Path Out of Extreme Poverty: Parbatis Story

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Path Out of Extreme Poverty Parbatis Story
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Parbati her family lived in the slums of
Kolkata, India.
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They were so poor that they only ate a meal of
rice twice a day.
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• More than 800 million people go to bed hungry
  every day...300 million are children.
• More than one billion people still use unsafe
  sources of drinking water.

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In addition, they were too poor to send their two
children to school.
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• Around the world, a total of 114 million children
  do not get even a basic education.
• In some deeply impoverished nations less than
  half of the children are in primary school and
  under 20 percent go to secondary school.

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Parbatis husband pulled a rickshaw as their only
source of income earning less than 1 a day.
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• Over 1/6 of humanity lives in extreme poverty or
  on less than 1/day.
• Most living in extreme poverty are unable to
  engage in meaningful and sustainable income
  generating activities.

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Parbatis husband became ill with Tuberculosis.
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• Over 1.5 million people worldwide die of TB each
  year.
• Each year, approximately 300 to 500 million
  people are infected with malaria. Approximately
  three million people die as a result.
• Everyday HIV/AIDS kills 6,000 people.

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Parbati was forced to pull the rickshaw for
survival.
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As a result, Parbati her family could only eat
a meal of rice once a day.
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Bandhan found Parbati and she joined their
Chartering into Unventured Frontiers -
Targetingthe Hardcore Poor (CUF-THP) program.

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CUF-THP Program
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Bandhan helped Parbatis husband obtain the
necessary care to recover from his TB.

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Bandhan provided Parbati with Tupperware and
taught her how to sell it.

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With their extra income Parbatis husband
purchased a new rickshaw.
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They were now able to put their children into
school.
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They now ate 2-3 meals a day, including meat at
times.
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Parbati now takes out microfinance loans to keep
her micro-business going.

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