During my graduation freshers party, I wore a suit from pantaloons and won the title of “Ms. well dressed” and honestly, I was kind of expecting it and it felt great.
For over 50 years now, the Aditya Birla Group has engaged in impactful, welfare-driven activities in India and globally. The Aditya Birla Group works in 5,000 villages, reaching out to 7.5 million people annually. knowing that such big group is doing so much for the society made me realize that as an individual we too have some responsibility towards our society.
As we grow up and start seeing the world through our own eyes we realize that the world is much different from what our parents shown us in childhood. Life isn’t fair to everyone. Wherein a society is enjoying the riches, abundance and glory other side is gloomy, dark, filled with misery. Not everyone’s life is colorful. I was greatly moved by seeing this difference but was not potent enough to stand up against this or raise my voice as I wasn’t that confident and thought my voice would not be heard and I cannot make any difference.
But God gives opportunity to everyone to be the change or to do something better for the mankind. I got this chance when I was in my graduation, I associated myself with an NGO named Social Welfare & Awareness Team (SWAT) with a belief to do something for the people in need. The NGO targeted nearby villages around the university campus and picked 3 government schools to provide education beyond school, financial aid and make them aware of health & hygiene.
We used to teach the students up to 8th grade on weekends and seeing them coming on holidays to school with full enthusiasm motivated us a lot. But, as I noticed there was something very peculiar about the school, the male to female ratio was 5:1 and as time passed it reduced to 10:1. On enquiring to the head master, I came to know that they got married and discontinued the school merely at the age of 12 years. As per their parents, cooking food and raising kids was the major concern and education was the last priority. Coming from an educated and forward-thinking background this shook me to my core. I discussed this alarming situation with my fellow mates, but only a few agreed to go against the village tradition and do something about it. We conducted skits to convey social message and went to these children’s parents to talk in person & made them realize of their mistakes. We were successful to re-admit few girls back to school and that day, I felt a sense of accomplishment and was happy to make a positive impact in the society.
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