A sustainable space for widows in rural Andhra Pradesh, India
Gallery
A twenty-five year old widow
An eighty-nine year old widow
A sixty-two year old widow
A twenty-eight year old widow her two children
A sixty-eight year old widow
A twenty-four year old widow and her five year old son
An eighty-three year old widow, saying goodbye after her interview
Researcher and S.H.E.L.T.E.R. co-founder Hanna Blaney teaches deep breathing and meditation to widows at the first self-help group meeting (with Paul Raja Rao, Director of B.I.R.D.S., translating)
In meditation…
In meditation…
Smiling in a visualization exercise
Women of all ages need to be reminded that they are beautiful and valuable. We gave each widow involved in the research project a new saree to remind her just that!
Widows from many different villages had the opportunity to meet at the first self-help group
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