Anwesha Dubey, a senior from Duchesne Academy, gave a moving
and inspiring speech this morning at TEDx. Having grown up the large city of
Lucknow, India, she saw the poverty in the world first hand. These memories of
sickness and poverty stuck with her even after she left the country and moved
to the United States. In her talk, Anwesha recounted to the audience the appalling
number of people living without health care in India; close to 400 million
people, which is larger than the population of North America. These people are
living below the poverty, with no means of help. Until now. Jagadguru Kripalu
Chikitsalaya is an organization founded by Jaqadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj
Anwesha’s spiritual guru. The organization focuses on providing healthcare the
people who need it. All services are free of charge, and they also provide
basic necessities consitsting of food, water and shelter. The entire
organization is no profit. Doctors give of their time freely, benefactor’s
donations go to buy much needed supplies, and volunteers help to keep the
clinics running. Since its founding, JKC has helped more than 10 million people.
Anwesha hopes to one day create clinics similar to JKC all around the world.
Anwesha’s talk reminds us that we “are not trying to provide healthcare for all
people today, but rather plant the seeds so that one day healthcare will be an
option for everyone.”
For more information on JCK please click the link below
-Maria Noguera
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