I definitely agree that poverty is dirt. Though I do not live in a squatters' area, I can imagine how tiring it is to always face the littlest problems with seemingly no hope. For instance, you explained about housekeeping with no money. Giving up money to buy toiletries perhaps for the more needed commodity, i.e. food, just makes one 'poorer'. You know, here in the Philippines, there are families a lot poorer than you and your family. I see that you can afford to buy diapers. Here, those poorest Filipinos cannot. Some live near the creek. Others do not have a permanent abode. But I appreciate and understand your desperation in telling your situation.
Just one thing I disagreed in your essay is when you mentioned that poverty is looking into a black future. We never know what may or may not happen. Your children might be given some support from the government. Or they might be given help from a charity. Yes, I say to you that there are schools. Schools are a powerful place for transformation, for education itself is power. Do not give me an excuse that your children have no health. Knowing that you send them to school, I can conclude that you are capable of giving them enough medicines or right amount of diet. I think your only problem is that you live far from town, far from stores where you can buy commodities.
As the saying goes, "Vision without action is a dream." Jo, if you dream, like I suppose, to get away with poverty, act it out. Give up and suffer what must have to be given up and suffered. Just never lose hope. Your children are your most prized possessions; give them the most care possible. In time, you'll get away with it. I look at you with an angry heart. And inasmuch as I would like to extend my help to you, you said that there are others around me like you. I hope there will be someone good enough to help those with situations like yours. Thanks for sharing and for giving me inspiration.
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