Hier zwei kurze Biographien von Kindern:
NAME: RAJAKAZUNA DON SEMBEGE NILAKSHINI FONSEKA (Neela)
DATE OF BIRTH: 1988-4-07
ENTRENCE DATE: 1989-8-28
NATONALITY: Sinhalese
FAMILY BACKGROUND:
Neela came to us as the sickest of all Children. Neela was abandoned
by her mother at the age of vour months, her father was in jail and her
grandma was using her to beg for money on the streets. She was being fed
at our feeding programme for those living on the beach in Dehivala/Mt.
Lavinia. Her grandma was senile and Neelas' condition seemed to worsen
by the day. Our feeding programme doctor advised her grandmother to put
her in our care or else the children would die within 24 hours. Neela was
stage three malnutrition, had scabies, lice and worms. Neela had low level
sensory responses as well. Neela now attends pre-scholl, loves to sing
and play and is a loveable, gentle child. She is completely healed.
NAME: Nilanka Lakni Perera (Nilunka)
DATE OF BIRTH: 1985-4-14
ENTRENCE DATE: 1989-4-02
NATONALITY: Sinhalese
FAMILY BACKGROUND:
Nilunka came to live with us just before her fourth birthday. Her father
and mother had split and her father had been sexually abusing her since
the age of two. Nilunka was sick due to malnutrition and experiencing night
mares and bed-wetting at the time of her entrence into Lotus Buds - all
has been healed now. Nilunka has been completed preschool and has been
in grade school for the past two Years.