ASAP paves way for her aspirations

ASAP paves way for her aspirations

Though there are no reasons to cherish, her face always looks smiley despite her wet eyes hint the agony she carries. A second year economic graduate from the government college Kattappna, Athira still holds the dreams for future. It was heart-breaking to listen to her sad state of affairs which melt away all the ‘so called’ claims of excuses we often find.

From the very days of her infancy, Athira’s mother was a salve of the chronic arthritis. “My father spent lots of money and resources to get rid from the illness of our mother; but all our efforts went vain; and gradually it went in to oblivion while my father forced to bear more responsibilities of our family. Now routine medicine and treatment are like once in blue moon to my mother”. Athira said. When pushing their hard days as a disguise, her beloved father became another victim of the destiny.  The blot from blues visited her father as a small growth in the throat that later found severe cancer. Hence after, the whole responsibility of the family fall in to the shoulders her only sister; she became a labor at the nearby cardamom plantation.

Initially they treated her father in a government medical college; witnessing the excruciating pain of his fellow members, who undergo the same plight, tempted him to try for indigenous medicines. Cost for medicine now reduced to around six thousand rupees for twenty days from an exorbitant rates earlier; apart from the expenses for her mother. The course of medicine interrupted many times due to their consistent wander to sustain. It was a day where her father failed to take the course for two months continuously and in a deep pain, an amount of five thousand reached her house unexpectedly.  She became filled with gratification and gratitude, while I ask her about the Jyothis Fund – charity fund of ASAP. She received an amount of ten thousand rupees in two installments during last year.  Arati continued; “the amount was a blessing to us and the whole money used for the treatment of my father immediately after its delivery.’”

Sister of Athira at her twenty eight, still strive hard to meet their daily needs as a solitude warrior. When her parents long to see her to be married at the earliest, that seems very difficult; when all sympathizes at their pathetic situation.  Athira aspires to complete her P.G amidst all the challenges she needs to face in her ways. ASAP added her confidence, IT skill and communications ability; with the courage gained from ASAP as a student of certificate course in customer care, she still marches against all the bad fates she should encounter in the patched paths ahead.

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