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Sep 10, 20181 min read

After experiencing so much unhappiness at a young age, Bhagyshree starts an exciting new chapter

20 yr old Bhagyshree was featured in a post last year. Having lost both of her parents to AIDS she was ostracised by local village...

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Aug 7, 20181 min read

Sharda, rescued from the streets and reunited with her family

Like so many underprivileged Indian women, 60 year old Sharda has faced hardship in her life. Widowed at a young age with two small...

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May 30, 20182 min read

Tribute to Susan Jane Weston - Britain’s foremost female fingerprint expert & greatly valued tru

Susan Weston and her late husband Dr Norman Weston were champions of Women in Need, and the charity was incredibly proud to be associated...

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Mar 26, 20181 min read

Subjected to physical & psychological trauma, WIN’s rescued women find a reason to smile again

The women we find on the streets have been subjected to repeated trauma, some over many years. They’re usually malnourished & suffering...

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Oct 16, 20172 min read

After 10 Years of Searching, WIN Reunites Saroj with Her Family

In 2007 female police officers carried a woman into WIN’s centre and dumped her on the floor. They said nothing of who she was and from...

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Oct 2, 20172 min read

WIN Gives Chetna a Reason to Smile Again

Chetna’s story is a familiar one of betrayal and suffering. In India, women who’ve supported their families and provided children can...

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Aug 22, 20171 min read

Continuing the Fight Against India’s High Cancer Prevalence & Mortality Rate

Despite the large burden of disease in India and a cancer mortality rate of 71%, there is no nationwide, government sponsored public...

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Mar 6, 20172 min read

3 Women in One Family, Struggling Against the Odds

Life has been bleak for 18 year old Priya who lives with her 75 year old grandmother and mother. The 3 women live in poverty and contend...

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Feb 9, 20172 min read

Giving Women a Chance to Shine

Rani’s story In 2009 the local police at Wardha brought to our shelter a distressed and agitated woman in need of love and attention. 24...

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Jan 27, 20171 min read

US Goals for Girls (G4G) visits WIN’s Shelter for Abandoned Women for 2nd Year

For the second year G4G visited our shelter for abandoned women sharing New Year celebrations and food with the residents. Goals for...

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Jan 4, 20172 min read

Reshmi – From Trauma and Despair to a Magical New Beginning

Reshmi was found by Leah and Usha 6 years ago lying on the roadside. She was traumatised and unable to communicated or respond. Taken...

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Nov 22, 20162 min read

Living with Burn Injuries

Pushpa's Story Pushpa is a single HIV+ mother with 3 children; one of whom it also HIV+. The charity first met her when she attended one...

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Oct 20, 20162 min read

Kisnikumari Finally Returns Home

Kisnikumari whose real name is Maya Devi, was featured in our bog on August 22nd under the title “Restoring Hope” with the promise of an...

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Oct 6, 20162 min read

Missing for 5 Years, Basanti Meets Her Family

Basanti was found on the street by an elderly leprosy patient who looked after her until WIN relocated her at the charity’s shelter in...

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Aug 22, 20161 min read

Restoring Hope

Kishna Kumari Kishna Kumari comes from a remote village in Bihar; approximately 800 miles from Nagpur. Following the disappearance of her...

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Jul 27, 20163 min read

Sunita or Gita Devi?

Hundreds of thousands of Indian women with mental health disorders live in the most horrendous conditions. Their suffering is ignored by...

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Jun 8, 20162 min read

Lost & Found - Mamta Kissan Suri

4 yrs ago Mamta was found on the streets in Wardha . She was confused and in a poor state of neglect. She’d been living roughly for a...

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Jan 20, 20161 min read

From a Life On the Streets, to a Life Of Renewed Health and Dignity

1 year ago Sewanat and her children were living on the streets HIV and TB+ Sewanta and her children spent 1 year living on the...

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Aug 5, 20150 min read

WIN Provides Emergency Supplies and Drinking Water to Urban Slums During Floods.

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May 2, 20121 min read

New video - Malu's Life

MALU has spent the last 20 years living on the streets of Nagpur because of the stigma of leprosy. She is completely cured of the...

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