Shelter home for Widows in Vrindavan

Vrindavan is a city of Widows, and most of them are abandoned by their families. There are more than 30000 widows in Vrindavan and 90 per cent of them are above 65 age. At this age, their body doesn’t allow them to do any work so they have to opt for begging and in that they have too many challenges. They have to run from street to street for 7 hours a day just to procure two meals. Most Mataji are having knee and backbone problems where they can sit or walk for long, but to pay for their medical and accommodation bills they have to do domestic work like washing, wiping, groom in local households. 

They are here to do Sadhna and attain Mukti, but they are hardly any time left for sadhna. 

For the past 3 years, we are giving monthly grocery kits to 1000 Mataji’s and medical care to 200 Mataji’s. So now two problems are solved and now we are constructing two shelter homes for them in Vrindavan and Govardhan. Also, we have started an ‘Adopt a widow’ campaign where we are connecting widows with individual donors as it’s very hard for us to support 1000 widows alone every month. In adopting a widow we also add vegetables & fruits along with grocery kits.

We make sure that our Mataji’s shouldn’t beg for a single penny, nor she should worry about basic necessities. And at the advanced age of 75+, they also need personal care so for that we are constructing shelter homes for them. 

Now these widows whom we are supporting are having sufficient time for their sadhana and they invest time in chanting and reading holy books, Thakur jee sewa. They say that Lord has sent you to take care of them, and they are getting lost the love of their family with us.