Life of a Widow Mother in Vrindavan
India’s elderly population has grown vastly over the last 40 years. Among India’s current population of 90 million elderly persons, 54% of people aged 60 or older are widows. An estimated 5,000 abandoned and destitute widows live in Vrindavan (Mathura, India). Maitri provides daily mid day meals, nutritional supplements, clothing and facilitates health care, which includes cataract surgeries, breast cancer screening, treatment of major diseases, to 500 elderly, abandoned widows. Maitri also ensures their respect and dignity in death by performing funeral services as per their religious needs. With your support, we look to scale the programme to reach 1,000 elderly and abandoned women by 2013. For more information visit: www.maitriindia.org
