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PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #500 Neysi Larisa who is 9 years old.
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Neysi is 9yrs old. She will be going into 2nd grade in Jan. 2008.
Her birthday is Sept. 7th.
She lives with her mother, Marta Lidia 33yrs old and 6 siblings. The husband left a week before the last baby was born. He went to live with another woman. He has not been financially responsible for the children since. He is a violent man who has beaten the elder children, so badly that the elder one had to be hospitalized.
Evelyn is 12yrs old. She will be going into 5th grade in Jan. 2008.
Edna is 10yrs old. She will be going into 2nd grade in Jan. 2008 Marin Adelaida is 7yrs old. She will be going into first grade in Jan. 2008.
Hector is 6yrs old. He will be going into kindergarten in Jan. 2008 Alvaro is 5yrs old.
Gediel Alexander is 1yr and 9 months old.
The mother is the only one working to give food to her children, the eldest girl helps out during the school holidays by washing dishes in restaurants or cleaning houses, she earns $7 US per week.
The mother has casual work making tortillas or washing clothes, she also cleans houses. She is earning $10 US per week.
The house that they are renting costs $33 US per month.
The house is made of wood planking, the roof is tin sheeting and the floor is dirt.
They have two rooms and a makeshift outside kitchen.
They do not have an Onil stove.
They do not have a water filter.
They have two beds.
They have one closet.
They have a pila.
They have two tables and no chairs.
They have water.
They have electricity connected and pay $6 US per month.
This family needs pots, pans and dishes. They are also very often in need of food.
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STUDENT #499 Edna Ilse who is 10 years old.
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Edna is 10yrs old. She lives in Panajachel. In Jan. 2008 she will be going into 2nd grade. She was born on June 30th, 1997.
She lives with her mother, Marta Lidia 33yrs old and 6 siblings. The husband left a week before the last baby was born. He went to live with another woman. He has not been financially responsible for the children since. He is a violent man who has beaten the elder children, so badly that the elder one had to be hospitalized.
Evelyn is 12yrs old. She will be going into 5th grade in Jan. 2008.
Neyci Larisa 9yrs old. She will be in 2nd grade in Jan. 2008 Marin Adelaida is 7yrs old. She will be going into first grade in Jan. 2008.
Hector is 6yrs old. He will be going into kindergarten in Jan. 2008 Alvaro is 5yrs old.
Gediel Alexander is 1yr and 9 months old.
The mother is the only one working to give food to her children, the eldest girl helps out during the school holidays by washing dishes in restaurants or cleaning houses, she earns $7 US per week.
The mother has casual work making tortillas or washing clothes, she also cleans houses. She is earning $10 US per week.
The house that they are renting costs $33 US per month.
The house is made of wood planking, the roof is tin sheeting and the floor is dirt.
They have two rooms and a makeshift outside kitchen.
They do not have an onil stove.
They do not have a water filter.
They have two beds.
They have one closet.
They have a pila.
They have two tables and no chairs.
They have water.
They have electricity connected and pay $6 US per month.
This family needs pots, pans and dishes. They are also very often in
need of food.
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Dulce Yesemia who is 7 years old.
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Dulce is 7yrs old. She will be going into first grade in Jan. 2008.
She was born on 21st Dec. 1999.
She lives in Panajachel with her mother, Cristina, 35yrs old and her father, Feliciano, 45yrs old. She has four brothers and two sisters.
They are:
Miriam is 17yrs old. She studied only until 6th grade and is now
working cleaning in a private house. She earns $66 US a month.
Oscar is 16yrs old. He will be going into 9th grade in Jan. 2008 Mynor is 14yrs old. He studied only until 5th grade and is now working taking sand out of the river. He earns $20 US per week.
Claudia is 13yrs old. She will be going into 6th grade in Jan. 2008.
Brenda is 11yrs old. She will be going into 5th grade in Jan. 2008.
Lesbia is 10yrs old . She will be going into 4th grade in Jan. 2008.
The father works as a builders assistant and earns $46 US per week.
The mother works washing dishes in a restaurant in Panajachel and earns $25US per week.
The money that the family earns is not enough to cover all their costs.
Because they did not have enough money the other children in the family did not have the chance to continue studying.
Two years ago when Hurricane Stan devastated this area this family lost all their possessions. They were renting a house and the river flooded it. They are still trying to recover from this huge devastation.
They are renting land and pay $33 US. per week. They built a house made of tin sheets and two rooms are made of canvas sheeting . The
floor is dirt and the roof is tin sheeting. They have three rooms
and the mother cooks outside in the corridor.
They have an onil stove.
They do not have a water filter.
They have three beds.
They do not have a closet. They keep all their clothes on a shelf the father made.
They have a table and chairs but not enough for everyone.
They have water connected.
They have electricity connected and pay $7 US. per month.
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Griselda Noemi who is 7 years old.
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Griselda Noemi is 7yrs old. In Jan. 2008 she will be going into 1st grade. She lives with her father, Jorge 34yrs old and her mother, Maria, is 38yrs old. She has two sisters, Wendy is 10 yrs old. She will be going into 5th grade in Jan. 2008 The smaller one is Lina is 4yrs old.
The father works as a day laborer which means that he takes whatever work is available. He earns $33 US per week. The father is the only one working to cover all the costs that they have but what he earns is not enough to cover all that they need.
They own their house. It is made of cement block. The roof is tin sheeting and the floor is cement.
They have three rooms and a small kitchen.
They do not have an Onil stove.
They do not have a water filter.
They have a pila.
They have two beds.
They have one closet.
They have water connected.
They have electricity connected and pay $12 US per month.
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Carolina who is 13 years old.
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Carolina is 13yrs old. In Jan. 2008 she will be going into 7th grade.
She lives alone with her mother, Maria, 36yrs old. When Carolina was a newborn her father left for another woman. He has not been responsible for her since.
The mother makes beaded jewelry . She earns $6 US. per week.
This money is not enough for them to live on.
Carolina would really like to be able to continue studying but her mother does not have enough money to be able to send her on to higher education.
The mother does everything possible to be able to give her daughter the opportunites that she needs but this next step is just impossible for her.
They own their own house.
The house is made of mud brick, the roof is tin sheeting and the floor cement.
They have only one room and a kitchen that they share with an aunt.
They have one bed made of wood planks.
They have one small closet.
They do not have an onil stove.
They do not have a water filter.
They have electricity connected and they pay $6 US per month.
They have water connected and pay $4 US per year.
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #495
Carlos who is 7 years old.
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Carlos is 7yrs old. He will be starting school in Jan. 2008. He will be going into kindergarten.
He lives in San Jorge la Laguna with his father, Justo 46yrs old and his mother, Rosaria, 43yrs old. He has one brother and one sister.
The sister is Maria del Carmen is 30yrs old, is married and has five children.
The brother is Juan Pablo who is 4yrs old.
The father works as a day laborer which means he takes whatever work he can get. He earns $40 US per week. The mother makes woven cotton wristbands and earns $4US per week.
The father gives them only $12 US a week for their food and this is not enough for the mother to be able to buy food for them all.
Unfortunately, the father has a drinking problem. This is also the reason that Carlos could not start school last year, the mother did not have enough money for his school supplies.
They own their own house. It is made of mud brick, the floor is dirt and the roof is tin sheeting. They have only one room and a kitchen.
They do not have an onil stove.
They cook over an open fire on the ground.
They have only one bed for them all to sleep in.
They do not have a pila. The mother has to carry the clothes to the general washing tank.
They have one closet.
They do not have water connected.
They do not have a water filter.
They have electricity connected and pay $10 US a month.
Two years ago when Hurricane Stan struck Guatemala , the storm washed away part of their house, they have not had the money to repair it since.
The youngest brother has a skin disease on his legs that the mother has not been able to afford to take him to a doctor.
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #494 Mike Estuardo who is 13 years old.
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Mike is 13yrs old. He is going into 7th grade in Jan. 2008.
He was born March 29, 1994.
He lives in Panajachel with his mother, Irma 31yrs old and his sisters, Blanca is 7yrs old and Lesly who is 3yrs old.
