Angela
Heavenlight writes ANGELA’S STORY
Angela is 30 yrs old and the mother of three children, who are 9, 7, and 3 yrs old. The youngest is a special needs baby, His name is Prosper. Angela doesn’t have a mother or father because they have passed away. Two of her children are being taken care of by a family member after her first husband left her. She met another man and he promised marriage but when she became pregnant the man said he was not responsible. She tried to beg him to support her but he didn’t. Angela took care of herself until she gave birth, she stayed in the hospital because she couldn’t pay the hospital bills until some of her friends helped her pay the bills. Her husband’s family came to look at the baby to see if the baby was their son’s, and they realized that the baby looks like their son so they started helping her until they realized that the baby was disabled so they stopped supporting her. They told her if she wants their support she has to let them take the baby to a witch-doctor for treatment but she refused to do that so they stopped helping her. She tried to ask her own family for support but they told her that she brought this upon herself so that was like a “punishment” from GOD for her to have a handicapped baby. Angela was left without any help, she thought of committing suicide but couldn’t because of her baby and the other two children. She was taking care of herself and her baby by working on other people’s farms, washing people’s clothes but most of the time she couldn’t go to work because no one was there to take care of her son.
She was told about NEEMA Village by one of the social workers in another NGO. Anna and some volunteers went to interview Angela and have agreed to put her in the Neema MAP Program.
The plight of special needs babies is horrific here in Afica as the men who feel cursed to have a baby like this run away leaving the poor mom to fend for herself. You can help women like Angela by supporting our MAP program through Outreach on the Tithly giving button at www.neemavillage.org