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Healing the Orphans of Gujarat’s Pogroms
December 31, 2003 | Comments Off on Healing the Orphans of Gujarat’s Pogroms
Zubair Ahmed of BBC speaks to orphans of the Gujarat pogroms, describing their ambitions, their education, and the deep psychological scars that persist. The children are currently enrolled at a special school where they can continue their education while also undergo rehabilitation:
The organisers of the school, run by the non-governmental organisation the Royal Education Society, say it is important to bring stability back to these lives.
Rehana Undel Begum and her staff have been looking after these 121 boys and girls for more than a year.
She says she treats them like her own children.
“In the beginning they were missing their parents. Especially they missed their mothers. I thought I was like a mother to them, so I had to allow them to do what they did with their mothers,” says Rehana.
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