The trouble of the underdogs (3)

On April 22, 2012, Ko Aung Naing Htun (21) and his wife Ma Than Than Oo (20) with a 4 months old baby requested to PVA for temporary shelter. When they were in Burma, the husband used to work for a carwash in Kawkarate town at 50,000 kyat a month. From time to time, the wife had to help his works depending on the busy nature of the business. One day at midnight, the boss came and woke Ma Than Than Oo to help her husband who was busy working. When she rushed to work for help, she accidentally slipped and fell against the concrete water tank. Her head was severely broken in due course. However, the accident was yet to be over when she kept falling on a brushfire on the fence next to the concrete water tank. Thus, her right arm was caught on fire. She finally passed out. The husband grabbing her body took her to the boss and demanded to take to a hospital. The boss, who knew his involvement in this regard, brought a nurse for medical treatment instead of taking to a hospital. The nurse had failed to treat for the broken head and the burn injury in the arm other than the minor treatment to stop bleeding. Later, the boss named Ko San She offered 50,000 kyat for them to go to another town and seek for the medical treatment. Therefore, the couple came to Maetaw clinic in Mae Sot on April 11. While the wife was under the medical treatment at Maetaw clinic, the husband had lost 1500 baht for some reason. The clinic discharged the wife after all her injuries were taken care of. The dilemma of the couple was that they had no money left to go back home when the wife was cured. Also, it was doubtful if Ko San She would rehire the husband to work again. Finally, their friends suggested them to seek for help at PVA. PVA had provided temporary shelter and foods for the family at first. Then, it could manage to get a job for the husband so that they could save some money to go back to Burma and restart their life again.

May 7, 2012