Nanhaki joined our new pre-school programme for girls in April. As her photo shows she was a happy child and full of life and would have made it to our primary school. Her life was cut short by a tragic accident after she arrived home from school.
Nanhaki was playing near her house when she was bitten by a snake, probably a
Nanhaki
cobra. The snake was in a pile of cow dung cakes and bit her on the foot when she was near. She told her father, who at first did not believe her, but as she became ill he took her to the local medicine man who tried to get her to drink a potion he had made up but she was already too ill and died soon after.
Sadly, you will see from the list below that we lose a child each year from accidents like this. The number who are injured will be ten times this number. It is a hard life for our children in rural India.
List of Mala children who have died
Scholar No
Name
Class
School
Date
Reason
G0106
Deen Mohamad
2
Guria
24 August 1992
Brain fever
G0039
Reeta
5
Guria
18 December 1992
Due to cold
G0388
Surendra Kumar
4
Guria
11 May 1997
Road accident
A0125
Rajendra Prasad
5
Amoi
28 March 1998
Burned in house fire
A0298
Ram Sajiwan
5
Amoi
21 September 1998
Brain fever
G0828
Radhika Devi
1
Guria
12 February 2000
Road accident
H0488
Shiv Pujan
4
Hasra
1 April 2003
Accident by tractor
P0314
Ram Kishun
3
Patehera
30 September 2004
Drowned in pond
G0525
Ajit
5A
Guria
31 May 2005
Road accident
M0439
Pooja
2
Mujehera
27 June 2006
Rabies from dog bite
P0565
Ashok Kumar
3
Patehera
6 May 2007
Accidentally shot
T0022
Sabita
1
Turkahan
31 July 2007
Brain fever
G0990
Parvita Devi
3
Guria
12 August 2008
Brain fever
G0408
Ashwanai Kumar
1
Guria
2 November 2009
Rabies from dog bite
A1044
Karan
3
Amoi
30 May 2011
Fever and stomach ache
Nanhaki
Pre school
Turkahan
9 August 2012
Bitten by snake
Pre-school girls with teachers and Nanhaki - 2nd row right
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