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Karunai
Illam
This
center is exclusively a home for discarded destitute women who were found
on the streets. Most of them
are picked up as dying destitutes without any care and attention.
We
receive telephone messages and we rescue them. They are
given the necessary treatment, and entertainment programmes are conducted to keep them engaged. There are about 150 destitutes in this unit.
At Karunai Illam they are given a clean bath, medical and
psychiatric treatment counseling and nutritious food.
Sometimes
the dying destitutes do recover and later live as residents.
But some of them suffer from various infections, diseases like TB,
Cancer, Leprosy, AIDS and they are being provided with palliative care.
Those
who die are given a respectable cremation, and those who are here live
with dignity and respect.
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Jotheeshwar was found begging at Coimbatore and was picked by our
social workers. She is
70 years and has been driven out of her family.
She is mentally sick and her relatives took all her property
and house away. It was
a pathetic incident; she was discarded from her family.
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This is an unknown lady who was found dead near Mathews Church at
Chennai K.K.Nagar. Her
background details were not known and there was a child of 1 ˝
years who had nobody to attend to.
She was given a descent burial and her child Mathew is under
our care
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Valli is 56 years, visually handicapped person found in a dying
condition at Central Railway Station. She saw the ray of hope at Karunai Illam and now she has
recovered from her illness. She
was dying out of hunger and malnutrition.
The irony is she is also deaf and dumb. |
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Suman,
Mariamma, Lakshmi, all are similar destitutes who found shelter and
now they are in the process of recovery.
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Vedamma
was found sick and dying in a bus stand.
It was days, since she had any food and water and her background was a
pathetic one. She is
basically an orphan worked as a domestic maid in a landlord’s
family for 70 years. She
has brought up 3 generations of children. She
neither went to school nor got married and only lived for others
until she was worn out. One
fine day the watch man of the house was instructed to take her and
leave at the bus stand. He
took her under the pretext of going to a hospital and dumped her
near the bus stand. She
has not committed any mistake in her life, but she turned out to be a
napkin for others.She is also recovering from her emotional scars. |
YOU
CAN SPONSOR:
There
are 320 residents.
You can provide meals – Rs.3000/-
Provide fruits, biscuits, Health drinks, medicines, magazines, and music
cassettes.
Bed Sheets, pillows, wheel chair, water beds.
Disposable medical items like the hand gloves, face mask etc.
There
are 12 dormitaries and 2 isolation wards.
All these units are overflowing with residents and if any one
could come forward to sponsor dormitaries
@ 1.5 lakhs each.
The name of the donor would be displayed in the hall with a photo.
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