Leading The Way!

Fresh out of school, in the summer of 2011, I taught at the NGO Akanksha. Out of the 20 students I taught, I yet remember these 2 primary boys who made fun of my English accent

“Didi, aapke pas aise accent kyon hai?” and they laughed at me and I joined them. This was one of my first interactions with children from marginalized communities. Externally, you could have seen many faults in their environment, but within them was a spark that brought out a childish gleam within me. I later went on to teach Mubashir, a boy my age, as frazzled as I was, looking for a college to get admission in. He scored a 74%, which is fabulous considering the limited resources he had while growing up. He later went on to get a seat in Wilson College.
                                                 
Now why does this story matter? Well, you see, Mubashir, a boy my age with limited resources achieved marks as good as mine.

Mubashir was lucky, he had the teachers at Akanksha to help him and guide him.

But what about the lakhs of other students such as Mubashir? The ones who do not have the backing of an organisation.

 Imagine the possibilities, the success stories that all those students would become, if someone was able to guide them, to give them that opportunity.

And that is what Enactus does. We give them the opportunities or rather we get them.

Enactus gives us a platform to sit together and help develop the community around us. We create sustainable and scalable business models to help improve the lives of those in need.

We get the opportunity to do something meaningful, an opportunity to change a life, an opportunity to make a difference.

In the 3 years of working at Enactus H. R. College, I am proud to say that through our Projects we have uplifted the lives of more than 175 women and the number keeps increasing.  We continue to give opportunities to those who are shackled by social backwardness, the ones who lack the confidence or means to achieve their fullest potential.

Through our Projects we wish to fuel hope into those souls who have been overlooked. We don’t want to simply donate or share their story but want to make them completely self reliant. We aim to make them entrepreneurs and teach them skills for them to make a livelihood from it.

From homemakers to bread earners, we have improved the standard of living and quality of living of many. But our journey continues. We will be unstoppable until we improve the lives of all Indians across the country and give them the opportunity that all of them deserve. Through our projects we do believe we will or will strive to create a nation with equal opportunities because only if we believe we can make a difference, we will make a difference.

-Shikha Thakore
President
Enactus H.R. College