Zedino Seyie: Driven to help the needy

At the age of 22, Zedino Seyie is pretty much living her most cherished ambition to help the needy, even as she was driven at such a young age to initiate “Mission Love”, which is about breaking barriers, destroying boundaries, pushing for peace, and spreading compassion.

The charming young lady, who is ambitious and optimistic and also loves to read and write, apart from other occupations that engross her as Founder of ‘Mission Love’, Social Media Specialist & Intern Consultant at ‘The Connect Studio’, Nagaland's first clothing production and manufacturing brand, and Adviser of ‘The Jam Tree’, a newly launched music institute, imparting innovative education preparing musicians for creative and professional careers in contemporary music performance, recording, and related fields.

Currently pursuing her degree at Mount Carmel College Bangalore, she is the eldest of five siblings and grew up in Dimapur, Dibrugarh and Kohima, and studied at Little Flower School Dibrugarh and Kohima, Northfield and Delhi Public School.

About Mission Love

Zedino Seyie: Mission Love is about breaking barriers, destroying boundaries, pushing for peace, and spreading compassion…it is NEVER about protecting the weak and oppressed from the strong and superior, but MOTIVATING and INSPIRING the weak and oppressed to BREAKTHROUGH barriers, boundaries, bondages and limits!

The beginning of the ‘Charity Revolution’

Zedino Seyie: When I think of how it all began, I am always taken back to when I was a kid, running around with the children of the tea-plantation workers in Assam. I remember my brother and I would take our slates (every kid of the 90s had that) and chalk and hand them our rough notebooks to teach them ABC and 123. And when we shifted to Nagaland, my parents would take us along when they visited the Kohima Orphanage and Destitute Home and I found my friends in them but, it wasn't until I held this one little girl in my hands, a four months old, swaddled in a thin blanket, in deep sleep, who had just been brought to the Home...as I held her, drew her close to me, my eyes welled up, every cell of my body agitated and keyed up as to how and why an infant as lovely as her should be left alone in the hands of a stranger and many more little pairs of hands that fight to hold her next. It was then, I knew I had to do something for children who are given away or abandoned by family.

Seeing the hope that interaction brings to the children is what inspired me to start Mission Love. I always say this, "A beggar lives, but with the hope that he will find food tomorrow." When you have hope, you have everything, when hope is lost, all is lost.

The journey so far…

Zedino Seyie: It’s been a pleasant and joyous journey so far. And we have a little something called "The Love Movement" this summer, which is a series of events altogether, open to everybody - young and old, who have the heart to serve and make a difference this summer!!! So I guess that's a good thing to look forward to in the next couple of months.

Any social cause you particularly care for?

Zedino Seyie: I care for the parentless, teenage moms, single moms and those who are trapped in flesh trade. Mission Love is about sharing the heart of the Father to everybody and anybody but mostly to those who are condemned, rejected, oppressed and ignored by the society.

Goals & ambitions:

Zedino Seyie: My childhood ambition was to become a doctor, then a teacher, then a lawyer and the list goes on; but whatever my ambition was, it was to help the needy and create opportunities and avenues, where the young people can benefit from each other while generating more opportunities and paving the way for exponential growth in our state for the rising generations.

Any rewarding moments?

Zedino Seyie: When we celebrated World Orphans' Day last year, many of the teenagers testified that, that was the first time they ever heard somebody tell them they could be somebody, someday - that to me is the most rewarding moment and will ever remain so.

Where do you see yourself five years down the line?

Zedino Seyie: Five years down the line, I want to see me, still working as hard and as passionate for the children, with thousands of genuine hearts that volunteer with me.