Story of Dignity - Jenniffer

In continuing our Stories of Dignity, we will share with you today about Jenniffer. Please see her story below but first learn about this initiative.

The message that our friends in Cayambe share as our vision for the project is “Sembrando con amor la esperanza de una vida digna“ or “Sowing with love the hope for a dignfied life.” Our goal with our ministries is that each person that we minister to has a sense of dignity and even more that they feel valued and respected in who they are and their value to us as a human being. We want each person that we serve to feel respected and loved and for them to know that they have value to us. Our goal is to serve the recipients of our ministries with this end as our focus.

In fitting with this theme, we will be starting a new initiative called Stories of Dignity. The point will be to share about the ministries that are being carried out in Cayambe and the greater Cayambe area over the next two months through story. Normally for us during this part of the year, the donations to the ongoing ministries slow down and so we hope that these stories will inspire you to help us to create even more stories in the future. Our goal is to raise $20,000 over the next two months to support the ongoing work that we are doing in Cayambe. Will you be a part of making more Stories of Dignity? To date, we have received $650 in donations toward this goal.

Jenniffer’s Story, a story of the process of reunification

My daughter and other children are in the Casa Hogar Emanuel. They are there because my mother reported me to the poiice, telling them lies, but there was part of the truth because I did neglect my children. "Maribel" is the oldest, she is very intelligent. I miss her a lot and my other little children as well. it's very hard to get home and not be with them. I feel sad.

 

Now I am listening to what the workers from the Casa Hogar tell me. They come to my house and we talk about how to raise my children. We see the things that need to be changed, in the little where we live and from me too. They have helped me a lot! I have been slow in making changes, but that's what I'm working on so that soon my daughter and my little children can return to the house with me and their father and be happy.

 

I thank you that my daughter and her little brothers are well taken care of. They are healthy and well fed and they go to school.

 

Thank you to the workers of the project for being patient with my children and with me.