We live in an unprecedented times post Covid, a world with unknown, fear and instability, which is a leading cause of mental illness and mental well being. As per the reports from the National Alliance on Mental Illness – 52M/21% adults and over 7.7M/17% youth from the age between 6-17 in America experienced mental illness, depression and anxiety post Covid. These numbers are rapidly increasing driven by loneliness, self doubt and loss of purpose.
Covid times are hard and chaotic for all of us and it’s more so with seniors including my grandmother, interestingly what kept us united as a family and refrain from all the negative emotion is the power of doing activities together. I showed card tricks to her and her friends at Priya Senior Living and India Community Centers where more than 60+seniors psarticipated in my magic show event.
I found this experience enriching and wanted to spread this happiness across, that’s when I decided to develop a platform “Caringbuddy – https://caringbuddy.com/”. I have designed and developed this platform from the inception and our vision is build a happy and strong community where kids and seniors get connected and spend quality time with each other on activities they enjoy, from dancing, painting, cooking, walking and the list goes on. This not only helps to eliminate loneliness but it provides positivity, fulfillness and stronger community bond.
I am very humbled to receive the support and encouragement from Senator – Dave Cortese, Assembly member – Alex Lee and Congressman – Ro Khanna. I am on a mission to make Caringbuddy an accessible platform where community across all generations connect in a fun and interactive way!
