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Obligations
For more photographs of our work please click here Ann Every year she protests and every year they plead with her to continue as President of YWCA, Eastbourne, Ooty. YWCA runs a hostel for 30 working girls and also 7 cottages for long stay. They were in a dreadful state. During her tenure for the past four years (from 2005), Ann has been a sort of catalyst and encouraged the Committee Members to renovate the entire place and introduce various facilities to make the inmates’ lives decent and comfortable….something which the previous Committee did not do as they didn’t give a toss.
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The
Tryst Staff ***** Thank
you. Douglas Memorial Children’s Home
Now it is the most beautiful Home in the Nilgiris with good facilities. Once I got it back on its feet,
other sponsors have stepped in to help build a hostel for girls. It is now
the most beautiful Children’s Home and has 25 boys and 10 girls. It
also has two staff rooms for those interested to visit, interact with and
teach the children – English, manners, honesty, courage, arts and
crafts etc… I’m afraid the evangelism
is still on... Murugan
Ranga and his wife are now too
old and infirm to carry on as pedlars. Their hut was washed away by the
monsoon, and at the time, his pregnant daughter was abandoned by her husband.
Shanthi
Shanthi is another daughter of Rangaswamy. When I finished building Ranga (and his daughter Mahalakshmi) a house, she asked for a house of her own. She works as a manual labourer earning Rs 70 per day and her husband works in a tea stall earning Rs 100 a day. Their daughter is nine years old and doing well in school. They were living in a shed in which I wouldn’t put cows in. Shanthi voluntarily opted for a sterilization after the birth of her only daughter…which is an exceptional thing to do in her circumstances. The house is a reward for her courage.
She was abandoned by her husband
soon after marriage. She is a manual labourer earning Rs 75 per day, and has
a daughter. Her parents and siblings told her to leave the house when her
daughter Tamilselvi came of age. Abdul Wahab
Abdul Wahab has a spastic arm and leg and sells garlands in the market for Rs 50.00 per day. His wife was almost blind and could not work. On questioning, they said that they never saw a doctor about it. I sent her to the ophthalmologist who prescribed spectacles. They have a 15-year old deaf and dumb daughter who is attending a school in Ooty. It is not a school for such challenged children (there is no appropriate school in the area) but she seems to be managing. I dread to think of her future in this society. They also have a 10-year old son. Condition for help: His wife starts to earn. But her general health is poor and she is unable to work every day. This family is in dire straits.
Manimaran Manimaran works collecting waste paper for recycling and makes Rs 75 per day. His wife, Parvathi works as a labourer and earns a similar amount. They have two children, both of whom are bright and doing well in a government Tamil-medium school. Parvathi came to me asking for help as Manimaran was in Palakkad hospital, 3 hours from here, (allegedly) being treated for diabetes and septicemia. They had incurred a debt of Rs 37,000.00, which would be virtually impossible for them to pay off. I am sure that this is another case of the callous medical profession duping the patient. I got him out of hospital and sent him to a colleague of mine who has asked him to enroll in the diabetic clinic in Coonoor hospital. He produced the necessary paperwork and is now on insulin. (The debt has been cleared.) The family was asked to vacate their mud dwelling as the owners wished to sell it. They came to me asking for help. Conditions for help: Parvathi should earn and their children should learn English. Kadhiravan Kadhiravan injured his right hand some fifteen years ago while working as a coolie lifting heavy loads in the market. It has left him somewhat deformed and disabled. He does a few odd jobs in the market and earns Rs 75 per day. His wife Rajeswari has poor sight and difficulty breathing…and has never been able to afford to see a doctor. I sent her to the ophthalmologist who has prescribed spectacles for acute astigmatism. They have two children aged 7 and 5, who are attending a Government Tamil-medium school. They were in debt to the tune of Rs 18000.00 for which they are unable to even pay the interest. (The debt has been cleared.) Conditions for help: Rajeswari should earn and their children learn English. I have
organized an evening English class for the children in the area in
Manimaran’s new house. Mrs Payal Chordia has graciously volunteered her
services. But we need more teachers…
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