Christmas where we live is a time of hope, joy, and giving. But in the devastated slums of North Africa, where we met Ehlas and her 6 children, it’s just another day to survive.
Explore the North Africa outreach with Janet Breen:“I find it very hard to envision what these children endured on their trek from their homes in the mountains of Sudan before arriving to a safe place.”
Meet Haneya - she works in a handicraft workshop in the garbage dump in North Africa. Here, women receive training for three months and are then are given work space to make products. For Haneya, a widow, it means a better life for her and her children.
My favourite moment of the day came after the lesson when I walked one of the girls, Grace, home. We entered her family’s small apartment and without saying a word, she went straight into the bathroom and loaded her toothbrush with toothpaste to clean her teeth.