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CARE TODAY: REBUILDING GUJARAT

A Hand To The Faltering

The earthquake in Gujarat brought with it ruin and desolation. With typical fortitude, most of the affected people went about rebuilding their lives, but there were many who were left rudderless. CARE TODAY will help 20 such people. Here are seven who have each been provided Rs 5,000 in cash and a fixed deposit of Rs 75,000 that generates Rs 600 a month to meet expenses.

DEVIBAI HARBHAM RABARI, 38
Kanthkot, Bhachau
Devibai'S husband Harbham and daughter Hima were killed when their house collapsed in the quake. With the Rs 3,000 that Harbham used to bring in every month gone, Deviben and her son Vibha, whose injuries are yet to heal, depend on relatives for money. She says she will look for a job and the Rs 600 represents a welcome relief.

MITHIBEN VIBHABHAI VASTANI, 33
Adhoi, Bhachau
The quake came as a double shock for Mithiben-her husband had died 10 days earlier. The quake ruined her house and left her and her five children without shelter. Mithiben cannot work as a labourer as she is weak and blind, and is surviving on the charity of her relatives. "The monthly interest from the CARE TODAY fixed deposit will help me stand on my own feet," she says.

GOMIBEN RANABHAI KOLI, 36
Adhoi, Bhachau
Gomiben, a labourer, went to work as usual on January 26, but her husband Ranabhai stayed home. When the quake struck, he was buried under the house. Gomiben suffered serious injuries but survived. Today she lives a in a hut with her four children, two of whom are afflicted with polio. She still is not strong enough to resume work as a labourer, so she depends on alms. Gomiben says she will use the Rs 600 from the CARE TODAY deposit to buy food every month.

LAVINGIYABEN SADHU, 26
Samakhiyali, Bhachau
Lavingiyaben sadhu's husband Chaturdas was crushed to death when an old gate fell on him during the earthquake. He used to earn Rs 1,500 a month at a utensils shop. Now, Lavingiyaben and her two daughters, Aruna, 5, and Bhavna, 10 months old, live with her brother-in-law's family in a tarpaulin-covered shack. Says Lavingiyaben: "Getting Rs 600 every month will give me security."

KESHIBEN RUDABHAI VAGHELA, 37
Adhoi, Bhachau
Rudabhai Vaghela died when the pit he was working in caved in during the quake. Two months later, his widow Keshiben gave birth to their sixth son. She lives in a small room built by an NGO, but has no income except the government compensation.

KESHIBEN VAJABHAI MUCHADI, 50
Vandhiya, Bhachau
Vajabhai Muchadi was drinking tea at a hotel when its walls started to shake. He could not escape as his foot was injured. Since then his widow Keshiben has been living in a makeshift hut, earning Rs 700 a month doing odd jobs to support her two children. She will use the Rs 600 to send them to school.

GAMBHIRSINH JADEJA, 32
Nara, Bhachau
THE quake left Gambhirsinh Karsanji Jadeja almost a paraplegic. He is undergoing treatment but remains confined to his bed. The six-acre arid land that he and his three brothers own does not earn them much. "The CARE TODAY interest will take care of my monthly medical bills," he says.

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