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Gema Gonzalez is 5
Gema was born on Christmas day and is 5 years old. Her mother worked in the dump as a child until she was 18. In 2003 A Heart to Love Ministry reached out to Gema’s mother at the dump. She was pregnant with Gema and ill and sleeping on the floor on cardboard. Both Gema and her mom have been enjoying support with the group at Cascabel. |
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Amalia Varga is 6
She never knew her father and her mom struggled with mental problems working in the garbage dump for 12 hours a day. When she was found she had been sleeping on the floor of a humble house without a blanket with little clothes and was quite ill. She is part of the project in Cascabel.
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Rolando is 11
He arrived at the garbage dump when he was five looking for scraps of food. He ended up recycling aluminum for money to eat as his mother washed and ironed for people. He was found without clothing and undernourished during the 2003 outreach and is now a part of the group in Cascabel along with his 2 other brothers. |
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Erick Estrada is 8
Erick was abandoned when he was a year old. His grandparents took him in but worked at the garbage dump from 6 am to 6pm along with Erick. At their humble house Erick slept on the floor on cardboard. In 2003, when Erick was 4, a Heart to Love Ministry came to the dump and began to help him with food, clothing, shoes, medicine and school supplies and continues to do so as he is part of the family of Cascabel.
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Osiris and Osiel are 8 year old twins.
Their mother arrived at the garbage dump in 2001 to scavenge for metals and plastics to feed her kids. With an absent father these kids were sleeping in rice sacks on cardboard in a house without electricity or a bathroom with deteriorating health. In 2003 they were helped and are now part of the group in Cascabel.
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Was not at the garbage dump but was abandoned when he was 8 years old. He was found living in a plastic shelter on a small lot. William was eating one rice meal a day and slept on a piece of plastic on the floor. In 2006 he met pastor Carlos who reached out to him and William joined the group at Cascabel, studding in school and learning about God.
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Dario Ovando is 17 years old and is one of the artists.
He grew up in the streets without his mother or father's care. He worked at the Somoto garbage dump for $30.00 a month collecting junk for a company. He spent that money with his street friends. In 2004 Dario was invited to a church meeting with other kids form the dump. He got plugged into Bible studies and gave his heart to the Lord and lives full time in the block shed in Cascabel. |
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Gelin is 13.
He was brought to the garbage dump at age 4 to help his mother and father collect recyclable items. He spent most of his life there and there were nights that he slept on pieces of cardboard at the dump. His parents rented a small place that had no water or bathroom or beds. Gelin grew up without needed clothing or shoes.
When Gelin was found by A Heart To Love Ministry he was 7 years old and sick with anemia and parasites and not going to school. He is now with us in Cascabel and getting an education. His dad battled alcoholism for a long time and took his life last November by hanging. Today his mother irons and washes clothes. Gelin is one of the artists. |
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Jorge Luis is 15.
His father looked for glass, metals and plastic at the Somoto garbage dump from 1992- 2006. He joined his father and was unable to get an education. In 2003 He was found by Pastor Carlos at the dump and was given food and clothing and school supplies. He left the dump when he was 8 and began going to school for the first time. He now lives full time at the home in Cascabel and has not returned to the dump. |
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Franklin Mejia is 18 years old and is one of the artists.
His mother left him when he was 3 and his father succumbed to alcoholism and died last November. Franklin spent 4 years helping his father at the dump collecting aluminum, iron and bottles so they could eat. Sleeping on cardboard on the ground without proper clothing or blankets until he was found in 2003 by Pastor Carlos and his helper Walter Sanchez. Franklin lives full time at A Heart To Love Children's Ministry where we are building them a home. |
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