Translated by Bing and draft corrected.
El Caribe ? Familia muy pobre comparte medio colch?n entre ocho
Very poor family shares half a mattress among eight
06/18/2012 12: 00 AM - Amber Mena
A family of eight, consisting of the mother and seven children, share the adventure of discovering what to eat each day and a single mattress for the night.
Dilenia Rodriguez is only 29 years old, single mother of seven children, of whom three require health service, but she does not have the ability to take them to the hospital.
Precarity is extreme, to the point that Angelica Maria, 11 years old; Dileysi, 8; King David, 7; Luis David, 3; Diana, a year, and twins, Dariel and Dariana, of six months, have to share a medium mattress placed above four blocks, because there is no other bed to sleep on. The mother sleeps on the floor.
They live in a house of wood and partly of zinc, with no (concrete) floor and without power. The house is comprised of a single room. Nor they have potable water service and the house does not have even a bathroom.
Maria Angela Rodriguez, grandmother of children, expressed sadness that they are always looking for somebody passing by to ask them to give them some food. She added that the children have no clothes nor do they get the nutrients needed to grow.
Maria Angelica, the eldest of the girls is 11 years old but only seems to be 8. Almost reaching puberty yet her body has not developed properly yet, while Diana, one year old, was sick with flu and fever, but went barefoot. All live off charity from neighbors who come to them with some food.
King David, one of the children is also known as "The flea", already well known in the neighborhood, because he goes out to beg in order to buy some bread.
It is an action that he mimic from his mother, who also goes by the local Church to beg for money to buy some food. Her two elder children do not study because there is no money to buy school supplies.
Margarita Dom?nguez is one of the few persons that comes to visit this family to bring some clothes and food when you can. She talks about the face of happiness that she seen on the children when she gives them to eat.
Grandmother of the children appeals to solidarity
The malnutrition of children is marked on the skin and hair. The twins six months old had no milk yesterday or any diapers. In addition they were congested by the flu virus.
Grandmother Maria Angela, already old and with difficulties in the leg, said that she cannot stand watching grandchildren suffer from hunger and precariousness. She regrets she cannot help in any way because she also lives in poverty and does not have anything to give (the children). Faced with this reality, she cries for help to the authorities. In this case all the fundamental rights of children, such as food, health and education, among others are denied.
El Caribe ? Familia muy pobre comparte medio colch?n entre ocho
Very poor family shares half a mattress among eight
06/18/2012 12: 00 AM - Amber Mena
A family of eight, consisting of the mother and seven children, share the adventure of discovering what to eat each day and a single mattress for the night.
Dilenia Rodriguez is only 29 years old, single mother of seven children, of whom three require health service, but she does not have the ability to take them to the hospital.
Precarity is extreme, to the point that Angelica Maria, 11 years old; Dileysi, 8; King David, 7; Luis David, 3; Diana, a year, and twins, Dariel and Dariana, of six months, have to share a medium mattress placed above four blocks, because there is no other bed to sleep on. The mother sleeps on the floor.
They live in a house of wood and partly of zinc, with no (concrete) floor and without power. The house is comprised of a single room. Nor they have potable water service and the house does not have even a bathroom.
Maria Angela Rodriguez, grandmother of children, expressed sadness that they are always looking for somebody passing by to ask them to give them some food. She added that the children have no clothes nor do they get the nutrients needed to grow.
Maria Angelica, the eldest of the girls is 11 years old but only seems to be 8. Almost reaching puberty yet her body has not developed properly yet, while Diana, one year old, was sick with flu and fever, but went barefoot. All live off charity from neighbors who come to them with some food.
King David, one of the children is also known as "The flea", already well known in the neighborhood, because he goes out to beg in order to buy some bread.
It is an action that he mimic from his mother, who also goes by the local Church to beg for money to buy some food. Her two elder children do not study because there is no money to buy school supplies.
Margarita Dom?nguez is one of the few persons that comes to visit this family to bring some clothes and food when you can. She talks about the face of happiness that she seen on the children when she gives them to eat.
Grandmother of the children appeals to solidarity
The malnutrition of children is marked on the skin and hair. The twins six months old had no milk yesterday or any diapers. In addition they were congested by the flu virus.
Grandmother Maria Angela, already old and with difficulties in the leg, said that she cannot stand watching grandchildren suffer from hunger and precariousness. She regrets she cannot help in any way because she also lives in poverty and does not have anything to give (the children). Faced with this reality, she cries for help to the authorities. In this case all the fundamental rights of children, such as food, health and education, among others are denied.