Irma is a single mother.
She does not receive any financial help from the father of the children.
She works washing clothes and ironing .
She earns $10 US per week.
Mike Estuardo sells newspapers in the mornings before he goes to school and on the week ends.
This family is very poor and is really struggling to be able to get by.
They own the house that they live in.
It is made of tin sheeting. They are using the wall of one neighbors
house and have built three walls of tin sheeting.
They do not have a kitchen.
They have electricity and pay $11 US per month.
They have two beds which were given to them. They are in very bad shape.
They do not have a closet, they keep their clothes in a cardboard box.
They do not have a table.
They have two chairs.
They do not have a bathroom. They borrow her mother's bathroom.
They do not have an onil stove.
They cook over a wood burning
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #493
Blanca Melisa who is 7 years old.
$ SPONSORED by The Family of Isabella Meier, Thanks!
Blanca Melisa is 7yrs old. She will be going into first grade in Jan. 2008.
She was born on January, 27th , 2000.
She lives in Panajachel with her mother, Irma 31yrs old and her brother, Mike 14yrs old and her sister, Lesly 3yrs old.
Irma is a single mother.
She does not receive any financial help from the father of the children.
She works washing clothes and ironing .
She earns $10 US per week.
They own the house that they live in.
It is made of tin sheeting. They are using the wall of one neighbors
house and have built three walls of tin sheeting.
They do not have a kitchen.
They have electricity and pay $11 US per month.
They have two beds which were given to them. They are in very bad shape.
They do not have a closet, they keep their clothes in a cardboard box.
They do not have a table.
They have two chairs.
They do not have a bathroom. They borrow her mother's bathroom.
They do not have an Onil stove.
They cook over a wood burning stove.
They do not have a water filter.
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #492
Blanca Estrella who is 9 years old.
$ SPONSORED by Shirley Johnson, Thanks!
Blanca is 9yrs old. She will be in kindergarten in Jan. 2008.
She was born 24th June, 1999.
She lives in San Jorge la Laguna with her grandmother and her cousin, Myra 13yrs old.
Blanca's mother left her to be brought up with the grandmother. She does not visit her and is not financially responsible for her. Myra's mother also did the same thing so the grandmother is raising both girls.
Five years ago Myra's grandfather had an accident and passed away.
Marta the grandmother is 51 years old and finds it difficult to find work. She works in the fields cleaning onions. She has to clean a huge amount of onions daily to earn $3 US per day. To earn this money
she has to start working at 4.am. and finishes around 5p.m. When it
is not onion season Marta weaves cloth to sell. It takes her around 3 weeks to make a weaving and she earns approx. $3 for her weaving when she sells it.
They own their house. It is made of mud brick, they have one room and a kitchen.
They have electricity connected and pay $7 US per month.
They do not have an Onil stove.
They cook over a wood burning stove.
They have one bed for them all to sleep in.
They do not have a closet. They mind their clothes in a cardboard box.
They have one table and three chairs.
They do not have anywhere to keep their dishes or their pots and pans.
They do not have a water filter.
They have water connected .
The children wear traditional clothing and it is very difficult for the grandmother to be able to afford the outfits for them. They cost approx. $60 US for a new traditional outfit.
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Myra who is 13 years old.
$ SPONSORED by Shirley Johnson, Thanks!
Myra is 13yrs old. She will be going into 6th grade in Jan. 2008.
She was born 15th August, 1994.
She lives in San Jorge la Laguna with her grandmother and her cousin, Blanca 9yrs old.
Myra's mother left Myra to be brought up with the grandmother. She does not visit her and is not financially responsible for her.
Five years ago Myra's grandfather had an accident and passed away.
Marta the grandmother is 51 years old and finds it difficult to find work. She works in the fields cleaning onions. She has to clean a huge amount of onions daily to earn $3 US per day. To earn this money
she has to start working at 4.am. and finishes around 5p.m. When it
is not onion season Marta weaves cloth to sell. It takes her around 3 weeks to make a weaving and she earns approx. $3 for her weaving when she sells it.
They own their house. It is made of mud brick, they have one room and a kitchen.
They have electricity connected and pay $7 US per month.
They do not have an Onil stove.
They cook over a wood burning stove.
They have one bed for them all to sleep in.
They do not have a closet. They mind their clothes in a cardboard box.
They have one table and three chairs.
They do not have anywhere to keep their dishes or their pots and pans.
They do not have a water filter.
They have water connected .
The children wear traditional clothing and it is very difficult for the grandmother to be able to afford the outfits for them. They cost approx. $60 US for a new traditional outfit.
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #490
Carlos who is 8 years old.
$ SPONSORED by The Tower Family, Thanks!
Carlos is 8yrs old, he lives in Panajachel. He will be going into first grade in Jan. 2008. He lives with his mother, Olga 34yrs old and his one brothers and five sisters.
They are:
Susana is 15 yrs old and will be 10th grade in Jan. 2008 Lidia 13yrs old. She will be going into 7th grade in Jan. 2008.
Angelica 9yrs old. She will be going into 1st grade in Jan. 2008.
Jamile is 6yrs old. She will be going into kindergarten.in Jan. 2008.
Alejandra is 4yrs old and does not go to school.
Omar is 2yrs old.
The husband left the family two years ago and he has not been financially responsible for the children.
Olga works as a cleaner and earns only $27 US per month.
Sometimes she earns money as well by washing clothes by hand.
She pays $8 US a month for electricity.
It is very difficult for Olga to be able to earn enough money to be able to feed her children . Sometimes they eat only once or twice a day. They eat a lot of tortillas with salt.
She can never afford to buy clothing, all the children's clothes have been donated to her.
They own their house. It is only a very small piece of land , just enough for one room and a toilet that is just a hole in the ground.
They do not have a kitchen.
They cook outside over an open fire.
They do not have an Onil stove.
They have only two small beds.
They have one small closet. The rest of the clothes they keep in a cardboard box.
They have one small table. They have four chairs.
They do not have a water filter.
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #489
Obed who is 8 years old.
$ SPONSORED by Jack, Thanks!
Obed is 8yrs old. He has 3 siblings, Sergio is 12 yrs old. Juan
10yrs , Hilcias 6 yrs old. All boys.
The whereabouts of the boys father is unknown, they each have a different father. The mother has recently passed away from an attack of epilepsy.
They were removed from the home over a year ago, they were malnourished.
they had nothing to eat and had stolen some fruit. They did not know that this fruit had been poisoned and they all were hospitalized. The judge then removed them from the home and relocated them to the orphanage. The mother visited them weekly until her recent death.
Obed is in first grade and is having difficulties with his studies. He will be repeating first grade in Jan. 2008
Obed is having speech therapy, he has difficulty in talking. He acts a lot younger than his 8yrs.
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #488
Melvin Jose who is 11 years old.
$ SPONSORED by A.M.A. 12th Grade, Panajachel, Guatemala. Thanks!
Melvin is 11yrs old. He will be going into first grade in Jan. 2008.
He lives in Solola with his father, Jose Manuel, 32yrs old and his mother, Sandra 33yrs old.
He has two brothers:
Eric Estuardo 9yrs old. He will be going into first grade in Jan. 2008.
Marvin Eulises 7yrs old. He will be also going into first grade in Jan. 2008.
The father, Jose, works as an assistant on the public buses.
He does not have a fixed wage. His wage is based on commission. He gets an average of $24 US per week.
They are renting their house and pay $47 US per month.
They have electricity connected and pay $6 US per month.
They have water connected and pay$3.50 US per month.
This family comes from San Jorge but they do not have land there and cannot afford to buy it so they have moved to Solola.
The money that the father earns is not enough for all the costs that the family has.
The reason that the elder boys have not gone to school earlier is because the family does not have the money to send them.
This family has approx. $13 US a week left over for their expenses after they pay for their house rent.
They have two beds.
They have one closet.
They have one table.
They do not have a water filter.
They do not have an Onil stove.
They cook over an open fire with wood.
