Brothers return to school after year-long absence

RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

Two broth­ers who lost their fa­ther, their home and al­most a year of school­ing are back in the class­room this week, af­ter good Samar­i­tans and two gov­ern­ment min­is­ters gave them a chance to get their ed­u­ca­tion back on track.

The boys, ages 12 and eight, whose iden­ti­ties are be­ing with­held be­cause of the sen­si­tiv­i­ty of the is­sue, walked in­to the school­yard at Iere Vil­lage Gov­ern­ment Pri­ma­ry School smil­ing and hap­py to be among their peers again— dressed in new uni­forms, car­ry­ing new school­bags and look­ing for­ward to a fresh start.