My Story

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My name is Amelja and I am 7 years old. My birthday is in March. I am doing well and my health is good. My favorite color is blue and my future dream is to become teacher. I go to primary school where I spend the first part of the day. I enjoy learning and the subject I like to study best is English language. I have new friends at school and after taking the lessons, we stay a bit longer playing and having a good time. I return from school at midday and as soon as I am inside I spend time to play together with my younger sister and care for her, while our mother is busy doing the housekeeping. We play together with dolls and when the weather is nice, we go outside in front of our house to play. I live in a village near the town of Prrenjas. 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. 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 16 and 5 years old. My older sister goes to high school and my younger sister 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