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LIFE WITH DIGNITY

Archive December 2021

8 Dec

impact story 12

MINOO BHARUCHA Minoo Bharucha is a highly qualified double engineer but mentally unstable. He lived lonely in extremely unhygienic conditions for over 30 years until we cleaned his flat full of 200 sacks of garbage. He was suffering from gangrene due to several rodent bites. He lives in his own apartment. We attend to all […]

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8 Dec

impact story 11

PARVATHI AMMA We picked her up from the roadside on the onset of lockdown. She often threw tantrums and turned violent. 7 months later, on her repeated insistence, we dropped her at the same place where we picked her up from. Though she remained ungrateful we’re happy we could save her life as there was […]

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8 Dec

impact story 10

MUSKAN Muskan’s family wanted to kill her much before she was even born just because she was a girl. We fought for her and now she is 5. We are proud that we have saved many children like her. Next Story

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8 Dec

impact story 9

BABURAO S. KINWATKAR After his wife’s death he left his home as he was subjected to abuse and harassment by his children. He is willing to stay with us only when he is unable to take care of himself. Presently, this 80 year old stays in a small hutment within a school. After his wife’s […]

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8 Dec

impact story 8

IDENTITY WITHHELD During his heydays, he was Chief Executive with an MNC in Dubai, managing 500 employees. Years later, he was abandoned by his younger daughter once his wife and elder daughter died of cancer. He had thought his end was nearing and his life had no purpose. After cataract surgery and with a hearing […]

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8 Dec

impact story 7

VIMAL VILAS SHENDGE This 67-year-old aunt met with an accident in which her bones got fractured from the waist up to legs. She remained hospitalized for 5 months. Thereafter her son-in-law got her discharged but dropped her outside the hospital saying he would return in a while. She languished there for 2 months until we […]

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8 Dec

impact story 6

IDENTITY WITHHELD 68-year-old veteran journalist, wheel-chair bound, has suffered 3 mild heart attacks, 3 paralysis attacks, and his right leg was amputated. He was suffering from multiple chronic diseases viz. enlarged prostate gland, tuberculosis, etc. We couldn’t serve him for long due to space constraints and thus he shifted somewhere else. Next Story

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8 Dec

impact story 5

KHATOON SHEIKH This 90+ lady spent decades on the footpath until we adopted her. We found her in a very critical condition- as a result of the broken spine, feces stuck in her clothes & body which every staff refused to clean. While our founder tried to clean the area around the bowels with plucker, […]

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8 Dec

impact story 4

RAJUBHAI HARIBHAI TATELIYA Circa 2019, KAMLA MURLIDHAR KHISTE lost his way to home while people were busy celebrating Ganpati festival. He kept on walking completely drenched. Perhaps first time in his life he was this lonely, hungry, shivering, and scared too. Soon he fell unconscious. We rescued him and got his ear surgery thrice so […]

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8 Dec

Impact Story 3

KAMLA MURLIDHAR KHISTE KAMLA MURLIDHAR KHISTE is 60+ but she refuses to accept she’s older than 35-40 years. She was abandoned by her husband. We found her in a critical condition in the Mumbai suburb. Though her vermiculated body has healed she continues to suffer from mental trauma. Next Story

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