Sebastian is a special little boy. His smile can light up the room, and I will always remember how excited he was to get a new pair of underwear! It is clear his mother cares for him...she has a "caring, calmness" about her that you could "feel." HIs mother is trying her best to work, and I think it is special that she is a teacher (when she can find work...).
Sebastian
is 5 yrs old. His birthdate is August 18, 2007.
Sebastian
lives with his mother, Carmen (dob. June 25th, 1980) in San Andres.
Sebastian attends the Mayan Families/Mission Guatemala Pre-school in San
Andres.
The
father left before Sebastian was born. He does not support Sebastian nor does
he visit him.
Sebastian
has one sister, Esmeralda , 6yrs old. dob. May 23, 2005.
She is
in kindergarten in 2011.
The
mother is a teacher and gives classes to teach reading and writing to
adults.
She
earns $50 US per week.
The
work she has is only for short term contracts... she gets 3 months period at a
time. When the contract finishes she works washing clothes by hand in private
houses.
They
own the house they live in, they are still paying it off to the bank.
Carmen pays $64 US per month for the loan...she has two more years to pay it
off.
It has
three rooms and a kitchen. It is made of cement block.
The
roof is tin.
The
floor is cement.
They
have a wood burning stove.
They do
not have a water filter.
They do
not have a pila...a 2 sided sink. To wash her clothes, she takes them to her
mother’s house and uses the pila there.
They
have electricity connected and pay $8 US per month.
They do
not have water connected. Carmen has to carry water from her mother’s house.
They
have four chairs and two small tables.
They
have one closet and one bed with a mattress that they all share.
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