Visually impaired Laljibhai’s home for 63 homeless and blind elderly is crumbling. Help him rebuild it.

“I spent my life working hard to provide my sons everything they needed but when I lost my eyesight they turned their back on me. They tortured me to the point that I had to leave my house,” says 55-year-old Chandrakant Noniklal Gajjar. He had nowhere to go but to Laljibhai’s home for the elderly blind. “Without Laljibhai I am not sure in what condition I would have been,” he cries.

For over 40 years, visually impaired Laljibhai Prajapati and his NGO Shri Navchetan Andhjan Mandal, has stood as a pillar of support for hundreds of blind and homeless elderly. He invested whatever little he had to build them a loving home. But now after several decades that home is crumbling and 63 residents are at the risk of ending up on the streets.

Help Laljibhai, a 68-year-old blind man give a safe home to 63 visually impaired elders. Donate now

All donations to this fundraising campaign are tax exempted under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India), & 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (USA).

From light to darkness and back

“I was seventeen years old when I went to bed one night and woke up blind. My life changed drastically. From dreaming of becoming a doctor one day to being trapped within four walls, my life came to a standstill. My father was a farmer but still he took me to many doctors but no one could help,” says Laljibhai.

According to Laljibhai, he did not let his disability stand in his way and completed his education and got a job as a teacher. ”I was just about 22 when I witnessed the condition of elderly blind persons in society. For those who have families are often abandoned and the rest live lonely lives with no one to care for them. I soon started to help them in whatever way possible. And in 1979 I built a home for homeless and abandoned blind elderly.” 

Give life to their dreams

It’s been 40 years since Laljibhai built this house but now after so many years it has become unsafe for the old residents. The helpless elderly who have already faced a fair share of pain and suffering are now compelled to live in the dilapidated building as they have nowhere else to go.

“The blind elderly neither get help from their own families or from the society. Here we adopt them as our own. We take care of all their needs from medical expenses to providing them with nutritious meals. Our only problem now is the condition of our house. There have been times when parts of the ceiling have also come falling. This building is no longer safe for them.” says the founder.

The home I built to care for blind elderly, 40 years back, is now crumbling. Help me build a new home for them where this family of 63 blind senior citizens can find joy and happiness again, Laljibhai pleads.

Donate to this fundraiser by Give.do to support Laljibhai in his mission to give blind elderly a safe home.