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LESSON GOOD PEOPLE OF
5 Objectives : After the completion of this lesson, students will be able to:

MY DISTRICT

indicate the helpful people of their district.
n
get the encouragement to do good works for their district or
n
locality.
Yesterday my Social Studies teacher asked me to name some

respected persons of my district. I didn’t take long time to answer his
question because the three names that soon came into my mind are
not only my favourites, but also the favourites of all the people living

in Saptari district. I am sure you’d love to know about them.

Let me first talk about Hira Devi.
She is a primary school teacher

as well as a social worker. She
is well known for her work in the

district. She has set up a women’s
group in the villages. It has helped
to raise income for women. She is

now involved in the construction
of a road that would make it easy

for the things produced by women to be carried to the market. Her
philosophy is- “Make your village beautiful yourself.” Her work for
the district people is really praiseworthy.

Another respected person of my district is Birman Singh, who lives in
our neighbouring village. He works as a mediator in his district. The
villagers call him Jetha Ba. Everybody knows him and trusts him. He

helps to settle all minor local disputes in fairness and justice. He is
respected by all as a person who promotes harmony and cooperation

in the district. In my neighbourhood major disputes occur at the time
of buying and selling of the land, or constructing a house. Jetha
Ba has good knowledge about maps, land, measurement and house

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