Usha in mourning

 

Usha in mourning clothes

Pinkey, the Nepali health worker supervisor, made a long trip last week to visit the various project sites.  When she visited Arunkhola, Nawalparasi District to meet the volunteers there, she reported the following:

"I came to know that our volunteer Usha Sen's Husband passed away, I joined funeral activities there. In Hindu religion its a long process,widow or wife will stay at one specific area and for 13 days they don't touch others, they eat once time a day by prepare  rice at place which is away from house, or around people where people cant see while she is eating, they don't eat salt for 13 days and also other siblings,family member don't eat salt also.They use different materials utensil and spon by wood. They wear white cloths."

The whole HealthEd Connect team joins Pinkey in sending sincere condolences to Usha in her time of sorrow.