Thanks to your support, Marta has been sponsored for the 2018 school year!
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Marta tiene quince años y estudia sexto grado. Su hermana, Dora, está en su misma clase, y su hermano, Ángel, estudia octavo. Es su primer año en el colegio. La hermana de Marta, Lupe, es graduada del colegio. Marta y Dora viven con sus papás y hermanos en un pequeño caserío llamado “El Morrito”, fuera del Agua Caliente. Caminan aproximadamente una hora para llegar a clases en la mañana…y más en la tarde porque van para arriba! La familia es pobre – muchos días, la niñas llegan sin haber desayunado. Ellos tienen un pequeño terreno donde cultivan maíz y frijoles y también tienen gallinas, pero lo que siembran ni a veces alcanza para la familia. |
Marta is fifteen years old and in sixth grade. Marta’s sister, Dora, is also in her class, and their brother, Ángel, is in eighth grade. This is his first year at PNARDS. Her older sister, Lupe, is a PNARDS graduate. Marta and Dora live with their parents and siblings in a tiny hamlet called “El Morrito”, outside Agua Caliente. The girls walk about an hour to get to school in the morning, but it takes them longer in the afternoon to go home because they have to go uphill. Their family is extremely poor – most days the girls come to school without breakfast! They have a small area which they cultivate with yucca, corn, and beans, and they also keep chickens, but the crops they raise are just enough to keep for food for themselves.
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