Jamuna's Heart Surgery
Jamuna has had heart problems for the last fifteen years, but lately they have become severe and she needs to get surgery as soon as possible. She is uneducated, the wife of a cook, but her husband is willing to work as hard as possible to pay her medical bills. Even so, it would be impossible for him to cover the cost of this surgery and the associated medicines without aid.
The family will need 75,000 rupees (1,645 dollars) from us in order to make sure Jamuna gets the heart surgery and medicine she needs to survive and lead a healthy life.
Food for Life Vrindavan is very pleased to help families like Jamuna's, who are trying as much as possible to help themselves.
How to feed every poor Indian for the next ten years
The Adarsh housing scandal, the corruption involving the preparations for the Commonwealth Games, and the mother of all scams - the 2G Scam - the magnitude of India's corruption story is mind-boggling. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has said that the Indian exchequer has lost anywhere between $22 billion and $45 billion in the 2G Scam - an amount which could have fed every destitute Indian for the next 10 years
Girl's child a curse to the family!!
VELLORE: A father of three murdered his two daughters by drowning them in a well in a village near Vellore on Tuesday morning. Later, confessing to the crime, the leather worker said he did it because he did not have the means to raise them although he had spared his four-month-old son.
One girl was three and one two years old, he just throw them in a well.
Read more: Vellore dad drowns 2 girls, says he's no means to raise them - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Vellore-dad-drowns-2-girls-says-hes-no-means-to-raise-them-/articleshow/7272547.cms#ixzz1B3x317TA
One girl was three and one two years old, he just throw them in a well.
Read more: Vellore dad drowns 2 girls, says he's no means to raise them - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Vellore-dad-drowns-2-girls-says-hes-no-means-to-raise-them-/articleshow/7272547.cms#ixzz1B3x317TA
Better to die than to live suffering, crude but true!
This is a sad day for us, as the school has been closed for the last 10 days due to cold, I must add the Government forces us to keep the school clsed!
The children are on their own, today we heard that Vandana (girl on my left in the photo) has died. She was at the construction site with her mam where she works and while playing near a tank of water she fell into it, they discovered the body only after 2 hours. I was very sorry for her, but then I thought, actually I am sorry because we do not have her anymore, she used to come running to me every morning, she was maybe 4 years old, she has been in our kindergarten since she was six months. Then I thought, actually for her is a liberation, she has died in Vrindavan which is very auspicious and she will not have to suffer. Yes suffer, if you are a girl here you suffer at every stage of your life and until the end.
The children are on their own, today we heard that Vandana (girl on my left in the photo) has died. She was at the construction site with her mam where she works and while playing near a tank of water she fell into it, they discovered the body only after 2 hours. I was very sorry for her, but then I thought, actually I am sorry because we do not have her anymore, she used to come running to me every morning, she was maybe 4 years old, she has been in our kindergarten since she was six months. Then I thought, actually for her is a liberation, she has died in Vrindavan which is very auspicious and she will not have to suffer. Yes suffer, if you are a girl here you suffer at every stage of your life and until the end.
Thank You!
Thanks to Raktambara dasa and Mukhya devi dasi for contributing 35 Euro (2,055 Rs.) for Lachi's treatment.
Thank You!
Anonymous-D has just sent $50 (2,250 Rs.) for Lachi's care. I will soon post an update of his condition and cost of surgery. Stay tuned!
Electricity India
One area where this is desperately needed is access to electricity. In the age of the iPad, it’s easy to forget that roughly a quarter of the world’s population — about a billion and a half people (pdf) — still lack electricity. This isn’t just an inconvenience; it takes a severe toll on economic life, education and health. It’s estimated that two million people die prematurely each year as a result of pulmonary diseases caused by the indoor burning of fuels for cooking and light. Close to half are children who die of pneumonia.
In vast stretches of the developing world, after the sun sets, everything goes dark. In sub-Saharan Africa, about 70 percent of the population lack electricity. However, no country has more citizens living without power than India, where more than 400 million people, the vast majority of them villagers, have no electricity. The place that remains most in darkness is Bihar, India’s poorest state, which has more than 80 million people, 85 percent of whom live in households with no grid connection. Because Bihar has nowhere near the capacity to meet its current power demands, even those few with connections receive electricity sporadically and often at odd hours, like between 3:00 a.m and 6:00 a.m., when it is of little use.
In vast stretches of the developing world, after the sun sets, everything goes dark. In sub-Saharan Africa, about 70 percent of the population lack electricity. However, no country has more citizens living without power than India, where more than 400 million people, the vast majority of them villagers, have no electricity. The place that remains most in darkness is Bihar, India’s poorest state, which has more than 80 million people, 85 percent of whom live in households with no grid connection. Because Bihar has nowhere near the capacity to meet its current power demands, even those few with connections receive electricity sporadically and often at odd hours, like between 3:00 a.m and 6:00 a.m., when it is of little use.
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