Who says that humanity does not exist in the present timeIJ Story of Ayza, a three-year-old child, clearly depicts that love, affection and care still prevails among the residents of our society.
Ayza was born with a cleft palate and improper finger size. Thinking of her as an unwelcomed liability her parents threw her away. A muslim couple — Sansirul Haq (father) and Fisdouhia (mother) found her lying in a thorny bush, crying aloud. The couple, who already had two children, brought the girl home and started bringing her up as their own child.
Ayza’s disability took Fisdouhia’s sleep away. She wanted to provide her new baby a proper life. She decided to inform people so that someone helps in getting the child treated by the best doctors. Time was slipping away when she finally got a call from Devkamal Hospital, Ranchi.
Dr Ananth Sinha informed them that Smile Train — an NGO —
provided free treatment to cleft patients. The family went there and got their baby operated by the country’s best surgeon team. The operation was successful and now the girl is living a beautiful life.
like Ayza there are as many as 5,500 children who have been operated by the doctors of smile train and now are leading a normal life. Despite the efforts of Smile Train in Jharkhand, there are as many as 7,000 children more, who are not able to get the treatment due to lack of awareness. With the view of abolishing the cleft from the roots of the State, members of the NGO held a Press conference on Saturday.
Smile Train World Programme Officer Satish Kalra said, “I have interacted the children and their parents, and found that they are leading a normal happy life. Now it is the responsibility of the parents to inform and educate about Smile Train to those families who have a cleft child and are not aware about the availability of this help.”
Smile Train’s Eastern region head Mamta Caroll also urged the mass to contribute in spreading awareness about the service. Minister of Social Welfare, Women and Child Development Annapurna Devi also ensured to provide round the clock help in spreading awareness in rural areas. She said, “With the help of sevak and sevikas the information will be made available.”