#Thread #Respect
1/ IAS officer Ramesh Gholap (DC, Koderma) was out distributing blankets to the poor when he saw a frail little girl standing in line. On enquiry, he found out that the girl was 11-year-old Sapna whose parents had died recently, leaving her with nowhere to go.
1/ IAS officer Ramesh Gholap (DC, Koderma) was out distributing blankets to the poor when he saw a frail little girl standing in line. On enquiry, he found out that the girl was 11-year-old Sapna whose parents had died recently, leaving her with nowhere to go.
2/ Acting out of instinct, Ramesh drove Sapna to the nearest Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, registering himself as her guardian. He also asked the officials of social security departments to ensure Sapna gets Rs 2,000 every month, and a tutor takes care of her studies.
3/ Each time the IAS officer meets such children, his memories take him miles away - to Mahagaon in Maharashtra's Solapur district, where he sold bangles along with his mother after his father’s death. Gholap couldn’t do much else because of his polio-stricken leg.
4/ "I believe that the situation which I overcame has given me the biggest gift – sensitivity," he says.
That empathy has also seen him rescuing at least 35 children working in garages and hotels, and sending them to schools when he was posted in Khunti and Bermo.
That empathy has also seen him rescuing at least 35 children working in garages and hotels, and sending them to schools when he was posted in Khunti and Bermo.
5/ "I don’t want others to suffer the adversities that I had to endure. I try my best to help as God has given me the right opportunity," says the IAS officer.
Kudos to him! @IASassociation @HemantSorenJMM
Kudos to him! @IASassociation @HemantSorenJMM
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