Yashodha and Kumari have a new home!

My name is Yasodha and I'm 23 years old.  My life was full of pain before coming to Samunnat.  I was in an arranged marriage to a man with serious mental illness. He and his family tortured me and eventually my situation was so bad I decided to divorce him.I am glad a man in my village told me about Samunnat [Ed: it was one of our board members] and I approached them for help.  They provided me with the training of Polymer clay. Each day I would ride my pushbike 15 kms each way from my parents home but I got very tired and decided to stay with a friend in a rented room in Birtamod. Unfortunately, this did not work so I shared my problem with my friends in Samunnat.When Kopila didi heard it she invited me to stay with her in her house until the new building was completed.  I stayed with her family for three months.  Now I am very happy staying in the office room with Kumari and her son.  We have a beautiful kitchen, our room and a bathroom.  I am so grateful to the friends who have donated the money to build the office home and to the board members of Samunnat who have let us stay.I am Kumari and I have been working in Samunnat from 6 years.  I am very happy staying in the new building together with my son and Yasodha.  Our kitchen and bath room are inside the house which is very easy for us. We have a tap for water and when there is power electricity is available.Before staying at the room I used to ride 13 km each way on my push bike from my parents house. It was not easy for me to stay with parents along with my son.  It was financial burden for them which I could easily understand.  Thanks to Samunnat I have relief from these problems.  I am very happy here caring for my son and looking after the building.  Slowly people visit to the office after hours and we are making friends with our neighbour.When the next storey is built and our fence is up, we will welcome Bishnu to our family.  We will be very glad when the next storey is built because at the moment our lovely home is filled with bags of cement and building supplies!  I want to thank the friends of Samunnat and the Board members for letting us to stay at the new office.