Today is the 74th Birthday of Anti-Courruption Crusader Kisan Bapat Baburao Hazare, aka Anna Hazare. Kisan Hazare was born on 15 June 1937 in Bhingar, near to Ahmednagar. He was the eldest son, with two sisters and four brothers.
He said that he would celebrate his birthday at his native place Ahmednagar by laying the foundation stone of an English medium school for underprivileged children in the city.
Hazare has been celebrating his birthday for last five years with inmates ofAhmednagar-based NGO Snehalaya, which runs a rehabilitation centre for HIV positive patients. It also runs rehabilitation projects for prostitutes and their children, orphans and other underprivileged children.
To be built on the premises of NGO Snehalaya, the English medium school would provide free education to underprivileged children and those with special needs, NGO’s trustee Milind Kulkarni said.
On the occasion, Hazare will also hand over keys of houses to ten women, who have left flesh trade and want to start life afresh. The NGO aims to provide houses to 100 rehabilitated women in the next two years, he said.
The NGO will organise the ‘Amrut mahotasav’ ceremony on June 15 in the honour of the social activist, he said.
Meanwhile, several NGOs in Ahmednagar have decided to jointly distribute one lakh books about Hazare’s life and his message to youths, on the occasion.