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Deeply affected by the plight of orphaned sisters, Mysuru cop S Doreswamy has set an amazing example of humanity by not just rebuilding their mud house but also sponsoring their education. 

The trust was trying to find a suitable donor for Jayakrishnan and the first step in that direction was to find someone from his family but Jayakrishnan is an orphan who has no family to speak of.

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She went to live with her sister and brother-in-law but nothing could fill the void left by the death of her parents. “There is no one or nothing that can replace the love and support that your parents provide you,” she says.

“I am a fighter. I do not give up, and am almost always ready to take on whatever comes my way.”

In a country where state and central governments have been continuously fighting against female foeticide and where one regularly reads stories about the abandonment of girl children, it is heartening to see that there is a ray of hope too.

Mohanraj remembers sitting next to his mother’s lifeless body with his 14 -year-old brother Velmurugan begging people to help them cremate their mother. They didn’t have the resources to give their mother a dignified end.

In Rajasthan, Dungarpur Collector Surendra Kumar Solanki set a great example by adopting a 9-year-old orphan girl who ran away from an abusive aunt.