Shonila Jindal

About Me

My name is Shonila Jindal and till now I have invested my time and talent in growing and grooming a family consisting of a husband, who is a finance professional, and a daughter, who is a doctor. I had started my career as a textile designer but moved on to be a homemaker. Having taken care of and nurtured my family.
I am now directing that intent into young minds at the Udayan Care NGO, where I am a volunteer and mentor young girls and counsel them toward a professional career and self-reliance.
To achieve this noble objective I am part of the Udayan Shalini Fellowship (USF) program of a well-established Indian NGO.
USF supports girls from unprivileged backgrounds in their studies and overall grooming post-10th standard. Such girls are identified every year for support through a rigorous process of examination, interviews, and personal home visits.
The shortlisted high-potential girls are then onboarded for a five-year development program. At each milestone, the performance of the girls is reviewed by the USF team.
We all at USF are grooming these talented girls to become socially responsible and professionally trained women.
We call each of them ‘Shalini’, which in Sanskrit means an empowered woman. I am a member of this program’s Core Team.

Today, we all at the USF program put in our efforts for their grooming but we continuously require funds for our activities. Specifically, the funds are used for conducting extracurricular activities, ongoing support for basic education (for example computer classes), and graduation costs.
Funds play a significant role in the transformation process and in realizing the potential of these young girls. Hence, their criticality.

Appeal

The transformation in the lives of these girls has touched me deeply.
I am raising funds to help these bright girls shine in the future through the Tata Mumbai Marathon (TMM).
I am participating at the TMM for the third time this year with Udayan Care and making an appeal to all to support this participation.
Be a part of this noble cause by earmarking, donating, and helping the girls realize their potential.
I know that all of you support other noble causes too but being associated with Udayan Care has shown me numerous live cases of complete transformation and I want you to be a part of this too. Your small donation would go a long way in this journey.

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