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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 ***** We are obliged to do something for the people around us.
We have built houses for deserving pedlars, workers and disabled beggars in Coonoor. They own them. We are sponsoring deserving children for further education, who otherwise will languish at home and become intolerable burdens to their already impoverished and famished parents or be forced to join the millions of child labourers, beggars or worse – criminals. If there is no outside help, these people will be condemned to wretchedness for generations as they have absolutely no scope for improvement on their own. Such is their fate in their present social milieu and hidebound Indian culture. It may be difficult for you to comprehend this state of affairs; yet, it is the truth. Many families need such help. We don’t belong to any dodgy Trust or Foundation; so, no lawyer’s fees, admin detc. Your money goes directly into the needy person’s bank account (and not to any corrupt Indian’s voluminous pockets) and we supervise its use. You are welcome to come and verify the facts. Our aim is to improve their lot in ONE generation; HAND-UPS, not HAND-OUTS. 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.
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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