Gabriel - House 7
Gabriel was born January 3, 2000. He comes to us with another 5 brothers and sisters. In their case both parents were in jail. The father, a drug addict, escaped and had tried to live off of relatives but stole from them so is currently in hiding. He has shown no interest in the children. He is also accused of sexually abusing 4 of the 6 children, including Gabriel. The mother has had visiting rights but shows no affection and has nothing to talk about when they visit her at the jail. These visits rarely last more than 20 minutes with everyone getting agitated and either crying or fighting. Both sides have shown no more interest in these visits, so they have been discontinued. The extended family has been visited but there are no places for these children and they are generally unwelcome among the relatives.
All the children were placed together in a Christian half way house in Porto Alegre. They are now at Chain of Love because the courts want them to stay together in a family setting.
All the children suffer from low self esteem, attention deficit, need psychological and in some cases neurological attention, as well as help in bringing their formal education up to speed. The real need that they have and that they show a desire for, is to have a real mother and father figure in their lives.
Gabriel is being placed in house number 7 where Marco and Fabiane are house parents. He is quite intelligent, very affectionate – loves his hugs!! He tends to be quite observant and persistent as well. He is presently in Grade 1.
2009 Update: Gabriel has learned all of his letters and is almost ready to read. He has a memory problem that makes school work difficult for him. Please pray that he would pass his year. He would also like us to pray for his biological family.
Birthday: January 3, 2000
Photo: Jul 2010
Sisters: Amanda, Ellen, Cintia de Souza
Brothers: Rafael, Vitor