The Polio Emergency Response
started in April 2011 by Core Group in West Bengal will come to an end on 5 May
2013. Dr. Roma Solomon the Director of Core Group Polio Project (CGPP), Mr.
Jitendra Awale, Deputy Director of CGPP, Ms. Rina Dey, expert in Behavior
Change Communication for CGPP, and Mr. Manojkumar, Data Management Officer of
CGPP also are in Kolkata for a valedictory session. The session was organized
at Hotel Indismart in Salt Lake with several dignitaries from Unicef, WHO, ADRA
India and the partner organizations.
It is both time to thank one
another and to appreciate the role of everyone. So, on 26 April, the team
traveled to areas supported by Seva Kendra and Women’s Interlink Foundation,
the two partners of CGPP where they met the community mobilizers and
supervisors and interacted with them, appreciated them and thanked them for
their wonderful task in bringing down resistance in most areas to zero levels
and in some very hardcore areas under acceptable limits.
On 27th and 28th
they spent the whole day at Bolpur, relaxing in our company, enjoying the
warmth and love that we had to share with one another. On 29th
April, the valedictory session brought to fore the times and hardships the
staff went through, the challenges in team building and the role each one
played in strengthening emergency response. I had joined this team in April
2011 just for a period of 4 months. But then, the team in Delhi was so friendly
and supportive, the task was challenging as the entire team of coordinators,
supervisors and mobilizers were new to such response program, and it involved
me to set up systems and procedures for networking, linkage with government,
Unicef, WHO, Rotary, and managing the balance of relationship between partners.
I enjoyed it….cherished it, and love it, as I became part of the CGPP family.
CGPP too recognized me for the extra gifts I had by way of analytically looking
at issues, programming and communication skills, besides the little knowledge
on using technology for program management and monitoring.
Thank you friends for the
wonderful support and love! Adieu everyone in the Polio Emergency Respones
program. See you again!
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