Jalanda P.

Birthday: June 3, 2010 Sponsorship #: 2018-00-022JHC

Jalanda is the sweet younger sister of Jovensky, Edson, and Redondo that many teams know. Teams have come to know the whole family as their story was shared and we got to know each family member. When we first met the family, they were experiencing hard times. Their father had moved out of the house then abused their mother and told her she could not live in the house. When she went to the hospital to recover, the children were in their house all alone for several months. They have a younger brother named Maykel who has cerebral palsy and he would stay at home alone or with neighbors while the children were at school. They would go hungry all the time because they didn’t have any parent staying there with them in the house. Redondo was 15 at the time and he would take care of them all. BUT GOD began moving in their lives. Soon, all of the children found sponsors, including Maykel! We started a special needs class so that he and another boy in the village with a special need could go to school. Eventually teams raised funds to build them a house! Their mother returned to them and they all moved into their new house and life was good! Their mother learned to sew and started a sewing business from their house. Redondo took over the goat sharing program and began working that program from their house too! Then all of the civil unrest started and they were forced to flee from their home> All of the children had to drop out of school. Redondo continued the goat program to support the family, but none of them could go to school. Now they have finally been able to return to their house and pick up their lives where they left off. Jalanda is now 14 years old and she wants desperately to be able to go back to school. She won’t be able to, however, without a sponsor. Your sponsorship will help this family put their lives back together again by getting Jalanda back in school.

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11 Comments

Mickie West on October 15, 2025 at 5:11 pm

Jalanda received a goat in April of 2025

Mickie West on October 18, 2023 at 1:37 am

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Mickie West on February 1, 2023 at 3:45 am

JALANDA WITH HER BACKPACK 2023

Mickie West on July 3, 2022 at 6:42 pm

Sponsor #: 2018-00-022JHC
Age: 12
Grade: 2
Height: 56
Chest: 25
Waist: 22
Hips: 26
Foot “: 8.5
Shoe Size: BIG KIDS 3.5
Clothing Size: GIRLS 10

**Please note that each year, we depend on village volunteers whose understanding of the measuring process may create variations in accuracy. Often times, children do not know their age or birthday, and sometimes they measure smaller or larger because of illness. We do the best we can to give accurate updates, but there are cultural constraints that we cannot avoid. Also, these measurements were made in March of 2022. The child may or may not have promoted to the next grade by the 2022-2023 school year. Final exams had not been taken when the update was made. You can assume that the child will move on to the next grade up, but it is not guaranteed. Thank you for your understanding.
MW

Mickie West on June 14, 2022 at 1:19 am

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