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Public Partnership: The Secret of

Success

(On the occasion of completion of Kanya Kelavani Jyot
Padyatra, Palitana, Bhavnagar district. January 18, 2004)

Everybody knows that the government is running a program
of public partnership. A mid-day meal programme is also
in place, but we are aware of the conditions under which it
operates. Can we not bring about a change in it? A school works
only for 150 days out of 365. Is it so difficult to find 150 families
in every village which can take up the responsibility of
providing lunch to the school children on the occasion of
birthdays, marriage anniversaries or death anniversaries in the
family? We have started such a program under which 811
villages of Ahmedabad district have accepted the responsibility
of providing mid-day meals. Now the entire village has joined
hands with the school and made the school a temple. All the
villagers feel that they should go to school with their family to
take care of children at least once a year. One family needs to go
only once a year. This program could bring a good feeling of
understanding.

Any task undertaken by public partnership can bring
tremendous success. People are now taking the initiative to
donate funds for providing computers in village schools. The
funds needed are not huge; hence it is not about the money but
about the necessity of public partnership, which brings strength