Sophia is twelve years old, and has not gone to school for one year. There is no medical help when she and her family are sick. Her father has disappeared, and her mother is sick and can’t work. The family of five people stays in one tiny, shabby room. Sponsorship level: $12 per month.
Falant is a restavek (an indentured servant or child slave). He washes dishes, scrubs floors, and gets water. His mother would like him back, but her husband died recently, she doesn’t work, and couldn’t afford to feed him. Sponsorship level: $12 per month.
Gertrude lives in a slum perched on the side of a mountain in Port- au- Prince, Haiti. She is the mother of six children, who are not going to school. Her family shares one can of rice per day for eight people, sometimes with no vegetables. Sometimes they go all day without eating. Sponsorship level: $24 per month.
Gabriel is eleven years old, and a restavek (indentured servant or child slave). His mother had no way to take care of him, so she gave him to another family. He eats white rice, one time per day, and has festering sores on his limbs. Sponsorship level: $12 per month.
Cola is ten years old, and is not going to school, but she would love to return. She eats just one meal a day, but sometimes they have nothing at all, and then she just stays in bed. She sleeps on the dirt floor since there is no bed. Cola is also sick, but there is no money for her to see a doctor. Sponsorship level: $12 per month.
O’Dette is a single mother of ten children. She farms to provide food for her family, but it’s not enough. Often they eat only rice, and frequently the family does not eat at all during the day. At the moment they don’t have money for seeds, and their house is falling down. Sponsorship level: $24 per month.
Louis lives in one of the poorest slums in Haiti. She has four children, two of whom are living as indentured servants with other families. She is sick, her children don’t go to school, and they often don’t eat during whole days. Sponsorship level: $24 per month.
Melissa is a six year old girl living in one of the poorest slums in the Western Hemisphere. She does not go to school. Her family can’t afford more than one meal a day for her, just rice and peas. Sponsorship level: $12 per month.
Guerline is a single mother of two children. They and the family they are staying with share one can of rice, once a day. She does not work, but would like to start a small business and go to school. Sponsorship level: $24 per month.
Munette is a lively and fiery mother of four children, none of whom are going to school. Her home was recently burned down, and the stock of supplies for her small business were destroyed. Her family eats one or two meals a day, but it is just rice (there are no vegetables or meat to put in it). Sponsorship level: $24 per month
