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Shattered Lives

D. was a single mother who worked three jobs to provide for her two children and aging mother. As she sat with her daughter in a doctor’s waiting room, her ex-boyfriend entered the office, walked up to her and fired two bullets, fatally wounding the 42 year old woman. She died in her 12 year old daughter’s arms. As they told their story to a local politician, the diminutive child spoke quietly about her worry that there wouldn’t be enough food for them to eat now that her mother was gone.

The Breadwinners Foundation was there to help.