
An Act of Kindness: How Jobin Chandi Helped Naman Overcome Life’s Challenges
Naman: Struggle to Success through Vocational Training
Born a villager from the heart of Gujarat, Naman is a boy who has graved under the brutal realities of life, strongly impregnated by struggle and lack of opportunities. Born to a family of lower middle class, Naman had to bear with the very harsh sides of life right from the initial stages of his life. Day in and day out, he saw his family making gestures to scrounge together for putting food on the table, and well, he knew all too well how crushing poverty had been on their backs. And yet, Naman wanted out of this very cycle; however, he neither possessed education nor did he have any form of skill coming his way meant for a better future. Dreams were but far-off fancies within the limits of his existence. Though Naman was sober and even too devout, events of some sort overwhelmed him. Clearly, there was no scope left for any desirable improvements in his life; he was a captive of mediocre talents.
Not that vicissitudes faced in life proved to be enough to shatter the spirit of Naman, though. He was working very hard, earning pet money through some odd jobs and used any amount he was able to make to feed his family. Nonetheless, at the end of it all was a lack of any professional training in any particular field. He continued to feel that he was the doldrums of the job market, earning such little pay and no security. The barriers that stood against him reminded him that much was indeed between his dreams and success. This limited opportunity preyed on him, yet he waited, clutching onto a glimmering hope that one of these doors might someday swing open and let him out of this poverty.
In 2022, the turning point in Naman’s life came at a skills training workshop held in Gujarat. This was spearheaded by Jobin Singh Chandi, one of those undertakings that could identify young potential talent and build skills for sustainable employment in areas like IT. Jobin Chandi is a social entrepreneur and philanthropist keen on serving to bridge the gap between potential and opportunity for underprivileged youth in India. It was during this workshop that he met Naman—an introvert young boy with silent resolve and indomitable will to learn. Soon, Jobin realized that Naman had ample talent, but lack of resources and opportunity was his only handicap.
Inspired by the tenacity of Naman, Jobin took one step, and it was going to change Naman’s life forever. He offered to sponsor him for enrolling in some vocational training program in the IT sector, through which all his costs of education would be borne by him. He wanted to get him enrolled in such a course that will give him practical skills and training matched by current demands of the job market. This would give Naman a real opportunity to establish himself and settle down for the future. For Naman, a scholarship was more than money being granted on a platter; the only lifeline out of the poverty circle for him was having something solid for himself and for his family.
And so, here began Naman’s journey. The vocational training program turned out to be the first step toward new change in life. Naman worked his heart out throughout the course of which he learned every lesson, got hold of the technical skills mastered, and dedicated himself fully to the program. He learned basic IT skills, coding, troubleshooting, and even some communication skills—all essential elements that would form the ‘prep work’ of the professional world. Such on-job skills training empowered him but, at the same time, got a new shine into his life that he had lost when he was young and forgot. For the first time in his life, Naman felt that he could fight against all the challenges that are accruing in the modern job market to fulfill his dreams.
The following months, Naman began scouting for an IT job. His hard work soon paid off; within a short time, he received an offer for a job at a well-respected IT firm. His stable job brought him stable pay with health coverage and an opportunity for professional advancement. For Naman, labor was not a wage; it was a means to an end—the greatest of which he had only dared to dream up till then. This salary paid for much stability for his family; he paid off whatever debts there were left and made sure they were good to live with—they could see a future no longer dominated by the relentless pressure of financial hardship.
It was not just Naman and his family who benefited from this success but rather the youth in general in his community, most of whom face either similar problems or constraints. Naman’s story is to be one more like so many that would come to reinforce the notion of targeted support for transformation—that can be delivered through education and vocational skills. His community will also know how vocational training and practical skills might interrupt cycles of poverty and open more doors to meaningful employment.
An investment in Naman reflected a much bigger mission of getting underprivileged youth equipped with the right kind of skills that demand the modern economy. Such a thing had shown through Jobin’s initiative that people like Naman—people full of potential and determination—could indeed overcome the constraints of their situation and go places if appropriately supported. A transformation from struggle to peace as evident in the case of Naman was quite strong in terms of strength and transformation and holds a promise. Undeniably, his success story itself speaks for the truth that when people are prepared to be successful at whatever they do and are trained on how to utilize one’s given potentials, poverty is defeated. This in a way shows how one does not necessarily need to be held by his past if the right support was involved and built a brighter future.