DANIEL’S STORY
In Casa San José, in Cochabamba, there are
always stories to be told. Each boy that
is welcomed in this home from living on the streets has a long story of
suffering and sadness, but also of resilience and strength.
Daniel is 13 years old and has been in Casa
San José for six months. His stepfather
abused him physically since he was very young, and abused Daniel’s mom too. The
stepfather tricked him to go off on his own to the city of La Paz. Once there
Daniel got lost and eventually was welcomed in a center for boys where he is
spent some time. The authorities then
sent him to our center in Cochabamba, knowing that his mother and siblings were
also in another center in the same city.
His mother was receiving psychological and emotional help to be able to
move forward together with her children. Currently, his mother has move out of
the center and lives with her youngest children. She is trying to find a job that
will allow her to solicit Daniel’s reinsertion into the family. She has not been able to do so yet, but everyone
hopes that it will happen soon, once the family has an economic and social
stability.
One of the family’s last visits to the
center was for Daniel’s birthday. The party
with the family and Daniel’s companions in the Casa was moving. Daniel, his
mother and his siblings are an example that sometimes it is possible to get out
of the cycle of abuse within the family, and with much effort and love is
possible to rebuild it again. We at the Casa hope that
soon they will be back together again.
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