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The problem After facing mental, emotional and physical abuse by her alcoholic husband, Lalita, a mother of three children (two daughters and a son), had nowhere to go when she was abandoned by her husband. The struggle to survive and earn a livelihood were her primary concerns. The love and affection I got from people at Save the Children is several times more than what one gets from their very own family. – Lalita, a Mother’s Group member The action through food packets and milk for her children improved her nutritional intake but her baby, a Save the Children was running an antenatal son, was born with a visual impairment. care camp where they came into contact with After giving birth to a blind son, Lalita was Lalita in the sixth month of her third pregnancy. abandoned by her husband. Through Save the Due to her very low nutritional status, she Children, she was brought to the Bhagwanpura was immediately identified as being extremely colony where she could be provided direct care vulnerable and so was placed under the direct and personal supervision. In Bhagwanpura, she supervision of a community mobilizer. Timely help 18 Creating Resilience in Communities and Schools - Success Stories