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"Pooja, a 27-year-old mom of two, was destitute and depressed in a slum of
Jaipur, India, after her husband died in a work-related accident. Likewise
Malti, 44, a mom of three living in a neighboring Jaipur slum, was forced to
take her children out of school after the death of her husband from leukemia
left her family broke.
Five years on, the tables have turned for both women. Pooja has developed a
business opportunity to manufacture and sell festival wristbands, and in turn,
put her children through school. Malti, meanwhile, has since found retail work
and put her oldest two children through college, while her youngest is back in
high school.
Finding employment, naturally, is what changed everything. But for both women,
what kickstarted their escape from the cycle of poverty was something very
simple: cold, hard cash. Specifically, $60 a month.
Pooja and Malti received guaranteed income through the Fund A Mom program,
started by Los Angeles-based film maker and philanthropist Leigh Blake in 2018.
A total of 40 single moms receive this income in Jaipur, known as the Pink City
because of the hue of its sandstone buildings."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
