Meet Rakesh - fighting for his daughter who was sexually abused when 8 months old. We are hoping to make his dreams for his children come true this Fathers’ Day.
It will be Father’s Day in Australia in two weeks
Fathers’ Day provides us with the opportunity to show our love and appreciation by honouring the dads and father-figures in our lives and communities.
Please join our WE LOVE YOU DAD Campaign
Across these 3 weeks we hope to raise $5000 with the goal to;
help dads to help their kids
help kids who don’t have dads
At Project Help we especially count it our privilege to care for the poorest of the poor, helping dads who are doing their best, under difficult circumstances and few resources available to them. We see the good in so many men, who despite the poverty of their circumstances, work hard and never stop making personal sacrifices for their children. They dream for their children and are determined to provide for their family. We often see a stoic, brave smile that masks pain, shame and a lack of dignity because they cannot meet their family needs.
Meet Rakesh - working hard for his daughter to give her every chance
Imagine the deep sense of guilt and shame that comes from knowing that you did not protect your baby daughter. Back in 2016 Rakesh was at work labouring, when an intruder sexually abused his baby daughter Lata. This was while his 75yr blind elderly mother in law was in the room unaware and helplessly unable to intervene. Rakesh still lives with the trauma and stigma of this terrible incident. He is a hard working daily labourer who earns about 200rupees ($4AUS) a day. His work is dangerous as it involves operating sand excavation machinery in river beds. Sometimes these rivers flash flood with no warning.
Our Project Help field worker provided this update about the family just the week;
This story is about a father and his adorable daughter Lata, we can see pureness in her eyes and beauty as she smiles. She has two sisters and one brother. They all were admitted to school when Project Help India insisted that their parents take them to the local school. Lata is the youngest of all. The oldest is Neetu who is 11 years old, studies in 7th class. Secondly Bharti, she is 10 years old . She studies in 6th class and then Ajay who is 6 years old and studies in 1st class. Lata will soon start to attend school. Both parents are laborers. They Both leave their home in the morning and come home late .
Lata was eight months old, when one day her parents left for work and her siblings were also young . They were home alone when she got raped by an unknown person working near their house. Her condition was so serious and worse that time , she could barely survive. The local police were distressed by the situation and called Project Help to help. We took this case under control and started making efforts to save Lata. She got treated very well even after so many complications she survived and recovered and proved herself as a warrior. The rapist got the punishment of life imprisonment. Now Lata has grown up and is 5 years old now. Poonam, her mother said that Lata sometimes has pain in her urinary tract and she needs this to be treated as soon as possible.
Lata is an intelligent girl, good in studies and learning as well. Her father told his grief regarding his daughter and we felt really heartbroken as a father always dreams best for his children and any father would never ever think about that grim thing to any of his children. The financial condition is also not good and the lockdown made it worse for them but still he works harder for his kids for their needs for their dreams. He loves his daughter Lata very much and wants her to achieve what she aspires to in life. He hopes that she will have everything she dreams in the whole world. He wants her to be well educated, to earn a good living, live in a good house and above all to enjoy a good life.
We pray and hope that Lata and her father’s dream will come true .
How can you help?
We want to bless Rakesh and his family this Fathers’ Day. We are seeking an Australian (or international) sponsor who can pay $360-$500 a year to pay for Lata's ongoing medical expenses and to assist with the children's school fees.
Your tax deductible donation will help Rakesh's dreams for his family come true this Fathers' Day.
