JamaicaObserver.com: "Her name is Corine Smith. She is a single parent and two of her five children still live with her. She works with a sub-contractor at Red Stripe, but only for two or three days per week. That gives her $3,000 — not enough to give her 16-year-old daughter lunch money for five days and buy food and toiletries for the house.
“She go school irregular, all three day a week or two, ’cause mi cyaan afford fi sen her,” says the woman, tears welling in her eyes. “Her grades poor,” adds Smith, her voice breaking. “Teacher seh she would do better if she did go school more often, but mi cyaan afford it. An den ah night time ah bere gunshot, yuh cyaan even go yuh bed. An’ yuh cyaan go work fi earn di money, it just stressing,” she says, tears now streaming down her face."
“She go school irregular, all three day a week or two, ’cause mi cyaan afford fi sen her,” says the woman, tears welling in her eyes. “Her grades poor,” adds Smith, her voice breaking. “Teacher seh she would do better if she did go school more often, but mi cyaan afford it. An den ah night time ah bere gunshot, yuh cyaan even go yuh bed. An’ yuh cyaan go work fi earn di money, it just stressing,” she says, tears now streaming down her face."
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