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USA Office
Widows Welfare Association
c/o Mary Singson
Oak Manor Apartments R#2
1575 Oak dr, Vista, CA, 92084
India Office
Widows Welfare Association
H.NO.33-116
Asha Officers Colony R.K.
Puram,Secunderabad-500056
A.P.India
Tel.91-40-27790410
Email Ruth Singson
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Christian Aid Mission
P.O. Box 9037
Charlottesville, VA 22906
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We Have Hope
and a Future
In India, widows are looked down upon
as disgraceful, unlucky--even cursed. When a couple marries, the woman
"divorces" her family and lives with her husbands family. Once the
husband dies, relatives take away all of the property, sell it and divide
the profits. They often leave the wife and the children with nothing.
They are left on their own, living sad lives of destitution and poverty.
Many widows turn to street begging or prostitution to support their
families. Even then, widows are not allowed to attend their own
children's weddings because the are so despised in Hindu society.
Ruth Singson,
through co-operative churches and the Widows Welfare Association, is
breaking down the barriers between these poor women and the rest of society.
A widows' home better ministers to the women's needs. This place will serve
as a worship center, as well as a shelter to rescue widow and orphans. At
this prototype home, widows are taught ways to support themselves
financially through vocational training.
Ruth
Singson, Director
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