A Home Where Lives Are Rebuilt

With a vision to mitigate the struggles of orphans, India's first 'Oxygen Woman' runs a home to give an identity to people living on the margins

- Mohamed Salahudeen @ Chennai

to provide food from green plastic containers large enough to hold food for 20 people. The containers line up in rows, awaiting placement in an Omni van for distribution across Chennai to the needy, part of the Food Drive, another Street Vision project.

Standing beside the lined-up containers, a blue-painted auto waits to rescue abandoned and stranded women, the elderly, and children. But that wasn't the auto's only duty. The deeds done in this auto earned Devi the title "India's First Oxygen Woman."

After her mother died, waiting 12 hours for oxygen during Covid-19 in 2021, Devi launched India's first 'Oxygen Auto'—an auto with oxygen cylinders. Her grief-turned-mission has saved 800 lives, preventing other families from facing similar heartbreak.