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Ruth Carolina
She lives on the streets of Trujillo with her eight year old sister Rosa and her seven year old brother Jorge, her mother and father. Ruths father is often in jail, usually for stealing parts off cars, for violence when under the influence of his adiction to the drug PCP, and once for sexually abusing his daughter Rosa. Ruths mother supports herself by making the three children sell caramels on the street and sometimes by letting teenage boys touch Rosa for $1.50. Jorge is adicted to glue . They have never been to school. Ruth Carolinas parents at first let their children eat for free at Restaurant Corazon , but recently they have not been coming. Sister Rosa explains it is because the three want to stay for the classes and recreation we offer after lunch; she says they do not earn money for their parents when they are here and this makes their parents angry. One day before Christmas when they did not come for lunch Ruth Carolina says she was hungry and ate a big cockroach that was passing her on the pavement. She giggles bashfully as she reveals the fresh scar on her wrist where the IV needle was attached. She spent the week of Christmas in the childrens emergency ward.The cockroach had been walking in poison just before she ate it. We are working to persuade the parents to release their children into foster care. If they refuse the police are prepared to bring them to us under a civil custody order. Ruth
Carolina is an adorable loving little girl. We want to find her adoptive
parents in another country. If you know of a couple who might like
to adopt Ruth Carolina please contact us. |
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