Update on Laxmi

Laxmi continues to recover and has been transferred to the Food for Life Vrindavan medical center where she can rest and recouperate while the resident doctor at the center, Dr Jha, continues to clean and dress her wound. Dr Jha said that there are signs that the infection is healing and that Laxmi should be able to leave hospital within one month.

This is quite an amazing recovery since the burn was infected and left unhealed for over a year. In many cases, gangrene enters the bone and the limb has to be cut off, so Laxmi is quite lucky. With your help and support, her future is secure.

Thank you!!

Thank you to Anonymous UK for sending 500 pounds (US$811) for Laxmi. Our thanks and appreciation also goes out to Harish and Swati from Fremont, United States. Now we need only US$48 to cover the cost of medicines for Sefali and US$856 for Laxmi's treatment.

Thank you!!

Thank you to Anonymous, Canada for a donation of US$100 for Laxmi. Also thanks to Anonymous, UK, who donated £100 GBP (US$161). Another big thank you also goes to Sara Beggren, Sweden, for sending US$270 for Laxmi and US$100 for Sefali's care.

Thank you to these three generous ladies and to all our blog supporters. We are now working to raise US$99 for Sefali (see blog case 12th June 2009) and US$1667 for Laxmi. Thank you all for your kind support and for helping us reach our goal of helping these two suffering females.

A Food for Life Staff member visited Laxmi yesterday and said that she is doing well and is excited about joining Food for Life Vrindavan's children's home when she gets out of hospital.

Laxmi - Progress report

Dear kind blog viewers and supporters,
I am pleased to inform you that, thanks to hospital care and bedrest as well as several surgeries and antibiotics, Laxmi's burnt hand is looking better. Despite initial fears, her arm will not need to be removed and, in around 1-2 months she will be ready to leave hospital and start her new life at the Sandipani Muni Children's home.

Laxmi will need a lot of TLC when she joins the Food for Life Vrindavan family. She was out on the streets for over a year and has been betrayed by many people who promised to help. Laxmi told Food for Life staff members that a man promised to get treatment for her but instead he made her beg on the streets and would take the money from her every evening.

We are still needing to raise funds for Laxmi's medical treatment. Please email Rupa@fflvrindavan.org for more information on how you can help.

Thank you!!

Thank you to Mike, Vicky and Lindsay McMillan of Monterey USA, who sent US$100 for Laxmi. Also, a big thanks to Anne Fresia of Baltimore, USA, who sent US$50 for Laxmi and Safeli.
Our new fundraising targets are: US$199 for Safeli and US$2098 for Laxmi. Please help these two women get the treatment they desperately need.

Thank you!!

Thank you to Harish Gaur, from Fremont, United States, who sent $51.00 USD for Safeli. Harish also sends an encouraging message for Safeli: “Please get well soon. From Swati &; Harish”.

We are still in the process of raising $224 for Sefali and US$2223 for Laxmi. Thank you to all our donors for giving us hope that this is possible. If everyone puts in a small amount we can make it!

Urgent case - Laxmi

This is Laxmi. Laxmi is a 15 year old girl who has been in excruciating pain for the last year - both mental and physical pain. This tragic chapter of her life started a year and a half ago when both her parents and her brother were put in jail for the murder of her brother's late wife.

Laxmi went to live with her grandmother but, after an argument, her grandmother threw her in the fire and kicked her out of the house. She suffered severe burns to her arm which have not healed in the last 1.5 years. The wound is now badly infected.

For the last year, Laxmi has been living on the street begging. Many people promised to help her, but none came through with the help.

Last week, Laxmi was brought to the attention of Food for Life Vrindavan staff. FFLV nurse took her to several hospitals who all refused to treat the wound as it was rotten, putrid, smelling and filled with maggots. Eventually she got admitted in the Methodist Hospital, Vrindavan.

Laxmi will need to be in hospital for at least one month. She will need several operations to remove the dead tissue, but luckily the arm can be saved. After being discharged, Laxmi will need physiotherapy and will be housed in Food for Life Vrindavan's children's home.

For Laxmi's treatment we need to raise Rs100,000 or US$2223. We are still in the process of raising $275 for Sefali (blog case 12th June). With your help we can continue to help suffering women and girls like Sefali and Laxmi. Please contact Rupa@fflvrindavan.org with your pledge of support.