Being the change — with “ Lets be the Change”
“Through this article, I want to tell people that making change is possible. Especially to youngsters who want to be the change to the country. “ — Anirudh Dutt
I am proud of the things that these guys have done over the years. A student driven organisation doing things that would take years of planning for corporates to come up with.
I had the pleasure of meeting Anirudh Dutt, a personal friend of mine who is an inspiration to many, including myself.
He told me over a small discussion that, a bunch of students decided to do something for the city, “ we asked around — most of the people told us that waste management was a bane, so we decided to something about it and That was how LBTC began.” LBTC stands for “ Let’s Be the Change”; yes, an apt name.
In a time when most organisations fail and crumble, LBTC has grown from strength to strength, with as many as ten to twelve volunteers in the beginning, to cleaning and beautifying the walls of the entire bus station of Majestic/ Kempegowda Bus terminus, organising a cleaning drive at more than 160 wards in the city and recently the Plog run that involved more people in the quest to make Bengaluru plastic free.
The biggest aid to LBTC is that they represent a strong “WHY”, their cause for a clean and neat Bengaluru resonates with every Bangalorean here. And LBTC is one of the few organisations that I have personally known to have perfectly tapped into the huge population of the students of the city. For a student led, student driven organisation to take on a huge problem is a huge bunch of feathers to the core team of LBTC.
LBTC at its core is backed by a strong interface with the local wards, health officers, Pourakarmikas and the corporators at the helm. Anirudh informed me over the course of the conversation, that there are a paltry 50- 60 personnel per ward to manage the waste that is contributed over by over 60,000 residents. Just imagine for once the gravity of the situation.
While LBTC’s bread and butter work has been cleaning black spots in the city that are hot spots for garbage dumps by beautifying the place, they also have taken to raising the voice and informing people of the need for segregation of waste and recycling of materials. They firmly believe in the philosophy of sharing their knowledge and are constantly on the quest to enable youth leaders in every ward, by helping them connect with the ward leaders. This decentralisation of responsibility has always long term sustainable benefits too…
LBTC’s progress has sent them to other parts of the country as well, with their working model being adopted in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Overall, if you are reading this and thinking of that one idea that you think can make the world a better place, “ Go ahead and give it your time and effort and the changes shall follow”.
To join the bandwagon of change makers at LBTC, contact them and register as a volunteer through these social media links below…
https://instagram.com/team_lbtc
