Marilis and her sister, Maria need a brighter future.

Marilis Angelica has a hard life. Her mother works in the rubbish dump. Her father passed away in 2009. But this year she was able to go to school....Mayan Families gave her the school supplies...and now we just need the sponsor who will be able to help her continue her studies.   Marilis has a sister and her sister also needs sponsoring. Please help these girls to have a brighter future.  They are so excited to be able to school.

Student #1701
Marilis Angelica
Needs Sponsor
Elementary school student $180 US per year. 








Marilis is 12yrs old.


She was born on June 10, 1998.

She is in 2nd grade in San Andres.

She lives with her mother, Maria, 35yrs old. dob. November 25th, 1975.

Her father died in 2009 from the results of alcoholism.

Marilis has 5 brothers and 1 sister.

Jose , the eldest

is 15yrs old. dob. Feb. 12, 1995. He went to school till 3rd grade. He is now working helping his mother look for tins and other things that they can sell from the rubbish dump. He stopped studying when his father died.

Samuel is 14yrs old. dob. August 21, 1996 . He went to school till 2nd grade. He helps his mother look for tin cans to sell from the trash dump.

Maria is 10yrs old. dob. June 3rd, 2000. She is in 2nd grade. She is sponsored student #1702.

Brayan is 7yrs old. dob. April 17, 2003. He is in 1st grade. He is sponsored student #1703.

Elder is 6yrs old. dob.Feb. 14th , 2005. He is in kindergarten in 2011.He is sponsored student #1704.

Luis is 2yrs old. He was born in April 6, 2008. His mother carries him on her back while working in the rubbish dump.

The mother works every day in the rubbish dump looking for things that they can sell. She also forages for food that is still good to eat and takes that home for her children.

The money that the family earns from collecting tin cans etc is $10 US per week.

The mother went to school till 3rd grade.

The money that they earn is not enough to cover the food for the family....it is impossible for them to buy clothes or shoes.

Sometimes a neighbor gives them second hand clothes etc.

The diet consists usually of herbs that the mother collects in the mountains and tortillas with salt.

They own the house they live in.

It has two rooms and a kitchen.

The house is made of half cement block and half of tin sheeting. The husband built the house up till the cement block , he was a builder but the house was not finished when he died and the mother and the boys put the tin sheeting around it.

The roof is tin sheeting,.

The floor is dirt.

They do not have an onil stove.

The mother cooks over an open fire on mud brick blocks.

They do not have a water filter.

They do not have a pila....a 2 sided sink.

They do not have water connected to their house.

They have to carry their clothes to the public washing area to wash them.

They do not have a bathroom to wash, they also go to the public washing area, which is really just for clothes, but the mother goes very early to wash the children so that the people do not see them.

They do not have electricity connected.

They use candlelight to live by. This costs them $1US per week.

They have four chairs and one table.

They have two closets that the neighbors gave them.

They have three beds with mattresses but they are in very bad shape.

Four people sleep in each bed.
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January 2011 Marilys receiving school supplies. Thank you so much!


January 2011 Marilys receiving shoes for school. Thank you so much!