“My father is in prison. Now, only my grand mother takes care of us. If we don’t have anything to eat, and our neighbors don’t have either, and we spend the day with no food. The most important thing for me is school. I would really love to go to school.” Jules Loudia
“I sleep on the ground on a piece of carton. Many times, she has nothing to give me and I go to sleep without eating. I never celebrated my birthday, and I do not know if I will one day. I never went to school, but I dream to become a doctor.” Wilbert Jolivert
“We don’t eat regularly. We eat once a day. Sometimes we spend two days without eating. I wouldn’t like to see my Children facing the same hardship that I am facing. I would like to go to vocational school to learn about sewing and cooking.” Henite Charles
Alienca, Devence and are child slaves. Atenyu is sick with malaria. None go to school. Their mother is sick and their father is dead. The slave owner is willing to send them to school and help in other ways if there were funds available. Sponsorship level: $37 per month.
“I am always sick. If my mother has nothing to give us, we spend the whole day without food. I am sleeping on the ground. A little friend of mine who is going to school in 2nd grade, teaches me how to write my name, only my name. I am elegant, generous, obedient, affectionate, and I am peaceful. I would like to be a teacher.” Katty Neptune
“I have to carry 20 gallons of water per day. Some times I go to bed without a meal. I am suffering from different kind of sicknesses. I am generous and I am a strong girl. I would like to get the chance to go to school like every child.” Fedeline Jean Charles
“I have no clothes and no shoes to wear. I never took the road of school. That means I do not know how to read and write. I wake up with the bucket in my hand. They beat me with a stick and make me kneel on the ground with stones on my head and my hands at the sun. They treat me as an animal. I am too weak, and I work too hard.” Jean Luc Volcy
“Health is another problem. When I am sick my mom buys medicine in the street. I do not go to school because my parents have no money. I am intelligent and polite. I like drawing. I want to be an architect.” Enise Celestin
“I would like to have a bed to sleep. I don’t know how to read and write. My mother is dead and my father is far away. I don’t eat regularly. Sometimes I sleep with no food. Some other times, I eat bread with sugar water. I don’t have clothes, sandals, shoes and underwear.” Ricalande Matheus
“I am kind woman. I love to share. I am not so wise. I have been never to school. I can’t read and write. Some of us sleep on pieces of clothes on the ground. Sometimes, we go 4 or 5 days without solid food.” Noel Roseline
