Jyoti, who is is blind and has a learning disability, lives where there are many slums. Life is difficult for a disabled street child like Jyoti but suddenly life has changed and simply surviving is the problem. Last week the city of Kolkata was placed in lockdown for 21 days with four hours of notice to stop the Coronavirus spreading. The family have no income except from basic jobs which no longer exist or begging but following lockdown the streets are empty. Without support Jyoti and disabled street children like her will starve.

I have worked closely in the past with the amazing team at HOPE Hospital and they have supported disabled street children like Jyoti and they will support her now. They urgently need to distribute food packs to families like Jyoti’s who have no income due to the lockdown .

Please help the Hope Hospital team by making a small donation. Currently 10kg of rice and 2kg of dal, which will feed a family of five for two weeks and costs £18. Give Hope to Jyoti and her family.

Anna

We have an update from Hope Hospital. The disabled children suffered from malnutrican before the pandemic but now they are struggling to stave off starvation. Thank you for your support. The money you have donated has been sent to Samiran and his team but we will keep the page open a little longer (Anna and Jon):

"Many of these families depend on the income of daily labourers, literally earning a daily wage for their daily bread. With no work and no savings to fall back on they very quickly ran out of food supplies. The very real panic and fear of starvation set in. We think of Samiran and the team risking their own lives every day to give out this food to the desperate. We are very grateful to them and to you all."