{"id":52081,"date":"2023-12-15T11:09:59","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T16:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mklm.org\/?p=52081"},"modified":"2023-12-15T11:10:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T16:10:09","slug":"darkness-to-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mklm.org\/cambodia\/darkness-to-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Darkness to light"},"content":{"rendered":"
Family and friends pray for departed souls with a monk.<\/p><\/div>\n
Yay Jantu (Grandma Jantu), a woman on staff at the Home of Hope, had just lost her younger cousin. When the neighbors relayed the news to her, she ran to see her cousin, bewildered and crying. He had not died by natural causes.<\/p>\n
Yay Jantu, sweeping the yard at the Home of Hope<\/p><\/div>\n
People said that he was in his 40s, unemployed and his wife was no longer with him. Their daughter and son had left home to find work but had not yet been successful. He had recently tested positive for tuberculosis. The public health department provided free medication for him to begin treatments. Yay Jantu and kindhearted neighbors had been assisting him with food, clothing and shelter.<\/p>\n
The police came to examine the scene of an apparent suicide. By the end of the day, they released the body for cremation and funeral arrangements. Could this violence against self have been prevented? Would there be vicarious traumas on the family members who survived him?<\/p>\n