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Every Mother Has a Story — This is Guddi’s

Separated from her son after leprosy and stigma cost her a leg, Guddi fights for reunion and dignity. Your support can help restore her future.

Guddi never imagined she’d be separated from the child she carried, nurtured, and loved so fiercely. But when leprosy left her with a painful ulcer and the loss of her leg, her life was torn apart. Her in-laws, consumed by fear and stigma, cast her aside — and with them, they took her 5-year-old son.  

Today, Guddi lives with the emotional burden no mother should ever bear: not being allowed to see or hold her own child. She longs for the day when she can be permanently reunited with her son. But until she receives a permanent prosthesis and is seen as “healed,” her in-laws refuse to let her return.  

Still, Guddi doesn’t give up. She fights. She endures. She hopes

Guddi’s story reminds us that with the right support, every mother can move forward.

You can be that support.
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