Heartbeaking stories

This lady had a very sad and unfortunate story. She was internally displaced due to the conflict back in 2008. She originated from an area far from this village of Buluan where we were assessing projects when we met her. SHe was one fo the few Christians in this predominantly Muslim community and had travelled with her children in the hope of finding a safe place in the uncertainty of the conflict. She did not have a husband and was unable to return home. For three years her and her children had been residing in one room in the home of a relative. 3 years is a long time to live somwhere which is not your own in such uncertainty and it was now giving rise to conflicts within the family. She was so glad to have been given an opportunity to work with the JRS project planting vegetables for the community and for herself. All she really wanted was to be able to have a house of her own for her and her children........
It is heartbreaking to watch a grown woman cry out of desperation and trying to control it in a public forum.