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #487
Candelaria who is 12 years old.
$ SPONSORED by The Tower Family, Thanks!
Candelaria is 12yrs old. She will be going into 1st grade in Jan. 2008.
He lives with his mother, Fransisca 38yrs old and father, Fransisco 40yrs old in Santa Catarina Palopo.
She has three brothers and one sister :
Gaspar is 15yrs old. He is in 3rd grade.
Fransisco is 10 yrs old. He will be in first grade in Jan. 2008.
Romeo is 6yrs old and will be going into kindergarten in Jan. 2008.
Fransisca 4yrs old. She does not go to school.
This family was affected by Hurricane Stan two years ago. Their house was badly damaged. The house only had one room. They were fortunate that they had another room down further on their land and they all live in that one room now. They have not had the money to repair the other room.
The father has been ill for the past seven years. He is anemic , he has gastritis and asthma. They sold a piece of land to be able to pay for the medical treatment for the father. They used up all their money but Fransisco still was not cured.
Fransisco used to work as a photographer, he has not been able to work this year.
Gaspar now works as a photographer on the week ends. He earns approx.
$13 for the two days but this also includes his costs of the film.
Gaspar is the only breadwinner in the family.
The mother, Fransisca works making weavings. This is very difficult for her as she often does not have the time nor the money to be able to buy the materials.
If she does manage to make a weaving to sell, she makes approx. $2.50 on the weaving.
The house is made of cement block.
They have one bed that the children sleep on.
The parents sleep on the floor on a straw mat.
They do not have a closet. They keep all their clothes in a bag or hanging from the wood beams.
They do not have a bathroom.
They use the fields as their toilet.
They do not have a pila.
They cook over an open fire on the ground.
They have electricity connected and pay $7 US. per month.
They do not have a table.
They do not have chairs.
They do not have an Onil stove.
They do not have a water filter
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Romeo who is 6 years old.
$ SPONSORED by The Tower Family, Thanks!
Romeo is 6yrs old. He will be going into kindergarten in Jan. 2008.
He lives with his mother, Fransisca 38yrs old and father, Fransisco 40yrs old in Santa Catarina Palopo.
He has two brothers and two sisters :
Gaspar is 15yrs old. He is in 3rd grade.
Fransisco is 10 yrs old. He will be in first grade in Jan. 2008.
Candelaria is 12yrs old. She will be in first grade in Jan. 2008.
Fransisca 4yrs old. She does not go to school.
This family was affected by Hurricane Stan two years ago. Their house was badly damaged. The house only had one room. They were fortunate that they had another room down further on their land and they all live in that one room now. They have not had the money to repair the other room.
The father has been ill for the past seven years. He is anemic , he has gastritis and asthma. They sold a piece of land to be able to pay for the medical treatment for the father. They used up all their money but Fransisco still was not cured.
Fransisco used to work as a photographer, he has not been able to work this year.
Gaspar now works as a photographer on the week ends. He earns approx.
$13 for the two days but this also includes his costs of the film.
Gaspar is the only breadwinner in the family.
The mother, Fransisca works making weavings. This is very difficult for her as she often does not have the time nor the money to be able to buy the materials.
If she does manage to make a weaving to sell, she makes approx. $2.50 on the weaving.
The house is made of cement block.
They have one bed that the children sleep on.
The parents sleep on the floor on a straw mat.
They do not have a closet. They keep all their clothes in a bag or hanging from the wood beams.
They do not have a bathroom.
They use the fields as their toilet.
They do not have a pila.
They cook over an open fire on the ground.
They have electricity connected and pay $7 US. per month.
They do not have a table.
They do not have chairs.
They do not have an Onil stove.
They do not have a water filter
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #485
Fransisco who is 10 years old.
Fransisco is 10yrs old. He is in first grade in Jan. 2008.
He lives with his mother, Fransisca 38yrs old and father, Fransisco 40yrs old in Santa Catarina Palopo.
He has two brothers and two sisters :
Gaspar is 15yrs old. He is in 3rd grade.
Romeo is 6yrs old. He will be going into kindergarten in Jan. 2008.
Candelaria is 12yrs old. She will be in first grade in Jan. 2008.
Fransisca 4yrs old. She does not go to school.
This family was affected by Hurricane Stan two years ago. Their house was badly damaged. The house only had one room. They were fortunate that they had another room down further on their land and they all live in that one room now. They have not had the money to repair the other room.
The father has been ill for the past seven years. He is anemic , he has gastritis and asthma. They sold a piece of land to be able to pay for the medical treatment for the father. They used up all their money but Fransisco still was not cured.
Fransisco used to work as a photographer, he has not been able to work this year.
Gaspar now works as a photographer on the week ends. He earns approx.
$13 for the two days but this also includes his costs of the film.
Gaspar is the only breadwinner in the family.
The mother, Fransisca works making weavings. This is very difficult for her as she often does not have the time nor the money to be able to buy the materials.
If she does manage to make a weaving to sell, she makes approx. $2.50 on the weaving.
The house is made of cement block.
They have one bed that the children sleep on.
The parents sleep on the floor on a straw mat.
They do not have a closet. They keep all their clothes in a bag or hanging from the wood beams.
They do not have a bathroom.
They use the fields as their toilet.
They do not have a pila.
They cook over an open fire on the ground.
They have electricity connected and payh $7 US. per month.
They do not have a table.
They do not have chairs.
They do not have an onil stove.
They do not have a water filter.
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STUDENT #484 Jamile who is 6 years old.
$ SPONSORED by Miss Flethcher's Kindergarten Class, Dubois Area Catholic
School. Thanks!
Jamile is 6yrs old.. She lives in Panajachel. She lives with her mother, Olga 34yrs old and her four brothers and two sisters.
They are:
Susana is 15 yrs old and will be 10th grade in Jan. 2008 Lidia 13yrs old. She will be going into 7th grade in Jan. 2008.
Angelica 9yrs old. She will be going into 1st grade in Jan. 2008.
Carlos is 8yrs old. He will be going into 1st grade in Jan. 2008 Alejandra is 4yrs old and does not go to school.
Omar is 2yrs old.
The husband left the family two years ago and he has not been financially responsible for the children.
Olga works as a cleaner and earns only $27 US per month.
Sometimes she earns money as well by washing clothes by hand.
She pays $8 US a month for electricity.
It is very difficult for Olga to be able to earn enough money to be able to feed her children . Sometimes they eat only once or twice a day. They eat a lot of tortillas with salt.
She can never afford to buy clothing, all the children's clothes have been donated to her.
They own their house. It is only a very small piece of land , just enough for one room and a toilet that is just a hole in the ground.
They do not have a kitchen.
They cook outside over an open fire.
They do not have an onil stove.
They have only two small beds.
They have one small closet. The rest of the clothes they keep in a cardboard box.
They have one small table. They have four chairs.
They do not have a water filter.
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STUDENT #483 Susan who is 15 years old.
$ SPONSORED by the Trenkle Family, Thanks!
Susan is 15 yrs old. She lives in Panajachel. She lives with her mother, Olga 34yrs old and her four brothers and two sisters.
They are:
Lidia 13yrs old. She will be going into 7th grade in Jan. 2008.
Angelica 9yrs old. She will be going into 1st grade in Jan. 2008.
Carlos is 8yrs old. He will be going into 1st grade in Jan. 2008 Yamile is 6yrs old and he will be going into kindergarten.
Alejandra is 4yrs old and does not go to school.
Omar is 2yrs old.
The husband left the family two years ago and he has not been financially responsible for the children.
Olga works as a cleaner and earns only $27 US per month.
Sometimes she earns money as well by washing clothes by hand.
She pays $8 US a month for electricity.
It is very difficult for Olga to be able to earn enough money to be able to feed her children . Sometimes they eat only once or twice a day. They eat a lot of tortillas with salt.
She can never afford to buy clothing, all the children's clothes have been donated to her.
They own their house. It is only a very small piece of land , just enough for one room and a toilet that is just a hole in the ground.
They do not have a kitchen.
They cook outside over an open fire.
