Young team of NE youths to campaign for awareness
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, March 12 2014 : A small campaign "Fight 4 your Pride" started by a few group of NE youths in Delhi will kick start an Awareness Tour from Delhi and other Indian state to the NE states.

At a press conference today, the campaign coordinator received a donation of tempo traveler from Suresh Prasad, proprietor of S3S - real estate dealer from Manipur, who is based in Delhi and is associated with the group as key supporter and well wisher.

The young team are planning to meet state government authorities, while interacting with people along the way.

The group is also intend to organize NE festivals in the near future The campaign 'fight4 your pride' was started in 2010 in the aftermath of series of attacks and discrimination faced by the NE populations in Delhi.

Shalomi Maringmei, who started the campaign, said that she came to Delhi five years back and was working in a consultancy company.

Young team of NE youths to campaign for awareness

In her everyday movement, Shalomi told a gathering of volunteers and media person today that she was frequently teased and commented on her looks and physical appearance, while she had to endure harassments from her landlord such as high rent charges, not allowing to invite friends at her home etc.

She shared her problems with her colleagues at her workplace and together they began the campaign .

Rahul who helped initiate the campaign informed that they introduced a helpline number 96-5400-5300 began to reach out to NE people.

Rahul said "we ourselves face a lot of problem when we intervene in filling cases at the police stations".

Many a time the volunteers would be dismissed and were brush aside at the police stations, even literally were thrown out of Police stations told Rahul to reporters here.

Sangeeta Takhelmayum , co - proprietor of S3S - estate ,also associated with the group , appeal to all States in North East India to make use of the helpline and inform young boys and girls who are planning to venture out of their state, either for studies or employment.

The said helpline is a 24 hour emergency and intervention for any assistance in case of problem, including admissions and guidance for new comers.

The group stated that most Complaints were of harassment by land lord, molestations and racist comment.

Pledging to fight for a cause under "fight 4 your pride, the Group seeks to include a chapter on Racism to in all state educational boards including CBSE.