PUTTING AN END TO MISERIES!Mangri Minz is a 48-year-old widow from Tengaaria village in Dighiya panchayat, Bero District, Ranchi. Her husband passed away 10 years ago, leaving her with two small children who were now dependent on her. After her husband’s death, she would work in the field with her children tied to her back. With great amount of struggles, she raised the children and succeeded in getting their names enrolled in a government school. Many people informed her that she is entitled to widow pension. But…
Eliminating worries of a widowFatima Khatoon, 38 years old, is the wife of Late Makbool Ansari and a resident of Baridih village in Itki block of Ranchi, Jharkhand. A mother of two daughters, Neha Khatoon (5) and Saniya Khatoon (3), Fatima has been sustaining her household by working as a maid in different households ever since her husband passed away. Her husband was a labour contractor whose source of income was satisfactory for maintaining a family of four. However, he was murdered and his body was…
Bringing back the simple days in a retired man’s lifeDevnandan Mahto is a resident of Ranchi, Jharkhand, and a father of four sons, all of whom are married. He used to lead a simple life with no qualms or worries until recently. “Until July 2015, I used to receive a monthly pension regularly in my account but then it stopped all of a sudden!” a visibly shaken and frustated Devnandan said. Despite making several visits and pleas to the bank manager, he would be sent back without any possible solution. Devnandan’s worriless days,…
Saving for better future of childrenHasina Begum, wife of Abdul Karim, is 41 years old. She can neither speak not listen. A resident of Kundi village in Itki block, Ranchi (Jharkhand), Hasina has four children —Salman Ansari (14 years), Fatima Khatoon (12 years), Sahil Ansari (11 years) and Afsana Khatoon (10 years). Not very long ago, they used to live in Bihar, facing regular hardships of life. They migrated to Jharkhand and settled in Kundi village in search of enough labour work for her husband to sustain the family. Her…
Hoping for stability in old ageSixty-five-year-old Johan Minz lives in Girjatoli village of Itki block in Ranchi (Jharkhand) with his wife Sushila. Johan and Sushila have two sons and three daughters, all on whom are married and live in their own homes. Being a farmer, he always earned a living through his work in the field but age eventually caught up with him and his wife; both of them are now unable to help each other in securing their livelihood. Moreover, Johan had mortgaged most of his farmlands for his daughters’…
Providing a secondary source of incomeManti Kerketta, wife of Late Dawood Kerketta, is 35 years old and a resident of Patratoli village in Itki block, Ranchi (Jharkhand). She has three children — Deepak (15), Pritam (12) and Priti (10) — Ever since her husband, a driver, died a year ago, Manti has been working as an agricultural labourer to sustain her children and their education.. Some time ago, she came in visited a Soochna Seva office to open a bank Account. It was during this discussion that the sevaks advised her…
An old man’s rightBudhu is a resident of Mandna Toli village in Ranchi district of Jharkhand. He has one son who is married and lives separately, his other son passed away a few years ago, and both his daughters are married. Budhu now lives with his completely paralyzed wife. Aged and physically disabled himself, there is no income flow for the couple. His son doesn’t support him either.. Living way below the poverty line, sustaining his daily life had become very difficult for him. His ration card gets him…
Immunising cattle owners from financial lossesSixty-five-year-old Budhan Devi and her husband Somra Gope are agricultural and cattle farmers based in Malar village in Itki block of Ranchi, Jharkand. The couple is parents to two sons, both of whom are married and alcoholics. Due to this, they are barely of any help in the field to Budhan Devi and her husband, who themselves can’t put the same number of hours in the field as they use to earlier on account of their age. Therefore, over the last few years, cattle rearing have become their…
Soochna Sevaks turn into pillars of support for an aging coupleCharo Oraon is 60-year-old man who lives in Bhandra village of Itki block in Ranchi, Jharkhand, with his wife, two sons, and a daughter-in-law married to his elder son, and two grandchildren. He has a daughter, too, who is now married and lives with her extremely supportive in-laws, her husband and two children. At home, things are not too good for Charo. Charo and his wife’s age are not their friends anymore. While he can’t move without the support of a walking stick, his elder son…
Round-the-year assistanceEtwary Orain is 62 years old. She lives with her family in Purio panchayat in Itki block of Ranchi, Jharkhand. She, her husband Lathu, her sons Birsa and Karthik, her daughter-in-laws Lalita and Susma are all engaged on their family land, trying to contribute towards the monthly household income. However, their small piece of land does not earn them profits round the year. In fact, crops sown are only sufficient to help them meet their ends for about six to seven months a year. The rest of the…
Right to EducationThirty-five-year-old Sabita Khalkho is a mother of five children — Sakshi, Shashi, Beronika, Sajna and Sushmita — who spends most of the year in the absence of her husband who works outside Ranchi district at a brick kiln. Though he only visits his wife and children once every three months, his presence isn’t very helpful either. The man drinks regularly and often large chunks of his monthly wages on liquor. Sabita is a hardworking woman who works in the vegetable market every day to…
Interventions for ensuring safe motherhoodJerky Orain is a young mother of a three-year-old son named Aman. She and her husband live in a village called Dighiya in Bero block of Ranchi, Jharkhand; and are expecting their second child. Agricultural labourers, despite weeks of hard work, the couple is about to earn a monthly income of mere Rs. 700. When members of the Soochna Seva team met Jerky at an aanganwadi Kendra in Dighiya during a tikakaran (immunisation) camp in April 2015, they learnt that Jerky had been deprived of various…
Story of Bolo GophBolo Goph and his wife Bindiya lives in Taighdiya district of Jharkhand. After Working for the whole day as labourer the couple gets only 2000 rupees in a month which is insufficient for 4 peoples to live on. Appetite took Bolo to Bengal where he worked in Brick’s furnace on daily wages. In the era of digitalisation this family was living without personal ID. Lack of any government approved identity prevents them to be the beneficiary of government different aid programs apparently they were…