They do not have an onil stove.
They have only two small beds.
They have one small closet. The rest of the clothes they keep in a cardboard box.
They have one small table. They have four chairs.
They do not have a water filter.
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STUDENT #482 Efrain who is 9 years old.
$ SPONSORED by A.M.A. 12th Grade, Panajachel, Guatemala. Thanks!
Efrain is 9yrs old. He lives in San Lucas Toliman. He was born on Dec. 16,1998. In Jan. 2008 he will be going into 4th grade He lives with his father, Efrain 49yrs old and his mother,Maria 47yrs old, 3 brothers and four sisters. They are:
Rudi is 26 yrs old. He lives with his family. He works as cleaner and handyman at a local school. He earns $25 US per week.
Eddy is 25yrs old. He is married but he and his wife live with the parents. They have a small child.
Magda 22yrs old. She lives at home and sells food at the market.
Dalila 19yrs old. She is 11th grade and hopes to be an accountant.
She also works as a domestic in a private house. She pays for her own schooling.
Elisabet 16yrs old. She is in 10th grade and hopes to be a book keeper.She works before school and on the week ends to pay her schooling.
Dominga 14yrs old. She is in 9th grade. She works as a domestic to pay for her schooling before school and on the week ends.
Brandon 6yrs old. He will be in first grade in Jan. 2008.
The father, Efraim is not able to work. He had an accident 4 yrs ago.
He used to work on a farm for 22yrs , he was on top of a truck and he fell off the truck.
He was immobilized for three years and now is able to walk a little.
The farm owner could not afford to pay him all the money he owed him so he gave him a piece of land. He could not afford to pay for an operation for three years that he needed to help him walk again, finally the Catholic church in San Lucas arranged a visiting medical team from Spain to operate on him and he is now able to walk a little with the use of a walking frame.
They took a loan to build a house on the piece of land that they received.
They have five rooms.
They have three beds. One bed that the Spanish Medical team gave him.
The other two beds do not have mattresses. They sleep on the bare boards.
They have one table.
Their bathroom is a hole in the ground.
They have two closets. The rest of the clothes they keep in cardboard boxes.
They cook over an open wood fire.
They do not have an onil stove.
They have a water filter.
The area that they live in is very rural.There is not much work for Maria to do, she cuts coffee and sells tostados to help the family income.
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STUDENT #481 Brandon who is 6 years old.
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Brandon is 6yrs old. He lives in San Lucas Toliman. He was born on August 6th, 2001. In Jan. 2008 he will be going into 1st grade.
He lives with his father, Efrain 49yrs old and his mother, Maria 47yrs old, 3 brothers and four sisters. They are:
Rudi is 26 yrs old. He lives with his family. He works as cleaner and handyman at a local school. He earns $25 US per week.
Eddy is 25yrs old. He is married but he and his wife live with the parents. They have a small child.
Magda 22yrs old. She lives at home and sells food at the market.
Dalila 19yrs old. She is 11th grade and hopes to be an accountant.
She also works as a domestic in a private house. She pays for her own schooling.
Elisabet 16yrs old. She is in 10th grade and hopes to be a book keeper.She works before school and on the week ends to pay her schooling.
Dominga 14yrs old. She is in 9th grade. She works as a domestic to pay for her schooling before school and on the week ends.
Eframin is 9yrs old. He is in 4th grade in Jan. 2008.
The father, Efraim is not able to work. He had an accident 4 yrs ago.
He used to work on a farm for 22yrs , he was on top of a truck and he fell off the truck.
He was immobilized for three years and now is able to walk a little.
The farm owner could not afford to pay him all the money he owed him so he gave him a piece of land. He could not afford to pay for an operation for three years that he needed to help him walk again, finally the Catholic church in San Lucas arranged a visiting medical team from Spain to operate on him and he is now able to walk a little with the use of a walking frame.
They took a loan to build a house on the piece of land that they received.
They have five rooms.
They have three beds. One bed that the Spanish Medical team gave him.
The other two beds do not have mattresses. They sleep on the bare boards.
They have one table.
Their bathroom is a hole in the ground.
They have two closets. The rest of the clothes they keep in cardboard boxes.
They cook over an open wood fire.
They do not have an Onil stove.
They have a water filter.
The area that they live in is very rural. There is not much work for Maria to do, she cuts coffee and sells tostados to help the family income.
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #480 Edmer Manuel who is 8 years old.
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Edmer Manuel is 8yrs old. He lives in Santa Catarina Palopo . In Jan, 2008 he will be in 2nd grade.
He lives with his father, Edmer 34yrs old and his mother, Marcelina, 31yrs old.
Edmer has 3 sisters:
Gloria 13yrs old. She is in 8th grade.
Ruth 12yrs old. She is in 7th grade.
Cecia 1yr and 10 months old.
Edmer, the father, when he is able to work , is a driver for pick ups between Santa Catarina and Panajachel.
Edmer has been a diabetic for the past two years. He has been told that he should not be working because he is in such a bad state of health but he has no option but to work to be able to feed his family.
The father has difficulty with his eyesight, he has a lot of headaches . He is having a lot of trouble controlling his sugar. Mayan Families has been supplying him with his medication.
When he is able to work he earns approx. $26 a week but it is very difficult for him to be able to work a whole week.
Marcelina is working washing clothes by hand and also ironing. She earns approx. $2 US per day. But this is not fixed work and she does not always have steady work.
They own their house but they only have one room. It is made of mud brick.
They do not have a kitchen.
They do not have their own bathroom, they have to use the grandparents.
The house suffered damage 2years ago when Hurricane Stan devastated Guatemala. The room has a big crack in it they have not had the money to repair.
They do not have a water filter.
They do not have an Onil stove.
They have only one bed for all of the children.
The parents sleep on the floor on a straw mat.
They cook over an open fire on the ground.
They do not have a closet.
They keep all their clothes in a cardboard box.
The mother says her greatest wish is that the family can have another room where the children can be able to do their homework. At present, they have only the one room and the father is often ill in bed and cannot stand the light on or stand any noise.
This family is often without sufficient food. They eat a lot of tortillas with salt.
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STUDENT #479 Jocelyn who is 14 years old.
Jocelyn is 14yrs old. She lives in Panajachel. She was born on October 18, 1993.
She will be going into 3rd grade in Jan. 2008.
She lives with her father, Victor Daniel, 34yrs old and her two sisters.
Jocelyn 14yrs old. She will be going into 7th grade.
Nancy is 12yrs old. She will be going into 6th grade in 2008.
On November 3rd her mother died. Norma 32yrs old. Norma had been sick for the past five years.
The family had many costs in the past five years to try and cover all the medical costs.
Victor works at the municipality as a door man and he runs errands. He earns $40 US per week.
They live in their own home . They have two rooms and a kitchen.
They have a bathroom.
They have three beds.
They have two closets.
They have a small gas table top stove.
They have a water filter.
They have water connected and pay $4 US per year.
They have electricity connected and pay $8 US per month.
Victor is paying off the expenses from his wife's illness and her funeral. He pays approx. $50 US a month off his loans.
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STUDENT #478 Victoria who is 9 years old.
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Victoria is 9 yrs old. She lives in Panajachel. She was born on August 6th, 1995.
She will be going into 3rd grade in Jan. 2008.
She lives with her father, Victor Daniel, 34yrs old and her two sisters.
Jocelyn 14yrs old. She will be going into 7th grade.
Nancy is 12yrs old. She will be going into 6th grade in 2008.
On November 3rd her mother died. Norma 32yrs old. Norma had been sick for the past five years.
The family had many costs in the past five years to try and cover all the medical costs.
Victor works at the municipality as a door man and he runs errands. He earns $40 US per week.
They live in their own home . They have two rooms and a kitchen.
They have a bathroom.
They have three beds.
They have two closets.
They have a small gas table top stove.
They have a water filter.
They have water connected and pay $4 US per year.
They have electricity connected and pay $8 US per month.
Victor is paying off the expenses from his wife's illness and her funeral. He pays approx. $50 US a month off his loans.
