A Passion is an Idea waiting to be Explored 


From a young age, watching family and friends help those in need, then seeing inequalities and hardships extend further during Covid has inspired me to give back. Starting small with food, clothes, and toys, the need to multiply the impact became at the forefront of every thought. As a result, the search for internships and partnerships led me to converse with the Los Angeles Mayor's office, City Council members, and local companys aiming to do the same. Knowing others share the same values, a nonprofit, Rimpact.org, was created to further like-minded individuals' ideas to uplift the community. 

Amar's view to Achieving Impact

Building Relationships  |  Research  |  Execution

Building Relationships

With the relationships created, over 1,500,000 families have been served either through Hot Meals or Food Pantries in the past 4 years. 

2023 + 2024

Worked with YoungLA (former employer) and the Seva Collective (Nonprofit in Orange County, California) building a partnership to donate items for their annual Holiday Drive. 

Amar regularly attends their food drive even throughout college whenever he is home.

Left is 2024, right is 2023

2021


Rimpact.org

Co-founded a nonprofit subchapter for like-minded youths to highlight projects with impact and meaning within their community.

Highlighted 4 projects:

Supply Packs

While interning at the City Council offices, Amar noticed that many parents were ill-prepared to send their children back to school full time after a year and a half of online learning. In partnership with Non-Profit Foundations, together they developed a school supply drive for the students in Pacoima, California. Securing, assembling and providing 500 backpacks at a local event and an additional 200 backpacks to homeless shelters brought a helping hand to the parents and students getting ready for school.

Jobs for Youth

Pitched a pilot project to give Youth ages 16-18 in the community 5% of all the Jobs in Pacoima, California

Amar Presenting his Pitch 'Jobs for Youth' to the Los Angeles County Youth Development Director and the local Councilwoman. 

Pitched in the summer of 2021, the tentative project start time was beginning of 2023, however now it is unknown. 

Jobs for Youth

During the Coronavirus Pandemic, unemployment skyrocketed to levels many have not witnessed or imagined would occur within their lifetime. This extreme event highlighted a real issue within my community - young individuals at the bottom of the economic tier who lost their jobs. Teenagers with the least amount of experience in the workforce are the first to be looked over. However, they are the future. By teenagers having a job in their earlier ages and years, "their income raises 14-16 percent in their 20s". Looking at Pacoima California as a case study, an economic rank lower than others, helping future generations would exponentially help grow the area. Not only would the economy benefit but the education expenses too, as "those who balance school and a job are less likely to drop out of high school than those who do not work during their high school years."  This project's goal is to give those who usually wouldn't get an opportunity and a way to succeed.

Briefs:

Unemployment: 

Its Consequences 

Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, unemployment in recent times has skyrocketed like never before. Looking at graphs by USA facts, before the Pandemic, the percentage of unemployment was around 3%, but in April 2020, it went to over 14% in the United States. Thus resulting in a population of people including kids in the job force nationwide not having the ability to work despite having the capabilities. 

By not having a job, individuals face financial challenges, higher crime, a higher percentage of illiteracy, and increased hunger. But what should be next? More stimulus checks? More aid to those in need? Or the inclusion of the younger generation into the Job force?


Amar Oberoi (2/21/21)

Job Loss: 

Effects on individuals 

When one loses their job, it can damage their self-esteem and confidence. These factors, over time, leads to them feeling that they are not good enough for the job. With people feeling as if they are not worthy, they downgrade their work level to something they know they can do for themselves to earn money. Once this downgrade comes, it moves the entire workforce lower, causing those at the bottom to go away. Normally, those at the bottom of the workforce pyramid are interns, teenagers, and or individuals who haven’t had a full education. With this occurring, those at the bottom lose their jobs and are unable to survive or make a stable income to help whom they care about and, in turn, find new ways to make ends meet.


Amar Oberoi (2/28/21)

Youth:

Future?

According to the New York times, job requirements in America are becoming harder to achieve. This is due to individuals not having a certain education level or experience that are up to the standards that many companies in today’s day and age want. As a result, many individuals may not want to go back to school and until they perhaps get the experience necessary for the job they desire, they work at other jobs, however, this affects the entire workforce. Before the Covid 19 pandemic, according to USA facts, 45% of individuals ages 16-24 had jobs, much of the jobs included restaurant work, working for carwashes, and working at retail stores. During the age of 16-24, many teenagers and young adults figure out what they want to do in life and also get the discipline that they carry on for many years to come. With jobs being harder to achieve the younger generation’s job slots are getting filled up, as a result, it is very easy for the younger generation to lose sight of who they are and what they want to become. 


Amar Oberoi (3/7/21)

Project Execution

Providing ideas to help the Youth within District 7 and the surrounding communities. 

Created education materials about mental health, college resources, student finances, and personal safety for the youth to cope with staying at home during Covid- 19. 

(Amar third row all the way to the left.)

2020

Helping Khalsa Care Foundation and the Los Angeles Mayor's office in making 3,500 meals a day over the summer of 2020 for those with Disabilities in the Los Angeles county. 

Worked with partners to understand and ensure the inventory needs correctly and assigned adequate volunteers. 

(Amar wearing a black turban- left of the middle) 


Serving Pacoima and its surrounding counties free food every Friday through contracts with the USDA and LA Food Bank. 

Worked as the Director of Supply Operations at Khalsa Food Pantry since April of 2020 organizing and ensuring the delivery of dairy, fruits, vegetables, and bread for 500+ families weekly.  

(Amar wearing a yellow turban- bottom left)

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