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A Helping Hand to Restart: Prakash’s Project

Prakash, 26, used to work as a sculptor decorating temples. He was married and had a young child. Two years ago, he suffered a serious motorcycle accident, hitting his head and spending a long time in a coma. The accident left the right side of his body mostly paralyzed, making it difficult for him to walk or use his right arm and hand. After the accident, Prakash’s wife took their child and left him, returning to live with her parents.

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Shanthi’s Story: Finding Dignity and Hope.

Shanthi is a 42-year-old woman living with the long-term effects of polio. She lost the use of her legs when she was just four years old. Never married and with no family to care for her, Shanthi has faced life’s challenges alone with remarkable strength.

Until a few years ago, she lived with her mother. But following a serious misunderstanding, Shanthi was forced to leave home. With nowhere else to go, she took shelter in a cattle shed, where she lived for nearly a year, surviving on a disability pension of just ₹1,000 per month.

the hut where Shanthi used to live before
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Meera Individual help

This is the short story of Meera 55 years old to whom we have just granted a monthly aid of 1.500rs.

Meera

Her husband Radhakrishnan, 65 – but only 56 on the documents due to a bureaucratic error which makes him ineligible for old age pension – is deaf and visually impaired but has no disability benefit because no one has ever helped him get it.

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