In memoriam - Dany Foureau

On February 4, Dany Foureau unexpectedly passed away due to sudden cardiac arrest in her room in the Mukti Complex near the AV Health Centre. She had been complaining about back pain after lifting a possibly too heavy load a week ago. She was 60 years old.

Dany, who hails from France, had a long history with Auroville. In the early seventies, she rebelliously left her parental home and joined a a small community of friends in the Ardèche, where she stayed as young girl. Like several other members of that community, Dany came to Auroville in 1980, starting out in Forecomers. One of the things she did at the time was working with Otto in Kottakarai Bakery. She then moved to Revelation where she ran a small vegetable market. Later, she married an Indian man and the couple left for France around 1984. Some five years later she returned, with toddler son Salia, and worked for New Creation’s Kindergarten while staying in New Creation Field community.

Several years later she left again, to return for good in 2014 on her own, her son being well established with his own family and two children. By now well versed in geriatric care, she joined the Auroville Health Service team, training new therapists and taking over its coordination. There followed a year in which she worked on the night shift of Auromode Apartments, during which time she also frequented the Auroville Integrated Animal Care Centre (IACC). In 2017 she left Auromode and took up full time work at IACC while living in Prayatna (as caretaker of the Newcomer accommodation there) and later moved to Mukti. It was at IACC that Dany came into her full element, joining the team of Kannan, Rita and Lorraine, and giving all her energy and passion to the hundreds of dogs in the centre’s care.

Dany’s remains were cremated at the Adventure Burial and Cremation grounds on February 7th.