Assam: COVID-19 forces three kids to live alone without parents

JORHAT: One of the worst and most long-term impacts of the global pandemic has been the thousands of children who have been orphaned across the world. Assam’s Jorhat district now has the unenviable record of adding to the list, after COVID-19 left three children from the district facing an uncertain future.

Hailing from Dahutia village in Jorhat, the three siblings suffered a tragic loss much before the pandemic when they lost their father, Mridul Bora (37), three years go to a heart attack.

Adding to their agony, their mother, Janaki Bora (25), too succumbed to COVID-19, accompanied by cancer, two weeks ago, leaving the three without a guardian.

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While the children have relatives and extended family, they too live a hand-to-mouth existence and are not in a position to support these children.

The responsibility of the two younger brothers aged 13 and 9 has now fallen on the tender shoulders of their elder sister, who is also 13 years old.

Even before her mother's death, the girl was making ends meet by working in fields as her mother was not in a condition to work due to her ailments.

Seeing their condition, a local organization Naba Jyoti Puthibharal Parichalana Committee and Yuva Sangha had aided them time and again, including building the hut they are living in now.

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It is noteworthy that the children have not been visited by any of the local public representatives in these trying times yet.

The area falls under the constituency of Bhabendranath Bharali.

"I would like to appeal to the government to provide some assistance at least for my brothers so that their futures can be secured", appealed the young girl.

Living in a ramshackle hut that is vulnerable to heat, rain, thunder and even the eyes of the people; the young girl now waits with her brothers in arms for assistance that can bring a ray of hope to their lives.

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