Geovana

Geovana

I’m Geovana. I’m 14 years old, from Maranhão. I have one brother with different father. My brother’s age now is 10 years old. He is studying grade 4 elementary in a public school. The father of my brother is a police officer. He lived together with...
Ryana

Ryana

My name is Ryana, I am 12 years old. I came from a very poor family. My parents separated when I was still small. My father has another family and is living as a farmer. I have two more siblings. My mother has no permanent job because she did not finish her studies...
Kamily

Kamily

My name is Kamilly, I am 13 years old. I have two siblings. My family is very poor. We do not have our own house. My parents separated and my mother has to work as a saleslady. I used to wake up early to my mother set everything for the day. I do all the housework...
Jayne

Jayne

My name is Jayne, I am 13 years old. I came from the  state of Pará. When my parent separated five years ago, I lived with my father in a  small lot in the farm. Life is very difficult that we could hardly eat a meal a day. Many  times, we had to borrow some penny to...
Herika

Herika

Hello! My name is Herika, I am 13 years old. When I was born my mother, didn´t have the condition to rear me because my father left her. My grandparents have taken care of me since birth. They also have a poor living condition. My grandfather is a fisherman and my...

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