Sangeetha is pursuing her Masters in Sociology

Twenty-four year old, Sangeetha, was born blind to a poor family, in a village in Uttar Pradesh. Her father is a shop keeper and her mother is a house wife. She has five siblings: three brothers and two sisters. Her father barely earns enough to meet their basic needs.

Being visually impaired, Sangeetha studied in Kamla Mehta Dadar School For The Blind, Dadar from nursery till the 12th grade where food, accommodation and education was free of cost. After completing her 12th grade, she applied for and was  granted admission into the Government hostel for blind women (Andheri), where she received free food and accommodation. Sangeetha also aspired to study beyond the twelfth grade and therefore enrolled for BA Sociology with support from a well wisher.

However, she was asked to leave the hostel in June 2009 in the middle of pursuing her BA. She was destitute and was forced to consider discontinuing her education. She was visibly weak, destitute and vulnerable when the Sahaara staff met her and needed much counselling.

Sangeetha  has been staying at the Jyoti Home, a residential home run by Sahaara for vulnerable and blind women, since June 2009. She is well looked after by a house parent and a maid who take care of her needs in an environment where she receives love and personal care. She now enjoys stable accommodation, nutritious food and vocational training assistance in a family environment.

Jyoti Home has enabled her to pursue and complete her Bachelor’s degree successfully ! She has now enrolled in Masters programme (MA) in Sociology and is about to give her first year’s examination too!  Within the family environment, Sangeeta, hitherto withdrawn, has blossomed into a friendly, trusting person and looks forward to a great future.

Your generous donations, Laurent, Kowsilliya, Alice and Brad, Bill and Colleen, David and Howard, will enable Sahaara to give Sangeetha  three meals a day for six months.

Thank you so much, for gifting safety and security to  Sangeetha, and enabling her her continue her higher studies, and dream of a bright future.