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\"WithWith a beneficiary\u2019s family at Amrita Institute of Medical Science, Kerala.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cYou choose your family subconsciously..the karmic cycle. They are here to teach you, just as much as you are there to teach them. A perfectly chosen union by the Higher powers.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Being Prema and Jyoti\u2019s daughter, I have been brought up in a household where the whole concept of giving and being grateful was inculcated in me from a very young age. In fact, the most constant memory I have is seeing my parents helping the lesser privileged, those who did not have the means, or those who didn\u2019t have the money.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Moreover, I have always visited Missionaries of Charity with my parents and began the same with my daughter once I became a parent. And maybe I didn\u2019t understand as much as a young child, but that time spent with the lesser privileged who don\u2019t have much but find happiness in what they have, has been a life lesson for me.<\/p>\n

We are always longing for more, unsatisfied, I have seen that people who have half of what we are privileged with, make do much better, that too with smiles on their faces.<\/p>\n

Joining Genesis Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Graduating with a BA Honours in Theatre, joining a children heart foundation<\/a> was not exactly an ambition of mine. I started my career working in the Communications field and eventually found my way back to India.<\/p>\n

\"InteractingInteracting with a child post-surgery
\nat Max Hospital, Saket.<\/i><\/p>\n

Soon after that I got married, had my daughter, and began to get more exposed to the work that the Foundation was doing. GF has been my mother\u2019s baby so naturally, I knew about it, but I wasn\u2019t emotionally invested in it until I joined in 2016.<\/p>\n

It all began with writing content for the Foundation and at other times visiting the hospitals, seeing the children, meeting the parents. Being a single parent with a young child, that was all I could manage at the time.<\/p>\n

During each visit my heart opened that little bit more as I shed tears, and I can tell you MANY tears as I felt the pain and fear of each parent or the happiness and gratitude they expressed.<\/p>\n

Naturally, this made me emotionally more invested in the children heart Foundation for the simple reason that I don\u2019t believe in any kind of discrimination or the tags that this society gives us, like rich or poor. I firmly believe that we are all one, we are all humans, we are born with what we have, and it\u2019s up to us to do whatever good we possibly can.<\/p>\n

\"MeetingMeeting another beneficiary of the Foundation- Anjali, and her family at their village in Haryana.<\/i><\/p>\n

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My Journey<\/strong>
\nI have been very blessed throughout my childhood, but my parents ensured that I was well aware of the people in our country who are not, especially those who have to struggle for the things that come naturally to most of us. It has made me even more grateful for what we have.<\/p>\n

Those of us who are born with a little more privilege, with more accessibility to finance can have a more comfortable lifestyle. Money surely doesn\u2019t buy happiness, but it buys comfort, options, and choices, but for people who don\u2019t have that access, there is no choice except to struggle. Because of my own spiritual growth in the last few years, I have begun to feel more for families like that.<\/p>\n

At the Foundation we say \u201clife precedes everything\u201d as access to healthcare is a basic right.<\/p>\n

Having said that, I understand it\u2019s not a direct help, where I\u2019m actually doing a surgery, but I believe that every choice we make in life, contributes to a larger movement. It contributes to a mindset towards changing someone\u2019s life, whether they\u2019re aware of it or not.<\/p>\n

So, in my current role managing the Operations, even that indirect support is helping that one family to get access to what they need. Just being able to sleep with that thought, it brings me peace and happiness, I feel fulfilled. I don\u2019t feel like it\u2019s a mundane job where I\u2019m working for the sake of working. I feel like there is a larger picture and anything that fills my soul with that kind of happiness and contentment, I will commit to give my everything to.<\/p>\n

So all those years of me growing up and seeing how important it is to give back, it all makes sense now, it has an effect on how I\u2019m bringing up my daughter. It brings me joy to know that I\u2019m doing work that I can talk to my daughter about with pride. And I\u2019m really happy that I\u2019m able to expose her to something like this at a very young age, quite similar to what my parents did for me.<\/p>\n

Why I do what I do<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"MeMe at 10-months, with my father and our
\ndog Benji.<\/i><\/p>\n

I was adopted from Missionaries of Charity, and I have been blessed with parents who have done for me more than I could ever wish for in this lifetime or many lifetimes after. The Higher Powers ensured that we chose each other and I couldn\u2019t be more grateful to spend each day knowing they are mine and they have brought me up to give back, with my whole heart.<\/p>\n

I want to do what I can to ensure every family has a fair chance with their child, simple.<\/p>\n

My birth mother surrendered me to give me a chance\u2026. Similary, we give a chance to each child we support. The gift of life\u2026 and the chance to thrive! I don\u2019t know who she is \u2013 and she could be anyone. That\u2019s where the boundary between me and another person lesser privileged broke. Everyone is equal. All judgement stripped away. The Foundation gives ME the CHANCE every single day to make that family feel that there is no divide between them and us, their child is as deserving as ours.<\/p>\n

That is why I do what I do for the Foundation, because there\u2019s heart in it, there\u2019s soul in it, there\u2019s emotion in it, it\u2019s people-centric and nothing else could bring me more joy. And leading Genesis Foundation, is life coming full circle for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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