by admin | Aug 11, 2026 | Back a Family, Batticaloa - Back a Family
“My eyes water from worry when we have to pay for something. There is nothing left.” Vijenthini lives with her husband and four children. Managing her children’s education during the lean stretches pushed her to her limits. She’s taken loans through a village...
by admin | Aug 6, 2026 | Back a Family, Batticaloa - Back a Family
“Every time I earn something, the debts take it. There’s never enough left for us to live.” Thangaluxmi’s in Batticaloa with her husband and three kids, managing on seasonal work that creditors claim before she can use it. Her daughter chips in...
by admin | Aug 5, 2026 | Back a Family, Batticaloa - Back a Family
“After I got married, everything went to his drinking. That has been our life.” Saritha’s raising her son alone in Batticaloa on just a welfare allowance, with no toilet or water at home and no other income coming in. She’s keeping up with his...
by admin | May 11, 2026 | Back a Family, Batticaloa - Back a Family
“I manage everything -food, school, all of it- on my own I raise my kids.” Latha is a single mother raising two daughters -a seven-year-old in school and a nine-month-old baby while finding work every day. Balancing infant care with daily labour work isn’t...
by admin | Apr 11, 2026 | Back a Family, Batticaloa - Back a Family
“I carried hardship from childhood. Now I worry my children will go through the same things I did.” Niranjani’s family of four lives in a hut they don’t own, with no toilet and no steady income. Her husband’s daily wages must cover...
by admin | Apr 11, 2026 | Back a Family, Batticaloa - Back a Family
“I want nothing for myself. I only want my children to be educated and not live like me.” Vijeyakumary’s household of seven runs on unpredictable daily wages. The only gold she had was stolen. She takes on domestic work to keep her two younger children in school and...
