Woman abandoned for 68 years at a Malaysian orphanage
K. Kamatchi never saw her parents and is now a matriarch at the place that took her in
By Christopher Tan
K. Kamatchi was left at an orphanage when she was five. She is now 73 and is both a matriarch and grandmother to the 49 children at the Ramakrishna Ashrama in Scotland Road.
“I only remember I was sent to the home by someone. I have never seen my parents. I came from Singapore,” the frail-looking septuagenarian said when met at the 1st Avenue shopping mall yesterday.
Kamatchi, who has no family members, said she studied until Year Three at the Ramakrishna Primary School.
“Then, I decided to stop schooling and help out at the home,” she said.
Although suffering from visual and physical disabilities, Kamatchi used to help out with the cleaning during her younger days.
Ashrama chairman K. Ramasamy said there was a “no adoption” policy at the home.