A Family Restored - The Generational Impact of Save Kids Trust
Updated: Aug 21
This is the story of a family that was shattered by tragedy and, over the course of two years, found its way back to stability with the help of Save Kids Trust. Despite the common financial struggles of day-wage earners, the family had been living a normal life — a couple, their three children, and the children's grandparents, all together under one roof.
Kamla came to our clinic complaining of illness and prolonged weakness. She looked depressed, and her voice was strained. Her daughter Sunita, who had come with her, explained that Kamla had not been eating properly for several months. The lack of food, combined with constant worry, had left her health badly weakened. Given the seriousness of the case, and because it involved the whole family, our team wanted to understand the full story.
The trouble began in 2015, when Kamla's husband, Vinod, was diagnosed with mouth cancer. The diagnosis brought deep anxiety to the family. He was treated at the hospital for only a few months before he succumbed to the disease, leaving behind significant debt.
With the head of the household gone, Kamla's eldest son stepped in to support the family. He took on three jobs at once — working as a sewage cleaner during the day, at a store in the evening, and delivering newspapers in the morning. His earnings brought some relief, but the family's misfortune was not over. Within a year of his father's death, he was killed in an accident. Then, unable to bear the weight of the family's repeated losses, the grandparents passed away within the following four months.
With no other means of supporting the family, Kamla took work as a house cleaner. It paid very little, and the family sank further into financial hardship. Meanwhile, her daughter Sunita was approaching marriageable age, and the schooling costs for her two younger children weighed heavily on her. Overwhelmed by grief and financial pressure, Kamla fell into depression and lost her will to carry on.
During our conversations with her, our team offered counseling and helped her recognize the vital role she still played in her children's lives. In the course of these conversations, we learned that Sunita had some training in tailoring — and this became an opportunity for the whole family. Save Kids Trust helped purchase a sewing machine for her.
With the machine, Sunita began taking on small jobs, earning enough to help her mother support the household. As word spread, she found more work, and her daily earnings grew to 200–250 rupees. Encouraged by this progress, she began saving a portion of her income — and the family was able to get electricity installed in their home, a milestone they are proud of.
As time went by, relatives and the community pressing Sunita to marry, but she chose to first to fulfill her late father's wish: to build a house for the family.
We were glad to see this family rebuilding after so much struggle and loss. They were so grateful to our team and to Save Kids Trust for the support and guidance offered along the way.
Flash forward to 2026
Nearly ten years later, Sunita returned to our clinic—not as a struggling daughter, but as a happy mother carrying her one-year-old baby girl for a routine health check-up.
Seeing Sunita smiling with her healthy child was a joyful reminder that our work is about more than treating illness. It is about walking alongside families through life’s hardest moments and celebrating with them as they build healthier, stronger futures.
For us, this was more than a follow-up visit. It was the story of one generation finding hope, and the next generation beginning life with that hope.
