Why Education is Important to Me

Like Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the Most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

Education is important to all in this world. One of my main focuses is bringing that to everyone in the world through our non-profit. Seeing that many people aren’t able to reach their aspirations due to some social, physical, or economical challenges, created a push within me to help them, donating towards other non-profits within India and around the world, focused on providing education to all.

My passion toward education grew slowly, but one jump was from research into education in undeveloped countries in middle school. Learning that mainly girls were married as children to make money for their families, and urged to work at home and get jobs instead of learning in schools, shocked me and jumped my want to help, and gain awareness toward this. Children don’t need to be forced to work and get married because of the social or economic constructs their families face, but are at the age to prosper and gain the everlasting education they can hopefully gain.

One thing that I was proud to hear from stories from my parents was this same passion for education was within my family as well. My grandfather was a physics college professor and had a hope that for his kids’ top priority would be their health and education, and that his grandchildren would also be educated. My aunt became a teacher, and other people within my family pursuing such jobs in teaching, grew my interest in seeing that others such as me believed in teaching and growing the knowledge within our society.

Although my step forward might be small as donating a penny to an organization, I hope it grows to help other children like me gain their education.