Stella is 10 years old and has two siblings and they live with their grandmother, Grace.
Their mother passed away last year and the father previously to this. Their grandfather – Grandma Grace’s husband – was brutally beheaded by thugs some years before.
Grace has to cook and sell beans at the side of the road in order for them to afford to eat at all. They slept on torn up thin bits of a mattress on the floor.
This little girl – and her grandmother – touched my heart.
One of my close friends wanted to sponsor a child and I knew that this would be a perfect match. Marie has the kindest heart and I knew would be a great encourager of Stella. A couple of weeks later Marie became a trustee of The Janna Foundation!
We bought some desperately needed new shoes for Stella, some new clothes and some balls for her to play catch with her friends. We managed to fund two mattresses for the family of four, which would make life just a tiny bit more comfortable for Grandma Grace. They have all lived through so much heartache