My Story

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My name is Adela and I am 16 years old. My birthday is on November. I am doing well and my health is good. My favorite color is red and my future dream is to become a singer and perform in concerts. I go to high school in. The school is not very far from my house and I can walk to get there. I spend the first part of the day at school and with my classmates that I have there. I have new friends, since I started frequenting this school last year on September. I enjoy learning and my favorite subject I prefer to study the best is Language and literature. I return from school in noon and as soon as I am inside the house, I help my mother with cleaning our house and putting things to place. I have two sisters who are younger and during the day, I care for them too.

My family has four members who are my mother, two sisters and I. My family used to live in a remote area in the district of Librazhd and in order for us to be closer to the town, our father has rented a house in a village near Prrenjas. The house is in very poor condition, still we are happy to live there since we have quick access to the town. I am happy to take my lessons in the school of the town. Our father committed suicide this year on January and the situation in our family changed totally and we are way too poor, without any help or income. My mother has to care for us and fulfil our needs, but we have no income, since she is not working and we also have no land. My mother has found support from her brother (my uncle) and he is supporting our family to have enough food/ My sisters are 7 and 5 years old. One of them goes to school and the other one is in kindergarten. We contacted the Adopt a Child team and the church of Living Water to receive help and we are happy to have the opportunity of being registered in the sponsorship program. The church and program is helping us with all that they have, food, clothes, etc. My mother, sisters and I frequent the church and especially during this period of time, we needed spiritual help and support, that we found while attending the church. Thank you for reading about me and my family and thank you for your support to us.

Translated by Martin Rucolli

LW/Adopt a Child Albania