Nakkali Keti,

Don't be that quick on condeming folks on abandoning their elderly mothers. There could be a case or two of abandonment but others could just be women without kids especially sons and there could also be ones who were in the street their whole life without anyone  and all of a sudden they were old and sick.

You have brought up some valid points on the sustainability of the program run by Dilshova. But if you watch the video closely, the video is about survival not sustainability. She is surving people who otherwise would be dead in the street. Also, we cannot expect one to make a living by making Cotton Battis and certainly cannot promote children making Candles. It is how it is and it will go as it goes. What Dilshova needs is a Charity Manager who can promote the agenda and bring donations in but once she commercilizes it it loses the personal touch that she is giving in it. Commercilization make donors skeptic about their donations. It brings " budi ra bachha le paune ho ki hoina mero donation" kind of a situation.

One thought that roams in my head is why those charities chose busy and expensive real estate for those elderly homes. Why cant they move to a cheaper place somehwere outside of KTM to run their hostel there? They can even do something like Tarkari farming there and use that money for their benefit. I am thinking of places like Banepa and Panchkhaal. It may or may not apply for Dilshobha but would definitly apply for Maiti Nepal like organization.