WIDOWS
There are an estimated 47 million widows in India. Many of them are starving, begging for food in the street, and struggling to obtain even one meal a day. Despite modernization, the spread of education, and constitutional safeguards against discrimination, widows continue to be marginalized. Many experience powerlessness, physical abuse, social segregation, economic hardship, and even abandonment by their families. The organization started a widow’s home in Gairigaon, Chalsa to help destitute widows. Presently we are having nine inmates in this home. All their needs are taken care and we give homely surroundings for their overall welfare.
Somare, about 40 years old she was abandoned since, no one wanted to look after her so we decided to take her to our Widows Home. She is now residing here and is getting better in health. During Covid-19, we organised a programme called "Meals for Homeless", during this time our volunteers found her on the streets, at that time she was unable to walk or speak because she was paralyzed, and after that every day we fed her with the meals. Later our volunteers visited her village to enquire about her and realised that
