Saturday, June 11, 2011

Journeys in PCV- Part 1

Name: Logika Naguleswaran
Age:10 years old

Dad is in home. Her mum died in the attacks. 1 Elder brother is in hostel now, and 1 elder sister died in the attacks after being brought to the hospital during the war time. She never came back home. Logika had gone pass seeing dead bodies and she is only ten years old.

She was in camp before being released to go back home with dad. Then her father came to Puloly Children’s Village to put her to stay here. He stayed in the boys' home for a while till he found other means to go back to his home.

She is happy here, staying with friends, going to school and living a life surrounded by people with lots of love. She is under a scholarship program.

Name: Geethayini Selvarasa
Age: 17 years old

Parents are in home. 2 elder brothers are working, another brother is being captures and have to stay in camp ad her sister is studying staying in home.

Her parents and sister were hurt during the war. She got affected by the bomb, it exploded on her left leg. She was sent to hospital in a ship. She was in hospital for one entire year. She was then sent to camp after that. She was in camp for 6 months. She slept on a piece of cloth inside tent. There were no toilet facilities and water had to be drawn from the well. She studied in camp but it was as good as not even studying.

Her parents saw an advertisement on paper talking about this “home”, and they brought her here. Here, she is happy. Her parents often come to meet her.

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