Rahana is still a little girl and constantly demands attention and love, yet she is cheerful, active, happy, and inquisitive.
The child’s father constantly argued with her mother, often hitting her, even in front of the children. Her sister, who is 14, was forced to drop out of school and go to work because her father drank away all the money he earned and did not give her mother anything for food or clothing for the children. Several times, her father even tried to kill her mother, once throwing acid on her face, and she spent a long time in the hospital afterward. The last time her father attacked her mother with a knife, she ran away from him. Now the police are looking for her father and no one knows where he is.
Her mother asked us to take Rahana to our shelter because she cannot support a child and fears for her safety. Our monthly expenses per child are: $42 – food $21 – electricity and water (electricity is very expensive here) $31 – public school fees for the children in our orphanage, as well as school supplies: backpacks, pens, notebooks, etc. $4 – on average for hospital expenses and medications.
Adding up all the expenses, we spend approximately $100 per child per month. Thank you for supporting our orphanage in Cambodia!
Ministry in Cambodia – Evgeny Evva