ENARADA, Bhubaneshwar, May 27, 2014
Jayanta Majhi, Odisha’s primitive tribe Dongaria Kandh student of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) has been selected for US Cultural Immersion Institute. It is a US Department of State Programme implemented by World Learning. Jayanta will travel to US on May 31, 2014 and will back on 23rd June. During his trip to the US Cultural Immersion Institute Jayanta will attend workshops on leadership and Global issues, complete a home-stay with a US family and visit US landmarks including Washington Monuments and the Statue of Liberty. US World Learning will take full financial responsibility for Jayanta during his stay. Jayanta got this opportunity by achieving success in the subjective examination of US Embassy.
Jayanta is the first Dongaria Kandh tribal student to visit US from Odisha. He hails from a remote village Jira Gaon of Lanjigarh block in Kalahandi District of Odisha. His father Gobind Majhi is a very poor fellow and he depends on nearby forests for their livelihood by collecting and selling of forest products. Due to financial hardship of his family, Jayanta left his study and helped his father. With the help of some generous people of the locality, Jayanta came to KISS in 2008 and now he is in class 9th. Dongaria Kandh Tribal community show their happiness after knowing about Jayanta’s US visit.
For his success, he thanks KISS and its founder Dr. A. Samanta and said, all these possible only by KISS and the effort of its founder. Expressing his satisfaction Dr. Samanta said, it is a matter of great pride for KISS, Dongaria Kandh tribal community and Odisha to have a tribal student from the state who is visiting US for the first time. Jayanta will interact with very important persons and will promote KISS and tribal culture of Odisha in US, he added.
