Youth Voices

Youth Catalyst *Navya Narang Youth Catalyst *Navya Narang facilitated the campaign run by Nada India Foundation and Young India Network for Good Health to appreciate the hard work and efforts of Nurses and Health Attendants by spreading awareness and getting network members and volunteers to connect with nursing assistants and thanking them for their service, patience and dedication.   In conversation with Nada team member Riya Thapliyal, Navya shares her journey of working on the campaign. #Youthforcaregivers Riya : Hi! Navya. First of all, thank you so much for associating with the campaign and working so hard to make it a success. What motivated you to join the campaign in the first place?  Navya : I personally feel that the work all the nurses do is always worth saluting and thanking. I saw a nurse at work when I was 9 years old, taking care of my grandfather who was on his deathbed. She used to stay with us the whole day, helping us everywhere wherev...

"Vikul felt that this had given him an added opportunity to connect with his family back home, Abhey felt that his movement had been restricted causing a decrease in his physical activity #COVID19   Nada India Foundation organised a webinar on “Digital Advocacy” for the students of Kirori Mal College on march 27th, 2020 at 3 p.m with Mr. Suneel Vatsyayan as the speaker and Ms. Riya Thapliyal as the moderator. Ms. Thapliyal began the session by introducing herself and sharing how the lockdown initiated as a meassure to stop coronavirus from spreading is causing emotional and mental distress to her personally and how Nada India wants to use this time to create healthy headspace by providing a platform for people to connect and learn/hone a skill at the same time. With this she invited the participants to share how corona has affected their life.  While Vikul felt that this had given him an added opportunity to connect with his family back home, Abhey felt that his...

Nada India Foundation celebrated "World Obesity Day " at Daulat Ram College at their Annual social festival "Aagaaz 2020". Nada India Health Advocates Riya Thapliyal and Devid spent the afternoon speaking to students, spreading the word and promoting good health on campus.  Devid said, "agar aapko obesity ki problem hai toh aap cancer, blood pressure, jaisi ghatak bimariyon se bhi ulajh rahe ho". Riya helped students establish the link between obesity and climate change which was the theme of the festival.  Students were surprised to discover this link and also the global event was news for them, they didn't know such a day was celebrated today.    Jaanvi, second year student of Philosophy (H) said, "the main reason behind obesity is our sedentary lifestyle so we need to take care of what we eat and we need to exercise daily".  While Urvashi pledged to switch to healthier food items and quit eating junk food,  Farha wished for ...