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Elizabeth looks at photos of her daughter, back home in Bolivia
Elizabeth plans to bring her youngest daughter, Melanie, to live in Spain. Melanie, 14, has arteriosclerosis. Elizabeth is already renting an extra room for her, which is a huge expense.
To get Melanie into Spain, she had to take a DNA test to prove that she was her daughter. That cost 500 Euros – a whole month's wages.
'My son is now studying medicine at university. The university is free, but he needs books, money to travel, food, so I'm doing everything I can to help him. He took care of the girls because was the oldest. One of the girls is studying electrical engineering and wants to go to Spain, another is studying accounting, and the third one has been diagnosed with a disease that has no cure, I don't know what to do.'
Read more at odi.org/global-childcare-crisis
Photo: Álvaro Minguito ©ODI
Elizabeth looks at photos of her daughter, back home in Bolivia
Elizabeth plans to bring her youngest daughter, Melanie, to live in Spain. Melanie, 14, has arteriosclerosis. Elizabeth is already renting an extra room for her, which is a huge expense.
To get Melanie into Spain, she had to take a DNA test to prove that she was her daughter. That cost 500 Euros – a whole month's wages.
'My son is now studying medicine at university. The university is free, but he needs books, money to travel, food, so I'm doing everything I can to help him. He took care of the girls because was the oldest. One of the girls is studying electrical engineering and wants to go to Spain, another is studying accounting, and the third one has been diagnosed with a disease that has no cure, I don't know what to do.'
Read more at odi.org/global-childcare-crisis
Photo: Álvaro Minguito ©ODI