till now 4000 females have benefitted from the training. Not only this, the NGO has also organized 21 multi-mega speciality camps.
Umeed has also distributed cycles to the 233 meritorious students of various schools of Sangrur. Chairman of Umeed, Arvind Khanna said that he will always be ready to help the needy and underprivileged in the region.
