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By Nicole Grouman
Mauricia has a very tired look in her brown eyes 57 year old eyes. She used to be a seamstress and also ventured into catering but currently is unemployed. She has two daughters; the youngest one has Down syndrome. Her house is very precarious, has water filtrations and walls that are in very bad conditions. As you walk through the entrance and into her home you inevitably feel a sense of sorrow that is reflected even deeper in her expression.
I have two daughters. Celeste is 23 and she studies medicine. Camila is 14 years old and has Down syndrome which means she requires a lot of attention. She has to attend a special school and already had three heart surgeries. I’m mainly devoted to her, Celeste is more independent and lives with her husband, she points out.
A few months ago, I prepared and sold meals for factory workers. When I started my project it functioned well. Unfortunately, due to the increases in the prices, I couldn’t continue with it. I worked with factory workers and I couldn’t increase the prices of the meals which was my main problem. Currently, I’m not working, but if the costs of the groceries stabilize in March I will start over.
I like cooking and I think Camila will benefit from my work because she can learn how to cook and in the future she can use this skill for herself. I wish to renovate the house, especially because I think hygiene and presentation is fundamental when you work with food, she explains as we sit in her kitchen table which is also her family room.
She contacted Acceder through AMIA, the foundation that represents Jewish centres in Argentina. The social worker there recommended her to call them. I’m very happy with AMIA, they are very kind to me and pay attention to my concerns. Even though I’m Christian, I celebrate with Camilla her religion, her father was Jewish.
When she was born in 1993, he got scared and left. I can’t speak badly about him. I adore him and miss him. If God gave me the opportunity to see him, I would ask him why he was so frightened. He missed the chance to get to know how precious his daughter really is. I heard from his family he died in Israel. My life since he left us has been very difficult and sad. I’ve been struggling to raise two daughters on my own
My guarantors were a friend of mine and my son in law. I received two loans from Acceder, one month after I applied. They amounted to two thousand dollars and with that money I bought a freezer and a car to take Camila to school, buy groceries and get around. I also purchased a microwave and motorcycle to deliver the meals.
The loan helped me a lot, especially because I was able to buy the car to take Camila to the places she needs to go, like her school and to her medical treatment. She has a strong fear of abandonment, so she can’t be left alone for more than 15 minutes.
I wish to finish paying off the loan soon. I just have two more instalments left to pay. What I need to get is another credit of a much higher sum. I want to use that money to fix the house and renovate the kitchen so I have an adequate cooking space. There is a lot of humidity in this house, because of this Camila and I got pneumonia. The doctor told me that I should fix this problem as soon as possible.
Presently, I’m not employed and only receive a 200 pesos monthly pension. With that we try to survive. My older daughter also helps me. I would like to tell the people that are going through a difficult situation like I am, to be patient, keep the faith and that not everything in life is bad. There comes a time when things clear up, she says as she shows me a picture of Camila smiling.
Mauricia has a very tired look in her brown eyes 57 year old eyes. She used to be a seamstress and also ventured into catering but currently is unemployed. She has two daughters; the youngest one has Down syndrome. Her house is very precarious, has water filtrations and walls that are in very bad conditions. As you walk through the entrance and into her home you inevitably feel a sense of sorrow that is reflected even deeper in her expression.
I have two daughters. Celeste is 23 and she studies medicine. Camila is 14 years old and has Down syndrome which means she requires a lot of attention. She has to attend a special school and already had three heart surgeries. I’m mainly devoted to her, Celeste is more independent and lives with her husband, she points out.
A few months ago, I prepared and sold meals for factory workers. When I started my project it functioned well. Unfortunately, due to the increases in the prices, I couldn’t continue with it. I worked with factory workers and I couldn’t increase the prices of the meals which was my main problem. Currently, I’m not working, but if the costs of the groceries stabilize in March I will start over.
I like cooking and I think Camila will benefit from my work because she can learn how to cook and in the future she can use this skill for herself. I wish to renovate the house, especially because I think hygiene and presentation is fundamental when you work with food, she explains as we sit in her kitchen table which is also her family room.
She contacted Acceder through AMIA, the foundation that represents Jewish centres in Argentina. The social worker there recommended her to call them. I’m very happy with AMIA, they are very kind to me and pay attention to my concerns. Even though I’m Christian, I celebrate with Camilla her religion, her father was Jewish.
When she was born in 1993, he got scared and left. I can’t speak badly about him. I adore him and miss him. If God gave me the opportunity to see him, I would ask him why he was so frightened. He missed the chance to get to know how precious his daughter really is. I heard from his family he died in Israel. My life since he left us has been very difficult and sad. I’ve been struggling to raise two daughters on my own
My guarantors were a friend of mine and my son in law. I received two loans from Acceder, one month after I applied. They amounted to two thousand dollars and with that money I bought a freezer and a car to take Camila to school, buy groceries and get around. I also purchased a microwave and motorcycle to deliver the meals.
The loan helped me a lot, especially because I was able to buy the car to take Camila to the places she needs to go, like her school and to her medical treatment. She has a strong fear of abandonment, so she can’t be left alone for more than 15 minutes.
I wish to finish paying off the loan soon. I just have two more instalments left to pay. What I need to get is another credit of a much higher sum. I want to use that money to fix the house and renovate the kitchen so I have an adequate cooking space. There is a lot of humidity in this house, because of this Camila and I got pneumonia. The doctor told me that I should fix this problem as soon as possible.
Presently, I’m not employed and only receive a 200 pesos monthly pension. With that we try to survive. My older daughter also helps me. I would like to tell the people that are going through a difficult situation like I am, to be patient, keep the faith and that not everything in life is bad. There comes a time when things clear up, she says as she shows me a picture of Camila smiling.
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