Rekha Devi gets a package of entitlements for her familyRekha Devi is a 42 year old woman resides in bedo panchayat, of Ranchi District, Jharkhand. She has a small family with her husband Manoj Soni (45), father in law Bhola soni (70) and a 4 year old daughter Komal Kumari. Farming is the only livelihood option for her family which makes them earn 2000 rupees a month. She was very well aware about the entitlement for her family under National food Security Act. For the last 3 years, she was trying hard to get ration card and she was…
Residents of “Itki” found ray of hope by Ujjwala YojnaManni Devi is a resident of Baridih village, Ranchi. After her husband died, she started living separately. She earns her livelihood by working as a maid and sometimes works on field for extra income. She had no proper supply of cooking gas in her house. Therefore, she used to collect leaves and sticks from forest, which was a huge waste of time and energy. Soochna Seva team organized a camp for free gas connection in Baridih village, under Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojna. The…
Informing a Single Mother45 years old Sufiya Khatoon, wife of late Ain-ul-haq lives in village Ranchi, Jharkhand. She is a single mother of three children- two boys and a girl. Some years back her husband died in a tragedy. Family’s poor economic condition forced Tanveer, the elder son to work in car garage leaving aside his studies to earn for the livelihood of his family. The marriage of his 32 years old sister Kulsoom, was on his shoulders. It was a moment of dismay and confusion, and Soochna Seva emerged…
Scheme for reliefJatri Orain is a 44-year-old widow of the same village. Three years ago, her husband died of excessive consumption of alcohol, leaving her with nine children to and barely any source of income. While four daughters were married off early, she was still responsible for five other children who were still at school. At the insistence of a Soochna Seva team member, she agreed to file a nomination form for enrollment for the Pig Development Scheme under the Animal Husbandry Department. A…
The Story of Jasim KuraishiJasim Kuraishi is the sole earning member of a ten person family in Targari village. He is engaged with the brokers who are involved in goat-business. He finds customers for them and in return collects is commission after completion of the deal. Though he has a good livestock with him, yet they are not in good health that can be traded. As a result to feed his family he sought other alternatives to earn money. It is a herculean task for him to take care of his entire family, especially since…
- Nani Devi’s pain was finally eased
In mid-2015, the post office of Itki block directed pensioners to open personal accounts in nationalized banks for further transactions. This turned out to be nerve-aching news for Nanki Kerketta, a 64-year-old widow from Kunti village in Itki block. She began visiting the bank every alternate day in order to open an account but every time she was unsuccessful. The slow and sluggish work of the bank officials delayed the account opening process which resulted into a huge crowd outside the bank.…
Vaccination camp by Soochna Seva team saves the life of Jhono Kerketta’s goatJhono Kerketta (35) lives in Bagdhara Patra village which comes under Kundi Panchayat of Itki block in Ranchi. She has two sons and a daughter of age 16, 14 and 10 respectively. Her husband usually works in a brick kiln but for few months only, as he spends rest of the months at home. Farming is the primary source of income for Jhono and her family. Due to poor irrigation facilities the produce is usually less therefore to facilitate the daily needs and run the household chores they began…
Old Cherga Oraon receives money through Vridha Pension, thanks to Soochna Seva.Cherga Oraon is blessed with four daughters and by god’s grace all of them are well settled with their own families. It has been four years since he last visited his daughter’s house. The Soochna Seva team met him during a meeting in Itki block of Ranchi and came face to face with his situation. He is a 67- years-old farmer and during his early days he also used to sell woods for his livelihood. As time went, by he stopped working and depended entirely on his three sons. He stayed in their…
The vaccination camp in Semra village rescues Simon’s cattle from deathSimon Tirki was once a flourishing farmer of Semra village in Itki block of Ranchi district. Due to his old age he stopped going to the field so and began keeping livestock to generate some income to survive. Problems sneaked into Simon’s house when his goats died and he could not do anything to save them. He had no knowledge about seasonal diseases and the precautions that were meant to be taken care of. Soon his woes came to an end during a vaccination camp conducted by the Soochna Seva…
Rani Kujur received computer education from SSKRani Kujur is 23-years-old and she has never operated a computer so far. Eight years ago, her mother died and to make her life worse, her father re-married. The struggle to receive her father’s love and attention broke Rani’s heart into pieces. Her father is a 55-yr-old schoolteacher and he could have taken care of Rani and her siblings. But his attitude changed after marriage and he began to ignore his children. So, she left home along with her siblings after a quarrel with her step-…
Rekindling the lost hope of survivalThe woes of Jitu Lohar (64) and his wife Geeta Devi (60) did not end even after the death of their elder son. While they were still busy bearing the brunt of their loss another setback followed when their daughter-in-law left the house to work in a brick kiln in a different state. Clouds of grief, hunger and loneliness hovered over Jitu’s head and therefore to feed his family Jitu began working as a blacksmith with a meager of 500 rupees per month. As, Jitu’s elder son was the sole…
Invalid BPL card added woes in Pooja’s lifePooja Urain (38) who resides in a small village of Bedo block in Ranchi district has been living a miserable life for a long time. She was overjoyed when she received a BPL (Below Poverty Line) card after a long wait, because this will serve as a ticket to her dreams to own a house through Indira Awas Yojna. She wanted to break free from the dilapidated condition of leaking roof, make-shift walls and tiny rooms. The dream of a ‘pucca’ house gave her wings to believe that…
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