Talent never
hide and this happened with a little boy of a remote village. When honourable Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
Mr. Harish Rawat lifted Ganesh Maratha in front of large crowed to felicitate
and award him first prize for the logo competition, this little boy was calm,
cool and shocked.
Ganesh born
and brought up in Kishanpur village of district Uttarkashi. He is youngest in
the family. Though, family has 5 members but economic status is very poor. His
father Dharam Sing is unemployed and mother Lakshmi Devi is simply house lady. The
family is mainly dependent on agriculture and livestock for their livelihood. Ganesh
studied in class 8th of Government Girls Higher Secondary School,
Kishanpur.
School
teachers told that Ganesh is an average student in study but he is fond of arts
and sports. The logo and concept was his brain child. We simply organised
various competitions in our school and entries submitted to Swajal office. We
were not in a thought that our student can compete at state level. Today we all
teachers feel proud of Ganesh. Now he is celebrity not for our school, nearby
villages but for all state, teachers reacted. Ganesh has given hope to millions
of students residing and studying in remote villages having very poor family
background and non enabling environment.
Today,
Ganesh’s created butter fly logo is a brand of Uttarakhand state for sanitation
campaign. This logo is used in all communication tools and publicity materials
like print, electronic and new media.
Jayprakash Panwar
(IEC Expert)
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