Mrs. Pachaivalli, age 50, lives in Indiranagar village. Her home
was destroyed by the 2004 tsunami and her husband later abandoned her
and their four children. Many times rural Indian women in similar circumstances
are made outcasts in their communities. But Church World Service partner
Church's Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) was committed to building
Mrs. Pachaivalli and her children a new home -- part of what CASA director
Sushant Agrawal calls a commitment to “human
dignity.”
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