Sarada is improving
Sarada is improving, Her face is already some round, eyes are shining, smiling and talking.
Rinky left and her sister was on the way...
We just got the report of Sarada, she was admitted with TB, typhoid, pneumonia, malaria
and urinary infection, the doctor said that she may not make it but somehow, yesterday she was brought home.
As at home she had no one to look after her we have brought her to our school and she spend all day in our medical facilities at SMSS. We pick her up in the morning and take her back home in the afternoon.
Her sister Rinky (the older one in the photo) did not make it. she died in January and the family did not inform us until after she was already gone, most probably we could have saved her as well.
With Sarada we have been fortunate to catch her before it was too late.
and urinary infection, the doctor said that she may not make it but somehow, yesterday she was brought home.
As at home she had no one to look after her we have brought her to our school and she spend all day in our medical facilities at SMSS. We pick her up in the morning and take her back home in the afternoon.
Her sister Rinky (the older one in the photo) did not make it. she died in January and the family did not inform us until after she was already gone, most probably we could have saved her as well.
With Sarada we have been fortunate to catch her before it was too late.
Child Abuse Study: India 2007
Child Abuse Study: India 2007
Sun Apr 22, 2007 2:37 pm (PST),
The Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India “Study on Child Abuse: INDIA 2007”.
Major Findings:
Physical Abuse
1. Two out of every three children are physically abused
2. Over 50% children in all the 13 sample states were being subjected
to one or the other form of physical abuse
4. Out of those children physically abused in family situations,
88.6% were physically abused by parents
5. 65% of school going children reported facing corporal punishment i.e.two out of three children were victims of corporal punishment
6. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar and Delhi have almost consistently reported higher rates of abuse in all forms as compared to other states
7. Most children did not report the matter to anyone
8. 50.2% children worked seven days a week
Sexual Abuse
1. 53.22% children reported having faced one or more forms of sexual abuse.
2. Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar and Delhi reported the highest percentage of sexual abuse among both boys and girls.
3. 21.90% child respondents reported facing severe forms of sexual abuse and 50.76% other forms of sexual abuse.
4. Out of the child respondents, 5.69% reported being sexually assaulted.
5. Children in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Delhi reported the highest incidence of sexual assault.
6. Children on street, children at work and children in institutional care reported the highest incidence of sexual assault.
7. 50% abuses are persons known to the child or in a position of trust and responsibility.
8. Most children did not report the matter to anyone
Emotional Abuse and Girl Child Neglect
1. Every second child reported facing emotional abuse
2. Equal percentage of both girls and boys reported facing emotional abuse
3. In 83% of the cases parents were the abusers
4. 48.4% of girls wished they were boys
The report can be accessed from the Ministry’s website
http://www.wcd.nic.in/childabuse.pdf
Sun Apr 22, 2007 2:37 pm (PST),
The Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India “Study on Child Abuse: INDIA 2007”.
Major Findings:
Physical Abuse
1. Two out of every three children are physically abused
2. Over 50% children in all the 13 sample states were being subjected
to one or the other form of physical abuse
4. Out of those children physically abused in family situations,
88.6% were physically abused by parents
5. 65% of school going children reported facing corporal punishment i.e.two out of three children were victims of corporal punishment
6. The State of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar and Delhi have almost consistently reported higher rates of abuse in all forms as compared to other states
7. Most children did not report the matter to anyone
8. 50.2% children worked seven days a week
Sexual Abuse
1. 53.22% children reported having faced one or more forms of sexual abuse.
2. Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar and Delhi reported the highest percentage of sexual abuse among both boys and girls.
3. 21.90% child respondents reported facing severe forms of sexual abuse and 50.76% other forms of sexual abuse.
4. Out of the child respondents, 5.69% reported being sexually assaulted.
5. Children in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Delhi reported the highest incidence of sexual assault.
6. Children on street, children at work and children in institutional care reported the highest incidence of sexual assault.
7. 50% abuses are persons known to the child or in a position of trust and responsibility.
8. Most children did not report the matter to anyone
Emotional Abuse and Girl Child Neglect
1. Every second child reported facing emotional abuse
2. Equal percentage of both girls and boys reported facing emotional abuse
3. In 83% of the cases parents were the abusers
4. 48.4% of girls wished they were boys
The report can be accessed from the Ministry’s website
http://www.wcd.nic.in/childabuse.pdf
If you are coming to Vrindavan.....
Encouraged by the very prompt responses to our requests I feel confident to issue this one for books and posters
Any books for our library. We would particularly like to have all the Dr. Seuss books .
We welcome posters on the environment, motivational sayings—anything that will lend colour to the classrooms with a message for the kids
Thanks
ys
rupa
Any books for our library. We would particularly like to have all the Dr. Seuss books .
