Lillian is 16yrs old. Her baby is approx. 14 months old. We first met Lilian when she came to Panajachel. She was pregnant, she was living with a man who was 42yrs old. He had left his wife and brought Lillian to live in Panajachel. Lillian came from a village on the coast. She met this man in her village when he was working there and they fell in love, so she told me.
The start of a long walk from the roadway....it was a half hour walk to get to her house.
The views were beautiful but it is not safe for a young girl to be walking alone in such a remote area.
This is the communal washing area and where Lillian has to bring water to her house. There is no water connected and she has to carry the baby and the water jug on her head for at least a fifteen minute walk.
Still walking.......
This is the little mud brick room that Lillian and the baby are living in. It has no running water, no electricity and no bathroom.
Lillian in front of the house, the blue bucket is where she stores her water ....To the left of the picture is the stove she cooks on.
Lillian is an orphan, she doesn't know who her father is and her mother died when she was 2yrs old. She was brought up by an aunt. We provided Lillian with medical care when she was pregnant and because she was so tiny she needed an cesarian which Mayan Families arranged.
The "husband" worked in Panajachel for a while but when he couldn't make enough money he moved back to the coast about three months ago. He took Lillian to live in a house that he owned on his family's property. It is very remote. Lillian hasn't seen or heard from him in 2 1/2 months nor has he sent her any money to live on.
We have put the baby on our infant feeding program and he is receiving milk. Lillian looks very tired , she has lost a lot of weight. She says that they do not have anything to eat.
Julio and Juan , Mayan Families employees went to visit Lillian and see what the situation is.
They came back very concerned for her safety. She lives alone in a very remote area. The "mother in law " lives quite a distance away in another house. They don't seem to have much to do with Lillian.
The start of a long walk from the roadway....it was a half hour walk to get to her house.
The views were beautiful but it is not safe for a young girl to be walking alone in such a remote area.
This is the communal washing area and where Lillian has to bring water to her house. There is no water connected and she has to carry the baby and the water jug on her head for at least a fifteen minute walk.
Still walking.......
This is the little mud brick room that Lillian and the baby are living in. It has no running water, no electricity and no bathroom.
Lillian in front of the house, the blue bucket is where she stores her water ....To the left of the picture is the stove she cooks on.
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