Can we believe that there are some parents who leave their small kids on their own?

I was not able to believe when some of the villages folks (Trashigang, place where i am currently working) were sharing a story of two boys who are left on their own by their parents and the conditions the two boys where in. I never thought that parents could be so heartless to leave their boys all alone in a house and to do all the house hold chores on their own, starting from cooking, washing of cloth and going to school. The eldest brother is 12 and younger one is 9. At first i thought it's people's nature to gossip around and make big issue out of small things but i am left speechless when i actually went and saw with my own eyes the two little boys and their conditions. You can imagine for yourself how they must be living, it was very untidy and clothes and pots where in same place, flies buzzing in from every corner and empty buckets with thick black stains on it but luckily their grand mother have left them her old house to two boys. Upon asking about their parents, the elder brother was bit reluctant to answer at first but initially he opened up and told us that his mother is living in another dzongkhang and went with other man  while their father was posted in border area but their father though not married yet never visits them but sends some meager amount through their neighbors and calls sometime but according the boys it's almost a year or two now that they have seen their father and their  mother do visits them sometime but stays a night or two only. According to the neighbors, the elder brother is very understanding and mature that he looks after his younger brother, wake up early in the morning and prepares their own breakfast and lunch and then he ready himself and his brother for school and more over he is very good in nature and respects every people in his community that every one admires him and neighbors never refuses anything to him, be it in terms of rations or in monetary terms. The elder brother has gained love and affection of every village folks and every one believes that one day he will be a good human being, who will never hesitate to  help other   people as he himself is seeing the hardest at the very tender age where at this age most of the boys and girls will be playing and nagging their parents, he is shouldering a responsibility of a grown man, looking after his brother and buying rations and maintaing accounts of every single penny that he spends.  Hats off to him, "SINGYE". i could not imagine my self going through all those hardships and even to imagine for a second, in his place brings me goosebumps and heart ache.

I pray to almighty that all his wishes be fulfilled and not to be fall any misfortunes on him.

Recently me and my friend thought that we could not help more but in our own small way we have tried to help them by buying some books, some goodies and helping them in their studies and i must say, the elder brother is very bright and he has a creative mind too. He can really think out of the box and  bring in innovative ideas but on the other hand his little brother needs extra care.

Some people are blessed with everything and some they have to struggle every day to meet their ends needs and to come out of those hardship is the real winners at the end. (Y)..  Diamonds are not formed easily....