Vanessa Lizeth Ponce Roman is one of my favorite people to write about. In fact, she could be the poster-child for the program. Vanessa is a 15-year-old orphan. She lives with her 86-year-old grandmother, Maria, in a small cement room near the Limonal church building. The back wall of their small apartment was falling into the ravine behind their house until a group came in ‘06 and repaired it along with their bathroom.
Maria and Vanessa clean the church building every week. Vanessa is always willing to work, but as the sole caregiver of her grandmother, it is difficult for her to be outside the home for very long. The two live on literally pennies a day. She has attended the sewing class at Little Hands Big Hearts in hopes that sewing may provide a supplemental income someday.
Vanessa is currently in the US equivalent of 7th grade. She graduated elementary school with a 98% GPA. She hopes to go to college someday and I hope that together we are able to help her achieve that goal.
Maria and Vanessa clean the church building every week. Vanessa is always willing to work, but as the sole caregiver of her grandmother, it is difficult for her to be outside the home for very long. The two live on literally pennies a day. She has attended the sewing class at Little Hands Big Hearts in hopes that sewing may provide a supplemental income someday.
Vanessa is currently in the US equivalent of 7th grade. She graduated elementary school with a 98% GPA. She hopes to go to college someday and I hope that together we are able to help her achieve that goal.
(This is the best picture I have of her right now. I will take and new one while I'm there and post it when I return.)
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