Children of the Tsunami
I met Arsalen in 2005 while working for CARE international in the Tsunami region. It was 5 weeks after she and her husband lost their 4 children in the wave including a 4 month old baby. Her face was ravaged with pain when she told me that her biggest fear was that her husband would leave her as she was no longer able to have children. She had been sterilised. A year later, I returned to find her and was also introduced to many other women in the same predicament. My dear friend Dr Neelakandan had offered free reversal operations but a year after many were still childless, so we set up a tube testing and fertility clinic so the women could find out if the reversal had been successful or not. I am in still in touch with 7 families.... more on my blog!
I met Arsalen in 2005 while working for CARE international in the Tsunami region. It was 5 weeks after she and her husband lost their 4 children in the wave including a 4 month old baby. Her face was ravaged with pain when she told me that her biggest fear was that her husband would leave her as she was no longer able to have children. She had been sterilised. A year later, I returned to find her and was also introduced to many other women in the same predicament. My dear friend Dr Neelakandan had offered free reversal operations but a year after many were still childless, so we set up a tube testing and fertility clinic so the women could find out if the reversal had been successful or not. I am in still in touch with 7 families.... more on my blog!
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The world’s poor spends a staggering US$ 40 billion annually for their energy needs. This equals 10 to 25% of their precarious monthly household budgets on dirty fuels like kerosene. Many remote villages in tribal India are still without electricity. Just £15.00 buys a solar light which will give a family more than enough good light on a daily basis when fully charged. Women can continue with their work, without the toxic hazard of burning kerosene and more importantly children can study into the evening without damaging their eye sight. Whenever I am given a charity donation my first thought is which village needs solar lights!