By Vaishnavi Srinivasan | Executive Director
Karunai Illam, a shelter home (an orphanage) in Madambakkam, Chennai, is occupied by more than 100 children and few warm caretakers. The home was surrounded by unhygienic and unsafe conditions until recently.
An open ground adjacent to the home has been a place for local residents to dump garbage. The area housing boys had no surrounding compound wall, making it open to this garbage filled ground - thus, breeding deadly diseases. Furthermore, the home is located in a low-lying area and the boys’ rooms, facing an upward slope, is often flooded during rains.
As the first step to fight the home’s malady, the home's management sought Bhumi's support for the construction of a compound wall on the side facing the upward slope. The home had walls on two others sides already and the adjacent buildings on the fourth side formed the boundary for it. The dumping grounds have also been cleared to some extent. Bhumi also identified the need for school uniform cloth materials, and ensured these were also distributed to the children.
The children no more have to experience the sight of filth in the pleasant mornings. The management will no more remain in fear of playful children running out of sight and getting hurt or even worse getting lost. The wall is constructed to resist flooding in case of heavy rains owing to its location. A sense of security and safety is laid with each brick of the compound wall.
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