Sania Trust

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Due to a problem with suicide in the local villages it has been decided to launch a program to help persuade those who are at risk of suicide that it is not...indeed is NEVER...the answer, and that there are supports which can be drawn upon and things that can be done to alleviate the problematic situations in which people find themselves. Joji is very committed to doing something about this and has already used the 'St. Patrick's Day' event to talk to the parents of the children at the hostel, facilitating them in dis cussing their problems and seeking a commitment from them that they will not pursue the course of suicide no matter what their problems.

I am going to propose to Joji that we name this program Sania Trust in memory of a little twelve year old Indian girl who herself committed suicide last year for want of a 1 Rupee (that's 2 Cents) school meal of rice cakes. I've built a new website called Sania Trust ( http://sania.cfsites.org ) which I will be launching shortly.

The picture above shows Joji addressing the parents last month (April 2007) and asking them to swear off suicide as an answer (all too often taken in these parts) to their problems.