My name is Kadencheese, Nerestil. I was born on August 12, 2003 at Tabarre. I still live in Tabarre not to far from the John Branchizio School. My house is in sheet metal and it does not belong to my family. I fight every day with my mom and dad to make sure that they stay in that house. The reason why is because that house is 5 minutes away from the JBS and with all the advantages I have with JBS and Mercy & Sharing I would not want to move from that house never in my life.
It’s been already 4 years since I go to JBS. My biggest dream is to become a nurse therefore; I would like Mercy & Sharing to add until 12th grade so I can finish my high school education there. If I did not have the support of M&S it would have cost 100,000 gourdes to pay for my school year and a school that has a lowest level of education than JBS. I don’t want people to believe that I am always focus on food but I want you to know that the warm plate that I get from JBS everyday it s a must it is the food that give me the strength to study for my class. I cannot explain to someone that did not experience hunger what it is like to not have food. I wait for that plate every day because I know that after eating I will be able to achieve everything that I want. In order to achieve my goal I also study very hard and my homework are always done in time that is why I have an average of 8.75 out of 10.
Mercy & Sharing is a big part of my life. With them I can also go to summer school. I love summer school. Instead of staying home during the summer doing nothing and not even have a warm plate to eat some days, I enjoy going to learn more. There, they keep you busy and you learn new things every day. Even with my young age when I get home I can share with my brothers and very often teach new things to my parents. My father has no job, my mother is the one working to make some money and take care of everything in the house. I help my mom a lot with some little chores in the house: I do the dishes and I clean the house. I could also cook but my parents think that I am too young to use the fire for the charcoal. We do not have electricity at home so I have to study before the sun goes down or early in the morning. I love my school thanks to M&S, I am sure I will be one day able to achieve my goal to become a nurse. Even with their economical problems my parents are supporting me a lot in my study. They always tell me that I am the one they are counting on for the future to take care of the family.
January 12, 2010 made me realized that I was a very fortunate kid. I was in the backyard with my father when the earthquake started. I felt the ground shaking under my feet. I was very scared because that was the first time in my life I was feeling something like that. I started running to go inside the house where my mom and brother were. When my mom saw me she took my hand and picked up my brother that was on the floor and we all went back outside. What I saw was very scary there was bodies cover with blood on the floor, people screaming and running like crazy. I taught it was the end of the world. But I said to myself don’ t worry if anything bad happen to us I am sure that Mercy & Sharing will take care of all the students and their family. My mom told me: “I do not understand how in a moment like that you can think about your school and Mercy & Sharing.” I answered: “Mom if I can read, write, study and eat every day that is because of Mercy & Sharing and I know deep down that if something happen to us they will help us. God send me in that school because he knows that there I will be able to prepare my future.” She did not answer me, but days after she was telling a friend about my reaction when the earthquake happened and the friend told her it are because your daughter has faith that she reacted like this.
I would like once again to thank God first and M&S second for everything they did for me until today.
