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The problem Sushila became a widow in 2020. After her husband’s death, she along with her twin daughters were abandoned by her family, which gave her immense stress and trauma. Being a young widow with no financial support, she was prey to harassment, discrimination, and even untouchability. People used to say that my life is over now. My family abandoned me and I had no support to feed my children. On many occasions, I had thought of killing myself to end the misery but I stopped, thinking of my children. – Sushila, resident of Badli Camp The action a beneficiary under the Delhi Widow Pension Scheme but also helped her in gathering the Early in 2021, project field staff heard about documents required to enroll for the scheme, as Sushila’s situation from the Anganwadi worker. a result of which, Sushila now gets Rs 2500 per Rajkumari, the community mobilizer for the month from which she runs her household. As Badli Camp, reached out to Sushila and worked her daughters, who were studying in a private with her to build her confidence and make her school, had to drop out due to the financial understand that her condition was not hopeless stress caused by COVID and their father’s death, and could greatly improve. Rajkumari not only Rajkumari took prompt action and got them made Sushila aware that she was eligible to be enrolled into a government school. With her 10 Creating Resilience in Communities and Schools - Success Stories