When I met Bamini on my first visit to the Jaffna Peninsula earlier in the year, I was humbled by her unshakable resilience. Her jovial demeanour and warm personality downplayed the struggles she has endured. She has survived bomb blasts, shellings, starvation, refugee camps, a tsunami, and lost her husband one month before the civil war ended — most people would have just given up. But this was not an option for Bamini and that is what I love about her. With three young children to support, providing for them and giving them a good education is what matters most to her.
