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Overcoming Uncertainties with the Help of Save the Children: The Story of Gauri

  • Tue 26 Feb 2019

Gauri is an eight-year-old girl who lives in a temporary shelter inside a park next to Lal Quila with her father, mother, and younger brother. They are native to Bihar and moved to Delhi in search of livelihood. Gauri’s father now works as a daily wage labourer to earn a living. With his income, they found it difficult to sustain the family. This was the reason why educating their children was a far-fetched dream. Gauri helped her mother in all the daily household chores.

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Helping Shivani get Back to School after the Devastating Kerala Floods

Helping Shivani get Back to School after the Devastating Kerala Floods

  • Thu 21 Feb 2019

Kerala floods have been devastating – loss of life, loss of property, loss of livelihood, all this has hampered the normalcy of life in the state. Children have been largely affected by this calamity. Imagine what a child must have left when the rising water levels destroyed the books, school bag, drawing kit, uniforms, etc. 7-year-old Shivani who lives in a two-room Indira Awas house in Pandalam lost all her study materials in the floods, the flooding was so bad that the family had shifted to a local shelter run by a religious group Pathnamthitta District of Kerala. When the water receded, the family went back home to check their belongings. It was then that Shivani found out that she had nothing left to carry to school no books, no bag.

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Chasing the Dream to Accomplish a Better Life: The Story of Sangeeta

  • Mon 18 Feb 2019

Sangeeta is a 14-year-old girl with a smiling face. She is chirpy and amicable. She loves spending time with her family and friends. Currently Dhapa Dumping Ground, Kolkata is where she resides with her mother, grandmother, brother, and sister. Her family originally hails from North Bengal. Sangeeta’s grandmother’s house is in the city. The community mobilisers informed that they lost their house due to debts.

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Helping a Single Mother Ensure the Best for her Child

Helping a Single Mother Ensure the Best for her Child

  • Tue 12 Feb 2019

This is the story of a survivor, a “shero” who is fought against all odds every single day and we at Save the Children are glad to be able to help her in her journey. This is the story of Rajo.* The girl was only 15 when she had to work as a domestic help at a house in Kolkata. The dire economic situation at home required the father to look out for a job for his daughter. As their village was around 100 km away from Kolkata, not many options of work were available in the village.

*Name changed to protect identity
 

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What it Means to be Having No Identity of Your Own: Story of Pawan

What it Means to be Having No Identity of Your Own: Story of Pawan

  • Wed 6 Feb 2019

Pawan Kumar, an eight years old boy native to Bihar migrated to Kolkata due to a financial crisis his family was facing. It was because of his father’s debt that they had to move to a city to earn a living for themselves and clear the debt. The debt collectors used to also intimidate his family. The debt turned Pawan’s father into an alcoholic and later he died due to kidney failure. It was then that his mother decided to move to Delhi close to wear his grandparents lived. Pawan now lives in a temporary home inside a park next to Lal Quila in Delhi. He is living there with his mother and younger brother. His mother, Shanti Devi now works as a daily wage labourer

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