Gomvati, widowed and in hospital.

Gomvati was married at 10 years old and widowed at 18. She had her first baby at 12 years old and now, at 18 years old, she has lost her husband and has a 6 year old and a 1 year old to take care of. Making her situation even more desperate is that she is so weak and sick herself that she has been admitted to hospital.

Gomvati lost her husband 2 months ago. He died from a dog bite 4 months after the dog bit him due to lack of proper medical care.

Gomvati has never had a job. She has TB which is contagious, so we cannot employ her or recommend her for employment. She has two small children to look after so it is very difficult for her to work.

Her only family in Vrindavan is an aged mother and one brother, who has lost his wife and has 3 children to support. He pulls a cycle rickshaw, and only earns around Rs2000 per month (US$48) even when it is peak tourist season, so has little ability to help his sister.

Gomvati's mother is now trying to support the whole family even though she only earns Rs 400 per month by singing kirtans (devotional songs) so they have been living mostly on food handouts.

When FFLV staff met Gomvati, they realized that she was very weak. Tests showed that her hemoglobin was only 3.9 which means she could collapse at any time. In her weak condition, she is also breastfeeding her one year old son who she has not been able to afford to buy extra milk for since her husband died.

We made an emergency enrolment and put Gomvati's 6 year old daughter into nursery class and we have started paying for Gomwati's hospital treatment. We are also supplying cooked food, soy milk and bananas for Gomvati's mother to take to her in hospital.

FFLV staff have also donated blood for her and our school nurse has been going back and forth to check on her condition. We are doing everything we can to help her but we need your support.



Pictured above is the house where Gomvati, her mother and two children live. As you can see, the house has no proper roof or door. It is simply a shed, and they pay Rs 200 (US$4.70) per month to live there.

We are currently facing bills of Rs14,500 (US$345), including hospital costs, food donations and travelling expenses back and forth to Narendra Hospital, Vrindavan.

Gomvati's children also need someone to sponsor milk / food for them. To get them 1 litre of milk per day we need Rs26 per day - Rs791 (US$19.00) per month or Rs 9490 (US$228) for one year, until Gomvati has completed a course of treatment for TB and can work.

We are still needing to raise US$425 for Sushant's family (see post below) so we really need your help immediately.

If you can help Sushant's family or Gomvati and her children, please do so. There will never be a better time than now to pledge your support for such needy people.


We need your help for:

Gomvati's medical costs $345
Milk for Gomvati's children $228 (or 19.00 monthly).
and Sushant's family's medical costs, $425


Please pledge your support now through www.fflvrindavan.org or by emailing me at rupa@fflvrindavan.org.