“The shadow of their father has been lifted from my children’s heads. How will I raise them alone? What will I do now? I don’t even earn” says Rabiya Bi
On the day of 17th February, with peace and happiness in the house, Rabiya Bi and her husband, Umarudeen were spending their time together. Eating snacks and chit-chatting cheerfully until a call broke the aroma.
On their other side was their son Tehzeem, saying, “Papa, these people have beaten me a lot… they’ve beaten me very badly.” The couple rushed to the spot and saw a large crowd gathered near their son, whose body was already blue.
Umarudeen tried to save his son, like a father, but little did he know this would cost him his life. He was shot dead by the perpetrators. “My husband took off his belt and threw a stone to save our child. We followed him (the perpetrator) into the lane. “He was coming from the front, firing,” Rabiya told Miles2Smile.
“He first fired in front of me, then in front of my son, and then at my husband. I kept screaming, ‘Don’t shoot, please don’t shoot,’ but he fired and killed my husband.” Rabiya said.
“How do I tell my children their father is no more? How do I nourish them alone? I do not even earn. What do I do now?” Rabiya asked.
Umarudeen was the sole breadwinner of the family. The sole person to make the ends meet. As he bid farewell to the world, he took financial stability too. Rabiya, now, sits inside their house, in grief and fear.
Grief for she has lost a husband. Fear for she is a single mother now, without a source of livelihood. We cannot reduce the grief, for it has its own way to erode, the non-tangible way. But we can reduce the fear; how? By giving her a simple livelihood. A stable source of income.
At Miles2Smile, we aim to ease her burden and help her rebuild her livelihood. To make this possible, we need Rs. 2,00,000, a sum that can bring significant relief and lasting stability to her circumstances. We cannot do this alone. We need you, our dear contributors.
Let us come together to support Rabiya Bi and help restore stability to her life. Let’s ease her burden and erode her fear.
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