MOTHERS WHO TELL THEIR STORIES FROM THE MOST NEEDY COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD - ACTUALITY

Mothers around the world: Oxfam tells us stories of mothers from countries most in need

Nepal. Rama, 23, with her 45-day-old son Hari

Both survived the April 25 earthquake that hit Nepal, causing more than 7,000 deaths. They now live in a tent in the camp set up for displaced people in Tundikhel in Kathmandu, where Oxfam has installed latrines and a water tank that has a capacity of 11,000 liters.

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Kenya. Pamela with her daughter Ekitela

“What makes me happiest is being able to have the cattle: now I have a liter of milk a day for my little girl. Looking at my children, you can see that they are much better off and I no longer dress in tattered clothes, like when I met Oxfam ”.

Nepal. Sabina with her daughter Sejal

Sabina and her one-and-a-half-year-old daughter Sejal have breakfast at their home in the village of Dola. "My husband and I have been together since we were teenagers. Now I only see him once a year, he hasn't even seen the baby born. He works as a servant for a wealthy Indian family. If we could have had better harvests, he shouldn't have left. Sabina hopes that Dola's irrigation tank, built thanks to Oxfam, will increase yields so that she can have enough income and her husband will return.

Jordan. Limar

Limar is the first daughter of Liqaa and Bassel, Syrian refugees in the Zaatari refugee camp.
“The day my daughter was born was beautiful. But I missed my family a lot and I cried, but going home is not possible. I wanted to have her born in Syria, but it was too dangerous. Before his birth, life in the camp weighed less on me. Now I realize how difficult it is to raise a child here: the day is too hot, the night is too cold and it is difficult to find the medicines you need. I hope that the international community will help the Syrian people to find a political solution to the crisis that will allow us to return to live our life in our country. "
Inside the Zaatari camp, Oxfam helps provide water services and drinking water to refugee families. Together with other NGOs, Oxfam has launched a petition to ask world leaders to find a solution to the Syrian crisis as soon as possible.

Chad. Adoaga

Adoaga with two of her 8 children. Adoaga lives in the Guéra region; she is a widow and also takes care of three of her grandchildren. It received food from Oxfam in response to the drought that hit the region. “All my worries have now disappeared: I feel much calmer and I can sleep more easily. If I could eat this more often, I would be stronger. In fact, today I feel good ”.

Guatemala. Marina

Marina is 23, and she is so thin that when she smiles big furrows appear on her cheeks. She has two daughters, 6-year-old Yeimi and 2-year-old Jessica, who has an enlarged stomach due to chronic malnutrition and is the size of a one-year-old European girl. Her third child was stillborn, due to malnutrition during pregnancy. Despite living in a fertile area, most of the men work in agri-food export plantations and earn very low wages.

Vietnam. Nguyen Thi Hoa with her one-year-old daughter Vo Phuong Thuy

After floods destroyed her home and rice crop, her family got into debt and her husband was forced to look for work as a laborer in Hanoi. "I have to hope that my husband earns enough, but I am very sorry that he has to work far away and that we will not see each other for a long time."
Oxfam works to combat the effects of climate change by helping educate people so they are better prepared for floods and storms.

Democratic Republic of Congo. Mahawe

Mahawe, eight months pregnant and already the mother of a two-year-old child, collects water from the river to bring it to a purification point installed by Oxfam, where it will be treated with chlorine to make it safe to drink. "Every day I take 4 tanks of water, which I use to drink and wash the baby and clothes. It is hard work for those who are pregnant, and I am very tired. Fortunately, now I am not afraid of cholera, which could kill me and my baby ”.

Peru. Virginia and her daughter Elian with their little lambs

Virginia participated in the Oxfam program to help shepherds and farmers in the mountain region of Espinar, who live at altitudes of almost 4,000 meters, to cope with the threats caused by climate change. Virginia attended courses on cultivation and irrigation techniques, as well as training on the analysis of weather conditions.

Ghana. Comfort

Comfort rests after giving birth to baby Wednesday (Wednesday) in the labor room of the Achimota clinic in Accra. More and more women are able to have assistance during childbirth, which was unthinkable a few years ago. Unfortunately, however, the qualified staff is still insufficient to meet the demands, especially in rural areas, where there is often only one midwife.

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