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“My mother has sent me to live with another lady because she does not have enough food and money to take care of us. Sometimes I remain around 3 days without solid food. I wish I could go to school one day, and go to university. I would also like to get away from the situation that I am in as a restavek [child slave].” Sonia Samedy
“The house I am staying belongs to my aunt. I call her aunt according to the custom of my country but she is not my aunt. I always have fever, stomachache. My aunt, the lady, buys me some tablets. I want a good life with love, respect, appreciation.” Rivaldo Camille
“My mother sells fruit but it is not enough to feed us. That’s the reason she decided to send me to stay with my another woman. I don’t know to read well. I do not know to write. I went to school only one month for my all life.” Delourde Albert
“I am a little girl who is kind. I happy when I am playing, singing and dancing. In the morning I have coffee with bread. I eat one time a day and I eat everything I can find.” Roberline Desir
“Sometimes we spend more than 2 days without eating. I dream to go to school and send all my children to school but I can’t. I think that my friend and God first can help me to reach my dreams and I think God he loves me.” Gertha Saint-Juste
“I can count the numbers of rice on the spoon the women I am staying with gives me. When I was living with my mother I used to ask her, When will you buy a pair of shoes for me? She said, the little money is not even enough to feed us. How can I buy you a pair of shoes?” Gerald Tide
“There is not enough room for us to sleep. The house is very small, and it is close to a stinky ravine. The house leaks. At night, when it is raining, we have to wake up and stand up. I eat by chance. Once a day, four times a week. If I don’t find anybody that is willing to share his or food with me, my house spends the day with no food.” Marie Cherlyne Bercy
“I share the food for ten people. The amount of food is never enough for us. Sometimes, we go two or three days without solid food. I am a kind woman. I am helpful, sincere, and forgiving. I would to become a beautician.” Farah Jeune
Michelene is nine years old, and stopped going to school when her father died. She loved school but can’t go because her mother, who is sick, doesn’t work. “We cannot eat regularly. Sometimes we have one meal a day. Most of the time we eat bread, sometimes rice with salt, just white, and nothing else.” Sponsorship level: $12 per month.
“It is a big problem when it is raining because the roof leaks and I am sleeping on the dirt ground. I eat one time a day. Before going to sleep my mom gives me bread with sugar water, and when there is nothing I go to bed without taking nothing. My dream is to become a technician in informatics.” Rebeca Nelson