Nancy is 12 yrs old. She lives in Panajachel. She was born on August 6th, 1995.
She will be going into 6th grade in Jan. 2008.
She lives with her father, Victor Daniel, 34yrs old and her two sisters.
Jocelyn 14yrs old. She will be going into 7th grade.
Victoria 9yrs old. She is going into 3rd grade in Jan. 2008.
On November 3rd her mother died. Norma 32yrs old. Norma had been sick for the past five years.
The family had many costs in the past five years to try and cover all the medical costs.
Victor works at the municipality as a door man and he runs errands. He earns $40 US per week.
They live in their own home . They have two rooms and a kitchen.
They have a bathroom.
They have three beds.
They have two closets.
They have a small gas table top stove.
They have a water filter.
They have water connected and pay $4 US per year.
They have electricity connected and pay $8 US per month.
Victor is paying off the expenses from his wife's illness and her funeral. He pays approx. $50 US a month off his loans.
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Umberto is 10yrs old. He is in 4th grade in Jan. 2008. He lives with his father, Julian 45yrs old and his mother, Viviana 44yrs old.
He has 7 brothers and 2 sisters.
The oldest is Diego. 24yrs old. He studied only until 6th grade. He is now working . He is a builders assistant and earns $33 US per week.
Cesar is 21yrs old. He studied only until 6th grade. He is also a builders assistant and earns $33 US. per week.
Julio is 16yrs old He studied only until 6th grade. He is now looking for a job.
Luis is 15yrs old. He studied only until 6th grade. He is now looking for a job.
Ana is 13yrs old. She studied only until 1st grade. She now works at home helping her mother.
Josefina is 9yrs old. She studied only until 2nd grade. She now stays at home.
Fredy is 7yrs old. He is starting school this year.
Jose is 3yrs old.
The father works as a day laborer and takes whatever work is available. He usually earns approx. $26 US per week.
The money that the father earns is not enough to cover all their costs.
The family took out a loan to build their house and they are now paying that back. They pay $186 US per month.
The elder children do all that is possible to help their father cancel this debt every month. But quite often they are all left without money and have to collect herbs in the mountain to make a soup, or eat just tortillas with salt.
They own their house. It is made of mud brick but they are building another room with cement block.
They have three rooms and a small kitchen.
They have five beds.
They have a pila.
They have three closets.
They do not have an Onil stove.
They do have a water filter.
They have water connected and pay $4 US per year.
They have electricity connected and pay $12 US per month.
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #475 Heidy Guadalupe who is 8 years old.
Heidy is 8yrs old. She will be going into 2nd grade in Jan. 2008.
She was born October 20th, 1999.
She lives in Panajachel.
She lives with her mother, Luisa, 35yrs old and her father, Carlos, 28yrs old.
She has one brother and one sister.
They are:
Moises is 9yrs old. He will be in 3rd grade in Jan. 2008.
Cristina is 2yrs old.
Carlos works as a builders assistant. He earns $35 a week. Luisa works washing clothes by hand. She earns $8 US. per month.
She can only find work 2-3 days a week.
The money that they make is not sufficient to meet all their costs and the school needs for the children.
They are renting a house. It is made of cement block. The roof is cement and the floor is cement.
They have only one room.
They are paying $60 US per month.
They do not have chairs . They have only one table.
They have only one bed that they all sleep sideways on.
They cook over a gas stove in the same room.
They have one closet. They keep the rest of their clothes in a cardboard box.
They do not have pila.
They do not have a water filter.
They do not have an onil stove.
They have water connected.
They have electricty connected. These costs are included in their rent.
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STUDENT #474 Rosa Gabriela who is 14 years old.
Rosa Gabriela is 14yrs old. She will be going into 9th grade in Jan. 2008 She lives with her mother, Patricia 42yrs old and her two sisters and one brother.
They are:
Sindi is 17yrs old. She is 11th grade. She is studying to be a secretary.
Feliza is 6yrs old. She will be going into 1st grade in Jan. 2008 Edgar Leonardo is 1yr and 6 months old.
Patricia works as a domestic in private houses and also washes clothes by hand.
She earns $2. US. per day. She works only 2-3 days a week, she finds it very hard to be able to find work with the baby.
The father abandoned the family a year ago and he has not been responsible financially for the family since he left.
The grandparents are helping the family with food but they do not have a lot of money. Their daughter passed away last year and they are now caring for the three grandchildren that were left orphaned.
The family is renting a house. They are paying $60 US a month.
The house is made of cement block, the roof is tin sheeting and the floor is cement. They do not have a kitchen, they are cooking in the corridor. They have a gas stove.
They have three beds.
They have a pila.
They have two closets.
They have water connected.
They have electricity connected and pay $12 US. per month.
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STUDENT #473 Feliza who is 6 years old.
$ SPONSORED by Craig, Staci, Gabriel and Adriana Smith, Thanks!
Feliza is 6yrs old. She will be going into 1st grade in Jan. 2008.
She lives with her mother, Patricia 42yrs old and her two sisters and one brother.
They are:
Sindi is 17yrs old. She is 11th grade. She is studying to be a secretary.
Rosa Gabriela 14yrs old. She will be going into 9th grade in Jan. 2008.
Edgar Leonardo is 1yr and 6 months old.
Patricia works as a domestic in private houses and also washes clothes by hand.
She earns $2. US. per day. She works only 2-3 days a week, she finds it very hard to be able to find work with the baby.
The father abandoned the family a year ago and he has not been responsible financially for the family since he left.
The grandparents are helping the family with food but they do not have a lot of money. Their daughter passed away last year and they are now caring for the three grandchildren that were left orphaned.
The family is renting a house. They are paying $60 US a month.
The house is made of cement block, the roof is tin sheeting and the floor is cement. They do not have a kitchen, they are cooking in the corridor. They have a gas stove.
They have three beds.
They have a pila.
They have two closets.
They have water connected.
They have electricity connected and pay $12 US. per month.
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STUDENT #472 Alba Veronica who is 4 yaers old.
$ SPONSORED by Toby, Thanks!
Alba Veronica is 4yrs old. She is going into Kindergarten in 2008.
She lives in San Jorge la Laguna.
She was born on July 10, 2003.
She lives with her father, Carlos 27yrs old and her mother, Gloria 22yrs old.
Gloria will be giving birth to a sibling for Alba late December or early January.
She has never gone to a doctor for a medical check up.
Alba's father Carlos lives with the family but he is an alcoholic, he is also physically abusive to Gloria. He does not maintain the family.
When Carlos does work he is a cook or he sometimes takes day laboring jobs.
Gloria makes beaded jewelry to be able to provide food for the family.
She earns $13 US per week.
The family lives with Carlos's mother and grandmother. The amount of money that Gloria earns just goes to help feed the family. Carlos's father separated from the mother many years ago and the grandfather has passed away.
Gloria would like to be able to go back to live with her parents but they do not have any space to take her back. Her parents have only one room to live in, they do not have a bathroom. The room is made of cement block, the floor is cement, the roof is tin sheeting.
Gloria has one room in her mother-in-law's house.
She cooks over an Onil stove outside in the corridor.
The family sleeps on a mattress on the floor.
They have a water filter.
They have an Onil stove.
They have one closet.
They do not have enough tables or chairs.
They do not have enough pots or pans.
They have electricity connected. The mother in law pays the bill.
They have water connected.
Gloria did not go to school. She does not know how to read or write.
Her parents are very poor and they could not afford to send her to school.
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STUDENT #471 Rosa Cristina who is 7 years old.
$ SPONSORED in Honor of the Teachers and Staff of A.M.A. Panajachel, Guatemala.
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Rosa Cristina is 7yrs old. She is going into 1st grade in Jan. 2008.
She lives in Santa Catarina Palopo on Lake Atitlan.
She lives with her mother, Martina 37yrs old and her father, Julio 40yrs old.
She has 4 sisters and one brother:
Maria Clecencia 18yrs old. She stopped studying in 5th grade because her family did not have enough money for her to continue.
