Ajeet Angika Sewa Sansthan

Ajeet Angika Sewa Sansthan is based in the village of Rani. To get here, you have to come via Bachhawara. It is a small place where everyone knows everyone else. We started this because we wanted to have something local for our own people. The post office is also in Rani, so mail comes straight to us. Life in the village is pretty straightforward. We wake up early, get the work started at the sansthan, and see who needs help that day. There aren't many big offices around here, so we are easy to spot. The weather can be tough during the monsoon because the roads get muddy, but we still open up every day. We talk a lot about the Angika culture and how things are changing in the village. It’s not a job where you leave at five o'clock and forget about it. Since we live here too, the work follows us home. Sometimes we sit outside under the trees when it’s too hot inside the building. We don’t have a website or anything like that, mostly just word of mouth keeps us busy. People from Rani and the nearby areas know where to find us. We just try to be useful whenever someone comes through our door. It’s a small operation run by a few of us who grew up here. We don't need much more than a table and some chairs to get things done. It feels good to be working in our own community like this, helping people from our district as they come and go.