Gabriel

Gabriel

I came from a poor family. My parents separated when I was still young. We had a stepfather but my mother broke up with him because of his bad attitude. As of the moment, we have a second step-father and we are blessed because he is a good man. I have seven (7)...
Kenneth

Kenneth

I was often absent in our class and couldn’t study well because of a lack of food. Sometimes we only ate twice a day. Also, I had to walk one kilometer to reach our school. My father died when I was three (3) years old. My mother is taking care of our small cornfield....
Ramjee

Ramjee

Our place is far from the sea and the mountains. It has a lot of sugarcane plantations. We are just near the city but it is also not safe. Last 2019, a lot of crimes happened in our place. The kidnapping of children up to 15 years old is also rampant. That is the...
Sr. Leizel

Sr. Leizel

I am Sr. Leizel Omamalin. I am currently serving as a Mother Sister to the children of the Sisters of Mary World Villages for Children School Boystown, in Minglanilla in the Philippines, where we care for and educate 1,900 young boys. I was born and raised in the...

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