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- 250 children and 1,000 adults rummage through the trash dump of Tegucigalpa every day, searching for something to sell or eat.
- Sergie, 12, is one of those children: “I wish I had another choice.”
- Dump trucks sometime crush the children and landslides of trash suffocate others to death.
- The people work for 10 hours a day to collect bottles, and then cash them in for $2.
- Child prostitution and drug abuse is rampant.
- Abortions are routinely performed and dismembered bodies are found among the refuse.
- 20,000 children live on the streets throughout Honduras.
- 42 new children become homeless every month.
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Thirty-year-old Widow Gets Home Makeover
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Twenty years ago people squatted in the area that has become Nueva Suyapa—a neighborhood on the hills surrounding Tegucigalpa, the capitol of Honduras. Wendy Sanchez, 30, a widow, moved to the settlement four years ago with her two sons and two daughters. The four of them live in a shack the size of a small bedroom in the States. When she was younger, she dreamed of owning a home. “And it can’t be true now because I’m alone and a single mother,” she said. The beds are separated from the other side of the house by sheets hung by clothespins. Three plastic chairs are stacked, ready for visitors, and rusty pots line a small table. “It’s very difficult. I do whatever I can,” Wendy said. “I wash other people’s clothes by hand. Sometimes I make meals and sell them house to house.”
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Although she cannot read or write, Wendy’s children are all in school, which makes her happy. “I want to see my children become professionals,” she said. “I am thankful for God because this [work from Orphan Outreach and the team] is a blessing. I know God has a plan for me and my children”
Wendy has not always believed in God, however. Three years ago she became a follower of Christ when she began attending a nearby church. “It’s important to know Jesus,” she said, “because before my life was terrible. I had been facing a lot of problems with my family, and I lived with my grandmother. Jesus’ love changed the way of my mind, and I realized I could have a different live knowing Him. He has changed the way I feel and my personality. I used to be angry all the time. Now I go to church and I pray.”
Seeing what Orphan Outreach is doing for the residents of Nueva Suyapa has increased her hope. “It’s a blessing from God,” she said. “I am very thankful for all of you.”
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