The death of Yamuna Sunar, who had traveled to Kuwait to help her family escape financial hardship, has left her family and two daughters deeply grief-stricken.
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Gyanendra Sunar of Simta, Surkhet, received a phone call from Kuwait on February 22, saying, "Your sister Yamuna is no more. Please make arrangements to take her body home." After hearing the news of the death of his sister, who had gone to Kuwait for foreign employment in August, his heart sank. He was told about his sister's death by someone from the family where Yamuna was working. Gyanendra could not tell his two nieces, who were waiting for their son-in-law and mother to return home from work in Malaysia, about the news. This news, which he could not hide, also plunged Yamuna Sunar's family in Kumakh Rural Municipality, Salyan, into mourning. Shortly after, the Nepali Embassy in Kuwait called and told Gyanendra that it was "not supposed to happen, it happened."
Yamuna, who returned to Nepal on leave after three years in Kuwait, had gone back last Bhadra. According to her brother Gyanendra, she had been ill since last Mangsir. She had been suffering from pneumonia and was informed that she had meningitis at that time.
Although the family took the initiative to return her at that time, Gyanendra informed that Yamuna's health condition was serious and she could be returned to Nepal only after she recovered.
Yamuna, 33, who had gone abroad to bring happiness to her family, returned in a coffin three days ago. Her brother Gyanendra brought the body home after reaching Gautam Buddha International Airport in Bhairahawa. Poor financial condition, raising two daughters and worries about the future took her away from home.
She had gone to Kuwait three years ago through a manpower company as a domestic worker. After returning to her old job on Bhadra 26 after her leave, her dream of educating her daughters well and bringing her family out of poverty has remained unfulfilled.
She had been improving her financial situation for three years. The loans she had taken for going abroad and household expenses had been paid off, and there was a sense of contentment at home. ‘I thought my sister’s days of sorrow were over now. But now she is no longer herself, who will this niece look after?,’ said Gyanendra.
The ongoing conflict in West Asia also delayed the return of her body. Her body was brought to Nepal only three days ago after a complicated paperwork process. Yamuna’s husband has been in Malaysia for three years. Her two daughters, aged 15 and 11, are currently studying at their uncle Gyanendra’s house in Simta, Surkhet.
According to Gyanendra, the paperwork for the insurance money to be received after Yamuna's death will be completed after the paperwork. 'The municipality can work for the insurance money,' he said, 'They have said that they will do it after completing the paperwork from the Foreign Employment Department.' The bodies of nine people who died in Kuwait, including Yamuna, were brought to Nepal on Wednesday.
