Role of Youth in Driving Systemic Social Change | Rakesh Saha | TEDxYouth@CIRS

Rakesh Saha encompassed his speech with real life examples and the raw truth of the condition of under privileged children in India. He bought us to light the complexity of the problems faced by these children and how we all can through small steps work towards building a better environment for those children to live in. He showed us that the problem doesn’t just end with providing shelter and care or by just educating but mentally and socially engaging them with the society and it’s norms. He ended his exuberant speech which gained the empathy of the audience by stating how if we try, we can definitely make a difference in those kid’s life.

Rakesh Saha is a member of an organisation named Make A Difference which works to ensure equitable outcomes for children in orphanages and street shelters. He is part of MAD’s Education Support Team which is responsible for ensuring that children in shelters are able to achieve the grades necessary for them to progress into further education or vocational training. Rakesh’s primary focus is to analyse needs, identify necessary learning interventions and develop, pilot and prove learning, educational and teaching methodologies that can be scaled up across the MAD network. Rakesh also identifies, engages and manages partnerships with experts in the field to ensure that we are deploying proven methodologies and aren’t losing time reinventing the wheel.
Rakesh discovered his love for teaching at MAD and firmly believes that every child has a right to quality education, and that it is our duty, as citizens, to step up and deliver where the state has failed to do so.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx