Covid Orphans

Beneficiary - 1:

A bicycle repair shop, even punchers could be mended easily at the shop. Small shop but since located in the set up where still bicycles are used so it could raise good business but due to the sheer hard work of Sayyed Rafi to support his family, wife Shammen and two children. Life is quite laid back at Porumamila, small town so small dreams; no larger than life aspirations, no big dreams. Just easy and simple life from early morning until late evening, when the darkness enveloped the whole town. Rafi was lucky to have his own house. Shammen was a good housewife, who took care of the children very well. Life was simply going on. The curse of sudden surge of the deadly virus did not even spare the wealthiest and most powerful so why should one be shocked to see Rafi losing his life except for his bereaved family. People were mercilessly taken away from their families by carona virus. No one could do anything. All were helpless like Shammem, with two innocent children, pleading for support. Her cries reached the Vijay Foundation Trust and the immediate help came to her to be independent, to raise her children. She was given a sewing machine and she could start her small self employed initiative. This simple but compassionate gesture of understanding and help from VFT could reverse the adversities for Shammem and with this hope she has re-started her life by keeping sweet memories of Rafi in her heart.

Beneficiary - 2:

India is shining, people say. But where is that sparkle? We still live in a country where illiteracy is cursing our social and intellectual growth. Still in our country there is hardly any social security and thus people struggle, go through hardship and even die as there is no one to ensure their well being. The social awareness is lost in the drive to sustain life, to raise family and the only thing which remains alive is to stay alive under all odd or even circumstances. Subbarayudu, a local collie at B Matam was leading his life under the same circumstances, earning daily wages along with her wife Ramadevi and somehow raising his five children. Life was a challenge but going on. The shelter where they lived was also rented. He thought that by being tough he could raise his children but he never thought that life is unpredictable. COVID took him away suddenly and the whole family left behind with nothing to depend upon. No back up to survive no house to be sheltered and no source of income as Ramadevi could not depend on daily wage job as she had to look after the five children left behind by Subbarayudu. Life became tough and even food could not be arranged for the children to survive. Vijay Foundation Trust, while surveying the worst affected families due to COVID came forward to make Ramadevi seif sufficient and raise her five children. She was given a sewing machine and also trained to be an efficient tailor. Her life started again and she got confident to take up the responsibility left by her husband to take care of the children. By giving her the hope and confidence VFT played yet another role in the women empowerment and self sufficiency.   

Beneficiary - 3:

Life is beautiful as well as unpredictable. Though living in moments is always a good idea, sometimes these moments become shorter due to the tough times. Ramana was a petrol bunk worker at Sundapalli, fortunate to have Vijaya as his wife, who was a dedicated housewife. They had three children and all of them lived in their own house. Everything was pleasant as he was earning enough to be happy but nothing much he could do to save for the future because of the needs of the family but they were all happy and contented with whatever little he could bring home by working hard. COVID came and erased the happiness from this family. Ramana contracted the virus and could not fight back and lost. The family was shattered and all their happiness has gone with him. Though Vijaya took charge, her exposure to earn independently was limited. All savings got exhausted within no time. To support her children Vijaya thought of starting a small home based business but there was nothing to invest. While looking for support she came in contact with Vijay Foundation Trust and got the help to start her saree shop. An introvert housewife has taken a huge step to raise her children as a small entrepreneur all because of the support of the VFT. Yet another family has been given a positive direction and strong hope by VFT.

Beneficiary - 4:

The villages are lifeline of India. In fact life begins in the villages because they support the food supplies to those big cities, where people never cared to even think that how life challenges the farmers, how they raise their crops and families? With the time people have started migrating to the cities by leaving behind their villages in search of comfortable life and bright future. But still India lives in our villages. Chandra Shekhar Reddy, a resident of Obulavari Palle was a farmer like many others. They lived with contentment with his wife Sridevi and three children. He has believed in her hard work and mercy of the Almighty and living happily. There was no concern for the future because all was going well. The sudden spike in the carona virus started worrying everyone. People felt the COVID shall never surface in the villages but he got infected and unfortunately lost. Sridevi was a housewife and did not know anything except for cooking and doing household chores. She was sorrow stricken. Nothing came to her mind. No one was willing to help or support. Looking at her expertise Vijay Foundation Trust has given her a wet grinder, which has created a consistent means of livelihood for her and empower her to raise her children single handedly. This came to her as a bright ray of hope and she has taken it in her stride to be self reliant due to VFT’s vision and humility. 

Beneficiary - 5:

Nandaluru, a small laid back town short of Tirupati, where there is hardly any scope of earning other than in the agricultural farms. Ramasubba Reddy lived there in the house allotted to the family with his wife, Easwaramma and two children, a boy and a girl, admitted at the local Government School. Both, wife and husband were the agricultural labourers. They were working hard to meet the ends with great difficulty. The curse of carona virus did not even spare them and when Ramasubba Reddy contracted the virus, his deteriorating condition brought his to RIMS Kadapa, where after a tough struggle for few days, he passed away. Easwaramma could not take his demise and gone into serious illness. There was no one to look after the children. The devastated condition of the family reached Vijay Foundation Trust as the family was struggling to seek help for livelihood. VFT has supported the family with a buffalo to start the livestock business for sustenance. Easwaramma took charge of the family and things started changing gradually. The capacity which has been built in her by VFT could empower her to sustain her health for the well being of her innocent children.