A young mother in need of help (CORRECTION)

After a second test in another hospital Sudha Singh was admited yesterday, 28/02 and will be discharged today afternoom. She should follow a clinical treatment, during one month. If nothing bad happens, she will not need any surgery.
The expenses are about 2.500 (two thousands and five hundreds rupees) including the medicines for one month. If by any chance she will need any surgery, all the amount will not be more than 12.000 (twelve thousands rupees).
We are happy that after a second investigation the costing has come down drastically.
A kind soul from UK has already donated for Sudha's treatment.
We will post update as we go along. In the meantime, thanks to all of you listening to our prayers...
ys rupa

Bicycles for girls

Dear Seema Ganatra on behalf of these fortunate girls our best wishes to you for your generous donation.

A young mother in need of help

From Burja village, we found a desperate emergency case.
Name- Sudha, Age- 26 Years
Husband's name- Manpratap, Labourer, use to migrate place to place for work.
2 children, 1 boy-1 girl, both are in our school.
She is very sick and Doctor of R.K. Mission said that she need an immediate
operation, she has a tumor in the stomach. the operation will cost Rs.35,000
She is very poor, staying in rented house, no money.
For help please email to me asap: rupa@fflvrindavan.org

Family with nothing to eat.

Yesterday we gave Akilesh family one month supply of grain, still we had no sponsors for it, but as we knew they really had nothing to eat we gave anyway. This morning as I was going to post the photo and present again our readership with the need to help this family. I received an email from a good friend of us in USA, Bharat Patel, he has very kindly donated for three months supply.
Please see the attached photo of the grains given just yesterday and remember than in three months time they will need more.
Bharatji on their behalf thank you very much.

ys rupa

Bicycle for nine girls' prayer heard!

A kind lady from UK has donated for the nine bicycles and also for helping these girls in furthering their education.
Our warmest thanks and best wishes to Seema Ganatra, UK

Children have only a meal per day at SMS.

Father, Lalmadni, Mother, Seema
Children in the family, Amit 10, Mahima 8, Sumit 7, Akilesh 6, Jyoti 4

All the children of this extremely poor family study in SMS, they had come to Vrindavan some years ago on a visit from their home in the town of Allahabad, which is reached by 12-hour journey from Vrindavan. During their visit, Akhilesh (the houngest boy in the picture) fell off a building and injured himself. To meet the expense of the treatment and hospitalization his father was able to borrow Rs 80,000 ($2,300) from the local people with the reassurance that he would stay and work in Vrindavan to pay back the debt.
They were provided a small accommodation by one of the people who helped them. Amit’s mother works for their landlord who gives them Rs 300 ($8) off on the rent of Rs 500 ($13) a month for her services.
The father has been paying back Rs 500 a month from his monthly income, which is about Rs 1,000 a month. He sells betel leaves or paan.

The children say they eat only once a day at our school. FFLV has given this family monthly provision twice but they need some long-term assistance.

Monthly cost for their grain and veg. supply is approx. 1,200 rs or US$ 30. If you wish to help them, please contact me asap. rupa@fflvrindavan.org

An appeal for Bicycles

Just outside of Vrindavan, in a village called Nagala Sumera, there are nine young women who so desperately want an education that are walking three hours per day, to get to college. These women are from poor families and they know that unless they fight to get an education, their lives will be no better than that of their parents.

We invited them to come to our school so that we can take their picture and tell their story in the hope that someone will help in their struggle to gain economic independence. If they simply had bicycles, their travel time would be reduced to 45 minutes per day instead of 2 or 3 hours. This would give them more time to study, which already often has to take second place to helping their parents out with duties on the farm, washing clothes by hand and helping to take care of smaller children. It would also give them heart to know that someone they have never met cares about their situation.

Those who are waiting for someone to sponsor a bicycle for them are:

Vimlis Singh, age 16, Mamta Kumari, Age 17, Soniya Kumari, age 18, Nitu Kamari, age 16, Rina Kumari, Bevi Kumari age 17, Suma Kumari, age 18, Punam Kumari, age 18, Bavita Kumari, age 18
They all have to walk 12 km which takes about 3 hours for the journey daily.

Here at Food For Life Vindavan (FFLV), we do our best to support the education of females as they are discriminated against in their families who are not enthusiastic for them to get educated. Girls are often seen as less important as after marriage they will be considered as part of their husband's family and will not help to financially support their family of origin. Despite these obstacles, through our support and encouragement, two girls from Nagala Sumera village have already attained bachelors degrees. We hope that we can also support these nine girls in finishing high school and continuing on to further education and brighter futures.

Bicycles cost US$65 each, for US $595 you can support the future of all nine girls.

If you are willing to help with any amount please email us at your earliest:
rupa@fflvrindavan.org

Thank you, Food For Life Vrindavan Team.