The World Bank Development Marketplace is a competitive grant program that identifies and funds innovative, bottom-up development ideas to deliver results that have the potential to be expanded or replicated. This year's Development Marketplace Global competition was organized at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington DC on 8-9 May 2006.Out of 2572 proposals from all over the world, 118 proposals were selected as finalist for this Global competition. NBJK's proposal titled Swach -Dhara -An initiative to provide safe drinking water and sanitation facilities in urban slums of Ranchi City was one of the 118 finalists for this competition. Mr. Rajesh Kr Das, Project Manager and Branch Head, NBJK Ranchi represented NBJK at the Global Competition. The NBJK booth was visited by over 300 including World Bank officials, academics, funding agencies and experts in water and sanitation.

A day long legal awareness workshop was organized at the Hazaribagh office premises of on May 5, 2006. District Judge Mr. Amitabh Kumar presided the workshop.

Addressing the occasion Honorable District Judge, Mr. Brajesh Bahadur Singh, spoke upon several legal formalities. He insisted that laws are enforced to protect women and therefore they should come forward and file petition in Lok Adalat if they face any kind of atrocities in public place or home.
 

Mr. B.K.Pandey, District Judicial Magistrate, Mr. A. Upadhyaya, District session's judge also graced the occasion and highlighted various legal aspects prevailing in the books of law.180 women, block level officials, anganwadi workers and forty other male members participated in the workshop and voiced various queries concerned with legal happenings.

Nav Bharat Jagriti Kendra, organized a four day training schedule teachers employed in organization facilitated schools. Training highlighted appropriate application of various learning/teaching aids. It also focused on aspects of school management and ways to develop interesting ways of conducting classes. Organizational staff acted as resource persons in the training schedule.

Rahul Kumar was seriously ill and needed good treatment in a good hospital. He lacked financial support for this. NBJK management and staff rose up to the occasion and assured him good treatment by donating one day's salary in support of the child.

Dilsan Ravibar, son of Elizabeth Ravibar of village Nutannagar abra under Mufassil police station of Hazaribagh district fell in love with Niva Kumari daughter of Subal Kisore Thakur of village Tiko Ramdih of Giridih district. The girl and the boy fled away after getting married in court. Girls parents threatened the boys mother. She said that she herself was not aware where his son fled away. Elizabeth reported the whole affair in Family Counseling Center. Staff of Family Counseling Center discussed the matter with both the parties and finally mitigated the whole affair. Today the couple are happily leading their married life.