Dorcas

Dorcas is a widow and mother of three young children. She's ailing with TB and has no means to provide for her children. Her sister is her only close family and offers some support to this otherwise desperate plight.

In the midst of learning Dorcas' story, we hear the screams of a child being beaten on the other side of the shared wall between the houses. Our hearts wrench and Vivian (MOHI social worker) springs to action going next door to intervene. The cries subside as the child finds relief, at least for this moment.

The heaviness of the reality of life in this area hangs in the air. I'm sick with grief at this suffering.