Transforming People With Disabilities in India

Thanks to your generosity, a girl with a motor disability was able to get a job to support her family!  Meera suffers from muscle paralysis and weakness on one side of her body that severely limits her employment options.  Through your donation, she was given a chance to study computers.  

Meera and her mother struggled to make ends meet and relied on government subsidized food canteens for their provision.  Because of her condition, lack of education, and the strain covid left on job opportunities in India, Meera was unable to find employment. 

Not only did your donation provide covid relief for Meera but it also gave her computer skills and education!  Meera went to the local photo copy store to make copies of her resume and was offered a job on the spot! The offer was immediately accepted by Meera, who is very grateful for the opportunity.

Thank you for giving the gift of computer education to people with disabilities in India.  It affords them the education, training and connections they need to make their way in the world.  Without your generosity people like Meera wouldn’t have a chance to provide for their families, but you helped make a way.  Now Meera works a respectable job and makes money for her survival.  Thank you!

 Sincerely,

John Sparks

President, India Partners

In India, those who have a disability are not respected. They are often shunned and are unable to find work. Much of this disrespect for those with disabilities comes from a stigma in India that people with a disability are a burden and cannot do any work.

Vidhya* is a young woman who has a physical disability and has been in a wheelchair as long as she can remember. She and her mother were living in extreme poverty; her mother too ill to work and Vidhya unable to find work. Vidhya’s mother is a widow and all of Vidhya’s siblings have married and moved away, so it is her responsibility to take care of her mother.

But Vidhya’s life was radically changed when she was able to attend a computer training school for free! Because of your generous support, Vidhya was able to complete the computer training program and find a job! Vidhya now works close to home and makes enough money to take care of herself and her mother. 

Your gift enables people like Vidhya to succeed. If it weren’t for you, Vidhya may have never found work and she and her mother would have continued to suffer. Thank you for giving Vidhya opportunities that she would not have had otherwise. 

Sincerely,

John Sparks

President, India Partners 

P.S. Vidhya is just one example of the many people in India with disabilities who are suffering in poverty. If you would like to provide computer training for another person like Vidhya, you can do that today!

*Names changed to protect identity