Malith's Past:

Malith lived a harsh life in his old village, his parents got murdered by men, he lived in poverty, and he hardly had food and went for many days without shelter. The only shelter they ever had was what Malith and Kimlan made by hand. I quote: "Me and Kimlan made a frame from some of the wood we had gathered. We tied it with strips of bark. Then we put the plastic on the frame. It was our house." It kept the rain out while Malith slept; sadly he had trouble sleeping anyway due to the fact that he kept thinking about his parent's death while he was asleep. Later however; their handmade house got stolen while they were at the food tent - Kimlan was angry when it dawned on him that they then had no house, and on top of that no food too.

It was three weeks after Christmas when Malith's parents were killed. Luckily the rainy season had not started when they ran away, i quote: "It took us many days to reach Katule. Akima believed that i would die, for i was very weak." It took a lot of effort for Malith to go for days without much food, but when they finally reached Katule that was when they started to collect wood to sell in return for food and this was when their handmade house got stolen. I quote: "When they took away our house, it was very bad for my family. My brother wished to kill. My sister wished to die."  It was very depressing, what Malith wished for was to have some sleep, but sleep wasn't easy for him because he missed his parents very much.