AASRA - Because They Need Us

Sector 2 AASRA: A Beacon Of Hope Aasra, the social service club of NIT Rourkela, has been around for many years now. Established on the 26th of January in 2005, the organization has touched the hearts of many and has striven tirelessly to fulfil its objective of uplifting the underprivileged section BECAUSE THEY NEED US. At present, there are 8 workplaces and Sector-2 is one of them. Sector-2 workplace was established in 2014 by AASRA with the help of Father Benny (chairperson of CWS hospital).  It is the workplace that is closest in distance to NIT Rourkela. Having started off with around 15 kids, the workplace struggled a lot in handling the kids. Initially, Sector-2 was the only workplace which had daily visits excluding Sunday. Problems cropped up after the initial semester where many members were inactive. Although, the positive side to this was that the bonding between the active members and the kids became very strong. The parents were also hesitant because of

Sector 5 ↔️ Chhend A Journey Of Transition A remarkable academic year comes to an unexpected close. While the spring end-semester stands cancelled owing to an unprecedented pandemic, the entire fraternity of NIT Rourkela has seen a roller coaster of an academic year. The same has extended to AASRA and consequently to Sector-5 and Chhend as well. Let us rewind all those that happened in this year – 2019-20 in the workplaces of Chhend and Sector-5.  Sector 5 Sector 5 was one of the workplaces of AASRA until December 2018. It is 5 km away from the NITR campus. Our mode of transportation was through cycles. We provided our service for 7 years. During this course of time, there was an incredible shift in their mindset. Every individual residing in Sector 5 started aiming for a better way of life. They started giving utmost importance to education. We strived wholeheartedly to cultivate this kind of mindset and we finally achieved it by the end of 2018. By this time, all the

Helping Hands for the Hoping Hearts Children ar e the living form of God. Everyone gets attracted by their smile, cuteness and innocence. All parents try to give their children the best in everything. But some of them fail, due to their economic condition, background or profession. Some are very poor and due to their bad economic condition; they are bound to send their children to work. At an age when they are supposed to work for their dream, they work to feed their family. There are many children, who are very talented but due to lack of resources  quit their education after a certain time period. Some are even unaware of school. We come across these types of children daily. AASRA aims to help those underprivileged children to some extent. In 2013, it included Sector-6 as one of its workplaces. It is one among those areas, where due to poverty children don’t get proper education. Not exactly a slum but somewhat underdeveloped.     Temples on the mountains, small streams, green