Update May 5th 2011
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| Maria receiving her new mattress and blanket |
Thanks so much to kind donors Maria now has a brand new mattress and a nice thick woolen blanket to keep her warm. Thank you to those who made this possible!
Original Post
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| Maria in the doorway of her room. |
Maria Luisa Coraxon is 89 years old and is entirely alone. She has no children to take care of her or provide any form of support. Because of the lack of family support the only food that Maria is able to eat is the lunch provided by Mayan families. She told us that
she saves the tortillas from lunch and brings them home so that there is something to eat in the evenings for dinner. Maria rents a room for just 10 Q a month--essentially nothing--because the landlord knows that she has nowhere else to go. Her tiny home consists of one room, and she has no electricity, no running water, no stove, and no water filter. The walls of her room are covered in a thick black soot from the open fire that is burning inside.
Maria suffers from chronic back pain, which is not helped by the fact that she sleeps on a wooden bed with no mattress. Her aches can be alleviated with simple over the counter painkillers, but she cannot afford to buy them.
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