
Damaris Isabelle is 6 years old. She loves going to school. While there she enjoys doing her homework, coloring and sleeping. We asked Damaris what makes her happy, she replied, "dolls and stuffed animals."

This is the kitchen the family uses at home.

Damaris with her mother and 3 out of 6 siblings. She is the youngest of 7 children with the oldest being 28. Her father works in the fields and brings home Q35 a day, which is equivalant to $4.60 a day! Her mother collects firewood to sell, washes clothes for others and collects oregano in the fields when it is available. She tells us that she only brings in a few Q per month. This is a family of 8 that lives off of $4.60 per day!

Damaris was very proud of her home and to have us visit, like most children here!

Her mother is unable to read or write and was unsure whether Damaris is 5 or 6, but Damaris assures us that she is 6! She enjoys helping her mother take the clothes to the stream and wash them.
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