The girls were about to go on the much-awaited trip. During the summer holidays, many of the resident girls return to their families. However, for some girls, Mukti is their only home.

Succumbing to family pressure and her dreams, she had backed out of a vow made to the Lord and things went downhill from there. When her hopes for studying further fell flat and she was driven almost to suicide, she was reminded that the way out was by clinging to God’s Word.

Many men in India ask similar questions of their wives when they give birth to only girls and they have faulty information regarding faith and fertility issues.

Sunil* developed a brain tumor and died within four months.  This left his grieving wife and three young children alone.

Born in Nepal, Sheela’s father deserted the family, and her mother couldn’t handle her emotional issues, the care of her other children, and the special care needed for Sheela. She desperately needed Mukti’s intervention.

Her mother-in-law routinely harassed Shantel. She arranged for her to do day labor on a farm and then come home to perform multiple tasks that she never seemed to accomplish to her mother-in-law’s desires, which resulted in Shantel being physically abused.

Each resident of the Pandita Ramabai Mukti Mission is unique and special in God’s eyes. The stories may sound similar but each is individual – except when the story is doubled as in Usha* and Neela’s* stories.

Daniya* prefers to keep to herself, she is a member of Mukti’s Special Needs community. Life is not easy for those with special needs. Mukti has provided these precious children with specialized care for many decades. The supervisors and teachers have worked tirelessly to bring hope and build up self-worth. Daniya is typical of many of the girls in the Special […]

An intelligent girl, she was encouraged to finish her schooling and completed not only high school but also ‘junior college’ through grade 12.

Sometimes when babies are born with special needs, we may think that perhaps God made a mistake. But God never makes mistakes; He is always perfect and good. All people are precious in His sight.

There are hundreds of little girls who have walked through the gates of the Mission knowing nothing of what the future holds for them. Praise God for His work of continuous transformation into His likeness and where the opportunity of a bright hope and a future is afforded to each child.

She is a joy to see around the campus and has a smile that would brighten up even the worst of days. Unfortunately, Sunita was born to unmarried parents. Having a child out of wedlock carries heavy social shame in most parts of India.

A little blind baby was brought to Mukti Mission by her parents who lived in a remote village where people are plagued with poverty and superstition. Overwhelmed with the care of their blind daughter and the prospects of her bleak future, the parents could not cope.