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Prithi
Sangeetha Mahadevamma,
née le 16 octobre 2000
It was
a rainy cold night. Bluff is situated 15km from Jageri away on the National Highway
209, to Bangalore.
Mathesan
our Manager with his wife Shanti
went by TV’s50
to
Hand-Post
and
from there
by Rickshaw to
Bluff. Prithi’s
native
place
is a beautiful tourist
area
with huge waterfalls and electric centrals.
Puttaswamy, Pritti’s Father is a young man about 35 years old. He married
Mahadevamma (25). They were both very poor. Mahadevamma delivered Prithi by
caesarean at the Government Hospital. The Doctor got difficulty; during
operation was cut-off over 10min and the Hospital
generator was out of order. He was on the point to close the womb
of the patient and
because of that
power
cut he stopped sewing the mother. Later
on
in the
night she complained about pain and the case became serious.
She was transerred to Mysore Gouvernment Hospital.
Mahadevamma died
soon after registration.
Puttaswamy was left back alone with a newborn baby in his arms and an aged
Mother to care for. He did not know how to manage the family.
A
member of the K.E.B. from Bluff, Mr. Lingaya Sana Rajaya and his wife
Devamma, daily provided with little milk to the baby, but it was not
sufficient at all. The baby would have died if they hadn’t found a
very soon a solution .
Prithi’s life is a
"fairy tale"!
We had
no phone that time, but men are
good
chatters. Sometimes it can save
lives; there are no doubts this time it was for the good cause.
Puttaswamy and his wife were very poorly installed, in a hut house without
door, without toilets, without kitchen. One room,
not even a mat on the
ground where to sleep. Their only income, some goats! After the dead of Mahadevamma his wife,
he was somehow lost, did not know what to do with his aged Mother and the
newborn child, how to feed them. He told to his friend; he would never
kill the baby; he trusted and believed so much in God, someone would surely come and
help him.
Mr.
Lingaya Sana Rajaya helped them as far as they could. All this talking
came to the ears of K.E.B. officers and the guardian
of the forest
department. They
spread out it largely all over the area till Malavalli. Finally one
officer decided to speak to our student
P. Madesh,
who daily went by Bus to college to Kollegal. This officer knew Madesh
and also that he worked
in
Jageri.
On
21.11 00, Madesh came, out of breath, speaking about this incredible
story.
While Mathesan and Shanti went pick-up the baby,
we prepared the place, bed and clothes. Claudia, our young German
volunteer
Nurse,
was very exited to get a baby child and suggested to take
personally care of the child, what we
joyfully
agreed.
I spent
the half night
searching
for a
baby
name. Finally
I chose the names
of Prithi: (Gods loved one), and Sangitha: a (lyric poem), and Mahadevamma:
to remember her beloved Mother.
The
baby was only skin and bones. She cried much as she arrived. We prepared
some milk and Claudia started
day and
night
duty!!
Prithi
spent some month with her Godmother Claudia. On 15th March
Claudia left India.
After
the heavy rain Mr. Lingaya Sana Rajaya came to Olivia asking for help.
Puttaswamy’s House fall down, nothing left. We decided soon to help them
to rebuild a new House.
We donated a sum of 15’750.00 rupees and the Government donated 20’000.-.
The House has no electricity and no water supply, but a roof.
From 2006, yearly
we go with Prithi to her native place to wish
her Grandmother and father. She has many
relatives there. We asked her last year, if she
wishes to settle with her family and she decides
not to go and to stay with her guardian parents.
She's 7 years old,
is in 2nd standard English medium at Kollegal.
She is a smart and intelligent child, well
educated without any problems.
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