Nine year-old raises Rf5200 for Villingilli orphanage at birthday party
15 Mar 2011, 1:15 PM
Aishath Shazra
As the setting sun cast a warm glow over Villingili, dozens of passengers got down from the ferry and made their way to their destination. For one little girl who was accompanied by her aunt, the ferry ride was part of an extraordinary journey she was making.
Mariyam Nishfa Faid, 9, had come to Villingili to visit the Children’s Shelter, the beneficiary of the Mf 5200 (US$404) fund that she had raised at her birthday party.
“I have books and toys, all I need really,” says a beaming Nishfa. “I have enough for now.”
Her tone, if matter of fact, seems oblivious to how astonishing her words are, in a world where the norm is for children to want more toys and more books.
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