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Meet Catherine and Victoria
Catherine, 27, and her 1-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Victoria, are receiving care at Karangare Child Survival Program.
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Q: What do you do for a living?
A: I work on other people's farms. I also grow some crops in my parents' farm. I have also bought some poultry and a goat.
Q: Describe the living conditions in this community.
A: There is a lot of conflict in the families. I am a single woman, and I have been sent away from my matrimonial home. I feel unwanted. Even at home, there is not enough and my family sees me as a burden. It is very hard.
Q: Describe any health problems that you or Victoria have.
A: Victoria had a chest problem. The doctors said that she was not eating enough food. She also had pneumonia. She is doing well now, but the chest problem keeps recurring.
Q: What were your needs before you started going to Compassion's Child Survival Program?
A: Victoria was very sick. I did not know what was troubling her and I could not afford the transport and cost at the hospital.
The Child Survival Program has given us clothes, food and medicine. When problems became too many and I did not know what to do, the Child Survival Program helped me.
Q: What have you learned from Child Survival Program center workers?
A: I have learned how to raise my child, how to clean the child, how to farm, start a business and educate my child.
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