Lourenço Luís Sitoe
is a 19 year old young man, who lives in Chókwè. Growing up he was part of the Sponsoring programme ran by our sister charity UPG Portugal. He had lived all by himself since he was only 6 years of age in a hut
without proper living conditions. The only support he received came from our organisation and from the Vicentine Sisters.
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| Lourenço with Anabela N., head of Sponsoring UPG Portugal |
In 2013 he gave up
studying, and in 2014 he got a job in a store (PEP). Because he wanted to go
back to school and the schedules were not compatible the Sisters found him a
job at the Carmelo Hospital, ran by the Daughters of Charity Vincentian Sisters.
Now he works from 07:00h to 15h30. It takes him around 3h to walk to and from
the Hospital, and he earns 500 Meticais a month.
After a long
working day, Lourenço goes to school at 18h (he’s currently in the 10th grade),
and he gets home around 00h00.
In 2014 ALG
financed the construction of a new home for Lourenço. During the latest visit
to the families on the 13th of April UPG Portugal volunteers were
surprised … the house “disappeared”! Through his hard work, Lourenço managed to
save some money and rebuilt the house in a higher place. Previously the house
was located in a ditch and got flooded every time it rained.
Now Lourenço keeps
on saving to be able to build the floor and apply windows. He dreams about
being a nurse and continues working at the Hospital which has welcomed him in
the past year.
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