Little Merica Mastone, 12, arrived at Tithandizane Orphanage Centre complaining of a stiff neck. It was not the first time to complain of the stiff neck on that day. She had already done that to the sister, who she stays with.
My Life has changed
Instead, the young girl says, the sister sends her to collect water from a distant public tap. She had to go there several times, balancing a pail full of water on her heard effectively straining her little neck further.
Marica stays with her sister because her father and mother passed away two years ago.
Little Merica’s life has been complicated since the parents died. However, she has found solace as Tithandizane Orphanage Centre where she went for food and peer bonding.
“I have seen change ever since I started coming here. At least I am playing with my friends peacefully,” she said.
The matron at Tithandizane Orphanage Centre offered her K10 to buy panadol for the little girl, at least, to ease the pain. However she promised to visit Merica’s sister to talk to her over the treatment of the little girl.
At the mean time Tithandizane feeds about 158 childen at the Centre.
We got an incredible insight into the challenges orphan girls face in Malawi, in particular their struggle for an education, when we made a film in the Luchenza area called One Day. The film is narrated by eighteen year old orphan Catherine Nikhomo, with whom we remain in contact (by text mesage!). The primary purpose of the film was to support a sponsorship campaign which enables orphan girls to have an education but it is widely used to raise awareness of what life is like for a girl in Malawi. The following link will take you to our film – you may have to copy and paste it into a browser.
http://www.rumblelimited.tv/malawi
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