A family shop run by poor children

20 Jan 2017

Marianna's story

Marianna Elias is in her second year of college, studying literature at Nile Valley University in Khartoum, Sudan. She has three sisters and a brother. Their father is blind and has a small corner shop, which is principally run by the children of the family. The father’s pension is approximately E£250 (£4.00).

To enhance the family income, the mother fills containers with fresh water to deliver to other households in the village. In the face of such poverty, Marianna took a year out to run the family’s humble shop to allow her younger sister to dedicate all of her time to her final year of high school exams. Marianna, along with her sister is now back at university.

Saint Kyrel Trust supports Marianna so that some of her basic needs are met, allowing her to concentrate on her studies.

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With your help, we will lift hundreds of thousands out of poverty.

And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
Matthew 25:40

St Kyrel Trust is a registered charity in the UK, No: 1055608.

With your help, we will lift hundreds of thousands out of poverty.

And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
Matthew 25:40

St Kyrel Trust is a registered charity in the UK, No: 1055608.

With your help, we will lift hundreds of thousands out of poverty.

And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
Matthew 25:40

St Kyrel Trust is a registered charity in the UK, No: 1055608.

With your help, we will lift hundreds of thousands out of poverty.

And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’
Matthew 25:40

St Kyrel Trust is a registered charity in the UK, No: 1055608.