HELPING INDIVIDUALS – INDIA
Health – Education – TRAINING
From the start of HHI over 20 years ago, financial support to desperate individuals in India has been an important part of our work. Some are one-offs whilst others are longer term.
We try to assist people in attaining self-sufficiency. See a video here.
We also assist those who cannot afford it with a contribution towards their treatment and medication. See a video here.
Rajan throat op
Often we get requests for help with major surgery or an expensive course of medical treatment, and we try to respond to as many of these as possible. One recent one was Rajan, who was a “coolie”, i.e. someone without regular work and who had to go out and find…
Beulah’s Story
When Beulah’s mother was pregnant with her, her father met with an accident at work in which he lost his legs. Changed circumstances meant that her parents decided that they couldn’t afford another child, and her mother took an abortifacient (medicine to induce an abortion). It didn’t work and, in…
Raising the roof
During his recent visit to India, Edmund met Gomayhy a 75-year-old Hindu widow. She lives in a dilapidated mud brick house which stands on a small plot of land. Her children died in infancy. She receives a small old-age pension and 500R (£5) from the Banyan Tree each month. Her…
Sudesh – No Kidding!
Sudesh was a successful builder providing for his family. Until, whilst he was at work one day, he had a tragic accident. Sudesh fell two stories whilst working on site. He fractured both legs and needed serious medical help. Six operations later he was still bed ridden and medical bills…
Dommayanthi
In India, most older people (over 60) qualify for a pension which is actually paid, but it is low (just GBP16 a month) and if they need to buy medicines regularly they may be faced with the choice of medicines or food. So even a few pounds a month can…
Devika
Another such case was a 13-year-old girl called Devika. Her father is employed in a tea shop, so the family (which includes three girls) is very poor, and we have helped with the cost of Devika’s medication for some time. She has cerebellar tonsillar ectopia, a malformation of the brain,…
Valsala
Valsala had cancer of the uterus and cervix, requiring both a hysterectomy and chemotherapy. The operation had been successful, and she has had three chemo sessions, but needs another three at a cost of £90 each. Her husband Jayan is a heart patient who is unable to work so they…
Shibu, our permanent bystander in the hospital, is currently an advocate for six patients who have all met with various accidents, and would not get the treatment that they so desperately need without his presence. We pay his expenses, but do not give him a salary.
There is a video of his work here.