Mokokchung, February 19 (MTNews): In order to promote hardworking Naga youths, Business Association of Nagas (BAN) have today launched its maiden initiative called “BAN Social Responsibility Connect” or BSRC. Through this initiative, BAN will identify and assist genuine Naga entrepreneurs by connecting them “through some willing donors for providing the basic tools and equipment and also linking them to Financial Institutions.” BAN, in a press release, said that it will mentor the beneficiary by way of providing training and creating market linkages and connect the beneficiary with the donors, and keep updating his or her progress monthly.
“It is disheartening to note that thousands of Naga youths are either unemployed or unemployable throughout the state. Many hardworking talented Naga youths are struggling to buy even their basic minimum requirement of machinery and equipment for running their business due to want of finance, while it is equally disappointing to access finances through the financial institutions,” BAN observed. “Unless some initiatives are taken to assist these youngsters, they will only be a liability for the state,” BAN further said.
Under BSRC (BAN Social Responsibility Connect), BAN identified a Naga entrepreneur, Bendangwabang, a young talented and hardworking blacksmith, craftsman and steel fabricator, from Aoyimti Village, and gifted him a welding machine for his unit expansion, which he couldn’t afford normally. BAN President, L Mongkum Jamir, Finance Secretary, Ababe Ezung, and Executive Council Member, Akum Jamir, handed over the machine to him today.
Further, BAN said that any well-wisher who wishes to donate “for our talented but underprivileged sons and daughters” can do so by becoming a donor member. BAN can be reached at 9863861450 or nagasban@gmail.com, it further said.