Rukhsana daughter of Khuda Bux is a 15 years old resident of Ali Gohar Mohallah, Larkana city. She belongs to a very poor family. Her father is a wage laborer. In December 1999 at night time she worn soaked clothes due to clod. She went in kitchen and started drying her clothes over gas stove. Abruptly fire caught her up and almost 70 percent of her body burnt severally. Due to improper management at home she could not recover and she went under serious condition. After two months an appeal published in sindhi newspaper for help. When SAEWCO A & N sector read this appeal it started correspondence with Women Action Aid Larkana. They admitted her in Larkana civil Hospital but she was going to be serious day by day. Doctors advised that if she could not be admitted in Karachi Hospital for skin grafting she will loose her both legs. Mean time A & N sector contacted with Shirkat Gah and they helped in admitting her in Karachi for skin grafting. After that Rukhsana was recovered with treatment without skin grafting. After a period of few months she recovered and she was discharged from Hospital. At present Rukhsana is passing a very happy lifer with her parents.

Savings- A Family Safety Net (2000)

Aziz Bano lives in village Dhani Bux Panhwar with her six children. Her husband died four years ago in 1997. In January 1998 she started saving with Safwco by selling milk and cotton picking earnings. Her elder son Niaz Hussain 12, completed his primary education in the village and wanted to continue his study in a city school, as there was no middle or higher school in the village. Niaz Hussain requested his grand father to support his study but he could not pay for his education. When Niaz insisted on the higher study, Aziz Bano had no option but to check her passbook. There was an amount of Rs. 2,400 in her account. She thanked God for giving her opportunity to send her son to the city school. She withdrew Rs. 600 from her savings for the admission of Niaz Hussain in class six and for purchasing his textbooks. Now Niaz Hussain is very active student of sixth class in Government High School Shahdadpur.

After returning from School he sells toffees and sweets to bear his expenses and earn pocket money. Niaz Hussain has also started his personal saving, as his mother and teachers have advised him the value of savings.