Marcelina Yolanda is 13yrs old. She is going into 5th grade in Jan. 2008 Andrea Micaela 9yrs old. She is going into 3rd grade in Jan. 2008
Ever 5yrs old. He does not go to school.
Alma is 3yrs old.
Marcelina works washing clothes by hand - sometimes 2 or 3 days a week. She washes in the morning and goes to school in the afternoon.
This is the only way that she has been able to buy her school supplies. She earns $2.US per day when she has work.
The father works as a builders assistant and earns $4 US per day.
The money that the father earns is not enough to cover all their costs. Unfortunately, the father has a drinking problem and he does not give the mother much money to be able to buy food. Sometimes he only gives her $13 for the whole month for food. A family of this size really needs to spend $40 at least, US a month for their food.
The mother does what she can to find food for her children. She washes clothing. She earns the same as Marcelina, $2 US per day.
The oldest sister has left home and lives alone and supports herself.
The basic diet of this family is mostly tortillas with salt. When they have money the mother buys some noodles to make a soup.
They own the house that they live in.
The house is made of mud brick.
The roof is tin sheeting.
The floor is dirt.
They have only one room where they all sleep.
They have a small kitchen.
Their house was badly affected by the Hurricane Stan two years ago.
There is a big crack in the wall but they have not had the money to fix it.
They do not have a closet . They keep their clothes in a cardboard box.
They have only one bed that three people sleep in.
The rest of the family sleep on the floor on straw mats.
They do not have a pila.
They take their clothes to the edge of the lake to wash them They do not have water connected. They have to carry water from the neighbors house.
They have electricity connected and pay $7 US. per month.
They do not have a water filter.
They do not have an onil stove.
They cook over a wood burning stove.
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Charleston, WV. Thanks!
Andrea Micaela is 9yrs old. She will be going into 3rd grade in Jan.
2008. She lives in Santa Catarina Palopo on Lake Atitlan.
She lives with her mother, Martina 37yrs old and her father, Julio 40yrs old.
She has 4 sisters and one brother:
Maria Clecencia 18yrs old. She stopped studying in 5th grade because her family did not have enough money for her to continue.
Marcelina Yolanda is 12yrs old. She is going into 5th grade in Jan. 2008.
Rosa Cristina 7yrs old. She is going into 1st grade in Jan. 2008.
Ever 5yrs old. He does not go to school.
Alma is 3yrs old.
Marcelina works washing clothes by hand - sometimes 2 or 3 days a week. She washes in the morning and goes to school in the afternoon.
This is the only way that she has been able to buy her school supplies. She earns $2.US per day when she has work.
The father works as a builders assistant and earns $4 US per day.
The money that the father earns is not enough to cover all their costs. Unfortunately, the father has a drinking problem and he does not give the mother much money to be able to buy food. Sometimes he only gives her $13 for the whole month for food. A family of this size really needs to spend $40 US a month for their food.
The mother does what she can to find food for her children. She washes clothing. She earns the same as Marcelina, $2 US per day.
The oldest sister has left home and lives alone and supports herself.
The basic diet of this family is mostly tortillas with salt. When they have money the mother buys some noodles to make a soup.
They own the house that they live in.
The house is made of mud brick.
The roof is tin sheeting.
The floor is dirt.
They have only one room where they all sleep.
They have a small kitchen.
Their house was badly affected by the Hurricane Stan two years ago.
There is a big crack in the wall but they have not had the money to fix it.
They do not have a closet . They keep their clothes in a cardboard box.
They have only one bed that three people sleep in.
The rest of the family sleep on the floor on straw mats.
They do not have a pila.
They take their clothes to the edge of the lake to wash them They do not have water connected. They have to carry water from the neighbors house.
They have electricity connected and pay $7 US. per month.
They do not have a water filter.
They do not have an onil stove.
They cook over a wood burning stove.
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Marcelina Yolanda who is 13 years old.
$ SPONSORED by Rayna and Elia Koppel, Thanks!
Marcelina is 13yrs
old. She is going into 5th grade in Jan. 2008.
She lives in Santa Catarina Palopo
on Lake Atitlan.
She lives with her mother, Martina 37yrs old and her father, Julio 40yrs old.
She has 4 sisters and one brother:
Maria Clecencia 18yrs old. She stopped studying in 5th grade because her family did not have enough money for her to continue.
Andrea Micaela 9yrs old. She is going into 3rd grade in Jan. 2008 Rosa Cristina 7yrs old. She is going into 1st grade in Jan. 2008.
Ever 5yrs old. He does not go to school.
Alma is 3yrs old.
Marcelina works washing clothes by hand - sometimes 2 or 3 days a week. She washes in the morning and goes to school in the afternoon.
This is the only way that she has been able to buy her school supplies. She earns $2.US per day when she has work.
Her father works as a builders assistant and earns $4 US per day.
The money that the father earns is not enough to cover all their costs. Unfortunately, Marcelina's father has a drinking problem and he does not give the mother much money to be able to buy food. Sometimes he only gives her $13 for the whole month for food. A family of this size really needs to spend $40 US a month for their food.
The mother does what she can to find food for her children. She washes clothing. She earns the same as Marcelina, $2 US per day.
The oldest sister has left home and lives alone and supports herself.
The basic diet of this family is mostly tortillas with salt. When they have money the mother buys some noodles to make a soup.
They own the house that they live in.
The house is made of mud brick.
The roof is tin sheeting.
The floor is dirt.
They have only one room where they all sleep.
They have a small kitchen.
Their house was badly affected by the Hurricane Stan two years ago.
There is a big crack in the wall but they have not had the money to fix it.
They do not have a closet . They keep their clothes in a cardboard box.
They have only one bed that three people sleep in.
The rest of the family sleep on the floor on straw mats.
They do not have a pila.
They take their clothes to the edge of the lake to wash them They do not have water connected. They have to carry water from the neighbors house.
They have electricity connected and pay $7 US. per month.
They do not have a water filter.
They do not have an Onil stove.
They cook over a wood burning stove.
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #468
Angelica Maria who is 6 years old.
$ SPONSORED by The Roush Family, Thanks!
Angelica Maria is 6yrs old. She lives in Concepcion, Solola. She lives
with her mother, Rosario,27yrs old. The father left the family about
4yrs ago. He went to live with another woman.
Angelica has a small brother, 4yr old Sergio. The father left home when the mother was pregnant with Sergio.
Since then the father has never been to visit or provide any financial help for them.
Rosario works hard to provide food for the family. She works washing clothes by hand. She earns $2 US per day.
She had an accident 8 years ago , a car hit her and ran over her foot and it is difficult for her to stand for many hours washing clothes.
Rosario did not have the chance to go to school and she does not know how to read or write.
It is difficult for Rosario to make enough just for food for the family. It is nearly impossible for her to have sufficient money to send Angelica to school.
They live in her Angelica's grandfather's house. The house is made of mudbrick.
They have only one room to live in. Rosario shares a kitchen with her sister in laws. They cook over a wood burning stove.
They do not have an onil stove.
They do not have a water filter.
They have electricity connected. The grandfather pays it.
They have water connected.
They do not have beds. They sleep on straw mats on the ground.
They do not have a closet. They keep their clothes in a cardboard box.
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #467 Beatriz Ortencia
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Beatriz is 12yrs old. She lives in Panajachel. Her parents are separated and she splits her time between the parents.
She has one sister, Glendi who is 15yrs old. She will be going into 8th grade .
Beatriz is going into 5th grade in Jan. 2008.
Her father works as a day laborer and earns $4 US per day.
Beatriz's parents have been separated since just after she was born but she has a close relationship with her father and he has always maintained the family as best he can.
It is very difficult for him to make all the payments now that his elder daughter is in Junior High school plus pay for food, school etc.
Beatriz's mother works in a restaurant washing dishes. She earns $26 US per week.
The house that they live in with the mother is rented.
They pay $20 US a month.
The house is made of wooden planks. The roof is tin sheeting. The floor is dirt.
They have two rooms and a small kitchen.
They have have a gas stove.
