Name: Neha
Khare
Who’s
She: Founder, Yes I can
Her
leadership mantra: Go slow but aim high, count your steps every day and you
will climb your ladder the way you desire! However make your process of
reaching your goal as enjoyable as you can than the goal itself!
How
she executes: At Yes I Can, our approach is not to compromise with the quality
while pursuing numbers. For example- our small project for transgender is
creating a deeper impact where we see changes within them on a daily basis. On
the contrary our project ‘Who is Speaking Please’ started with 10 students a
few years back now reaching towards more then 50 including students from
Kashmir this year to help them in spoken English.
Like
any other working woman, Neha Khare always aspired high. She had high
ambitions. She aspired to be a super
woman, adept at multitasking and use maximum energy to make high earnings.
During
her corporate days, she discovered that she enjoyed networking, she being good
at connecting with people.
This
being her strength, she realized gradually that she could leverage this to
serve the society in a better way. This new found profession includes
identification of best social practices and giving them opportunities with
guidance from funding, which is of course was her bread and butter. However in
the course of time she realized, that giving an amount or a signed cheque is the easiest ways of
contributing to a social cause. But the downside was loss of control on the beneficiaries
for whom she was helping with philanthropic approach.
Further,
the most important and difficult task
was to give ‘Time’ in an ideal way to
make a difference in the lives of those who are deprived of opportunities and
guidance.
In
Ms Khare’s own words “Forming of Yes I Can Foundation was like my dream came
true as it held a promise of reaching out to the beneficiaries in a better way
with the help of expert professionals through various projects. The span of the
projects cover the whole gamut: from spending just 15 min on a Smartphone to
making a difference to individual mentoring with particular sessions.“
Today
Yes I Can Foundation has reached up to more than 500 beneficiaries only with
the support and guidance from volunteers
from different professions associated with the organization.
At
Yes I Can, project starts at identification phase where Ms Khare personally involvs
in the basic research of ‘Need’ factor to make sure that time and efforts
invested by the volunteers can bring out positive difference to the beneficiaries. In
the next step, a pilot phase is started, with a few beneficiaries to assess the
impact. Once the organization is confident about taking a large jump they
expand the project to reach out to more beneficiaries.
Says
Khare, “At Yes I Can, our approach is
not to compromise with the quality while pursuing numbers. For example- our
small project for transgender is creating a deeper impact where we see changes
within them on a daily basis. On the contrary our project ‘Who is Speaking
Please’ started with 10 students a few years back now reaching towards more
then 50 including students from Kashmir this year to help them in spoken
English. “
Her
leadership Mantra- Go slow but aim high, count your steps every day and you
will climb your ladder the way you desire! However make your process of
reaching your goal as enjoyable as you can than the goal itself!
Her
Tip for work home balance – At times working out on balance is challenging,
especially when you are in social sector you get calls from students in need
and they except you to support them promptly. I remember arranging writers for
blind students in stress at midnight at times leaving family aside. However my
tip is take your family in confidence and involve them as much as you can to
overcome this challenge.
Biggest
challenged I faced and did she overcome that- “With many projects running and
with student connect sometimes I see drop out and this puts us me in a
situation where I ask question to myself”
‘Why we have done so much for student XYZ why
is the student not responding’. However after dealing with many such cases I
have realized that let us not ruminate on the past cases of failure, let us
identify more opportunities and guide more beneficiaries with a cause. “
Her
message to the readers -
“Try to create a life from which you
do not need a vacation from”
To associate with yes I can Foundation,
· Please visit their website www.yesicanfoundation.in & fill the
volunteer registration form. They will contact you.
· You can also write to them at - neha.yesicanfoundation.in
· You can also whatsapp on 8108559656- Yes I Can foundation
Causes that YES I Can Foundation supports:
1.
Skill
development for underprivileged women, transgenders
2.
Empowerment
of girls through educational programs
3.
Mental
health wellbeing for senior citizens in old age homes
4.
Educating
underprivileged children through various ways including through smart
phones
5.
Empowering
specially abled through showcasing their products and educational help
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