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Start Date: 2007

End Date: 2009

Overview The plight of widows in India is a serious one.  There are tens of thousands of widows who migrate to particular northern towns in India hoping to find some solace and end up begging and living rough on the streets.  Kindness In Action worked with a local NGO called DPWA to inaugurate a special project in August 2007 called the Peter J. Galindo Sanctuary for Elderly Widows.  The Sanctuary was named in honor of Rachael Blair’s (Founder) uncle who passed away on 7 January 2005. 
Role Kindness In Action provided seed funds to initiate the sanctuary by refurbishing the building and providing maintenance costs for assisted living care for the first two years of operation.
Accomplishments From 2007 to 2009, we provided secure housing and assisted living care (including food, clothing and medication) for 25 elderly widows and salaries for manager, cook and nurse).
More Information... Here’s a brief excerpt about the plight of India’s widows from a CNN article published in July 2007. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/05/damon.india.widows/index.htmlshapeimage_16_link_0