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My name is Tim Curtis, and I have lived in Costa Rica for 42 years. I have known Andrea for more than 4 years, since she took into her home a homeless widow with 4 children, whom my wife and I had been assisting. Recently widowed herself, Andrea allowed Doña Marta to share the home she believed she had inherited from her mother. When her older sister and brother-in-law found that she was sharing the house with a Nicaraguan, they kicked Andrea out, somehow producing papers proving their ownership. Andrea and Marta then joined forces to make it on their own.
For 3 years they occupied the poorest of houses, forced to move frequently by prejudice, a failed septic system, unstable landlords, drug dealing and murder in front of their house, and elusive new opportunities. Multiple medical problems put them back at square one when they were on the verge of making it. The oldest child died of COVID, and Doña Marta succumbed to ovarian cancer last December.
Andrea made a new start, adopting Marta's 3 remaining children to raise alongside her own little girl, who had been a baby when left fatherless. Having little education, Andrea made her way cleaning houses for other families until, in April, a motorcycle hit her at high speed as she walked home from work, breaking her femur and piercing her uterus with a metal shard. She now can do no strenuous work but has recovered enough to open a small fast-food business out of her house.
Andrea has applied for government assistance and has been approved for a small food stipend for the rest of 2023. She can also receive a government-built house, if (here's the catch) she can acquire a lot. The deadline is November 15th.
Andrea has done her research and found a number of cheap lots for under $2,000 each, but time is short. She will need to make a down payment soon, in order to start the legal work to put it in her name by November. We need some major donations right away to make that possible, although any amount is welcome and makes a difference!
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