- What is your name and where are you from?
My name is Vasundhara Chaudhary and I am from Chandigarh,India - What is your organization and what is the mission of your organization?
I am founder of a youth organization Inspire Dose. Our mission is to spread awareness about different mental health issues and how to deal with them. We aware people about spirituality and its importance. We encourage people to inculcate moral values in themselves. We conduct surveys about various mental health issues. We have launched free printable self care journal page. Have been advocating about stigma related to mental health through collaborating with podcasters and bloggers. Have been publishing articles about mental health in local newspapers and magazines. Also we use YouTube to post various videos related to depression and motivation. We also provide free counseling and therapy sessions for people in need. - Key Accomplishments for your organization
The organization was selected for Ashoka Young Changemakers Program 2022. We have a community of 1.5k people on Instagram, 200 subscribers on YouTube, about 100 people have been benefitted with our free self care resources. - How did you get started with helping others/volunteering?
From a young age I had been inclined towards mental health. When I used to talk to people about mental health they ignored the conversation and didn’t give it the importance it deserved this made me realize the stigma attached with mental health. I had faced anxiety issues at different stages of my life and during the lockdown my anxiety grew so intense that I had to reach out to professionals for support. Therapy sessions and spirituality helped me to cope up. This made me determined to do something in this field and I started Inspire Dose. Spreading awareness about mental health and helping people to d
eal with it has always been my passion. - How can readers stay in contact with you?
Readers can Visit our website- https://inspiredoseindia.wixsite.com/website or mail us at [email protected] - Who inspires you the most?
My grandfather. He is a doctor and had been serving the society by providing health care services in rural area at a nominal fee. He inspires me to give back to the society in every possible way. - What do you want the future to look like for your organization?
Through my organization we are looking forward to creating awareness to de stigmatize mental health and providing a platform to get free counseling and therapy sessions from professionals. We also looking forward to launch and distribute free self care kits to people. - If you could tell someone who wants to make a difference something, what would it be, and why?
I would like to tell that the journey of creating a difference is not easy one you are going to face a lot of ups and downs, at times you will get a feeling that whatever you are doing is it even creating a impact but I would say even if it is creating a difference in one person’s life it is worth it. So the journey of making a difference is not a smooth one but definitely an adventurous one and it will give you immense satisfaction and pleasure. I would like people to know this so that they can be inspired to create a change and everyone becomes a change maker which will definitely lead to a better world.