Peoplespeak....

..... "life has changed under Project Prahari. It is making a difference..."

Dipali Basumatary, Vice President, Project Prahari, Thaigarguri Village.

"Our community bond has become stronger through Prahari.....We make decisions ourselves, our women feel empowered socially..."

------- Nityamoyee Koch, Project Prahari, Kalabari Village.

" ...We were dacoits... At Police initiative we surrendered and Project prahari assimilated us with our community. Now no looking back."

- Netai Mian, Project Prahari, Khagail village.

" ...I was quite impressed with the effort... it serves at least two purpose: gives a hummane face to the Police and makes the development work in the chosen villages much easier to implement from the point of view the people.

- Sandeep Pandey, Magssasay Award winner, while interactinng with PRAHARI villagers at State level Convention on Participatory Development.

 

...This is a great project ... an example of how community policing and community development are mutually reinforcing."

- Prof. Drew Hyman, Pennsylvania State University, USA

 

" ...Assam Police has undertaken a very innovative "Community Policing Project" ... The police have also been enlisting the support of social activists."

- Sankar Sen, IPS (Retd.), Former Director, National police Academy,Fomer Director General, National Human Rights Commission.

 

" ...in focus on containing violence not through use of force but creating social conditions free from intolerance, superstition and prejudies.

-R.Mooshahary, Director General, National Security Guard

 

" ....Project Prahari has sucessfully eradicated social prejudices in a wide area starting from Thaigerguri where five innocent persons were killed in the name of black magic....womanfolks are feeling empowered and are striving for socio ecenomic justice...we are all working together..."

- Malati Narzary,Prominent NGO organiser and social activist.