Choti Nirbhaya Needs Your Help: Donate, Take Care of Her Education
Choti Nirbhaya, a four-year-old child was raped by a man who was known to her family. Her family now needs financial support to take care of her education and ensure that her future is stable.
The Quint has shared her story with India’s crowdfunding platform, BitGiving. We hope people will come forward and contribute to help Choti Nirbhaya.
On October 9, the little four-year-old was lured away to a desolate spot not far from her home with the promise of ‘sweets’. The brutal assault that followed caused serious injuries.
Choti Nirbhaya will be undergoing a series of surgeries at New Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital. Recovery will be a long and slow process.
But she will never recover completely. The doctors have told her father that she will not be able to bear a child as an adult.
Choti Nirbhaya comes from an extremely poor family. They live in a slum in New Delhi’s Keshav Puram area. Her father is a daily wage labourer, working as a painter. Her mother works as a domestic help. Their income supports the girl’s grandparents, two physically disabled uncles and her two siblings.
Choti Nirbhaya’s treatment at Safdarjung Hospital is at government expense. But at the moment, with both parents needed by their daughter’s side, their income has dropped to zero. The family is also worried about the four-year-old’s future. They are keen to ensure that she’s educated and emerges as a self-sufficient adult.
“However little it may be, please help us,” says the girl’s father. “People consoled us when the news broke, but we haven’t received any help from anyone,” he adds.
Her grandmother is concerned about the child’s future. “Her life is ruined already. Please help us get some money for her so that we can at least educate her properly and give her a better future,” she says, breaking into tears.
Everything has changed for the poor family since October 9. Her mother has not left the hospital since the moment the child was admitted there. Her father has been running between the hospital and home.
“The child is still in a state of shock. She is conscious, but she gets scared when she sees a stranger, or when something reminds her of the incident,” says her father.
