Silvester D'Souza

Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapura 

Kundapura, Nov 23: Two children from Fiji who were separated from their mother due to a family dispute and subsequently lived in India for eight years have returned to their mother and their motherland with the help of Jeevan Mitra Seva Trust of Kota.

A citizen of Fiji, Christina had married a young man of Karkala, Udupi, who was working in Fiji and had a son and a daughter. The two got divorced many years back due to some family issues.

After the divorce, eight years ago, the father brought his children Tressy and Jebbon to Karkala from Fiji and left them at a relative's house to fend for themselves.

Recently, the two children contacted their mother through social media and expressed their desire to return to Fiji. But since the visa had expired many years back, the legal process for their return was difficult. Christina asked Rama Mogaveera, a native of Kota, who lived in Fiji, to cooperate in bringing her children back.

Children return to their mother's care

Meanwhile, Jeevan Mitra Seva Trust traced the children and completed the legal process. Christina arrived in Kota on November 15 and returned to Fiji with her children together.

The head of the Trust, Nagendra Putran helped in the process. Jayaprakash Hegde, chairman of the Backward Classes Commission, the district police, the head of the foreign affairs office also helped Christina to iron out the legal issues.