SPOT LIGHT : VINEET PRAKASH VOLUNTEER

I believe in simple "LIVING" & higher "THINKING" ......Vineet Prakash

It was January 2017 when I joined Nada India as a trainee social worker while perusing bachelors in social work from Amity University, Noida. During the two and a half months with NIF, I got the opportunity to be involved in diverse public health concerning projects. I worked on collecting youth employment surveys, forming self-help groups and mainly raising door to door awareness on NCDs. Apart from that I was encouraged to raise my views on concerning issues by writing reports and blogs.

Currently I am perusing Masters in social work from Tata Institute of Social Science, Guwahati and since August 2020 I again started to work with Nada India Foundation as a health advocate cum facilitator. With a different role this time, I have been involved an internship program called ‘Act on NCDs Intern’ as a NIF’s response to Covid-19. The objective of this program is to engage and empower young minds from across the nation in the area of health literacy, #NCDs, #Covid19 and community engagement through #peereducation.

Till now I have had a wonderful experience working with NIF where I learn so much during this process and hope to have learnt more by the end. This is my journey with Nada India from an intern to a health advocate and facilitator now. Finally, I encourage you young readers to also initiate and contribute to the society in the best way you can. Raise your ideas and we (NIF) will provide all kind of support to independently implement and execute ‘YOUR’ project the way you want to do it.

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