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Creating wild fires, sustaining them till the need remains

Sparks were gathering around for decades which united to result in a wild fireto carve out country of our dreams

Country of our dreams ???http://malnutritionindia.blogspot.in/2014/10/impact-of-malnutrition.htmlOver 40 % children (< 3 years) & over a third of adult women and men are malnourished While malnourishment is a continuing disaster much greater than most disasters/calamities such as floods, drought, earthquakes yet it does not get as much attentionhttp://www.trust.org/item/?map=indias-malnutrition-plight-the-effects-are-more-dire-than-we-think/It causes serious irreversible damage to the growing children stunted mental growth leading to difficulties in comprehension, high life long susceptibility to infections

Why are we not aiming to light the wild fire

May be because WE do not identify with these problemsthese are THEIR problems

Efforts are required to multiply and unitetthe sparks

Sparks needed to light the fire are hereamong usbut.As the first step reach out to as many people using all different media internet, newsprint, TV.

Emphasize that all problems are everybodys problems.

Saturate the countrys atmosphere with the fuel of intolerance towards the enemies.Sparks to Fire - The ProcessEmphasize that UNLESS majority of the citizens (10s of crores) get involved, change may not happen.

Suggest ways by which anybody can contribute Citizen Social Workerswith a few minutes to ...a life to spare.Document, disseminate and recognize efforts by citizens irrespective of magnitude, nature of their contribution etc.Unite all sparks and ignite a fire from the saturated air.

A precursor to the proposed approachwww.sparktofire.orgWho are these bright sparks (People, Organizations)

Where are they ?

What do they do ?How did they get started ?

Can I learn something from them to start making a change ? (No reinventing the wheel)www.sparktofire.orgHow can we gather information about these bright sparks all over the country ? Need Citizen ReportersMalnutritionPovertyHealthEducation (primary, higher), literacy, reading cultureEarly childhood care and developmentHygiene, sanitationWomen empowermentPromotion of arts, creative instinct, inspiring others

And attempt to make every Indian aware of the sparks and be inspiredwww.sparktofire.org

Providing fresh, warm, healthy food to 1.4 million children EVERY DAYRated among the top 100 NGOs in the world by The Global Journal (Jan/Feb 2013

But I cannot imagine that scale

If majority of citizens get involvedCan we not ELIMINATE malnutrition, that has held us back for decades, in the next few years ?

Why can individual homes not be a Akshay Patra ?http://rakheeghelani.com/2013/05/07/geek-post-lean-process-of-the-dabbawalas-of-mumbai/www.sparktofire.orgIndia may continue to be in the dismal state as it exists now, even until the next centuryUNLESS

... WE own up the problems and desire changeInterested ??Mail : sparkstofire@gmail.com