In the midst of the fear and uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 crisis, Fijians continue to open their hearts and doors to strangers in need.
Sigatoka resident Sereana Chand shared this week how she had been separated from her daughters, aged eight and six, for more than a month because she had to accompany a son who was admitted after surgery at the Lautoka Hospital.
They had just been discharged when she received news of the Nadi-Lautoka containment being enforced.
She does not know what their circumstances would have been had they not met taxidriver Daniel Kumar.
“We were waiting at the bus stand when we heard there was a lockdown and the first thought that crossed my mind was my two daughters,” she said.
“We waited there for three hours before a taxi stopped and the driver asked us what we were doing.
“We told him of our predicament and without hesitating, he took us to his home in Naikabula –– and we have been sheltering since.”
Ms Chand said her family members were indebted to the cabbie and his family members.
“We cannot thank them enough, my family is so touched by their act of kindness and love.”
Ms Chand said her daughters were now under the care of a neighbour as her mother-in-law, who was taking care of them, had also been admitted at the Sigatoka Hospital after suffering a minor stroke.
She also thanked the Foundation for Rural Integrated Enterprises and Development (FRIEND) Fiji for giving them food packs recently. |
