The body of an elderly person is placed on a vehicle at the Missionaries of Charity-run center to be taken for cremation. However, no relatives are present to mourn as many have been separated from one other as a result of the civil war.
"Severe injuries, organ failure, severe trauma and emotional problems as a result of being displaced have resulted in a number of deaths, and are a real challenge for us," says Sister Liz Jose, Superior of Anpu Illam (Home of Love) in Vavuniya.
The city in Mannar diocese is 60 kilometers from the no-fire zone in the northern Jaffna peninsula, where a civil war is raging between government troops and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Read more ...
Saturday, May 9, 2009
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