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Frustrated mother seeks help to put disabled son in orphanage
The mother who stomped her 12-year-old differently-abled son two Tuesdays ago fracturing his right foot, is calling on the relevant authorities to assist her in putting the young teen in an orphanage.
The woman, Hermattie Sahai of Helena Number One, Mahaica told this newspaper that she can no longer financially provide for the boy, Stephan Sahai anymore.
It was reported that two Tuesdays ago the mother of seven stomped the young man who is incapable of doing anything for himself, fracturing his foot. He is currently hospitalized at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC)’s Paediatric Ward.
The mother has confessed to stomping the boy, claiming that she was frustrated and took out her anger on him.
Yesterday, the woman told Kaieteur News that a police officer, accompanied by a social worker visited her home during last week in an effort to chart a course forward in the situation.
“The social worker went to my daughters’ school to check on their attendance and when she (social worker) visited the home I told her that I want to send my son to a home and she told me that I have to get some medical records for my son.”
“I can’t take care of him anymore. I does have to buy two pampers every day and sometimes I don’t have money to buy so I does have to leave him with the one he wear the previous day,” the woman claimed.
She added that she cannot afford to send her other children to school regularly because her husband is not providing enough money to support the home.
“He does only give me $500 a day and that is not enough because I have to cook, pay bills, pay rent and send my children to school. I talk with him (her husband) about sending Stephan to the orphanage and he agrees. We will go see him once a week and I am planning to take up a job,” the woman stressed.
Meanwhile, Head of Child Care Protection Agency, Ann Greene said that her officers have managed to locate the family and are currently working with them to provide assistance.
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