My Story

Before Anushka’s birth, her aunt hired a fortune teller who predicted that the new baby girl would be a curse on her family. When, two years later, Anushka’s mother died from heart failure, Anushka’s aunt tormented her for being the reason her mother died.

Not long after, her father remarried and left Anushka and her brother with his parents. He visits his children once a month, but shows up drunk and demanding money from his parents. Anushka’s grandparents struggle to provide for the two children. Her grandmother abuses her when she doesn’t finish the housework and threatens to send her to an orphanage if she doesn’t obey.

Anushka is under-nourished and weak. Her grandmother feeds her brother, leaving the previous day’s leftover rice for Anushka. She is forced to sleep on the floor without a mattress or blanket. Her grandparents are uninterested in educating her. She will sometimes go days without food, and her grandparents even agreed to just leave her to die.

When our social workers met Anushka, it took us three visits to get her to speak. Due to her trauma, she wouldn’t speak when her grandmother was around. We knew we had to remove Anushka from that abusive home. 

Now, Anushka has clothing, blankets, consistent food, and an education. With your sponsorship, we can continue providing her with this care. Because of you, she is no longer at risk of death, child labor, or early marriage. Now she has the chance to develop lasting confidence and a brighter future.