Aksheyaa Akilan is a Health, Education and Rights Advocate, Social Entrepreneur and Psychological Counsellor.
Aksheyaa Akilan is a passionate healthcare and human rights advocate who constantly endeavours to provide sustainable education and employment. She founded the House of Hibiscus, a cohort of 3 organisations working on Mental Health. Additionally, she was a Global Youth Ambassador at TheirWorld for equitable and quality education.
She has interned at the United Nations (OHCHR), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the TN State Human Rights Commission (TNSHRC).
Photo courtesy: Y. Shimizu / Secretariat of the WHO FCTC
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Illusion of Normality TEDx
IMPACT
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50,000+ persons
Mental Health Project
Counselling, No Tobacco Workshops, Guided Imagery, Mental Health Workshops, Collaborations and Social Media Campaigns.
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15,000+ persons
#ChangeEchoes Gender Equality
Workshops, Seminars, Webinars, Counselling, Medical Consultations, Legal Consultations, Media Advocacy and Research.
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20,000+ persons
No-Tobacco Project
Counselling, Guided Imagery, Workshops, Collaborations and Social Media Campaigns.
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10,000 students
#EducationForAll
Graduated under our educational institutions with vocational training -
5,000+ MHPs
#ConnectingProfessionals
Created a Community of Mental Health Professional(MHPs), aspirants and entrepreneurs in India -
1500+ persons
#TherapyforAll
Availed therapy services, including pro-bono and sliding scale services under House of Hibiscus
#LetMeLearn
Education systems are failing to meet the needs of children with learning disabilities.
Aksheyaa Akilan’s passionate message calling for more inclusive schools for every child and young person has been viewed and shared time and again with the video also been posted by the UNICEF on Instagram.
Causes
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SDG 3
Accessible counselling and therapy services, awareness campaigns, intervention workshops on Tobacco awareness guided imagery and meditation sessions, medical consultations.
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SDG 4
Learning and testing portals for students in regional languages, awareness workshops that target gaps in the education system.
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SDG 5
Project #ChangeEchoes - Generation Equality Action Coalition Commitment: Gender Equality-based events and activities.
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SDG 7
Collaborations with others to further the use of cleaner energy and a 3 Mega-Watt Solar farm facilitates the companies and institutions.
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SDG 8
Employment SDG Career Development Webinar for women and marginalised communities
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SDG 10
Intersectional work on rights of persons with disabilities, marginalised communities, minorities and others
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SDG 12
Agricultural produce ensured to be sustainably produced using Solar Energy.
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SDG 13
Workshops on principles of sustainability that can be implemented by individuals and more.
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SDG 16
Providing accessible and sliding scale human rights awareness sessions, social media advocacy, and legal consultations.
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SDG 17
Partnerships with multiple stakeholders in an intersectional manner.
Aksheyaa has mobilised over 20 schools and 5 universities (over 35,000 children and youth) to work on the Sustainable Development Goals.
Community mobilisation furthering partnership between the goals.
“You grow through what you go through”
It is not easy being a neuro-divergent person, being diagnosed with dyslexia myself I understood that the world is not designed to fit everyone who is different. Especially, if you have an intellectual disability.
The stigma surrounding the subject makes even the basic help that everyone gets easily inaccessible. The lack of awareness and inclusivity just adds on to the problem. (Read more)
“Our capacity to acknowledge differences, embrace diversity, and grow sustainably is what will save humanity.”
— Aksheyaa Akilan