{"id":8767,"date":"2012-09-04T18:08:38","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T10:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/?p=8767"},"modified":"2012-09-04T18:08:53","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T10:08:53","slug":"supermum-devigi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/indian\/2012\/09\/04\/supermum-devigi\/","title":{"rendered":"Supermum Devigi"},"content":{"rendered":"

husband has heart disease, brother-in-law bedridden, sister-in-law a diabetic, and all 3 kids having\u00a0muscular dystrophy, but she didn’t give up!<\/p>\n

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THERE were several times when S. Devigi wanted to commit suicide after all three of her children were diagnosed with muscular dystrophy.<\/p>\n

But her determination to provide the best for them stopped her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know how I got through it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember selling fried rice, noodles and thosai at night to pay for my children\u2019s medical and educational expenses.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a harrowing experience. I had thought about taking my own life but could not do it when I see my children\u2019s faces,\u201d said the teary-eyed Devigi when met at their dilapidated house at the JKR quarters.<\/p>\n

Apart from taking care of her children, Devigi is also looking after her husband, V. Ugjayan, 52, who suffers from a heart disease, her bedridden brother-in-law and a diabetic sister-in-law.<\/p>\n

However, the 53-year-old woman, dubbed as the \u201csupermum\u201d is now a happy mother.<\/p>\n

\"ProudProud moment : (from left) Zuraidah, Devigi, her husband Ugjayan, Dr Rajendran and two other representatives of the NCM posing with a mock cheque with Devigi\u2019s children on the wheelchair- (from left) Abby, Meghala and Gopi.<\/div>\n

Her children, Nyanamambiga @ Abby, 27, Meghala, 26, and Gopi, 24, are all independent and are helping with the family\u2019s expenses.<\/p>\n

Abby works part-time as an executive administrator at the college where she is pursuing a Business degree, while Meghala designs greeting cards and sells them online.<\/p>\n

Gopi, meanwhile, works part-time as a deejay at wedding receptions.<\/p>\n

The family\u2019s household income has now increased to between RM1,000 and RM1,500 compared to the few hundred ringgit Devigi earned in the past.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am happy to see my children earning money despite being wheelchair-bound.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank God I did not give up and continued to fight,\u201d Devigi said.<\/p>\n

Devigi, who has stopped working, is now saving up to build a house on her husband\u2019s land in Sungai Manggis, Banting.<\/p>\n

The family is still in need of about RM60,000 to build the house.<\/p>\n

Prof Dr M. Rajendran, who handles the family\u2019s trust fund, said RM97,000 had since been collected from kind donors.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany have contributed to Devigi after her plight was highlighted by\u00a0The Star<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Star<\/em>\u00a0is one of the contibutors to Devigi\u2019s family,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Northport Corporation Berhad (NCB) Holdings Bhd donated RM20,000 to the family recently.<\/p>\n

Its director Datuk Zuraidah Atan, who handed over a mock cheque to Devigi, said the effort was part of NCB\u2019s corporate social responsibility.<\/p>\n

In March this year,\u00a0The Star<\/em>\u00a0had highlighted Devigi\u2019s life story, calling her a supermum for single-handedly taking care of her loved ones.<\/p>\n

For information, contact Dr Rajendran at 012-229 4518.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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