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I used to struggle to get something to eat but now I am not. I went to school with no money in my pocket or a snack for lunch. I went to a school where I could not afford to go, because it was very far from my home. I couldn’t afford it, why because I was swimming in the middle of poorness.
I lost my mother when I was 5 years old, I don't know where my father is because I never saw him in my life. When I lost my mother, from then I lost my potential and hope in life. I had to take to the streets to fend for food to eat and many days did not go to school because my school clothes were dirty and sweaty from sleeping in them. All I did was to swim in poverty and poorness.
If it wasn’t for the Haynes Foundation who took me from hell and took me in with tenderness, even now I would have been swimming in the crazy poverty swimming pool. I want to send a million thanks the Haynes Foundation for helping us especially Mrs. Stacy. Because of you I wore brand new clothes for the first time; they really smell good and opened brand new toys on Christmas day. I have clean school clothes, a book bag and plenty of food to eat.
Now I feel like a person again, but I’m not rushing things, I’m taking them slowly. I now have a chance at being all that I can be. And when I succeed you will see the changes. I will never let my children suffer the same I did in life!
Anna, 10 years - Guyana.