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| From Philippines 2009 Photo Album |
A mother of six was interviewed by one of the Sleeping Children team and it was very informative. She was asked what a typical day for her would be like.
She said that she wakes up early and feeds her children and then in the summer works with her husband all day in the rice fields. She says that they make about two dollars a day and sometimes less if they can't sell their produce. After working all day she returns to her one-room home where she cooks supper over a wood fire for her family. They sleep altogether on a mud floor and because of the danger of malaria and dengue fever she must wrap her family in blankets to keep away the mosquitoes.
She was so thankful that a malaria net was included in the kit because now they all can sleep under the net and the blankets will not be necessary. She said that the heat is unbearable sometimes in their tiny home. She was so thankful that her daughter was receiving a bedkit and because she said she wanted to teach her daughter how to care for the bedkit so she could give it to her daughter!
She told us that her dream for her daughter had come true!
Nancy Loveless
for the Philippines 2009 SCAW Travelling Team
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