Thursday, April 12, 2007

Yesmi - Child we are sponsoring

http://www.mayanfamilies.org/

Yesmi is 4yrs old. She is in kindergarten. She lives in Panajachel with her mother, Estella. 33yrs old. The father left the family to live with another woman 1yr ago. Estella was pregnant with the fifth child when he left. He does not pay any support for the children and is not responsible for them in anyway. The children are Baker 13yrs, he is in 7th grade, Boris 12yrs he is in 6th grade, Yesmi 4yrs old in kindergarten and Analidy 1yr old.
Estella makes money washing clothes by hand in various houses. She makes approx. $2.60 US per day. They live with their grandparents. Estella's parents have given her a room to live in but cannot help her with any expenses she has. She is very fortunate not to have to pay rent. The house is made of wooden planks. They have a concrete floor. They only have one room for all of them to sleep in and Estella also cooks in that room. They have only 2 beds for them all to sleep in.
Their are many other children and families that need sponsoring. HINT! HINT!

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

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