Having left a well-paid job to pursue his passion ofserving humanity, 30-year-old Sandeep Kumar Chadha has set an example for many.
He says his previous jobs as Assistant Professor in DAVCollege from 2013 to 2018 and then District Programme Coordinator for NehruYuva Kendra Sangathan from 2018 to 2019, gave him all that he desired for butnot the inner peace and mental satisfaction he craved for.
Sandeep said having realised the fact that youth inPunjab has got immense potential and there is no one to show them a right path,he decided to do something that serves both humanity and engages youth in acause that helps bring a change in the society. “I started this Youth ServicesClub in 2019 with the aim to give back something to the society. I always had theaspirations to help usher realistic social change and I knew I cannot bringthis change if I don’t engage the young and energetic minds”, he said.
“I now have a team of around 15 members and there arealso many students both teenagers as well youngsters associated with me asvolunteers. We all are working towards a number of social causes includinggreenery, waste management, traffic discipline, equality, women empowerment andamong others. Besides, we have also conducted more than 30 events in rural areasof Jalandhar like seminars, rallies, competitions, sports tournaments, toattract more youth towards social service and aware people of their rights”, hesaid.
Divulging more details about his life as a social worker,Sandeep Chadha said, “I am living my passion”. He said a true sense of securityand peace cannot be obtained simply with personal gain and satisfaction.Rather, it is achieved by helping others and bringing a smile to other faces.“We through this club are making sure we help all those in need. We even feedstray animals on a daily basis and the work is solely being managed by teams ofyouths, so that we put in them the feeling of compassion”, he added.
He further said that during covid-19 lockdown, his clubreligiously worked to help those rendered jobless and suffered huge losses.“Covid-19 pandemic has been a tough time for all. Though things are headingback to normal, people are still facing myriad difficulties. My team during thelockdown period worked so hard to serve all those migrants who were going backhome and were rendered jobless”, he said.
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He said that from distributing ration, cooked meals tofeeding stray animals to sanitizing the localities, the team of Youth ServicesClub went door to door to aware people and appealed them to stitch home-mademasks and then they distributed it among the needy persons. “We even catered tothe needs of those who were stuck at hospitals, bus stands, railway station andat other places due to lockdown”, he added.
Talking about his future plans, Sandeep said, “We areplanning to conduct more and more career counseling programmes for the youth,to motivate them to stay in India and pursue their dreams here. Besides, we aretrying our best to aware people of their rights and duties and promoting educationand equality”, he said.