They have two beds.
They have a pila.
They do not have a closet. They keep their clothing on a shelf.
They have water connected.
They have a water filter.
They have electricity connected and pay $3. US. per month.
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #466
Luis Felipe who is 5 years old.
Luis is 5yrs old . He will be entering kindergarten in Jan.
2008. He lives in Panajachel with his father, Felipe 45yrs old and his mother,
Maria, 44yrs old. he has 5 sisters and 1 brothers. They are:
Amalia is 20yrs old. She is married and has two children. She
went to school only for one year in first grade. She does not know how to read
or write.
Fransisca is 19yrs old. She is married and is pregnant. She went only to first grade.
Rosa is 12 yrs old. She works taking sand out of the river with her father and sister. She will be going into first grade. She started once before but had to drop out because the parents did not have enough money to buy her school supplies.
Irma is 11yrs old. She went only half of first grade because
the family did not have money for her school supplies.
Irma now works in the river with her father, taking sand out of the river
to sell for construction. This is very hard, hot, dirty work and is very lowly
paid.
Roxanna is 7yrs old. She has never been to school.
Luis Felipe is 5yrs old . He will be entering kindergarten
this year.
Santos is 4yrs old.
The father, Felipe works in the river taking sifting sand to sell for construction.
He earns $33 US. per week.
Rosa, Irma and their mother helps their father take sand out of the river. This helps their father to be able to buy more food.
The costs that the family have for food and rent take up all their money. This is the reason that the children have not been able to go to school , there is no money for their school supplies, shoes etc
One child 13yrs old died from what appears to be appendicitis but they could not afford to take the child to the doctor .
The other three died, one at 4yrs old and the other two died
as babies, they all had fevers, stomach pain, vomiting and they could not afford
medical attention to help them.
They do not have a very good diet, they eat mostly black beans and herbs. When they have nothing to eat the mother buys a packet of chicken stock and makes a soup of that. They often have only tortillas and salt to eat.
The are renting the house that they live in. They pay $60 US per month.
The house is made of mud brick. The roof is tin sheeting, the floor is cement.
They have only one room that they all sleep in.
They have one small kitchen.
They do not have beds. They have one mattress that they all sleep on the floor.
They do not have a closet. They keep their clothes in flour sacks.
They use the landlords pila to wash their clothes.
They cook over an open fire, they do not have a stove.
They do not have an Onil stove.
They do not have a water filter.
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #465 Roxanna is 7 years old.
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Roxanna is 7yrs old. She has never been to school. She lives in Panajachel with her father, Felipe 45yrs old and her mother, Maria, 44yrs old. She has 4 sisters and 2 brothers. They are:
Amalia is 20yrs old. She is married and has two children. She went to school only for one year in first grade. She does not know how to read or write.
Fransisca is 19yrs old. She is married and is pregnant. She went only to first grade.
Rosa is 12yrs old. She works in the river with her father. She only went to school for 6months in first grade because the family could not afford her supplies.
Irma is 11yrs old. She has been to school for only 6 months. She will be going into first grade in Jan. 2008.
Roxanna is 7yrs old. She has never been to school.
Luis Felipe is 5yrs old . He will be entering kindergarten this year .
Santos is 4yrs old.
The father, Felipe works in the river taking sifting sand to sell for construction.
He earns $33 US. per week.
Rosa, Irma and their mother helps their father take sand out of the river. This helps their father to be able to buy more food.
The costs that the family have for food and rent take up all their money. This is the reason that the children have not been able to go to school , there is no money for their school supplies, shoes etc.
Roxana is very excited at the chance to go to school.
Maria and Felipe have lost four children to illnesses. They were not able to afford medical attention.
One child 13yrs old died from what appears to be appendicitus but they could not afford to take the child to the doctor .
The other three died, one at 4yrs old and the other two died as babies, they all had fevers, stomach pain, vomiting and they could not afford medical attention to help them.
They do not have a very good diet, they eat mostly black beans and herbs. When they have nothing to eat the mother buys a packet of chicken stock and makes a soup of that. They often have only tortillas and salt to eat.
The are renting the house that they live in. They pay $60 US per month.
The house is made of mud brick. The roof is tin sheeting, the floor is cement.
They have only one room that they all sleep in.
They have one small kitchen.
They do not have beds. They have one mattress that they all sleep on the floor.
They do not have a closet. They keep their clothes in flour sacks.
They use the landlords pila to wash their clothes.
They cook over an open fire, they do not have a stove.
They do not have an onil stove.
They do not have a water filter.
They have water connected.
They have electricity connected and pay $13 US per month.
They do not have a radio or t.v.
They do not have chickens.
They have one small table and four chairs.
When we asked this family what they needed they said, they needed another small table, more chairs, clothing, shoes, a bed and most importantly food.
School starts in January and finishes in mid October.
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #464
Irma who is 11 years old.
$ SPONSORED by Melissa McHale, Thanks!
Irma is 11yrs old. She lives in Panajachel with her father, Felipe 45yrs old and her mother, Maria, 44yrs old. She has 4 sisters and 2 brothers. They are:
Amalia is 20yrs old. She is married and has two children. She went to school only for one year in first grade. She does not know how to read or write.
Fransisca is 19yrs old. She is married and is pregnant. She went only to first grade.
Rosa is 12yrs old. She works in the river with her father. She only went to school for 6months in first grade because the family could not afford her supplies.
Roxanna is 7yrs old. She has never been to school.
Luis Felipe is 5yrs old . He will be entering kindergarten this year .
Santos is 4yrs old.
The father, Felipe works in the river taking sifting sand to sell for construction.
He earns $33 US. per week.
Irma now works in the river with her father, taking sand out of the river to sell for construction. This is very hard, hot, dirty work and is very lowly paid.
Rosa, Irma and their mother helps their father take sand out of the river. This helps their father to be able to buy more food.
The costs that the family have for food and rent take up all their money. This is the reason that the children have not been able to go to school , there is no money for their school supplies, shoes etc.
Irma is very excited at the chance to go to school.
Maria and Felipe have lost four children to illnesses. They were not able to afford medical attention.
One child 13yrs old died from what appears to be appendicitis but they could not afford to take the child to the doctor .
The other three died, one at 4yrs old and the other two died as babies, they all had fevers, stomach pain, vomiting and they could not afford medical attention to help them.
They do not have a very good diet, they eat mostly black beans and herbs. When they have nothing to eat the mother buys a packet of chicken stock and makes a soup of that. They often have only tortillas and salt to eat.
The are renting the house that they live in. They pay $60 US per month.
The house is made of mud brick. The roof is tin sheeting, the floor is cement.
They have only one room that they all sleep in.
They have one small kitchen.
They do not have beds. They have one mattress that they all sleep on the floor.
They do not have a closet. They keep their clothes in flour sacks.
They use the landlords pila to wash their clothes.
They cook over an open fire, they do not have a stove.
They do not have an Onil stove.
They do not have a water filter.
They have water connected.
They have electricity connected and pay $13 US per month.
They do not have a radio or TV.
They do not have chickens.
They have one small table and four chairs.
When we asked this family what they needed they said, they needed another small table, more chairs, clothing, shoes, a bed and most importantly food.
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #463
Rosa Floridalma who is 12 years old.
$ SPONSORED by Mark, Alaire and Elliana, Thanks!
Rosa is 12yrs old. She lives in Panajachel with her father, Felipe 45yrs old and her mother, Maria, 44yrs old. She has 4 sisters and 2 brothers. They are:
Amalia is 20yrs old. She is married and has two children. She went to school only for one year in first grade. She does not know how to read or write.
Fransisca is 19yrs old. She is married and is pregnant. She went only to first grade.
Irma is 11yrs old. She went only half of first grade because the family did not have money for her school supplies. Irma now works in the river with her father, taking sand out of the river to sell for construction. This is very hard, hot, dirty work and is very lowly paid.
Roxanna is 7yrs old. She has never been to school.
Luis Felipe is 5yrs old . He will be entering kindergarten this year .
Santos is 4yrs old.
