MY ORPHANS

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“Our only wish is to find real jobs so we can save enough money to finish building the house. We don’t like getting thrown out of the streets. It’s humiliating. We just want to live in a proper home.” said Muhammad and Muhsin. Read more here: myorphans.us/hadi-siblings/

"My children had to quit school because they have to go and work. They sell gum and tissue boxes to those who are driving on busy roads. But the police officers always send them away. My heart breaks every time they go.,” - Hamida. Read more here: ow.ly/m4Bk50wWvv6

“My father passed away 2 yrs. ago. He used to have a cell phone accessory stand & made $12 a day. We used to live in a mud house. ne day it rained really hard & our house fell on us. Now we really don’t have a place to live,” - Hadi, 15. Read more here: ow.ly/198H50wSrLY

“I always think about our future. I don’t know where we will go and what will happen to us. I’m so scared. I’m always thinking about my little brothers. What will happen to them? Our future is lost." - Fatema, 16. Click the link to read more: ow.ly/nWtS50wwPWe

“Soon after my father’s death, my mother’s family came & took her away from us. They did not want to have anything to do with my father’s family, even us. Her family doesn’t let us see her, they don’t let her come visit us." - Fatema, 16. Read more here: ow.ly/dr4E50wp0iH

“Two years ago, my father and uncle got into a big argument about something silly. They were screaming at each other, and my uncle grabbed a knife, and stabbed my father until he died," - Fatema, 16. Read more here: ow.ly/F9Rx50wi0TE

“I always remember my father. He used to wake me up early in the morning to go with him to the landfills. We still have to go there now. That’s the only way we can make a little bit of money to buy bread and water,” Ahmed, 7. Read more here: myorphans.us/ahmed-siblings/

“My father passed away from a stroke less than a year ago. He used to leave home at 5 am every day and go to the large landfills and collect empty Coke bottles to sell them back to the soda companies," - Ahmed, 7. Read more here: ow.ly/pLmB50w2PXB

“My father was an old man. He didn’t have money to buy or rent a house for us. So, he came here, found this land & built this mud house on it. We don’t know the owners of this land. They can come at any time & tell us to leave," - Ahmed, 7. Read more here: myorphans.us/ahmed-siblings/

"My younger sister, Zahra, is really sick. She has a skin condition. The illness is eating up her skin. We can’t take her to the doctor to get treated, because we don’t have the financial means,” Ayat, 12. Read more here: myorphans.us/haneen-siblings…

"Two months ago, my mother had to give my older sister, (Haneen) away to some relatives because she couldn’t afford to provide for her. Now, she lives in the city of Basra, about 300 miles away from here,” - Ayat, 12. Read more here: ow.ly/agsH50vKclK

“My father used to have a fruit & vegetable stand. One day, he went to the doctor and found out that he had diabetes. My father couldn’t afford the medication. So, his condition kept getting worse, until he passed away five years ago,” - Ayat, 12. ow.ly/Ak6U50vEQr9

“My mother can’t work because of her (poor) eyesight. We are five girls with so many needs. But no one wants to help us. I want the world to know that whoever makes an orphan happy, it’s as if he made the orphan live again,” - Kawthar, 13. Read more here: ow.ly/gGcc50vzHMA

"I remember the day before the accident, my father was being extra nice to us, hugging & kissing us more than usual. Maybe he had a feeling he was going to leave us. Since that day, we’ve seen nothing but sadness." - Kawthar, 13. Read more here: ow.ly/uPZO50vxIIx

“About a year ago, my father took my sisters and I to the market to get school supplies. After we had finished shopping, we were driving home, when all of a sudden, my father suffered a stroke." - Kawthar, 13. Click here to learn more: ow.ly/aX8a50vr9z9

“I can’t get a job because no one will hire me. So, I send my seven-year-old daughters to go and clean people’s houses. They get three dollars on the days they work. But that is not enough,” - Ardhiyya (the mother). Read more here: ow.ly/FgYE50vlzmp

“I sold everything that was valuable so I could feed my kids. I don’t have anything else that is valuable enough to sell. I started thinking of suicide, because I have nothing to give them. They’re always hungry." - Ardhiyya (Mother). Read more here: ow.ly/pdwR50vfybp