They never made their own family and not because they chose to. They have never been happy and none of their dreams have ever come true. They always had problems but in 1993 they experienced the greatest tragedy. They lost their brother, he was only 27 years old.
Since then their parents' health has gone from bad to worse and a few years later, they both passed away.
The three brothers were left alone and today, in addition to the serious health problems they have to face, the financial situation that has made their lives even more difficult has been added. This is really a very sad picture… Three brothers live in the same house with a lot of problems. They are very hurt and frustrated. Life and people did not show them any love…
Their older sister, Maria Fotiou, reports to Ant1.com.cy:
"I was born in Achna on 28/8/1962 and we were four brothers. Our parents were workers, working day and night in the fields of our fellow villagers. I never remember all of us sitting at the table eating and talking. The poor worked hard to raise us.
At the age of 15 I started working with them too. My sister Androula, after graduating from high school, got a job in the clothing industry. Elias and Antonis worked in construction. We had problems then but not so serious. But we did not complain about anything. The small and insignificant things for others, gave us joy and we all fought together for the best.
In 1990 our lives changed for the worse…
The problems started and we had a lot of difficulties to deal with every day. Nothing was going well. First our younger brother, Antonis, became seriously ill. He suffered a lot in the hospitals and never got well. Today he suffers from many diseases. He also has a serious problem with his eyes, ears and one foot, he is almost always full of sores. We saved the other one with surgery.
In 1993 we lost our brother Elias…
It was a Saturday afternoon and Elias was working in the fields, planting potatoes. At some point they started loading. When they loaded all the potatoes in the truck, he went up to cover them. However, he did not notice and fell, hitting his head. He was immediately taken to the hospital and in the evening we all went to see him. It looked fine. We were convinced that he was fine and we expected that he would be discharged the next day. We made a mistake…
Unfortunately, our brother passed away on Sunday afternoon. Our brother at the age of 27, left forever that tied him to this land and left for the long journey. We have never laughed again since. With Elias, our smiles and every kind of joy left.
My mother was seriously ill, her weak heart, stress and diabetes were too much for her to endure. After four years we lost her.
Our life became even more difficult… From home to the hospital and from the hospital to the cemetery. Unfortunately, a few years ago our father passed away and we were the only three left.
At some point I was stopped from work and no matter how hard I tried I could not find it anywhere else. But after a while, my own health problems started. I have a serious problem with my foot so that today I can not walk normally.
We have no family, we have no children. Of course, something we did not choose, luck brought them that way. They only have each other and we know that there is no magic formula that can help us deal with these situations more easily.
Our life today…
Our Antonis is very seriously ill. Unfortunately, in recent years he has also been suffering from depression. Most of the day he is lying in bed and can not take care of himself. Androula takes care of us both.
Antonis receives a disability allowance like me, but Androula was cut off from the EU (Minimum Guaranteed Income) for about a year. We are having a hard time. We have sent all the required documents but unfortunately we have not received any response yet. We are upset and no matter how hard we try, no one listens to us…
We are also hurt by the fact that no one has ever asked what we do, how we live. No one knocked on our door to ask if we were okay, if we needed anything. We feel very alone… ".
Source: Ant1iwo.com.cy