Jacky's Story
Jacky found herself alone and without anywhere to go at the age of 12. Until then she had lived with her mother and four siblings and even then things were tough. Her father was hardly ever around and only showed up occasionally. When Jacky was in the seventh grade, her mother worked as a domestic worker. One Saturday morning, while on the way to work with her two youngest children, her mother was attacked and raped by four men. After the attack, she spent over a year in the hospital and not long after that, she died. The day after her mother's death, Jacky turned twelve.
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Jennifer's Story
Poverty, abuse, fighting and frequent moves. These are the things that characterized Jennifer's childhood. The eldest of three children, Jennifer was only nine months old when her mother married her stepfather. Jennifer recalls the family moving often, staying in shacks behind other people's homes. She cannot forget the drinking and fighting between her mother and stepfather.
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Candice's Story of Hope
During the first seven years of Candice's life, she lived with her devout Muslim grandmother. During those years, she often attended muslim activities with her grandmother and there she learned the Muslim prayers. When her mother came and took her to live with her, at the age of seven, everything in Candice's life changed. Her life became miserable.
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Samantha's Story
Samantha grew up in a family with two alcoholic parents and four siblings. She describes her childhood as being "very difficult", saying that she ran away often. The most difficult part for her in her younger years was her fathers drinking and the abuse that he inflicted on her mother, her brother and herself. She remembers feeling very helpless and desperate, sitting in the room, crying and begging, but unable to stop the abuse.
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