Sangita Widow’s Programme

The widows programme run by Sangita Charitable Trust helps 250 widows from the surrounding villages.  Each month the widows are are provided with food rations, they hear God’s word and can receive advice and prayer.  The widows travel for miles for this programme, some are able to travel by bus but many walk and some of the widows are very frail.  

One old lady can’t stand up straight.  She is bent over at the waist.  She walks for a little bit and then sits down for a rest before walking again. She has far to walk.  

Shobha who works at the orphanage is in charge of this programme.  She visits the villages each month to give the village leader the ration cards and he distributes them to the widows.  The card are then presented by the widows before they can receive the food rations.  The cards are ID cards with a photo of the widow on it. This helps to keep track of the number of widows and to see who hasn’t been able to collect the food rations.  It also prevents someone from trying to get someone else’s food rations.

The rations consist of rice, sugar, a months supply of vitamin tablets and the widows are also given a drink to prevent dehydration as they have travelled a distance in the heat.