This delightful little girl's parents separated when she was very young and just 'disappeared'. She has been taken care of by her grandmother since she was two years old. She lives with the family - 6 in the household: grandmother, great grandmother (blind and handicapped), aunt, uncle, and cousin (scholarship student Mintra).
The aunt has a full time job in a diamond cutting factory earning 5,000 B per month.
Grandma works in the construction industry (an average of 3 days a week when there is work available) earning around 3,000 B per month.
The uncle works intermittently (motorcycle taxi/construction site) but if he gets any money it tends to go in drink.
It seems they can barely manage, but ask only help with the education for the children, so I assume there a little extra income sometimes (overtime perhaps, or more work in good weather for the grandma
100 Years From Today
It will not matter how big your bank account was, the sort of house you lived in, or the kind of car you drove. But the world may be a little better because your help touched the life of one child.
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