Empowering Dreams: Radhika Mahara’s Journey from Struggles to Success

Introduction:

Radhika Mahara is a social worker with an experience of 7 years. She has done her education in MA English and MSW. Currently, she is posted in Durg in Chattisgarh as a post of Field facilitator on Samarthan Organization. She was doing social work when she passed her 12th class in 2017. From her 12th class, she is into doing social work. In 2019 she got a job offer from Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India, and she got selected for the post of coordinator. Through this, she started doing more work for the betterment of society. Her mother is also a social worker, she got inspired by her mother, and today she has enough resources to keep her family happy. 

Radhika wants to inspire and aware people of topics like education, health, yoga, and child marriage. She also keeps her updated as she aims to become an IAS officer so that she can help more people. Her family including her parents and her 5 sisters motivated her toward her goals. In her family only she gets the opportunity to study so she wants to prove herself.  

Challenges and Achievements:

Coming from a small village, and a large family with 21 sisters Radhika faces a lot of challenges like early marriage. Still, she didn’t give up on her dreams and kept studying even after her marriage and completed her BA, and MA in English, MSW, and PGDRD. At the age of 22 years, she has a kid of 2 months and she does social work with her kid, and simultaneously she studies for the future.

Radhika won many awards:

• Interview With Pratibha Prabhu (Inspiring Women Fashion Entrepreneur, Jul 2024
• National Youth Volunteer Award Nyks Bilaspur Chhattisgarh India 2021. 
• National Humanitarian Excellence Award (I Can Foundation 15th August 2024) 
• Bharat Shree National Award (Grow Bharat Foundation Madhya Pradesh India 2024) 
• National Service Award (Veyil Foundation Bengaluru 2024) 
• National Talent Honour Award (Worthy Wellness Foundation Lucknow 2024) 
• Best Field Facilitator Award (Samarthan Organisation Raipur Chhattisgarh 15th August 2023)
• Bharat Service Award (Veyil Foundation Bengaluru Karnataka 2024) 
• Ravindra Ratna Purskar (Viyil Foundation Bengaluru Karnataka 2024) 
• Women Icon Award (World Record Solution & Award Uttarpradesh 2024) 
• Idols Of Bharat Award (Yuva Maharashtra Foundation/International Human Rights Ambassador's Org.) 
• Global Icon Award (Gyan Uday Foundation Rajasthan 2024) 
• International Icon Award (International World Record Solution (Uttapradesh 2024) 
• Bhartiya Sarvshreshtha Samman Award By Fair Vission Foundation. 
• International Achievers Award (Gyanuday Foundation Rajasthan) 
• Nation's Pride Award (Gyan Udaya Foundation Rajasthan 2024) 
• Global Prestigious Award ( MTTV-Aatmnirbhar Bharat Foundation 2024) 
• Global Women Inspiration Award & Conclaves -2024 Delhi (I Can Foundation Delhi) Inspiring Women Social Activities (I Can Foundation 2024)

Personal Insights:

The struggle of her parents always inspires her to move forward. She added “We see their dreams which they could not fulfill in us. We are their hope and we have to fulfill this hope with all our heart. We have to fulfill our parents' dreams. Our education and achievement are also enough resources to move us forward.”

Radhika believes “It is a very simple thing to make your career and generate income from it. When money starts coming from the profession then personal life automatically gets balanced very easily without any problem. Hence it is important to give more time to strengthening your mind, and nature, evaluating yourself, and developing yourself. Only when we are happy, we will be able to share happiness.”

Impact and Vision:

Radhika’s future goal is to become an IAS officer so that she can easily help other people. She is currently focused on the Samarthan Centre For Development Support Organisation. 

• Community Mobalizer_ Megger Activities On Agriculture, Wash, Child Education, Health, PRI, SMC, SHG, VHSNC Meetings. Working With Adolescence Girl's For Behaviour Change Towards (MHM). 
• Creating Formar Clubs, Integrated Village Development Works. Organizing Program On Social Activities. Construction Activities On Natural Resources Management, West Water Community And House Holds. 
• Swach Bharat Mission West Management Supporting Panchayat For Gram Panchayat Development Program On 9themes Involving Other Social Skims. 
• Social Protection Skims Enhancing Women Empowerment, Linking with Livelihood, Agriculture, Focussing On Growth Of Economical Conditions Back Ward's Family To Improve Their Poverty Line. Providing Mission Plumber Tranning for strengthening them. 
• Working With Manrega Department Finding Work Place To Convert Model Village. Improving Number of Job Cards For Working Family. 
• Increasing Low Water Denecity Crops Mobilizing For Multiple Crops To Improve High Income.
• Collecting Data In Field Recognition Skills, Conversation For Convergence. 
• Coordinate With Community Meetings. Exposer Vijit, Deferent Types Of Training At Field Or Government Sector. 
• Capacity Building of Farmers on the agriculture practices, horticulture, floriculture, etc., and also the production of manure production, value addition, packaging, and market linkages. 
• Poultry and Goat rearing for Livelihood Enhancing Extra Income Growth. Reporting And Data Management Technically Proficient In MS Office. Capable Of Working Effectively In a Fast- fast-paced environment And Consistently Prioritizing Tasks To meet Deadlines; Excellent Interpersonal Skills, Initiative, Attention To Detail, And Follow-Through Skills. Systematic, Organized, Hardworking, And Dedicated Team Player With An Analytical Bent Of Mind, Determined To Be a Part Of a Growth-Oriented Organization.

Conclusion:

Radhika advises young women “There is nothing more beautiful than you in this world. Learn to give time to yourself, care for yourself, strengthen your resolve, and give wings to your dreams. What you can do is probably hidden within you. Recognize it and understand your hopes and expectations. Never compromise with fear. Move forward in your life.”