SENEH (http://www.seneh.in/) :
Bhabada Devi Philanthropic Trust is working for the benefit of the under privileged and deprived section of the society especially women of North East India. North East India has the lowest per capita holding of cultivable land in India. Recurring floods which inundates vast areas every year further shrink land availability because of silting. Being primarily an agrarian economy, with hardly any discernible industrial growth, the condition of the common man in the countryside is appalling. One of the consequences of this pathetic state is the gradual disintegration of the traditional family values and ethos. The worst sufferers are the old and the infirm since their children in many cases, are dumping them to fend for themselves out of economic compulsions. Women in the age group of fifty and above are the ones who suffer the most, because they are mentally and physically vulnerable. Extensive tours of the remote villages have revealed the sordid plight of scores of such old women who make their living by begging from house to house or doing sundry jobs in households, for a morsel of food and shelter. To alleviate their suffering and bring dignity and succor to some of these women, the Trust has opened a destitute home at Guwahati. Aptly named SENEH, meaning ‘Selfless Love’, the home provides shelter, food, medical care, clothing and all necessities for sustaining a decent dignified life. The vision is that in the sunset years of their lives, they can once again learn to laugh and sing and live together as a family ... all ABSOLUTELY FREE. As of now there are 12 destitute women who have made SENEH their home. Unfortunately the present facilities cannot accomodate any more, although, almost every day the management gets distress calls from others with genuine needs. The extent of help that such hapless women require is evident from the fact that in the last one year SENEH has organized cataract operations for 5 residents, provided dentures to 3, hearing aid to 1 and all 12 are being treated for various ailments including prolonged psychiatric medication for 6. As examples of the apathy experienced by these residents, one of the current residents was abandoned since she is absolutely blind. Yet another was picked up from a remote village on the Assam Bhutan Border living as a hermit since the villagers thought she was a witch. Seneh also runs a free medical camp every Sunday for the poor. Two doctors provide free consultancy while the medicines are supplied free of charge by Seneh. On average 25 patients take advantage of this humanitarian effort. The destitute home is run by a team of four employees. A dedicated 60 year old man as its caretaker, a nurse with long experience of geriatric care, a young man who works as a driver and assistant and an accounts clerk. The first three live in the complex itself. In addition two doctors are on call 24x7. The residents do the household chores themselves including cooking and other house keeping jobs. Mailing address: SENEH NIZARA PATH, NARAKASUR, KAHILIPARA, GUWAHATI: 781018, ASSAM, INDIA Email : [email protected] Website : http://www.seneh.in/ Contact No:- +919810791818 +917896422861 +919678751025, ________________________________ From: "A.C. Barua "<[email protected]> To: friendsofassamne <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 3 October 2013 7:05 AM Subject: [FriendsofAssamNE] SENEH Dear Friends I have put all my efforts and energy to build the foundation of a home for destitute old women at guwahati to give a life of security, dignity and above all love to a handful of old women for whom life was a nightmare devoid of hope and solace. My efforts of last two years have paid off. "Seneh" located at Kahilipara Guwahati is a much happening place now with old and youth alike of Guwahati pouring in to give helping hands to ameliorate the old scars of sufferings of the hapless women who have made seneh their home for the rest of their lives. For me , I have discovered that the smile of a toothless old is as beautiful and pure as that of an infant. I think now the time has come to let my friends and welwishers know what I was up to in last two and a half years of my almost self imposed hibernation. I request all of you to log on to the following web site to know more about the efforts made by us. I also promise what you will find in the website is just a beginning and if your honest wishes are with me we will not look back God bless all. www.seneh.in __._,_.___ Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___ _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
