One of the families that we first encountered at the beginning of our program is the family of GATO JACKYLINE. She was out of school and most of her 7 siblings were not in school and were living a miserable life. A lot has changed now. We support 3 children in this family to study, have contributed to the renovation of their house which is old and had started getting cracks, and now we have supported them to grow crops at their small back yard garden. Weve also supported Gato to join boarding school because she had failed to concentrate because of the hostile conditions at home.
Unfortunately Gato lost her dad last year and that worsened the poverty but her mother is doing her best to work and get them basic recquirements.
However, there is still work to do. As seen in the photo, we found the younger brother crushing stones in the evening to make some extra money. That is very risky work for a child his age. We counseled him and we believe it will help.
Here is Gato's small garden before and a few weeks after planting.
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