Siblings in Bolivia stay together thanks to the care of their grandmother

Six years ago, SOS Children’s Villages began to help Mary provide a better home and life for her grandchildren. “Those wooden houses at the bottom of the hill were where we lived,” she says, pointing down the street. “Then SOS Children’s Villages helped me financially to afford a new home, and also with their education and to take care of my health.” 

Daniela and her sister, Maribel, are the last of the six Rojas siblings still living with their grandmother. Daniela, 18, studies design and wants to become a designer.  

About her grandmother she says: “I feel very happy; I thank God because he sent her to me. There are terrible people who would not give anything for their family; my grandmother has been a mother, father and grandmother for us. I feel happy that she has raised us.” 

Maribel, 15, wants to become a model and journalist; she admires her grandmother’s patience.  

Today, Mary is proud about the future of her grandchildren. “I feel very happy because I have been able to achieve a goal with my grandchildren so that they can continue with their studies, supporting them, pushing them to study. I feel very happy.” 

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