Rasathi and Ratisha are sisters of 10 and 9 years respectively. They are daughters of the poverty stricken family belonging to a Vanvasi community namely Kuravas living in Padmanabhapuram, Kanyakumari district. On holidays, they both beg on the streets. Tamil daily Dinamalar on July 4, 2007 carried this pathetic news. Several NGOs approached the family to admit the girls to some ?home?. The parents did not like the idea. Just then, Shri Ashok Kumar, Kanyakumari district Sewa Bharati organiser, along with district secretary Shri Murugesan had a talk with the parents of the girls. Sewa Bharati could understand the parents? mind. So, it was decided that the girls should continue their studies at the same school, with Sewa Bharati bearing all expenses for their education, food, etc. Sewa Bharati got Yakki, one more child of the family, to class one. The child was so far unable to attend school because of poverty. Sewa Bharati did not stop with that. It has come forward to give medical aid to yet another child Kani of the family, who is ailing. Following this, Dr Deiva Prakash, state general secretary of Sewa Bharati Self Help Groups, Shri Manian, state general secretary and Shri Jyotindran, district organiser of RSS, accompanied by Shri Rajamani, father of the kids, to Kalkulam Government Middle School and formalised the adoption of the children. (VSK Chennai)
