Sheena Rampaul-Nagrani is a special woman. She scouts the newspapers and the internet with one aim: to see how she can make a difference in the lives of those who are hurting or are in desperate need of assistance.
Filled with a heart to serve, the 36-year-old has been deliberately seeking out people to assist.
In an interview with Freedom Come Rain, she revealed that her husband and herself share the same vision as they look for people they can help.
Expounding on how she came to spread her area of help further afield, she said she started with the intention of just helping one person, so she looked through the newspapers, thinking she could just find one and assist.
Her heart sank when she realized how many people were in need of assistance.
“I’ve now decided to make it my life’s mission to change the world one person at a time. I stumbled on the article on Amoya McLeish, who lived in a fowl coop, and decided to find her. I sponsored her and got sponsors for her by creating a page on Instagram (letschange_alife). I came upon another woman named Terry as well, who is going through financial struggles with herself and children; I gave her a monetary contribution,” she shared on her outreach.
Since she created the Instagram page, Sheena said it is gaining traction and enabling the public to see the initiative and be able to send a message or contribute.
The philanthropist’s efforts have been lauded by many, including those in the music fraternity. Their public endorsement has given the project more visibility.
Her other outreach efforts have included assisting a 19-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, whose mother has had to carry him on her back. She reached out and again assisted.
Commenting on getting the resources to help, Sheena said although she primarily undertakes the task on her own, she has received great contributions, with the first and most significant coming from Tyron Wilson, founder and CEO of iCreate.
Other donors have also joined her in the fight to make a difference in the lives of others.
“Every month, I’m going to choose someone to sponsor out of my own pocket and post who I’m helping so that anyone who wants to help can, but even if I don’t get any outside help, I will still do what I can to help that selected person monthly. Alone, we can do little; together, we can do so much,” are her encouraging words.
Sheena said she came up with the Instagram name, but her sister brainstormed with her to come up with the charity name Life Changers which she intends to register as a foundation, to enable her to do so much more.
Born and raised in Kingston by her mother, Deborah Rampaul, she attended Holy Childhood Prep, before attending UWI for marketing and Civil Aviation Training Academy.
“I have two siblings, Stephen Rampaul (an attorney-at-law) who lives in Tampa, and sister Christina Rampaul (a nurse practitioner) who lives in Florida. My father was murdered when I was younger and my mother worked endlessly to make sure we were grown in a manner to appreciate the smaller things in life, to work hard but most important to have a heart of gold,” she shared on things that motivated her to serve.
Sheena balances her professional world of aviation as the CEO/Founder of Tranzcend Wellness as well as the Marketing Director of BethMed Pharma.
Getting a little more personal, she said it is her belief in God that has seen her triumph over everything that comes her way.
“There were many hard times I faced in life, from seeing my father murdered to coming from a single-parent family where things were not always easy, to having my daughter at 19 and having to drop out of school at the time to work and provide for her, but it was my belief, trust, and prayer in God who kept me afloat and enabled me to work and push harder to become great in life,” she notes.
Having received a lot of blessings, she said she feels compelled to pass them on and give back. This, she hopes, will make her country a better place.