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cancer journey of Gurvind (NEKKI-Achai in Hindi) through our small act of kindness while touching many lives of our Wonder Women NEKKI Team. We have kept our packaging Eco-friendly, where we deliver our goods in specially curated Reusable Cloth bags since I’m against the use of Plastic and has been raising awareness for reusable products including sanitary pads from past 7 years. It comes with a special Seed paper ‘Thank you Note’ for our lovely Clients which they can tear and sow with love to a beautiful plant.
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ometimes life takes such a sudden turn that changes the course of life . Those stressful moments push back , but a sting willpower , faith and determination brings back the confidence to fight the situation and come out as successful one . Sharing a story of dear friend Gurvinder Kaur , who at the age of 35 have attained lot of accomplishments in the fields of cooking , fashion,social work and have been campaigning for various causes for women. My name is Gurvinder Kaur, I’m 35-yearold female - a Stage IV Colorectal metastasis to Liver & Breast Cancer Survivor, International Social Activist, Celebrity Chef, India Director of a UK based NGO Jaikara.org. uk & a Founder of a Women Leisure Wear Brand named NEKKI OFFICIALS where we support & empower Women Tailors who had tough times during Covid to have better livelihood and sustainable earnings. Life was going so smoothly; I was at the stable stage where my Chef career was going so well. In July 2020, I had an International tie-up with a Canadian company to curate customised recipes using Indian millets, whole grains and Indian herbs with their team of expert nutritionists for their clients. Until God gave me another job to do. Covid has affected everybody’s livelihood in 2020, so did Women tailors too. One day my mom was searching for a tailor to get her suits stitched so our next-door aunty sent a lady to our house who knows stitching. While talking to Download Our App
While establishing Nekki, I worked really hard from walking miles for quality fabric to weighing a lot of weight while shopping raw material from the wholesalers. Somewhere, I compromised my health in between and had a drastic weight loss of 10 kg in 2 months with constant bleeding from anus, which I considered as piles as I was having the same treatment for the past 6 months. When visited the doctor with symptoms of bleeding with stool and bloating, the doctor diagnosed it as Piles as CT Stomach and other full body tests were normal, just haemoglobin was low that was due to constant bleeding.
her she started to cry that she doesn’t have any food at home for her kids and since morning she was searching for work. Although mum helped her and gave her work too, somewhere I couldn’t sleep that night thinking about how so many ladies like her would be suffering with the same pain and financial insecurity. Therefore, I decided to empower women like them by giving them employment, not help. Here NEKKI OFFICIALS-unfold goodness, a Premium Women Leisure wear brand was born in Oct 2020. We aim to spread happiness through our Garments & goodness DECEMBER I 2021
In Feb 2021, when my body started giving severe alarms then I decided to visit a Laparoscopic Lady Surgeon in Amritsar who examined me and even she initially diagnosed Piles/ fissure. Again, got a whole abdomen Ultrasound and full body test, everything was normal except haemoglobin dropped to 7gm. Even after one month of medicine, the bleeding wasn’t stopping even for a day. Then she suggested I should go for a colonoscopy to find out the actual reason. Had a Wedding at home which delayed the test for a week, since I knew something was majorly wrong with my body and didn’t want anyone to know about my health condition therefore kept a fake smile throughout the wedding although enjoyed a lot while twinning with my darling 7-year-old daughter.
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