Teenaged wheelchair-bound archer Rutvi Lolge’s story, which appeared in mid-day on November 20, has touched hearts across the city. Many readers have sent funds online to the girl’s mother Suvarna, a single parent, who works as a freelance nurse.

mid-day had highlighted how state-level medal-winner Rutvi, 15, a student of St Anne’s High School, Malad, is in need of funds to upgrade her wooden bow to a more sophisticated Advance Compound  Bow which costs Rs 4-5 lakh. Suffering from a congenital condition, Spina Bifida, Rutvi is paralysed waist-downwards, but that has not deterred her from hitting bullseye at zonal, district and state-level competitions. She also needs to buy a new wheelchair as the one she is currently using is not suitable for professional archery.