Thank you!

Many thanks to Dr. Zeenat, for being so kind in helping Amit throughout our communication with him. The good doctor has recently sent us $400 for Poonam's treatment and $200 for Amit. Due to Dr. Zeenat's kindness, we will not be taking further donations for Amit at this time.

For Poonam - we still need $356USD/Rs.16,627 to cover the cost of her treatment before we can help anyone else!

Poonam is Recovering!

Wonderful news for everyone who has been praying for Poonam and keeping track of her progress. The feeding tube is gone and she is eating normally. More importantly, she is fully concious, talking and smiling, studying and writing. Her right arm is still paralysed, but the doctor assures us it is not permanent. Although her right hand will gradually regain more and more dexterity, she is already trying to write with her left hand. She is in great spirits, eager to play and learn. Special thanks to K. and B., our wonderful volunteers who have started working with Poonam to help her catch up on her studies.

Poonam's total bills came to Rs.86,000, of which Rs.50,673 has already been sponsored.

We still must raise the last Rs.35,327 before we can help anyone else. We have several cases waiting, so if we can erase this debt it will be a great blessing to the next person in line.

The poorest of the poor!

LONDON: Eight Indian states, including Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, together account for more poor people than the 26 poorest African nations combined , a new ‘‘ multidimensional’ ’ measure of global poverty has said.

The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) was developed and applied by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) with UNDP support and will feature in the forthcoming 20th anniversary edition of the UNDP Human Development Report due late October.

The MPI, which supplants the Human Poverty Index, assesses a range of critical factors or ‘‘ deprivations’ ’ at the household level: from education to health outcomes to assets and services.

An analysis by MPI creators reveals that there are more ‘MPI poor’ people in eight Indian states (420 million in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh , Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal) than in the 26 poorest African countries combined (410 million).
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/8-Indian-states-poorer-than-Africas-26-poorest/articleshow/6161307.cms