HELP

“If we are born on this planet and do not help anyone, then will that even qualify as a life well lived? Everyone lives for themselves, but doing something for others gives it a sense of fulfillment.”

From the day she entered her aunt’s house, Anju was forced to do house chores. Her aunt would wake her at the crack of dawn and Anju’s first task was to prepare tea for 15 people. If she made a mistake, reprimands followed fast.

“I have to repay a loan of Rs 1.5 lakhs. Giving a better quality of life to my daughter is my priority and most of my income goes in her physiotherapy,” says Nishanth who is in dire need of financial help. Here’s how you can lend a hand.

“I was born in a family in Nizamabad with no financial means to support me at all. Very early on in life, I realised that I would have to fend for myself and also help my family in whatever way I could.”

It started with one innocuous cough in the middle of the night, waking me up, and for a moment, I was unable to breathe. I clutched onto anything I could lay my hands on as my lungs squeezed the life out of me.

“Armed with my cup of tea, I looked through my phone. I came across a website where you could design visiting cards online. Without wasting time, I put down the rates she charged for various housework and designed a visiting card for her,” informs Dhanashree.

“What motivated me to begin this organisation was the widespread lack of understanding about basic concepts like personal hygiene and first aid responses amongst villagers. To improve the situation, I started Shri Sahayataa which provided villagers with a personalised primary healthcare kit and education about the essential concepts such as first aid and hygiene etc,” shares Rohan.

Very often family members confuse the symptoms of Dementia for regular issues that accompany aging. Hence, the symptoms go uninvestigated. Dr Dasgupta informs us that forgetfulness, confusion, word finding difficulties, substituting one word for another are all probable signs that must be looked into.

‘Being with You’ is a citizen group in Pune that attends to an ill patient or an elderly when family members cannot be there for any reason

Dr Divya says that while PCOS on its own is not harmful, it can lead to various other problems and hence needs to be corrected soon.