August 2012 Dear Robin, Nanhaki dies from snake bite Nanhaki joined our new pre-school programme for girls in April. As her photo shows she was a happy child and full of life and would have made it to our primary school. Her life was cut short by a tragic accident after she arrived home from school. Nanhaki was playing near her house when she was bitten by a snake, probably a Nanhaki cobra. The snake was in a pile of cow dung cakes and bit her on the foot when she was near. She told her father, who at first did not believe her, but as she became ill he took her to the local medicine man who tried to get her to drink a potion he had made up but she was already too ill and died soon after. Sadly, you will see from the list below that we lose a child each year from accidents like this. The number who are injured will be ten times this number. It is a hard life for our children in rural India. List of Mala children who have died Scholar No Name Class School Date Reason G0106 Deen Mohamad 2 Guria 24 August 1992 Brain fever G0039 Reeta 5 Guria 18 December 1992 Due to cold G0388 Surendra Kumar 4 Guria 11 May 1997 Road accident A0125 Rajendra Prasad 5 Amoi 28 March 1998 Burned in house fire A0298 Ram Sajiwan 5 Amoi 21 September 1998 Brain fever G0828 Radhika Devi 1 Guria 12 February 2000 Road accident H0488 Shiv Pujan 4 Hasra 1 April 2003 Accident by tractor P0314 Ram Kishun 3 Patehera 30 September 2004 Drowned in pond G0525 Ajit 5A Guria 31 May 2005 Road accident M0439 Pooja 2 Mujehera 27 June 2006 Rabies from dog bite P0565 Ashok Kumar 3 Patehera 6 May 2007 Accidentally shot T0022 Sabita 1 Turkahan 31 July 2007 Brain fever G0990 Parvita Devi 3 Guria 12 August 2008 Brain fever G0408 Ashwanai Kumar 1 Guria 2 November 2009 Rabies from dog bite A1044 Karan 3 Amoi 30 May 2011 Fever and stomach ache Nanhaki Pre school Turkahan 9 August 2012 Bitten by snake Pre-school girls with teachers and Nanhaki - 2nd row right