We continue working to give Anne and her son the best chance to succeed, and we look forward in hope to reuniting the family when it is safe and wise to do so.

Our team hasn’t stopped fighting for justice on her behalf. To facilitate care for her baby and get Anna enrolled in a school, our team worked with the family so she could live for a time with an aunt, who lived near a welcoming school and medical care.Īnna has grown confident in school and we are so proud to report that she made the 5th grade honor roll! She deeply loves her son and has become a responsible mother and student, all while working to heal from the trauma she endured. At the same time, Anna gave birth to a son with physical disabilities. Her father finally agreed to let her study, but she was rejected by the school, as “her type” (child-mothers) would be disruptive. While helping her heal from the trauma of rape, a resulting pregnancy, and the criminal process, we fought for her right to an education.

It has been amazing to watch what God has done in Anna’s life through our team. Correspondents of local and national media, at just the right moment when the volcano of fire erupted. So they reported the rape to authorities and were referred to our Care Center in Escuintla. Journalists are saved from dying in the eruption of the volcano of fire in Escuintla, Guatemala. The National Institute of Seismology, Vulcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology said in a statement that. Her family was devastated and knew that because the man was not identified, she was still at risk. ESCUINTLA, Guatemala (AP) About 500 residents evacuated voluntarily from the slopes of Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire Tuesday as red-hot rock and ash flowed down the slopes toward an area devastated by a deadly 2018 eruption. Last year, she was walking through corn fields as she did every day during her errands, when a man grabbed her, took her deep into the fields, and raped her. Anna* grew up in extreme poverty, unable to attend school because her family needed her help at home with younger siblings.

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