We welcome posters on the environment, motivational sayings—anything that will lend colour to the classrooms with a message for the kids
Thanks
ys
rupa
A crying need
Some friends of FFLV informed our staffer early on Saturday morning of a very old man “lying in a pool of blood” at Kesi Ghat.
It was Ekadashi and hundreds of people were on parikrama.
They were surprised that no one had stopped and done anything. He seemed unconscious, even dead.
By the time the FFLV staffer got there, the man had regained consciousness. Some people who lived on the second floor of the ghat said that it seemed he had been given an intoxicant and robbed.
They had been trying to revive him by making him drink water several times throughout the day yesterday.
During the course of the night he had vomited and his mouth was also covered with vomit and blood. His clothes were soiled with excrement, vomit and blood.
He was still in a very intoxicated state and refused to go with our FFLV workers to a hospital.
As he was very frail and old our workers were hesitant to take him forcibly. He was in a state of shock and resisting with the last bit of energy he had left.
Finally, a glass of lassi with salt was offered to him and he seemed to recover a bit.
He was unable to tell us who he was or where he had come from
FFLV’s staff arranged a clean place for him to rest and decided we would come back later.
In the evening, our people went back and found that he had mustered enough, though actually barely enough, energy to walk. He was still in a daze and kept falling but still refused to go to the hospital. He was still in a state of shock and fear and extremely distrustful.
However after some more lassi and biscuits and after a few hours of being reassured by our workers he settled down and was speaking more coherently, but in an unfamiliar dialect. Our staff offered him a fresh set of clothes which he accepted
. He was left in the care of some kind Brajbasis for the night.
On Sunady morning we learnt his name and story. Shivlal, over 70 years of age speaking an in an unfamiliar dialect managed to tell us that he had come to Mathura and Gokul to get some Yamuna water.
He kept repeating over and over how he had never expected that a holy place could have such bad people. He realized he had been duped by strangers who laced something they gave him to drink and then stole all his belongings.
On Monday we had him discharged from the hospital and presently we are making arrangements to get him home.
Unfortunately , there are several villages with the same name in different states of India, so we have to figure out exactly where he is from , which at this point is still unclear
The situation compels some thinking. Why do people just walk by and not try and do anything?
The people residing at Keshi Ghat , who tried to help as best as they could told our workers that this happens so often. Old destitute people, those that seem like they will die at any moment as it appeared to be in the case of this old man are often just dumped under this sheltered part of the ghat.
It was Ekadashi and hundreds of people were on parikrama.
They were surprised that no one had stopped and done anything. He seemed unconscious, even dead.
By the time the FFLV staffer got there, the man had regained consciousness. Some people who lived on the second floor of the ghat said that it seemed he had been given an intoxicant and robbed.
They had been trying to revive him by making him drink water several times throughout the day yesterday.
During the course of the night he had vomited and his mouth was also covered with vomit and blood. His clothes were soiled with excrement, vomit and blood.
He was still in a very intoxicated state and refused to go with our FFLV workers to a hospital.
As he was very frail and old our workers were hesitant to take him forcibly. He was in a state of shock and resisting with the last bit of energy he had left.
Finally, a glass of lassi with salt was offered to him and he seemed to recover a bit.
He was unable to tell us who he was or where he had come from
FFLV’s staff arranged a clean place for him to rest and decided we would come back later.
In the evening, our people went back and found that he had mustered enough, though actually barely enough, energy to walk. He was still in a daze and kept falling but still refused to go to the hospital. He was still in a state of shock and fear and extremely distrustful.
However after some more lassi and biscuits and after a few hours of being reassured by our workers he settled down and was speaking more coherently, but in an unfamiliar dialect. Our staff offered him a fresh set of clothes which he accepted
. He was left in the care of some kind Brajbasis for the night.
On Sunady morning we learnt his name and story. Shivlal, over 70 years of age speaking an in an unfamiliar dialect managed to tell us that he had come to Mathura and Gokul to get some Yamuna water.
He kept repeating over and over how he had never expected that a holy place could have such bad people. He realized he had been duped by strangers who laced something they gave him to drink and then stole all his belongings.
On Monday we had him discharged from the hospital and presently we are making arrangements to get him home.
Unfortunately , there are several villages with the same name in different states of India, so we have to figure out exactly where he is from , which at this point is still unclear
The situation compels some thinking. Why do people just walk by and not try and do anything?
The people residing at Keshi Ghat , who tried to help as best as they could told our workers that this happens so often. Old destitute people, those that seem like they will die at any moment as it appeared to be in the case of this old man are often just dumped under this sheltered part of the ghat.
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