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Dear Family,
As we step into this New Year, I am filled with joy as December 2013 marked 4
years since the Outreach-Child Support project was first launched. During these
years, thanks to each one of you, we have been able to touch the lives of
thousands! From broadening horizons to helping people realise their dreams, we
have been able to create a world of opportunities that never existed before.
People also continue to tell me what this unique initiative, H.O.P.E, has done
in their lives. A few weeks back, I caught up with an old friend of mine for a
meeting. Post marriage, she has shifted to another city but continues to
support every issue of H.O.P.E by helping us frame our thoughts better and put
our emotions into apt words. This is what she had to share
Working from home at
times can be really challenging as you rarely have a second person to discuss
or bounce your ideas with. However I am blessed to have got a husband from the
same field as me (communications). With marriage, a sort of co-dependency
developed between us when it came to work. He would ask for my opinion / help
on some projects and I would insist that he took a quick look at whatever I
did. So when I was asked to help out with H.O.P.E, it was but natural that I
wanted my husband to read each mail that came my way.
After the first few
times, I found it difficult to get him to read H.O.P.E. Citing issues of
tiredness and brain switching off after leaving work, he left me sad and a
little lost. My unhappiness started building up and very soon, I decided to
express myself and argue my case. I told him, See now... I know you are busy
and have a million tasks to complete. And though I may not be earning anything
as compared to you or working with big clients, I feel you should respect my
work and help me out because it is my work and it is important to me . And what
came next from him changed everything. Well, if it is something important for
you, then, it s important for me too!
Since then, I have
seen my husband take that little extra effort in everything I do. Be it going
in half an hour early to work so that he can check H.O.P.E before the crowd
comes in or clarifying my doubts on the phone while on his way for meetings, he
has been there to help me make every H.O.P.E mail come alive. Today, all of the
work I do from home is possible because of his understanding. He is willing to
have instant soup for dinners, sit up late hours to help me organise my
thoughts and share links he feels I may find useful. And every time now, when I
receive appreciation for the work I do, I am proud to say that my husband has a
role in that too!
As soon as my friend shared this, I was overjoyed and told her that s exactly
why H.O.P.E. amazes me. It is such a humble platform to share people s
experiences, but its reach and impact is indescribable.
As I wish the both of them many more years of working together and being
together, may the New Year bring for each of you plenty of surprising occasions
to strengthen friendships and family bonds.
Thanks & Regards,
Subin Jacob | Director
| Outreach Child Support
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