After traveling 16 hours along treacherous roads, half of Pastor Baha Udeen’s 11-member Compassion Services team arrived June 26 to serve families in one of the areas hit hardest by…
Already viewed as a burden and even a curse in her culture because she is a widow, Aditri also suffers from the physical pain and social dejection of having leprosy.…
As record low temperatures plague South Asia this winter, death tolls are soaring—and so is the cost of blankets and winter clothing. “It’s very difficult to survive, especially during winter…
Cauvery grasped the village leader’s hand in desperation. If only she could make him understand her need. She was elderly, poor and unlikely to survive the winter. Couldn’t he see…
“My husband comes home fully drunk every night,” Bhadra said. “He sleeps anywhere, not bothered by the climate—whether cold or hot. He doesn’t use blankets or bed sheets and will…
Jisha was obviously pregnant, but she hardly had enough food for one—much less two. Floodwaters had torn away her home, and now she looked out anxiously from a neighborhood of…
Disgraced. Disregarded. And sometimes considered cursed by the gods—this is the life of South Asia’s disabled people. According to statistics from The World Bank, India alone has between 40 to…
