A Mother’s Journey from Hopelessness to Healing

When we first met Amina, she wasn’t looking for help—she had stopped believing it existed. Her daughter, Zoya, age five, hadn’t spoken a word since birth. Every local doctor told her something different. Some said it was a speech delay. Others blamed “bad time of birth.” One even suggested superstition. For three years, Amina moved between relatives and local clinics, collecting debts, but no answers.

When we visited their village during a field outreach, Zoya hid behind her mother’s shawl. She looked lost, disconnected, and exhausted. We brought her to a specialist in Bareilly. The diagnosis: a neurological communication disorder that required therapy, not magic. For the first time, Amina wasn’t told to “accept her fate.” She was told: “We’ll help her speak.”