The father, Felipe works in the river taking sifting sand to sell for construction.
He earns $33 US. per week.
Rosa, Irma and their mother helps their father take sand out of the river. This helps their father to be able to buy more food.
The costs that the family have for food and rent take up all their money. This is the reason that the children have not been able to go to school , there is no money for their school supplies, shoes etc.
Rosa will be going into first grade this year. She went only for half a year to first grade but the family could not afford the supplies so she dropped out.
Hopefully, if she is sponsored she will be able to go to school. Rosa was very excited that she might be able to go.
Maria and Felipe have lost four children to illnesses. They were not able to afford medical attention.
One child 13yrs old died from what appears to be appendicitis but they could not afford to take the child to the doctor .
The other three died, one at 4yrs old and the other two died as babies, they all had fevers, stomach pain, vomiting and they could not afford medical attention to help them.
They do not have a very good diet, they eat mostly black beans and herbs. When they have nothing to eat the mother buys a packet of chicken stock and makes a soup of that. They often have only tortillas and salt to eat.
The are renting the house that they live in. They pay $60 US per month.
The house is made of mud brick. The roof is tin sheeting, the floor is cement.
They have only one room that they all sleep in.
They have one small kitchen.
They do not have beds. They have one mattress that they all sleep on the floor.
They do not have a closet. They keep their clothes in flour sacks.
They use the landlords pila to wash their clothes.
They cook over an open fire, they do not have a stove.
They do not have an Onil stove.
They do not have a water filter.
They have water connected.
They have electricity connected and pay $13 US per month.
They do not have a radio or TV.
They do not have chickens.
They have one small table and four chairs.
When we asked this family what they needed they said, they needed another small table, more chairs, clothing, shoes, a bed and most importantly food.
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #462 Glendy who is 4 years old.
$ SPONSORED by The Hilker Family, Thanks!
Glendy is 4yrs old. She will be in kindergarten in Jan. 2008.
She lives in San Jorje la Laguna.
She lives with her grandparents and her sister, Hilda who is 7 years old.
Glendy's father left her mother when she was pregnant. Glendy's mother has gone to live with another man leaving the children with her parents.
Glendy's grandmother, Lucia is 57 years old, her grandfather , Martin is 62 years old.
Neither grandparents are working, they rely on a son in the city who is working as a builder. He sends $80 US a month to support his parents. This is not enough for them to make ends meet. It is not enough just for food, neverthe less for clothing, shoes and school costs.
For the grandparents it is very difficult. They are unable to work and they are unable to cover all the costs.
Glendy's father is different from Hilda's. Glendy's father is in jail for the next three years. So there is no support from any parents for the children.
The live in their own home. It is made of mud brick. The roof is tin, the floor is dirt. They cook over an open fire on the ground. They do not have an onil stove. They do not have a water filter.
They have only one room and one bed. The whole family sleeps in the one bed.
They do have a pila.
They do not have any closets but keep their clothes in a wooden box.
They have water connected and pay $4 .US. per year.
They have electricity connected and pay $8 US per month.
They do not have chickens but would like to be able to keep them so that they can increase their financial situation by selling chickens, they would also like them to be able to have eggs and be able to eat the chickens.
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #461 Kevin Alexander who is 9 years old.
$ SPONSORED by The Prollason Group, Thanks!
Kevin Alexander is 9yrs old. He will be in 4th grade in Jan. 2008.
He was born on 19th May, 1998.
He lives in
Panajachel. He lives with her father, Manuel Santos 35yrs old and her mother, Maria Cristina 36yrs old. He has one brother and one sister.
They are:
Wendy 13yrs old. In Jan. 2008 she will be going into 7th grade.
Yennifer Yanet 7yrs old. She will be in 2nd grade in Jan. 2008.
In 2005 Hurricane Stan hit Guatemala very badly, especially the area
Panabaj, Santiago Atitlan. Maria Cristina lives in Panajachel but
her whole family lived in Panabaj and they were all lost in the mud slides .
Maria Cristina has suffered badly from depression since this happened and the family has had to spend a lot of money trying to get her help from various doctors.
Manuel works as a builder. He does not have stable work. When he is working he earns $27 US a week.
His father has given them a small piece of land and they have built one room and a small kitchen . It is built with mud brick. They have a small bathroom.
They have two beds.
they have a closet.
They do not have an Onil stove.
They cook over a wood burning stove.
They do not have a water filter.
They pay $16 US a month for electricity.
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #460 Yenifer Yanet who is 7 years old.
$ SPONSORED by The Prollason Group, Thanks!
Yenifer is 7yrs old. She was born on 25th March, 2000. She lives in Panajachel. She lives with her father, Manuel Santos 35yrs old and her mother, Maria Cristina 36yrs old. She has one brother and one sister.
They are:
Wendy 13yrs old. In Jan. 2008 she will be going into 7th grade.
Kevin 9yrs old. In Jan. 2008 he will be in 4th grade.
In 2005 Hurricane Stan hit Guatemala very badly, especially the area
Panabaj, Santiago Atitlan. Maria Cristina lives in Panajachel but
her whole family lived in Panabaj and they were all lost in the mud slides .
Maria Cristina has suffered badly from depression since this happened and the family has had to spend a lot of money trying to get her help from various doctors.
Manuel works as a builder. He does not have stable work. When he is working he earns $27 US a week.
His father has given them a small piece of land and they have built one room and a small kitchen . It is built with mud brick. They have a small bathroom.
They have two beds.
they have a closet.
They do not have an Onil stove.
They cook over a wood burning stove.
They do not have a water filter.
They pay $16 US a month for electricity.
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #459
Abram Jacob who is 8 years old.
$ SPONSORED by the Sebastian Family, Thanks!
Abram is 8yrs old. He was born on 18th May, 1999. He will be going into third grade in Jan. 2008.
He lives in Panajachel with his father, Carlos Abram, 33yrs old and his mother, Miriam , 28yrs old.
He has two brothers.
Carlos 11yrs old. He will be in 5th grade in Jan. 2008 Aaron 2yrs old.
This family was devastated by Hurricane Stan that devastated Panajachel in 2005.
They lost their home and all their possessions.
They have since received a tiny piece of land from a family member.
They have built two rooms . The bottom room is built of duralite and
they put a room above which is made of tin sheeting. In this room ,
they eat and sleep . In the room below Miriam opened a small tortilla business to try and help out the family. She was doing well with it till a larger tortilla business opened in front of her and she has now lost most of her business.
Carlos works as a taxi driver. He earns between $3 and $6 a day. He earns by commission. He has to first earn the amount of $12 and what is left over is his.Some days he does not make his quota so he does not receive anything.
This year the family could not afford to register both their children for school.
They have one bed and one mattress to sleep on.
They have one old closet.
They do not have a water filter.
They do not have an onil stove.
They keep all their clothes in cardboard box.
They do not have anywhere to keep their dishes.
They do not have a table.
PLEASE SPONSOR STUDENT #458
Carlos Alfredo who is 11 years old.
$ SPONSORED in Honor of Joshua, by Sam, Thanks!
Carlos is 11yrs old. He will be in 5th grade in January, 2008. He was born on Dec. 18th, 1996. He lives in Panajachel with his father, Carlos Abram, 33yrs old and his mother, Miriam , 28yrs old.
He has two brothers.
Abram 8yrs old. He will be in 3rd grade in Jan. 2008.
Aaron 2yrs old.
This family was devastated by Hurricane Stan that devastated Panajachel in 2005.
They lost their home and all their possessions.
They have since received a tiny piece of land from a family member.
They have built two rooms . The bottom room is built of duralite and
they put a room above which is made of tin sheeting. In this room ,
they eat and sleep . In the room below Miriam opened a small tortilla business to try and help out the family. She was doing well with it till a larger tortilla business opened in front of her and she has now lost most of her business.
Carlos works as a taxi driver. He earns between $3 and $6 a day. He earns by commission. He has to first earn the amount of $12 and what is left over is his. Some days he does not make his quota so he does not receive anything.
This year the family could not afford to register b