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Niyoti Mahato (58).
•Niyoti has spent more than 20 years in the nursing home of The Leprosy Mission in Bankura.
• She had one leg amputated years ago because of leprosy. She has a prosthesis.
•"I'm happy to be here"
•Every now and then she goes home to Purulia. The last time she was there was two years ago.
•However, she is not accepted by the people there. So she stays in her sister's house
•Her sister has two children. People / Neighbors say they may not marry because their aunt had leprosy.
•Employees of The Leprosy Mission visit this place to educate people.
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Author: Markus Freudiger, 3. February 2016
Location: Vocational Training Center (VTC) Bankura, West Bengal, India (ca. 300 km away from Kolkatta)
Niyoti Mahato (58).
•Niyoti has spent more than 20 years in the nursing home of The Leprosy Mission in Bankura.
• She had one leg amputated years ago because of leprosy. She has a prosthesis.
•"I'm happy to be here"
•Every now and then she goes home to Purulia. The last time she was there was two years ago.
•However, she is not accepted by the people there. So she stays in her sister's house
•Her sister has two children. People / Neighbors say they may not marry because their aunt had leprosy.
•Employees of The Leprosy Mission visit this place to educate people.
Permission given to use personal information and photographs – mf 04.02.2016
Author: Markus Freudiger, 3. February 2016
Location: Vocational Training Center (VTC) Bankura, West Bengal, India (ca. 300 km away from Kolkatta)
Niyoti Mahato (58).
•Niyoti has spent more than 20 years in the nursing home of The Leprosy Mission in Bankura.
• She had one leg amputated years ago because of leprosy. She has a prosthesis.
•"I'm happy to be here"
•Every now and then she goes home to Purulia. The last time she was there was two years ago.
•However, she is not accepted by the people there. So she stays in her sister's house
•Her sister has two children. People / Neighbors say they may not marry because their aunt had leprosy.
•Employees of The Leprosy Mission visit this place to educate people.
Permission given to use personal information and photographs – mf 04.02.2016
Author: Markus Freudiger, 3. February 2016
Location: Vocational Training Center (VTC) Bankura, West Bengal, India (ca. 300 km away from Kolkatta)
Niyoti Mahato (58).
•Niyoti has spent more than 20 years in the nursing home of The Leprosy Mission in Bankura.
• She had one leg amputated years ago because of leprosy. She has a prosthesis.
•"I'm happy to be here"
•Every now and then she goes home to Purulia. The last time she was there was two years ago.
•However, she is not accepted by the people there. So she stays in her sister's house
•Her sister has two children. People / Neighbors say they may not marry because their aunt had leprosy.
•Employees of The Leprosy Mission visit this place to educate people.
Permission given to use personal information and photographs – mf 04.02.2016
Author: Markus Freudiger, 3. February 2016
Location: Vocational Training Center (VTC) Bankura, West Bengal, India (ca. 300 km away from Kolkatta)
Rupa is a resident at Bankura Snehalaya.
•She had to have her leg amputated at the Leprosy Hospital Purulia because of leprosy.
•Her hand is disabled and her eye damaged.
•"I have been baptised and now I look forward to heaven"
•"Thank you for coming to visit me from so far away!"
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Rupa is a resident at Bankura Snehalaya.
•She had to have her leg amputated at the Leprosy Hospital Purulia because of leprosy.
•Her hand is disabled and her eye damaged.
•"I have been baptised and now I look forward to heaven"
•"Thank you for coming to visit me from so far away!"
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At 86, Habu is the oldest resident of Bankura Snehalaya.
When visited by TLM Switzerland, he performed for them a dance with singing (video available) and wished for "Horlicks“ (Ovaltine). They then bought three packs of Horlicks for all the residents.
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Working with bamboo at the snehalaya (elderly care home) at TLM's Bankura hospital. This photo is on page 58 of ASK 2011.
Kokila is a resident at Bankura Snehalaya.
•"I'll still live here a year or two and then I go to heaven"
•"My son is a university teacher. Unfortunately he never comes to visit me."
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Kokila is a resident at Bankura Snehalaya.
•"I'll still live here a year or two and then I go to heaven"
•"My son is a university teacher. Unfortunately he never comes to visit me."
Permission given to use personal information and photographs – mf 04.02.2016
Kokila is a resident at Bankura Snehalaya.
•"I'll still live here a year or two and then I go to heaven"
•"My son is a university teacher. Unfortunately he never comes to visit me."
Permission given to use personal information and photographs – mf 04.02.2016
Kokila is a resident at Bankura Snehalaya.
•"I'll still live here a year or two and then I go to heaven"
•"My son is a university teacher. Unfortunately he never comes to visit me."
Permission given to use personal information and photographs – mf 04.02.2016
At 86, Habu is the oldest resident of Bankura Snehalaya.
When visited by TLM Switzerland, he performed for them a dance with singing (video available) and wished for "Horlicks“ (Ovaltine). They then bought three packs of Horlicks for all the residents.
Permission given to use personal information and photographs – mf 04.02.2016
The woman you saw and changed your path is someone’s mother, earning bread for survival. The Sex workers aren’t different from any other women, stop discriminating them. Every woman in our society is equal and we should treat them equally.
At 86, Habu is the oldest resident of Bankura Snehalaya.
When visited by TLM Switzerland, he performed for them a dance with singing (video available) and wished for "Horlicks“ (Ovaltine). They then bought three packs of Horlicks for all the residents.
Permission given to use personal information and photographs – mf 04.02.2016
The woman you saw and changed your path is someone’s mother, earning bread for survival. The Sex workers aren’t different from any other women. It’s only the mind game of our society that discriminates them from being normal. Let us bring justice to our country’s women who prove to be brave enough not listen to the world and support her family.
Staff and students of TLM's Bill Edgar Memorial Vocational Training Centre in Bankura, India, in a rally organised by the centre on World Leprosy Day 2016 to raise public awareness about leprosy. Residents of TLM's Snehalaya (nursing home) in Bankura also took part.
No sex workers choose the life of pain. Some are forced to this dark world. But, we societies are not better than all other social pimpes if we don’t give sex workers the proper human rights. Let’s put an end to this discrimination. Come along Snehalaya and stand for the rights of sex workers for they are no different than any woman who earns bread for her family.
For more info on the individual residents at Snehalaya in Gwalior, please visit www.helpchildrenofindia.org/snehalaya-residents.html
Many elderly persons affected by leprosy are rejected by their families and ostracised by the community because of leprosy-caused disabilities and the stigma attached to the disease. They have no means of livelihood and no one to look after them. The Leprosy Mission Trust India (TLMTI) provides them geriatric care in residential settings in its five Snehalayas (Snehalaya is a Hindi term which means House of Love).
For more info on the individual residents at Snehalaya in Gwalior, please visit www.helpchildrenofindia.org/snehalaya-residents.html
For more info on the individual residents at Snehalaya in Gwalior, please visit www.helpchildrenofindia.org/snehalaya-residents.html
The Swadhar project has shown an impressive growth in the financial stability of women and girl children. These women, mainly sex workers and her children were freed from the Red light areas by our Snehalaya team. The children were admitted to the Education hub and the sex workers were given the privilege to earn their own livelihood through these training schools for supporting her children. Support us to make this endeavour a success.
The Swadhar project has helped more than 360 women to earn their own livelihood through training schools for supporting her children. These women, mainly sex workers and her children were freed from the Red light areas by our Snehalaya team. Support us to make this endeavour a success.
For more info on the individual residents at Snehalaya in Gwalior, please visit www.helpchildrenofindia.org/snehalaya-residents.html