Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Meet Victor...


Victor is 4 years old and has a 7 year old sister and a 1 year old brother. As a single mother of 3, their mother makes and thus they live off of Q300/month. This is the money earned when she does domestic work for others in their village. This would be the equivilent of roughly $45/month.
They live in a house with 2 rooms & 10 people.
Victor has 1 pair of shoes and a minimal amount of clothes. He loves going to school and is probably one of the happiest children I've ever met. He has a constant smile on his face! Victor's favorite song is the song off The Power Rangers, and when he grows up, he says that he wants to be the red power ranger. He has truly shown me the meaning behind, "a little can go a long ways." Could you survive off of $45/month? An even better question, could you raise 3 children off of $45/month?

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