“I clearly remember that on the first day all children abused me in the class.The NGO gets financial help from NRIs as well as local people.  

It works by directly going to the slums where they help children by giving them extra classes in the evening, school bags, uniform, school fees, blankets and sometimes fruits as well as food items.Mr Jassi himself had donated `7 lakh to the NGO. The organisation helps the kids with education, food and clothing. The money was received by him as reward from various organisations for helping slum children. They had not taken bath in many weeks and were barefoot,” recalled Mr Jassi, 53, about his experience with the first batch of kids whom he helped in Sherpur.

With a modest beginning in 2003 at Sherpur town of Sangrur district, when he started helping children whom he saw collecting plastic a  mound of garbage on a cold winter morning, Mr Jassi today leads an NGO, Super ELF G2 Shri Guru Nanak Dev charitable Slum society. “Four of our girls from slums of Patiala are doing nursing diploma and one girl has done BCA,” said a proud Mr Jassi.

Mr Jassi usually prefers that any person who wants to help the poor kids  should come to the slums and donate books or food himself.His NGO now also orks in districts of Sangrur, Barnala, Patiala, Fatehgarh Sahib and Mohali.The slum from where Mr Jassi started his journey, now has 140 children who have reached Class 12.The NGO, with 22 employee-cum-volunteers, has no office. “ Although my children are now doing fine in their lives, I want to die working for poor slum kids, “ said an emotional Mr Jassi.Chandigarh: Punjab electricity board’s linesman Bhan Singh Jassi is showing the way in self-less service in five districts by helping poor slum kids purse education and give up rag-picking. None of these children had any idea of classes or books. His daughter is now doing Maths (Honours) from Delhi University and his son is in Canada.Mr Jassi, who still works as a linesman with Punjab electricity board, has a son and a daughter.