Most widows live in abject poverty because they are robbed of their houses and assets when their husbands die, and they can’t get decent sources of livelihood due to age and lack of access to capital.
Aside from the emotional and psychological effects that losing a parent can have, there is clear evidence that orphaned children are dropping out of school at a higher rate than other children.
Rural areas have higher disease and mortality rates, yet the people who live there make fewer visits to physicians and are less likely to receive personal health counselling or preventive services than those in higher-income areas.
Our work with the youth is based on the belief that if young people have sufficient incomes and resources to sustain productive lives, they can generate an economic opportunity and contribute to the wider good and care for others.
Our work is not about rescuing people with disabilities but about investing in removing the physical, cultural, economic, communication, mobility and attitudinal barriers that impede them.
