Blog FeedHopeful in India
Freedom from Hunger serves the rural poor. The poorest of the poor. This week I came to understand what that means.
I met a mother, Fula Devi, who had lost two children, one to a cold. She was in such deep despair, so full of sadness, that she could not recall for us one example of even a small joy in her life. The closest she came was to say, “When I go to my group, I am happy. We laugh and share the stories of our lives. I can depend on them to help me when I have an emergency. And then I walk home with my sadness.” Fula was describing her experience attending a savings-based self-help group established by one of Reach India’s partner organizations. This newly formed group has only begun to receive the much-needed education to accompany their savings—a combination that has met great success in other regions of India. But as a brand new group, such successes have yet to be seen.
