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| Cayetana |
Cayetana is 89 years old. She shares her bed and her one roomed house with one of her daughters, Guadalupe. Another daughter, Maria Anacleta lives next door. Cayetana's husaband died 8 years ago when he got hit my car while walking home one evening. Cayetana is in remarkable health considering her age and the life she has led. Her daughter Maria Anacleta is blind, and therefore relies on Cayetana to lead her whenever she leaves the house, they achieve this by Anacleta holding onto Cayetana's sleeve. Cayetana's other daughter, Guadalupe is also blind, and is furthermore unable to speak or walk. She is now 40 years old and her mother still has to assist her to wash and dress herself. They do not have any furniture other than the bed that Mayan Families donated to them 3 years ago, Cayetana and Guadalupe keep their clothes in a sack on the ground, and Anacleta keeps hers in a cardboard box. They share a kitchen that has a dirt floor and a corrugated iron roof and walls, however the walls and roof have a lot of holes and gaps and during the rainy season (a good 5 or 6 months every year) the floor becomes a quagmire of mud.
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| Guadalupe |
Cayetana, despite her advanced years is the only one of the three women who is able-bodied enough to collect wood to cook with. She has to climb up the steep mountain and then carry back her findings on her head and back.
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| Maria Anacleta |
To support these women in receiving nutritious cooked lunches from the Mayan Families elderly program, and to provide cooking wood bought from the market rather than Cayetana having to fetch it from up the mountain and to provide pain medication and vitamins and a daily hot meal with Mayan Families, we estimate they each require a monthly donation of $67. To provide for Cayetana, please go to the
donate monthly page, scroll down to the other programs box and enter A 60
If you would like to support Guadalupe, please go to the
donate monthly page and enter A 61
To assist Maria Anacleta please go to the
donate monthly page enter A 55
If you would like to make a one-time donation please go to the
donate now page, scroll down to the other box and enter A60, A 61 or A 55.
Thank you so much!
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| Maria Anacleta's bed |
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