Tears washed her dark, sunken eye sockets as she spoke: “ i feel so sad when my children cry at night because they have no food. I know my life will never change. What can I do to solve my problems? I am so worried about the future of my children. I want them to goto school but how can we afford it? I am sick most of the time, but I can;t got to the doctor because each visit costs two pesos [28 cents] and medicine is extra. What else can I do?” She broke down into quiet sobbing.
~ Stan Mooneyham (Mooneyham, Hungry World, pp. 38-39)
The father makes 70 cents on a good day as an ICE vendor, She will stay up all night to make coconut candy to sell, which will make her 40 cents for her toil.
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