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Renuka Korwate recounts how an Angawadi didi changed her entire family’s attitude towards children My elder granddaughter Gauri suffered a lot due to her health condition, I m not going to let this happen to my younger one,” asserts Renuka Korwate.
Renuka belongs to the Gondi tribe, and lives in Ambora village in Maharashtra’s Tahsilwad Tehsil. With six family members and a small income, it is often challenging to manage livelihoods. “We rely on agriculture for our incomes. Gauri s mother did not pay attention to her as she was pregnant for the second time shortly after Gauri was born. As a serious consequence, Gauri became malnourished. I decided to stay with Gauri in the hospital for 14 days,” she says.