I sidste uge fik vi besøg af en familie med 2 børn. De sad og græd da de berettede deres nød.
Vi sendte en mand ud til dem, for at se hvordan de bor og vi blev virkelig chokeret. De bor bare rigtig fattigt, men havde gå på mod for at komme videre.
Familien hedder:
Moderen: Eliashea 35 år
Faderen: Elirehema 40 år
Drengen: Israel født den 14.9.2000 og går i 4. klasse
Drengen: Joshua født den 15.2.2004 og går i 1. klasse
Faderen går ud som daglejer.
Moderen har været rengøringsdame på en privat skole, hvor børnene også gik. Pludselig går skolen ned og hun bliver arbejdsløs og børnene har ingen skole at gå i.
Moderen har nu læst et år på et college for at blive børnehavelærer, men måtte stoppe, da hun ikke havde penge dertil. Uddannelsen tager 2 år. Vi har I tro lovet hende at betale det sidste år, som koster 4.000,- kr. Dermed kan hun få hendes uddannelse gjort færdigt og der er håb forude for et arbejde.
Børnene har gået i en anden privat skole, men er sendt hjem fordi de ikke kan betale.
Der er et stort problem med Israel som går i 4. klasse og det er, at han skal op til en stor og afgørende eksamen i år for at kan forsætte i 5. kl. Derfor har vi valgt at sende Israel i skole her og nu også selvom vi ikke har nogen støtte til ham.
Den lille går hjemme og er ikke i skole.
Vi har ingen støtte til nogen af dem, så hvis der findes nogen som ønsker at støtte en af dem, vil vi blive ovenud lykkelige.
For hvert barn koster det 230,- kr. pr. måned at gå i skole.
Hvis du ønsker at hjælpe og vide mere om familien, så send os en mail.
torkild@bol.co.tz
The last part of the distance was a small, red dirt road that twisted among the banana plantations. At the end of the very steep road was the house where they lived. House may be an exaggeration because Johnson and his uncle share a room of 7-8 m2. The room is at the end of a hen house and there is just one building. There is no ceiling in the room next to the hen house. The smell was tough and we thought, “How can they sleep in that stench?”
Johnson has no parents. When he was little his mother died and his father died in November of last year. Johnson is an only child and his uncle is the only relative left.
Besides these challenges, Johnson has a handicap. There was an accident in his home when he was little. The housemaid had put a pot on the fireplace and left it to go outside. Johnson just learned to crawl. He moved himself to the fireplace and crabbed the handle of the pot with both hands. On his left hand his little fingers melted away at the extreme heat and his right hand is very damaged as well.
Although he lost his fingers Johnson is a competent writer and has a beautiful handwriting. He retained his thumb and most of the index finger on his right hand so he can hold a pencil.
Johnson seems to be a nice boy and is a very good student. But after his father died there is no one to pay his tuition. Without school fees he cannot continue classes as the uncle can barely make ends meet. That was very evident when we visited their home.
We have met with Johnson and his uncle again to hear about Johnson’s wishes for the future. In faith we have sent him on to Secondary school. He will be 18 years in July and has two more years before he graduates. If anyone reading this would like to help support his education there is a need for DKK 6,000 per year for this.
