Hardship to Happiness: "Thanks to USAID"

Sunderarajan Kalyani born in 1980 settled down in Maniyankulam after being displaced due to the ethnic conflict. She could not continue her education beyond GCE Ordinary Level due to poverty. She married Sunderarajan in 1999. The couple was blessed with four children, who are attending school at present. The family has an added burden of dealing with the youngest son?s cardiac problem. He has been given a pacemaker and has to be taken to Jaffna hospital every month and to Colombo once in 3 months.