Janisa with her 2 daughters in front of her new house
JanisaKhatun hails from Jorgama village of Bihar. Janisha presently lives with her 2 sons & 3 daughters. Her husband left her all alone and got settled outside Bihar, after the Koshi floods that struck her village in August, 2009. Now Janisa, who earns her livelihood by working as an agricultural laborer in the nearby fields, fights hard to provide basic amenities to her 5 children.
Janisa narrates her plight when she had a kuchha (temporary) house, “I have 2 sons & 3 daughters, though I was not much worried about my sons but I was very scared & afraid about the security & privacy of my 3 daughters, I was apprehensive about leaving my daughters at home and going for work. I had no option. But now I feel confident of going to work & can concentrate on my work without worrying too much.”
Janisa’s elder daughter, who now is working as a tailoring teacher, opines, “initial days after the flood were very difficult and our difficulty cannot be measured or expressed, we had lost all hope &faith in almighty & were just surviving without any hope, but when he heard about Project Ashreya it re-kindled our hearts & mind to fight our life again& take it forward. We are not educated much, and may not be able to express much, but we are indebted to ACC Limited, Hindustan Unilever Limited & Habitat for Humanity India for such a massive initiative of providing homes to people like us. We feel accepted.”
