Adela’s father died of lung cancer and she is regularly beaten by her alcoholic mother, Ally’s relatives destroyed the family home after his father died leaving him homeless, Hadija is scared that she will be sold for the highest bride price next year, Saidi’s grandmother is too old to care for him, Happyness thinks she is cursed and must live in misery because her mother died in childbirth. (names changed)
It costs £70/$90 per month to provide shelter, meals, education, life skills training and pastoral care for a child.
