‘Dad’s Dead And Mum Left Us’

         ‘Dad’s Dead And Mum Left Us’ -  Abandoned by their mother, two sisters from Jasin found themselves moving from one house to another until they were finally left in an orphanage in Semabok near here.

There, they watched as many other younger children were adopted by people. The two sisters remained ignored.

Now, five years later, they have resigned themselves to a life at the orpanage. And they have no complaints about their lives there.

Munisha, 15, and Logadarshini, 12, said their mother had abandoned them just a few months after the death of their father in a road accident five years ago.

“We were still young and my mother gave us away to her own sister. Our aunty was not keen in being our guardian as, in her eyes, we were already big children, then.

“The two of us were sent from one relative’s house to another and all of them were not keen to have us,” said Munisha, adding that even her father’s friends were reluctant to adopt them due to their age at the time their mother left them.

“Our father’s friend – who was also a neighbour – died around the same time as our father and his children were also orphaned. But one was just a baby and the other was one and a half years old. Both have since been adopted,” she said.

“As the older child, I can only console my sister whenever she feels sad about not being accepted for adoption.”

She said one of their relatives decided to send them to the home where they have been living since 2011.

“Father loved us a lot when he was alive but things changed once he left us. We were neglected, hated and disowned. No one wanted to adopt us,” she said.

In some cases, she said, they were also abused.

Logadarshini said she was only six years old when her mother abandoned her but many were still not keen to adopt her.

“Most of my relatives felt I was a big girl and refused to accept me as part of their family.

“But I do not worry about that now, I am happy at this home with others who share the same fate as me – as orphans,” she said.

Both sisters said they had learned to accept their status as orphans.

The years have healed the pain of being disowned.

“Now, I am a teenager and my sister is 12. In a few years, we will be able to stand on our own feet,” said Munisha while holding the hand of her sister when met at the home yesterday.

Apart from the sisters, the home cares for young children who are not favoured for adoption once they pass the age of six.

Most of the children were brought there by their mothers who left them behind.