The parents of these children are separated, so they live with their grandparents. Grandfather is handicapped and cannot work and grandmother has rheumatoid arthritis and is unable to walk.
They live in abject poverty in a small, airless concrete room with corrugated metal roofing and door. They sleep on a raised wooden platform covered with linoleum, with mosquito nets. Father sends 2,000B – 3,000 B per month, as he is able. The girls are sometimes given leftover food from school – if there is any.
These photo's from last week’s shopping trip kindly provided by the girls’ sponsor. We don't think we’ve ever been more thrilled to be able to facilitate such a treat for anyone - we don't think the girls could quite believe it was happening to them. They've never had anyone who cared before, and according to Suky it was a wonderful to see their reactions. Tesco Lotus became Fairyland. Certainly, looking at the photographs, they couldn't stop smiling!
First they chose to have lunch in the Food Court (which was surprisingly empty) and then they went into the store to choose some clothes and shoes, pretty sheets and pillow cases, umbrellas (one pink and one lilac) and then some very feminine 'wardrobes', which will brighten up their home considerably.
We hope the sponsors will be happy (we surely are, and you don't have to ask the girls)
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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