(Story) From France, with hope

From France, with hope

Sitting in her hut in Soopa village in Mahoba district, Bundelkhand, eight-year-old Juni says she wants to learn French. She’d like to thank her “godmother”, French journalist Anne Marie Duthu, in her native tongue. “She can’t speak Hindi, so I want to learn French and tell her that she means so much to me and my family,” says little Juni. After visiting the family last year, Duthu decided to fund the education of Juni and her siblings till the time they are able to support their widowed mother, Kapoori Devi.

Thirty-eight-year-old Kapoori Devi’s life was shattered two years ago, when her husband Brijlal, 45, committed suicide on November 25, 2007, by hanging himself from a tree—he had failed to repay debts to a moneylender and his earnings as a farm labourer could not support his family. “I was left behind with five children to take care of. I wanted to end my life too, but then, the district administration promised me financial support,” says Kapoori Devi.  Read more..

 Source: Indianexpress