Wednesday, 30. May 2007
Story from Jabalia- Sabha Sa’d
nordwestn, 13:24h
“I don’t want my children to become thieves because of poverty” That’s what Sabha has been fighting for.
Sabha Saa’d, a mother of 16 children. Her daughters and sons live under the most pressuring socio-economic circumstances with a father that could no longer work in Israel since the beginning of the uprising of 2000. Even before that date, the family has suffered from all kinds of deprivation because of inherited poverty status. She lost her family and their very modest property. Sabha is the one who provides the family for the necessary food items through her participation in the WFP/MSA FFT program.
As the burden of her children school requirements and basic food needs mounted up, she decided to create a living out of the very simple means. She started farming her little piece of land by the house with some herbs. The program, FFT, helped her satisfy the basic needs of her family and also develop her skills in producing and selling what she grows in her backyard. Now, she gains an income of about 400 NIS every month, in addition to the food items provided through WFP. “My husband thought that I would leave him, because he can’t take care of us”, but “I work more than 20 hours a day to provide a secure living for my dear family”. She asks me: “do you know what it means to be able to feed 16 children?”
I leave her with a proud smile. She didn’t stop thanking the program while talking to her.
“There is no doubt that this woman is in serious need of continuous help”, the program is there for her as it is there for all of us”. A group of women stated as we were leaving.
Sabha Saa’d, a mother of 16 children. Her daughters and sons live under the most pressuring socio-economic circumstances with a father that could no longer work in Israel since the beginning of the uprising of 2000. Even before that date, the family has suffered from all kinds of deprivation because of inherited poverty status. She lost her family and their very modest property. Sabha is the one who provides the family for the necessary food items through her participation in the WFP/MSA FFT program.
As the burden of her children school requirements and basic food needs mounted up, she decided to create a living out of the very simple means. She started farming her little piece of land by the house with some herbs. The program, FFT, helped her satisfy the basic needs of her family and also develop her skills in producing and selling what she grows in her backyard. Now, she gains an income of about 400 NIS every month, in addition to the food items provided through WFP. “My husband thought that I would leave him, because he can’t take care of us”, but “I work more than 20 hours a day to provide a secure living for my dear family”. She asks me: “do you know what it means to be able to feed 16 children?”
I leave her with a proud smile. She didn’t stop thanking the program while talking to her.
“There is no doubt that this woman is in serious need of continuous help”, the program is there for her as it is there for all of us”. A group of women stated as we were leaving.
