CDH International Foundation

Widows and pilgrims are provided with medical care, clean water, blankets, food, and help to return home or to be reunited with relatives if requested.

Project Balaram - India

This widow was left in Vrindaban many years ago when she was very young. She spends her days caring for the stray animals who give her their unconditional love and affection.

Assistance for Widows and Pilgrims

  • Widows, pilgrims, and the dying who are left in Vrindaban are given help according to their needs.
  • The cost of wood for cremation has become too expensive for many of the poor, and we provide burial rites according to their individual religion for those left alone to die.
  • Many traditionally come to die in this sacred region.
  • They have nothing other than what they get through begging. When they collect a little extra money, they ask to borrow our cooking pots and some cooking fuel. They cook for the poor and distribute a hot meal to those in need. It is very touching to see this in today's world, where so many people with so much more just walk by the dying and suffering. Many days when they only have a very small amount of food, you still see them sharing with the stray animals.