By Mia Anthony
“I never thought that I would have been living the life my mom once lived, of being a domestic violence victim.” These poignant words from 23-year-old Savitree Mahase in a Facebook post on May 9, 2024, caught the attention of Stabroek News. The third-year nursing student used the popular social media platform to plead for help and warn women of the dangers of staying in abusive relationships.
Speaking with Stabroek News on Saturday, Mahase shared that she had spent her early to mid-teens in a group home and longed to feel loved. In her quest, she met a man she initially believed to be perfect, but who ultimately wasn’t. “I met him when I was 19. I was staying at a hostel,” she explained. She added that he had just had a baby, and the mother of his child had died. “This pushed me even more as I was softened by the thought of the baby not having a mother figure in their life.”