Stranded mother returns, three children relieved

• She had been left in a room of the employment agency for more than a month
• Children had been living in a dilapidated hut 
• Expresses gratitude to the media for highlighting her predicament 

 By Kanchana Kumara  

 The mother of three children who had been stranded in Kuwait when the proposed employer refused to provide her employment returned to the country yesterday afternoon, much to the relief of her children, who had been left to the mercy of the jungle without any protection.  

 Daily Mirror highlighted the predicament of the three children who requested the authorities to make arrangements for her return journey.  

   Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment had taken immediate steps within 24 hours to make arrangements for her to reunite with her children.  

 The disappointed expatriate worker Wasana Fernando said she had been left in a room of the employment agency for more than a month when the employer refused to provide her employment. She said she went abroad leaving her three children to the care of her mother, but she died of cancer.  

 Her 15-year-old son was the eldest in the family and her daughter is seven years old. The youngest was a five-year-old boy. They had been living in a dilapidated wattle and daub hut in the thick jungle.  

 Minister Manusha Nanayakkara who paid prompt attention to their request had made arrangements through the Sri Lankan Embassy and the Foreign Employment Bureau for her to return to the country.  

 Wasana expressed her gratitude to the media that highlighted her predicament and drawing the attention of the authorities.    

•  Her 15-year-old son was the eldest in the family and her daughter is seven years old