When Problems Surround...Normally You SurrenderWhen Limitations Compile...Generally You Com premiseWhen Obstacles Obstruct...Basically You AbstainWhen Pain Persists...Eventually You Go Pale and Perish
One person proved all
these wrong just by her perseverance, hard work, spirit of never-die approach,
self confidence, etc. She is none other than Mrs. Anil Jyothi Reddy. Her story
is an apt example of rags-to-rich transformation.
You are the creator of your own destiny
Nothing can stop a
human being from becoming what he/she wants to achieve in life.
This has been proved by Mrs. Jyothi Reddy with her spectacular travel from a field laborer to the CEO of an organization in the US. This is the true story of Ms. Jyothi Reddy who now owns a software company in the United States of America and who has a great vision to change many lives of women in rural India.
This has been proved by Mrs. Jyothi Reddy with her spectacular travel from a field laborer to the CEO of an organization in the US. This is the true story of Ms. Jyothi Reddy who now owns a software company in the United States of America and who has a great vision to change many lives of women in rural India.
Early Struggle
Jyothi was born in
1970 and she was the youngest among the five girl children in a poor family in
India. Due to her family’s financial situation, she was admitted into a welfare
orphanage. To get the admission, she had to become a motherless child. It was a
heart breaking situation for Jyothi as she could not see her mother during the
days when she was in the orphanage. There was nobody to share her happiness and
sorrow. Instead of getting down with the situation, Jyothi developed a strong
will to make her future bright. She promised herself to work towards creating a
better life for her. She learned the way of dealing with life in a hard and
practical manner. The hardship taught her the value of life and made her think
beyond the situation.
She attended a government
school while at the orphanage and she also took vocational course while
residing in the superintendent's house. Jyothi used to help her superintendent
with their household work. She realized that to lead a beautiful life, she
should get a decent job first. She started thinking for the ways to get into a
job.
"Man proposes and
God disposes" - Same happened to Jyothi as she had to marry at 16 to her
cousin, instead of working on to make her dreams come true. After having 2
children, the situation became even worse as she had to work in the fields for
a daily wage of Rs. 5 to take care of her children. These situations made her
even stronger to stand and fight for life.
Then came an
opportunity in the form of NYK (Nehru Yuva Kendra), a Central Government
scheme
which sought to create awareness among the youth. She took the opportunity and
became a NYK Volunteer and later started teaching. But the money she was making
was not sufficient to run the family. She used to stitch petticoats at night to
make more money. She also learned typewriting. Apart from her bad financial
situation, she also had to fight with family and society to do what she wanted
to do. She studied and obtained a BA from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University in
1994 and studied for a postgraduate degree from the Kakatiya University on
weekends and obtained it in 1997. This made her get a special teacher job for a
salary of Rs. 398 per month. She used to travel for two hours to reach her
school. She utilized this time to sell sarees to her co-passengers which gave
her some extra income. Her struggle for life made her become conscious about
the time and it showed her the ways to utilize the time available creatively.
Her job was
regularized and she started making decent money. But she did not want to settle
for anything, as her passion to reach a higher level always was haunting her to
find the next best. A relative's visit from the US made her think about going
to the land of dreams, United States. She studied computer courses to get the
eligibility to work in the US. She went to US by leaving her two daughters in a
missionary hostel.
Struggle to get Foothold
It was not an easy
journey for her to settle in the US. She had to work in a gas station, work as
a baby sitter, load/unload goods and work at a video shop for her survival. She
then joined a company called CS America as a recruiter with an aid of a close
relative. Later she got another offer from a different company, but it did not
stay and she had to go back to babysitting and gas station for survival. That
was the beginning of her entrepreneurial dreams. She wanted to start her own
business and was looking for the suitable line of business to start.
Entry into Entrepreneurial World
When she visited
Mexico for stamping, she realized that she could start a consulting company as
she was familiar with the paperwork involved with the Visa Processing. With her
savings of $40000, she opened an office in Phoenix in 2011. She has been
successfully running her company KEYSS since then.
Her two daughters
moved to US and completed their education in the American schools.
Social Responsibility
Her practical
experiences with a struggling life made her think about doing her part in
helping the people in need. Whenever she visits India, she goes to old age
homes, orphanages and provides a helping hand to them. She also visits
educational institutes to inspire and empower the future generations.
Self Motives and Tireless Effort
Today, her next dream
to see that every Orphan in India to get his/her own Identity, recognition and
enjoy equal opportunity. Towards reaching that goal, she has been interacting
and sensitizing various Government agencies, policy makers, politicians as well
as Non-Government Organizations.
In this direction, she
had joined hands with other likeminded NGOs Prajadharana Welfare Society, MV
Foundation and Child Rights Advocacy Forum (CRAF) and formed a Pressure Group
Force for Orphan Rights and Community Empowerment (FORCE). She has already
organized a National Seminar at Hyderabad during December 19 - 21, 2011 and
submitted a memorandum to the Central Government. She is also organizing
National Consultations for Orphans Rights with Parliament Members (MPs) and
other Law Makers from 16 – 21, May 2012 at New Delhi.
Need-based Support to Orphans
Through such mission,
she wants to help and make all young orphans between the age group of 18 - 35
to get financial independence. Using Vocational Training, she intends to train
them and enable them become self confident and self-reliant and improve their
employability.
She is also working on
her vision which empowers the rural women with skills and makes them
self-sufficient.
This is
how a girl from a village created her own destiny and went to the top of the
world and started helping many.
SO, you are the creator of your own destiny!
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