Anita Choudhrie’s Path to Success Extends Support Period to London Titans

2006 marked the beginning of dreams shaping to reality for Anita Choudhrie with Path to Success coming into being. With the vision to support different charities and causes every year by uplifting neglected sections of society, the esteemed charity house has come a long way. Last year marked the completion of a decade for Path to Success, and Mrs. Choudhrie celebrated the occasion with a gala dinner through which she raised £100k for future activities. She also announced the extension of support period to the London Titans Wheelchair Basketball Club.

On this occasion, Anita Choudhrie spoke about her early days and challenges that followed. “I have always wanted to help people and always admired Mother Teresa. At university in Delhi I was involved in social aid, working with children with disabilities and with the impoverished. I started a charity in India 2002 working with children; I always found it a huge challenge but an amazing experience.”

“I set up Path to Success as an umbrella charity. We help the sick, the homeless, children who can’t get funding for their education and anyone with physical or mental disabilities. There are people with so many different disabilities and I wanted to help them all. Just to focus on one became difficult. It’s so satisfying to be able to share as much as possible.”

Mrs. Choudhrie also spoke about the time when her team set out to champion the disabled, and the project turned out to be one of the most emotionally rewarding experiences ever. “We collected a lot of data and research in 2012 and launched our ’60 for 60’ campaign to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee to support 60 NHS hospitals from north to south with 60 wheelchairs. But we raised enough money to buy 83 wheelchairs.”

“We have always championed the disabled. Wheelchairs can cost anything from £500 to several thousand pounds and over the years we have helped so many people and made so much difference to so many lives. I wish we could support even more people.”

“We will always help victims of injury, mental, physical. There is so much you can do for people now with power-assisted and mechanised wheelchairs, but they are increasingly expensive. Personalised equipment is helping patients become more independent, and more mobile. They need funding.”