Elderly woman selling chocolates in trains refuses NGO's help
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New Delhi: Most women her age will spend time home baby-sitting grandchildren.
This elderly woman who went viral on social media sells chocolates in Mumbai trains to meet both ends.
A video of this brightly smiling woman, walking through cars selling chocolates and other foods, was reshared by Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal.
Maliwal asked people to buy things from people like her to help them.
Soon the Hemkunt Foundation launched a search for the 'Dadi ji' and found her on one of the Mumbai local trains.
The organisation's founder Harteerath Singh Ahluwalia was surprised to learn that Dadi ji was not ready to accept any monetary help.
The organisation found a way to help her and bought all the chocolates in her possession.
Ahluwalia said Dadi ji shows determination and uncompromising self-worth and honest love for life.
He added that the organisation would meet her every week and try to help her.
Netizens are impressed by her resolve to work at her age without depending on others.