Summary

“Sometimes, we eat once a day. Some other times, we spend the whole day without food. We don’t have a toilet. There are a lot of big rats and big bugs in the house.”
“I am timid. I don’t steal. I love the other children. I love to share with them. I love to play. I respect people.” Laura Lundi

Household

My name is Laura Lundi. I was born on October 27, 2001 in Cite Soleil 10 (a slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti). I am six years old. I have always lived with my family. My mother has 4 children. Only two of them attend school. I have stopped going to school for one year. I was in 1st grade. The name of my last school is Sante Professional de ST-Jean Bosco. I went to school from Monday to Friday. I went in the morning. The name of my sisters and brothers are:
Gaitine Lundi who is 13 years old
Dimitrie Lundi who is 11 years old
I, Laura Lundi who is 6 years old
Pikane Lundi who is 4 years old
My father’s name is Vincent. He is 40 years old. My mother is Joseline Joseph. She is 29 years old. My mother used to sell food. Now she stopped because she went bankrupt. My father doesn’t have money to give her to keep on doing the business.

Living conditions

Job Opportunities
Besides selling food, my mother can do other things to make a living. She used to sell detergent, coals also. My father works at a factory. His income is really low. My father works from Monday to Saturday. He goes to work from 5am to 3pm. The factory is going to be closed, so our situation is going to be worse. We are living in a one room house. I sleep on a little bed with two of my brothers. I feel uncomfortable because the bed is too small. The roof of the house leaks. Whenever it rains my father uses a container to catch the water. It comes through roof. We throw garbage and sewage on a piece of isolated land. We don’t have a toilet. There are a lot of big rats and big bugs in the house. There is electricity in the house. My parents pay $10 Ht [$1.42 US] per month. The house is for my parents.

Education

I went to school. I was still in 1st grade because I didn’t pass. If I can go, I would have to repeat all of my classes this year. I will go in the same grade until I pass to go to a higher level. I don’t know how to read or write yet. But I love school. If I go to school this year I am going to study hard to pass all of my classes.

Food and Nutrition

The Lundi family doesn’t eat regularly. Sometimes, we eat once a day. Some other times, if we don’t find a good neighbor to sell them on credit, we spend the whole day without food. Whenever my mother has money to cook for the family, the food is never enough for us. The salesperson doesn’t want to give the food on credit because we owe too much money.

Health and Medical

I don’t know whether I am sick because, as my parents say, they don’t take me to the hospital often. But they notice that I have a cold. The people in the neighborhood have migraine, fever and cold.

Community information

In this area we don’t have pure water but we take water from a tank nearby. We pay 5 gourdes [13 cents US] for a bucket of water when they give public water. When have take it in private we pay 7 gourdes.

Personal qualities and Dreams

I am timid. I don’t steal. I love the other children. I love to share with them. I love to play. I respect people. I want to thank my sponsor. I would like him or her to send me food, Clothes. I want to tell him or her that I will pray for him or her. I am wise. I love to study my lesson when I was in school. I have a lot of friends in my neighborhood. I am respectful. I am peaceful. I don’t want to make people angry. I am agreeable. I eat much food when I find it. I love to play in the ground with my friends. I love to smile when someone gives a story. That’s the reason I love Jesifra. (Jesifra is Haitian famous artist.)
Dreams
I love school. I want to go to Hospital. I want to become a nurse. I want to know how to sew. I want to be able to make artificial flowers. I want to go to another zone because this one is dangerous. Some people kill other people. They rape girl all the time.

Life Plan

Immediate needs:
Food, health
Development:
Go to school, learn how to sew, learn how to make artificial flowers, Business for Lauras mother.
Dreams:
Leave the zone, become a nurse

Specific programs

The specific plan for the first year of the Partnership is as follows:
Programs for children
Research and Workshops ($35)
School, including uniform and supplies ($98)
Medical care (up to $35)
Birthday celebration ($12)
Saturday class: How to write a letter to your partner
Available: $15 x 12 months = $180
Our main focus is personal development, especially going back to school. Food, clothing and shelter are not addressed in this plan, but options for additional help in these areas are available. The Financial plan page will allow you to trace how your money is being used at all times. For more details about our programs, including the research, workshops and classes which each partner participants in, go here: http://peopleinneed.info/index.php/plan/program/C95/

Sponsorship plan