Once again team B’N’B stepped forward to spread smiles by visiting the Birsa Munda Orphanage School to celebrate Diwali, headed by Sumit Mohapatra- the vice president of our club. Our team celebrated the festive occasion with love and happiness with the children. By this opportunity of gathering, children of the orphanages and we all felt the joy at its peak.

And with the presence of the Associate Dean (SW), NITR Sri S.K.Patel Sir, it was just the perfect event we would have ever wished for.

A good mind needs good health. BnB makes sure the children in the Education Centre always remain in perfect health, by organizing regular health checkups and medical camps, visited by Doctors and Student interns of nearby medical colleges. Rourkela centre has had multiple health checkups by student interns and doctors of HI-TECH medical college Rourkela, who make sure that all the children are fit and fine. BnB also organizes specialised health checkups like eye checkups with the help of Volunteering Doctors and Blood Donation camps too.

The Bless'n'Bliss club organised a self defence training programme under the name of “Project Saksham” for girls in our campus premises on 26th, 27th October 2019 in three different sessions.

We proudly announce that the project was successfully c ompleted as more than 200 girls participated and learnt many different types of self-defence techniques that would help them at any moment of their life when they will be in trouble.

A lot of positive feedbacks were recieved by our dedicated members and participants were heard saying that they were grateful for they felt like they were prepared to conquer. Motivation of our team was enhanced to a great extent as we received appreciation from institute authorities for organising activities that took a step forward in making girls self-sufficient. B’n’B is always committed to help the needy, encourage the talent and serve the society.

Various events were organised for the children as per their interest and prizes were distributed to the deserved to encourage them for moving forward in their lives without abandoning their dreams.

Under the awning of this project, Chef’s Club collaborated with our club to take up the responsibility of the preparation of food for the children.

And our team thanks to Prof. Sabita Patel, Prof. Susmita Das and Prof. Bikas Ranjan Mishra, who voluntarily provided us with funds so that we could make our dream of making this project successful.

"Never tell your dream how big your obstacle is, Always tell your obstacle how big your dream is":- Our founder & chairman Akram Ansari #Cyclothon 3.0 Here the most anticipated day comes!!!! Our founder & chairman Akram Ansari Returned Ranchi after travelling 6000 kms, Ranchi to Singapore & 6 countries India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore in 49 days for creating the awareness for Child education, Women empowerment & Employment for transgenders.

"Great Things Never Come From Comfort Zones" Despite all the huddles during the journey, Akram Sir didn't resist himself to move on. From his words you can imagine how much determined he is!! He conquered all the situations with his strong determination to serve the society.This is really a grand success for us. This is not the end!! Bless'n'Bliss will keep serving the society with more enthusiasm.

After the Seminar at Singapore, On 11th October Akram Sir reached Ranchi. A warmth welcome ceremony was organized by the members of BnB Ranchi.A lot of people were present there to congratulate him. We bless'n'bliss family convey our heartfelt gratitude to all the people who supported & helped Akram Sir at various stages of #Cyclothon 3.0. Special thanks to the members of BnB family who supported and gave courage to Akram sir through out the journey.

"Bless ‘n’ Bliss @ROOTS 3.0" March 16, 2019Bless 'n' Bliss Bless ‘n’ Bliss collaborated with the creative conclave of NITR, Roots 3.0 as a social partner. Bless ‘n’ Bliss, the brainchild of Md.Akrammudin Ansari an alumnus of NITR has successfully established itself as an engine for betterment of society. This collaboration was solely aimed at getting the message through to the NITR junta regarding various projects that are currently underway at its helm.

We had two events lined up on 8th and 9th March. One wa s a talk on social entrepreneurship by Mr. Akram Ansari during the opening of the ceremony of Roots 3.0. This event was attended by various dignitaries of NITR including the director, dean and president SAC. Mr. Akram elaborated on the kind of activities he undertook, his motivation to do so and how he has sustained it through all these years. He stressed upon the financial as well as motivational aspect of social entrepreneurship. He urged the crowd present out there to remain confident, caring and energetic in their endeavors. He also outlined the importance of the fact “giving back to the society” in some way or the other. Then there was a question answer session where he took up some queries of the people present there. His session was very well received and Bless ‘n’ Bliss was applauded for its work towards a noble goal. This was followed by the lumeire event organised by cinematics where many short films were screened much to the delight of the crowd out there.

The second event was that of Ms.Meera Parida, one of the most influential transgender personalities of Odisha. Among the host of her achievements includes representing INDIA in USA San diego for a worldwide transgender conclave. She currently works for the upliftment of the transgender community through her organization, SAKHA. She talked upon the lines of socio-economic condition of the transgender community. She outlined her journey from “Maydhar to Meera”. Her journey was grueling. At one point of life she was raped while working as a construction worker. But her bull headed stance to do something for her community drove her to establish the organization. She even owns a successful business whose proceeds go into helping the transgender community. She pressed upon the need for political and social will to bring the community out of penury. She also urged the educated community to be more sensitive towards the need of the downtrodden and pitch in with their contribution. Her words were capable of evoking the most extreme emotions and encouraged the listeners to do something for their fellow brethren. As a group of social workers we at Bless ‘n’ Bliss are really grateful to the speakers, the NITR junta, ROOTS team for their support towards our cause.

BnB has always made strides in providing basic, yet valuable amenities to the needy. With this belief, the donation drive was started on 16th July 2019 at Jain University. Students of the Jain University were very generous towards this noble cause, showed continuous support through both the phases of donation drive, contributing significantly. All the collections will be donated and be put to good use by the organisation at the end of the donation drive. Special thanks to Taniya Gope, Ankitha Sarji, Nimisha Santhosh, Apoorva Manaswini T, Chandana G, Ujjwal Jain, Lokesh jain, Mir Mohamed Ali and Prithivi Reddy for their hard work and sincere efforts in conducting this donation drive. Kudos to the team! Here are few pics during 2nd set of collection..

Bless 'n' Bliss proudly inaugurated the premises of Project SWABHIMAAN - skill-based training for transgenders, by Mr. Pavitramohan Sahoo, Director of NISW (Odisha) followed by speeches from Lovely Sahoo, Team Leader & Secretary of Santisena Jajpur Kinnar Association; and Mr. Akram Ansari, Founder & Chairman, Bless 'n' Bliss. We thank all our supporters for being so grateful and vow to definitely make a positive change in the society.