![]() I am telling you, THIS too often is the only option they believe they have left. ![]() In fact, moments later it is suggested by another Mama in the neighborhood that she find herself a Sugar Daddy - and sell her body to help pay her rent and feed her children. ![]() So, what does the family do? This ethical, caring and responsible mother is basically given no other choice than to have her daughter hobble her son out of the building and take off unnoticed. ![]() (This is real life for most of the world.) But it took all the money they had to even get them there. The boy can’t have any further treatment, or leave, until the bill has been paid. After they receive the care you see a conversation transpire where the Mom is approached with having to pay the bill immediately. In this true story of a family living in a slum of Uganda we watch a little brother get hit by a Boda Boda (a motorcycle taxi), the older sister has to give another Boda Boda driver the rent money in order to get her brother to the hospital for urgent care. Last night my son and I watched Queen of Katwe again (thank you Disney Plus) and I was washed with in-my-face awareness once again. ![]()
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