Andrea (28) lives alone with her two children. Her ex-husband is an alcoholic. Her son Mathias is 10 and goes to school. Talking to Andrea, we found out that new school supplies would help him there. Her daughter Dalila is still too young for school. She suffers from insect bites all over her body. In […]
Christina Astudillo is an ecuadorian mother with four adult children, two of them are living with her. She is a professional hairdresser and worked in a salon. When the pandemic hit the country, she lost her job and her financial situation got worse so she went to Pan de Vida asking for help. Pan de
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Yerenice Ramos and her family migrated from Venezuela to Ecuador leaving everything behind, she worked there as a hairdresser hoping to continue with her profession in Ecuador, however, they have struggled a lot with work since COVID-19 affected the country. Because of the pandemic situation it was very difficult for her to fund herself, so
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Jessica and her family are living in Ecuador. She sold pijamas and slippers, but since COVID-19 affected the country badly, she had big problems selling her products, because she did not have a wide range of products that the clients wanted. Due to the pandemic situation, it was very difficult for her to finance the
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“I thought that I was going to die.” Leydis sat on a small stool perched among broken appliances and quietly shared her experience of encountering Jesus for the first time. We (four volunteers from Pan de Vida) sat listening intently. “The doctors said there was nothing to do about the leukemia, so I went to
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When the traffic light turns red, Alejandro Vidal walks between the cars near Avenue Brazil with a basket full of marshmallows and his hands holding gummies. As the cars drive by, people roll down their windows to purchase anything from masks to a snack for their morning commutes. Alejandro says he works from “sunday to
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Josue Chinlle is 22 years old and has been volunteering with Pan de Vida for the past 4years. Josue grew up in a Christian home attending church regularly, but he did not truly make his faith his own until he was a teenager. At this point in his life he encountered Jesus personally and began
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This is the testimony of Jenni Suntaxi, a 40-year-old Ecuadorian mother of two children. While Jenni searched for food to provide for her family, as well as spiritual assistance, a couple invited Jenni and her family to Pan de Vida. Juan Carlos—one of our social workers—welcomed Jenni and her family. Through attending Pan de Vida
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During the peak of the Venezuelan crisis, Mayerling, Edgar and their son Edgar Jr. were forced to flee their home and seek refuge in Ecuador. This was no small decision since both Mayerling and Edgar occupied stable, professional positions in Venezuela. Additionally, their son, Edgar Jr., suffers from cerebral palsy which provided further reason to stay. However, political persecution and oppression made their situation untenable
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When Yhibelis Katiusca and her two young girls arrived in Ecuador in December of 2018, she had been walking to Ecuador from Venezuela for over a month to escape the financial crisis that was overtaking Venezuela. Yhibelis was pregnant and without money or a place to stay, forced to leave her other daughter in Venezuela
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