Maa Girjashwari Vridha Foundation

If you are looking for us, we are at Girja Shankar’s house, which is 116 Girja Nagar on Bardahi Road in Lalganj. It’s a familiar spot for most people in this part of Raebareli. Maa Girjashwari Vridha Foundation is run out of this home. We don't have a separate office building or any of that. It’s just a place where the doors are usually open for anyone who needs to come in. Being on Bardahi Road means there is a lot of dust from the passing trucks, but we are used to it by now. We focus on the older people in our community because they often get overlooked. It’s not a fancy nursing home, just a foundation where we try to provide some support. Sometimes that just means sitting and listening to old stories for an hour. We don't have a lot of money or big donors. We just use what we have. The rooms are simple, with basic beds and a few fans that hum all day long. We do the laundry ourselves and make sure there is food for whoever is staying or visiting. It’s a lot of manual work and not much rest. We don't have a brochure or a fancy logo. We just have our name on the gate so people know it's us. It's a quiet life in Lalganj, and we are just trying to make it a bit easier for the elders.