Category Archives: Elderly Care

Alone No More: How Compassion Became Family

For many elderly people, growing old brings loneliness and long days of silent suffering. For those living in slum communities, old age is even harder. Angoori is one of them. She is seventy years old and lives alone in Ambedkar Basti. Years ago, she lost her husband. Though she had three sons, none were able…
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The Family That Failed Her: Bimla’s Journey to Finding Love Again

At 75 years old, Bimla has spent more than four decades of her life in Delhi’s Tigri slum community. Once, her modest home echoed with the laughter of her four sons and three daughters. Today, she sits alone—forgotten by the very children she nurtured with love and sacrifice. Her life shattered when betrayal struck from…
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Restoring Dignity: Ramratan’s Story of Survival and Grace”

Every morning, Ramratan sits quietly on a broken wooden stool outside his shanty, watching the world pass him by—forgotten by his family, unseen by his neighbors, and haunted by memories of a life once full of purpose. At 65, Ramratan’s body is tired, but it’s the loneliness that aches the most. The silence in his…
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Healing Body and Soul: Asha’s Compassion in Action

For the past 59 years, Shyamraj has lived in Amar Park slum in Zakhira—a place he once came to with hope in his heart, leaving behind the dusty lanes of his village in Uttar Pradesh. Now 78 years old, his weathered face tells the story of a lifetime of struggles and silent endurance. About a…
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