Can You Imagine the Pain?

We don't know her name. As hard as we try, and as sad as we felt when we heard her story, we will never know exactly how she feels. We do know that no mother should have to face the choices she has had to make. The Skip1.org team traveled to Haiti in October 2009, before this place of poverty and need burst into the international news. We met this woman on one of our village visits. We were introduced to her and met her children. "So you have three children," we said counting the young ones who were with her. "No four," she replied through a translator. Confused, we pressed for clarification. Poverty and hunger had forced her to make a decision that seemed incomprehensible. She sacrificed her oldest daughter to human traffickers in order to provide for the younger ones. At first we caved into despair, trying to imagine her heartbreak. Then we realized why we had met. She has become a great inspiration for the Skip1.org team. We are committed to making a difference in her life and that of the other mothers like her. Our team is growing, and we hold her up as our reason to work through obstacles, face the challenges, and make a difference. Won't you join us and Skip?