Nadeesha from Tangalla – by Elmo Jayawardena
Nadeesha from Tangalla, 34 years and two children, the husband a labourer, had her leg amputated above the knee for cancer.
The husband had no money to feed the children. The amputation was done in the Colombo hospital and they had no way to get back to Tangalla other than by bus.
That same evening I was in Melbourne and I had a visitor. An old friend from my younger days.
When leaving he gave me some money, quite a lot, and said “Elmo Aiyata Ona deyak karanna”
He knew about CandleAid and knew we worked with the poor.
Dil immediately got on her computer and transferred the money to CandleAid and that was for Nadeesha and family.
That money was used to hire a car for Nadeesha to go home.
There was a balance, that will be used to buy them food. The husband cannot work yet, he has to care for Nadeesha and the children.
CandleAid will take care of them.
We have to, otherwise who are we as human beings?
This is our daily life. I am blessed to be in this position.
Please be assured that I am certainly not looking for a donation.
Later I need to get a prosthesis leg for Nadeesha.
I recall they had some organization in London that donated prosthesis legs to amputees.
I just shared this with you to give you a story from the other side of the coin.
Take care
Blue skies
Elmo
