When my mum was 8 years old, she found out that her mother was going to sell her to pay off a debt. She ran away to a convent, and after that, she was looked after by the Catholic church. Throughout her childhood, she was moved from convent to convent because of the civil war between the Tamils and the Sinhalese. It was a very difficult time for her. She saw people being killed in the street. When she was 10 years old - she went to visit a friend, and saw soldiers joking and laughing in the kitchen, eating . . .
When my mum was 8 years old, she found out that her mother was going to sell her…
