By Lizzie | Programme Manager
Hear from Sarala, a widow who has benefitted from your donations:
"My name is Ms. Sarala. I have been staying in Perambai village in Vannur block Villupuram, Tamil Nadu for 24 years. I am 37 years old and a member of the Dalit community. I am a widow, my husband Mr. Plalani passed away 6 months ago because of alcoholism. I have four girls and the eldest one, Saranya, got married recently at the age of 19. My next daughter is Remya and she is18. My two eldest girls stopped their studies in 8th class because we didn't have sufficient resources to pay for their education. Since then, Remya has been taking care of the household works when I go out for coolly work. My two youngest children I have managed to keep in education. My third daughter is Kousalya. She is 15 years and she attends a school nearby government school. The youngest one is Illakya, is an 11 year-old girl , who studies in 8th standard in the same school.
I go to coolly job (informal daily labourer) which is not a regular job and is not sufficient to purchase daily food items. For this reason, I took a loan from money lenders to help pay for the daily expenditure of my family. My house is made up of bricks and clay and is thatched. Due to heavy rain and floods, the roof of my house got broken and the walls made of brick and clay fell down. I don’t have money to build any temporary shelter facility and didn’t get any help from government authorities also. Still I am staying there in the same house with my daughters which are not safe and fully leaked whenever a rain comes. Since the heavy rains, I haven't had any work to do because the agricultural fields nearby got destroyed. I am unable to feed my daughters and to send the younger to school because they lost their books, uniform and other stationery during the heavy rains. I am also facing difficulties in meeting the health , sanitary needs and dressing of my daughters in the adolescent age. I am not getting any widow pension from the government."
Our partners have been able to provide support for Sarala and her daughters so she now has basic shelter, food and medical needs being met. Thank you.
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