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Marquina and her family

Marquina and her husband were
married when he was 15 and she
was 11. They have 5 children who
live with them in a single corrugated
steel and block building of 2 rooms
with dirt floors, no running water, no
electricity, and no heating or
airconditioning. The family drinks
and bathes in irrigation water.
Before the PCE Mission was
established they had no medical or
dental care and often had a single
meal each day.

These children share a single pencil
to do their homework. They study in
a room shared by all the children
illuminated by a kerosene lantern.

Prepared over an open fire, meals
often consist of rice and chicken.
During the harvest, everyone helps
pick coffee. Their days begin before
dawn and end after sunset.